The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1864-03-15
AN INTERIOR VIEW or REB-
EIDOM

AN INTERIOR VIEW OF REB-
ELD0M
Lieut.. Col. Fremanile's Three
Monihs IN the Southern Sa,eF, *
tracts from which We have repeatedly
mc, with in Eaglsh papers aai re-
views, has just been republlsbed 10
this country by 3 New York house
Tho work possesses considerable in-
tcresi here as a record Of The observa-
tions Of an intelligent Enghshman,
who saw " Secessia" under very ia.
yorable circumstances. Col. Fireman.
tie Is an officer Of the Coldslream
Guards, one Of the most arist0eralic
Of the British military organizations.
lie tells US at the outset thai BIS sym
paihes were rather ia favor ct the
North. on account of the dislike which
30 Engfishnan naturally feels at the
idea ol slavery" Bat this dislike,
with Col. Fremanile. was evidently Il
mere sentiment, Tor he soon falls into
the Southern way Of spelling negro
with two g's, aludes to the unhappy
black. ony IN terms of contempt and
be bad scarcely been a. lhe South fox
a month ere DC says THAI haye off,
en- told these planters that | thought
the. word slave was the most repul-
sise part Of the institution" Ills
idea" may have been opposed to
slavery, but as a Guardsmau he was
hound TO sympalhize with m aristoe-
raey, which lie fonnd in the Southern
slave owners. He conicsses to have
had sentiment Of great admiration
for the gallantry and determination Of
the Soulherners," and denounces,
without specification, the foolish bull.
lying conduct OF the Northerners."
As may naturally be supposed Col.
Fremantle saw everything eoaiear de
rose. Although he entered i" Seces
sia' BY way Of Texas, where be wit
messed the roughest form Of ciyiliza-
ton aud the most bruializing effects
Of the institution, his admiration for
| the Soalherners was not disturbed -
One of the first men he met on this
side Of the Rio Gronde boasled of a
murder which he had just committed.
The victim was Unionlst who was
kidnapped from the soil of Mexico.--
He found "ihe shooting down and
stringing up system much in vogue
both there and on both banks oil the
1 Mississippi, but was consoled by the
/ fact that " inoiiensiye people are moi
Shot OF hung !" One band Of Texans
| with whom he fraternized had iast
been engaged in quellng a counter
revolution among the German settlers
aud in scalping Indians. lie was in
foduced 10 person who, having en-,
gaged a colored crew at Boston, hac
carried them to Galveston and soli
them. But sin spite Of their peculiar
habits Of hanging, shooting, scalping
| &c., wlick seemed to be natural to i
people living in wild and ilinly pop
ulaied country" he says, +" there wa,
much 10 like in my fellow Travellers
\ Ii is evident that Col. Fremanile wal
determined TO he pleased and the reb
els were bonnd 10 please him. lii
reception wherever he went was o
the most catering character. All lh,
/ Souherners had a sort OF bon hommi,
FRA kness and straighlforwardness, i
natural courtesy and extreme goot
nature, which was very agreeable {,
la Guardsman, real swell" who hat
taken The trouble 70 90 50 far to Sc,
lhem out Of real sympathy for lhei
cause.
In spite Of the sympatlies Of thi
scion Of British aristocracy which col
ois everything he writes, we know n
reason to distrust the substantial ae
curacy Of his statements Of what h
saw and heard. And in these pariic
ulars his book possesses decided litter
est. Col Fremantle journeyedihroogl
! Texas to the Red River, thence {
Vieksburg, or as near as he could ge
TO it without being captured by ia
pickeis Of Gen. Grant, who was the
besieeing it. From jackson, Miss
he went to Mobile, Charleston an
Richmond, accompanied Lee in III
raid iuo Pennsylvania, and was pres
emf a; the battle Of Gettysburg wher
be seems 10 have imbibed an idea lha
The Yankees" were whipped, an
the rebels only fell back for strageti
reasons. But Col. Fremantle show
himself 10 be very credulous, belle,
ing everything the rebels told him.
We find much in this yolame whic
we hould be glad TO copy, BOT ma
couteHt ourselves with brief epiiom
Of some Of the most salient pouis.
z Texas he was introduced to Gen. Nj
grader, whom be dcscfibesas a = fin
soldier.iike man Of about fifty -hv
:, with broad shoulders, 1orid eonple
ion, and bright eyes The Generi
I spoke Of the Purifans with the mo
intense disgust. He alluded very +
: yorably TO Mcclellan, whom
knew to be gentleman clever, az
), personally brave, though be mig
lack moral courage TO face respons
: billy Magroder described how
: had deceived Mcclellan as 10 i
strength at Yorktown, aud "spoI
81 ille intense relief and anus lae
niih which he had seen McClels
: with his magnificent army brgih
break ground before miserable cart