The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1864-12-01

Able Computists announce Chat there are in
our city, at the present time, over twenty-five
thousand Southern refugees; and of that num-
Der, from The average which have come under
our observation. we do not hesitate 20 declare
that twenty thousand arc Bebol5 at heart.
Too cowardly to remain and fight for the cause
which they in their hearts support, they have
le( their homes, fed from their friends, and
sought refuge beneath the flag which they
would, II they dared, tramplc under foot.
After having found safety and freedom beneath
the Government Of the United States, instead
Of giving IL their support in return for its pro-
lection, they spend their time In plotting
mischief, and deyising means Of stabbng our
nation in the back. The fruits Of their busy
cogitations hayo ripened, and the late
nemrious attempt TO destroy the metropolis is
the result. The order OF General DIX, con-
sequent thereto is the right deed at the right
time and II behovcs the authorities our city
TO announce to the aristoCratic" sojournor3
in our midst, that any such attempts in our
city will be rewarded with like punishment.
The plan Of registering all such refugees is
an excellent one, and should be enforced.
Some Of our citizens may consider II difficult
matter to detect who among us are these rum
away "chivalry," but no such difficulty need
be anticipated. Most Of them boast loudly of
/ their Southern extraction, and, mirdbHe dictW
all we have ever met nave been intimate
friends Of General LEE and acquaintanccs Of
JErrEHsoN DAVIS. These are their claims;
but we are abl, to assure Of our readers,
from a little knowledge of Southern society,"
that these boasted arstocrats are, in the sunny
South, what Honorable J. A. HAMMOND, of
South Carolina, termed poor white trash, in
ferior even to the mud-sils of the North
If any OF them are in reality what they de-
clare themselves 60 be, they would be the last
to boast OF their family. Imagine any one of the
race Of LEE, RHETT, WASHINGTON, GUSTS, or
PHCKNEY declaring TO every one whom they
met in the street that they owned negroes
before they fed from their native land, and
hid from their friends beneath foeman's
banner. Despite all the attempts at dignity
with which our Southern brethren" attempt
TO palm themselves upon the credulOus of our
city, they frequently cannot conceal the clo-
ven foot, and their 4" we ISIS" and che ares"
cry out in unnistakablc words, eve are poor
trashl" ave are poor white trashp
We regret to see that many of our citizens
have adopted an idea that to be pro-slavery Is
to be aristocratic. Such an impression con-
tains within itself the very essence of shoddy-
ism. If your ancestors are such that you may
be proud Of them, then the very gentility
which you claim win prevent you urging your
claims upon others. If your pedigree Is not
such as TO induce you TO view il with compla-
cency and PRIDE then to attempt by bombast
and vulgarity to impose upon public credulity
is only expose yourselves to general ridcule
Fail back upon TESNYsoN, and say with
him.
"From yon blue heavens above us bent,
The grand old gardener and his wife
Smile at the claims of long descent
Howeer it be, it seems to me
Il is only noble TO be good
Kind hearts are more than coronets,
And simple faith than Norman blood
BY such course you will win for your
selves far more respect than by aping aristo
cracy or protesting pro-slavery sentiments.
To every Southern refugee we would say {
word of advice. Having been born in thu
Cotton States is no cause tor pride at present
especially if you have deserted your home ant
hidden beneath the protection OF your foes
We would advise the adoption Of the German
adagc-
I "Speech is silver, silence is golden"