The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1864-11-29
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was neatly month IN N0rlherf
Aiabama-ai Huntsville. Decatur, A.
hens and The country round about
A. employed all my time ia takin.
ncies ] learned a good DIAL u the fsel
inss Of the people that may interes
: yes.
You can always tell The native los
aiisis Of Alabama as far a. you cal
see them. Their physical orginiza
lion is peculiar and vel deGned.-
They have all black or yellow skin.
and kinky hair. Sometimes YOU Go
white. STRAIGHTFORWARD man who ha.
! been true TO the Union Of his Father.
but these are exceptions SO very rare
that they can be counted on your I'm
gers 10 any Of tie towns you choose
70 name.
Take Huntsville. il is one Of the
pretliest and was one Of the wealth..
est towns in Alabama. heard il be.
lieved' and suspected that several
persons bad taken the oath there /.
but they Kept Il profound secret. and
nobody pretended to keep il secret
AT all that whoever did take the oath
was solely inspired 10y a desire to save
his property or buy provisions and
goods for bis FIRMLY. People North
have no notion how perfectly REBEL.
ions these property.holders are. For
II seems universal rule that the rich
were invariably traitors it was only
IN The mountains, where The poor men
lived, that the sentiment of loyalty
was preserved.
Wien our troops first occupied
Huntsville, one Of our officers asked
a lady in the street the direction 10
place he wanted to find. She spat in
his face TO, reply She occupied
then and still does hold good social
position in Huntsville.
There IS no open social intercourse
between our officers and the lady eli
gems OF Huntsville, There are only
two families who receive visits from
them openly. Any Huntsville lady |
would lose her social position by being |
seen walking in the street or talking |
Their than in the public offices with |
Hem. When the ladies meet US or |
our troops Oh the street they neither
avert their faces or look down. They
never speak Of the National forces as
our troops, nor OF the insurreclionsts
as rebels they call US Yankees, Fed
erals, or Federalists, and them, our
boys, or the Contederates. They new
err visit our sick and Wounded soldiers.
They never sing our patriotic songs,
and only ceased 10 play the rebel airs
by military order.
And yet there is-all testimony
proves this fact--a scandalous mum.
Der OF clandestine interviews between
our officers and the ladies of Hunts.
iiIle; and there can be no doubt what
;ver that they petted and privileged
o shameful extent. This is the rule
everywhere in Gen. Rosseau's dis !
riot. Rebellion is not treated as a i
'rlme but a blnnder, to be met by ca. !
esses and iayors, instead of the stern /
st most ilfexible treatment. These c
women have husbands and sons in the o
ebel army, wounding and killing our b
ons daily and yet We ieed them. d. ;
ecily or indirectly, and for their in Il
ults and espionage return favors and p
rejection. Literally, we give a kiss {
Or a blow. Ii this conduct were bot. lt
'med on Christian principle | would u
OF object to ii; but its origin is far b
Ifferent. 1t is time to speak plainly y
this subject, and 10 say without cir b
lmlocutlon that il is when rebels BE. &
'me mistresseS that our officers forget Il,
'eIr duty to their country. BY flat ii
ny and other fayors these women
lie our officers and do Just as they ii
ease, while the few Union white peo- m
e are neglected or ostracised. h
Every dsinterested person must Y
me TO the conclusion, after brief m
sidence in one of these towns, that &C
fore The rebellion can be suppressed ev
EN-. Buffers policy must not only be oc
Opted but extended, and the entire III
male population Of the country we
nquer, who sympathize with the in Ii
rgents, sent out of our lines. AT ha
is time they consume our raions. ra
re Information to the enemy, corrupt HI
T officers, and keep up their system cit
social ostracism, the failing fortunes dit
the rebellion. Ur
Here is only one method of ouell. aft
Z the insolence OF these people-the fiy
ssp OF an iron hand of authority
, like all semi-barbarous raees,they ing
SO vain and ignorant that they PHI
Pe really come to believe themselves Ian
superiors. It is no mercy 10 ca. eor
them; it only makes them more ant
I.conceited. Ii is a cruelty to deal rod
b them as equals, for il blinds them hor
he great crime they have commit he
sew
The Southern people have so long 9th
n treated with difference that it is one
d TO make Northern man believe in
40 has not lived among lhem-how
e title they have to be regarded
And yet in every test of ~
GA civilization they fail to make eoi
4 the right 10 be ranked among cul. u'el
ted people. Their education is oPo
gre and superficial. Young Indies poIl