New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1863-07-10
" you b.v. stated the strongest argument for

81 would--to save the whites The social aud
POLITICAL corruption which absolute sontrol Of him
hs. bred among u.s. Is destroying US. 1t has eanssd
the present state Of things, and God II using this
war-the fruit Of our corruption Ito purify us. lilo
has written on the wall-any man can read IT.
Slavery Ii doomedW
81 canno. read it, and do not believe good
and just God ever DEGREES the destruction Of his
creatures"
HAS be not destroyed other racesf He works
by general laws and one Of the painsst Of His laws
is thst the weak shall give way TO the strong-th'
inferior to the superior. There Is no hardship
in this Every man submits cbeerfully TO 1.-THE
cid give up their places to the young-the father
dies and the son succeeds him, and nobody grum'
bes We have obstructed the operation Of this law
on tho black race, and now in tears and blood, we
are paying The penalty
You bookish men can spin fine theories, but we
have 10 deal with facts and hard facts at that"
al have formed my theory on facts, Colonel,
hard aud black facts too" replied the DOCTOR laugh
ING.
But YOU mover loved the slaves a. do-never
had them love you, and look 10 you ~ mine
do 10 me. When Grants army was at Memphis l
told them they would be free If they went to it, and
no. one Of Thorn left me-"
ioTha, only proves uhs, everybody knows. that
you are kiud master; and that your negroes would
work chserfully for you, II they were Free"
DWELL, there g no use talking 70 you; you re
An incorrixibls Abotopisti but como, Squire" adj
dressing my right hand nsighbor, exchange seats
with me. want 10 talk with this Northern gentle
man. and can. stand this any longer" The cars
were joting considerably and bis position was no. an
easy one The fat planter rose and the other seated
himself beside me. As ho did go, said TO him,
81 never discuss Slavery, Sir is waste OF
words"
81 do mt with to discuss it, Siri i want to ask
Won the real state Of public feeling a the North
Where do yen live, Sir T.
This was spoken in q tone which showed be was
accustomed to good deal more Difference than is
yielded to the ordinary run Of planters. Iquetly
gave Lin my name and residence, and asked him for
Lis.
George W. Il, Of Il Springs, near
Clsrksvile, Tennessee"
"Your name is familiar to me, Sir formerly
knew Gen. Il Of South Carolins-bs whose
son command the Il Legion"
lie was near kinsman Of mine. We re all OF
the old Virginia family
The Clarksvine gentleman then wen, onto ask
NE multitude Of questions about the condition OF
things 81 the North. answered frankly, and he
listened stteutively, but made no comment when
| expressed the opinion that the mass Of our
peoplo would never consent 10 the rsestablishnent
Of Slavery.
Wewere enteriDga beautiful region, where the
thick gras was waving in the meadows, the early
flowers wero blooming by the road sides, and the
Spring birds were singing In the grea! Old trees; but
where the rich, red soil lay unturned by the plow;
he eta As Of tho Autumn corn stood roltng on the
ground, and ruin and dssolation stared Vt Us from
everything. BroAen fences, wasted Fields, deserted
plantations, d-mantlsd dwellings, and, now ana then,
4 burned woods, or a cbarrcd chimney, standing
q lonely sentinel over weedy garden, or amid
blackened grove, told that the demon OF war had
passed that way and only rayage and devastation
IN his path. ragged woman, looking out from
wsetched hoyel; u solitary man, lingering around
heap of ashes and orumbliDg bricks that might once
have been Lis home, group o. baf-clad negro ch
dren, gamboiug on the porch, or loing lazy on tie
lawn Of somo deserted Homestead, that still looked
down in faded grandeur on the ruin around 1t, were
the ONLY indications u human existence, snd Tie only
remnants Of Il once peaceful and happy population
Il was one Of the most lovely regions Of the earth.
naked but beautiful even in its nakedness. called
the attention Of my new acquaintance 10 its sppsr-
eut fertility, and be remarked: No portion OF this
wide country has 20 fine q climate, or 30 rich and
fertile soil as this Before We reached Elizabeth
town, we passed through what is called tho bed
Of tho Ohio-s white clay region, heavily tim
be.d. but deficient in iron and l.me and mainly de-
voted TO grazing. Now, we are ascending An sle-
waited plateau OF nd clay, rich in everything except
ammonia, and Producing, almost spontaneously,
enormous crops Of wheat, rye, corn, hemp, blue
grass, and tobacco. At Bowling Green this plateau
is broken by irregular ridges that spring out from
tue Cumberland mountains, and sink INTO tho lower
lands bordering the Mississippi. They. give moro
beautiful diversity to the surface but the character
Of the soil continues tie same, as, indeed It soes
over nearly the whole Of this State (Kentackyl and
Tennessee Anywhere in this region the subsoil,
.urned up by the plow, aud exposed q abort
time 10 tho action Of the air, becomes
q manure almost az valuable rs gusno. Thsss two
States, Sir, were meant by nature W DO the garden
Of this continent. Adam when no first woke In
Eden, did not look upon moro beautiful landscape,
or more luxurians vegetation. shan 10 every whore
spread around youi but now, see what war has
done A curse has fallen on these once happy homes
the sbominaiion Of desolsiion ats in these ploas
ank placed
"But the day will soon come, Sir, whom
free labor, free schools, and free men will people
this region, and make it in reality, tho paradise
which COP designed is should be-"
eve cannot foresoo the end, Sir, bat my heart sck-
cps when think Of what 1t may bs-thess old homo
oismaned these rich plantations cut into little