The Portland daily press., 1865-10-11
Wednesday Morning, Oct. II, 1865.
Notes ofa Southern Trip.
lcOrTeapOndenos Of he Boston Advertiser !
A REBEL HArER.

A REBEL HAwER.
For man who wholly and passionately
hates rebel--hates him Without the least al
loWance for any extenuatng circumstance
give me unionist of Western North Caroli-
ma.
At Charlotte found one of these men 1
he was something like sixty years of age, but
seemed vigorous as most men offorty '"Ihere's
SIX or seven creeturs up in my deestric' as can't
i've there gret while, now tell ye,D said he
to me when l asked him how the union men
and the late rebels got along together; "osir
deestric' u git shet of 'em putty soon-ef they's
ieners can't taken wink Wen jest haf ter Civ
EN- nod"-and he brought his arm and
head into position for sighting gun
You don't mean there'll be any shooting
done? said I. 1S8 =
"Don'tI (. though he answered. ass.A
but the military viii look after such things.
and the county militia viii very soon arrest
any man who is lawless?"
sJes so. but thar's jest six Cd d---n
internal sneaking rebels up in my deestric' as
can't no how at all live thar six weeks longer.
That things settled, Mister, and thar amt no
use taikin'n
"But IS there such feeling against the confed-
crate soldiers all through your country? Can't
you let by-gones be by-gones, and all live in
peace, and all turn in to improve the country
and work the farms ?o
''Its jist here, Mister, don't speak fornoth-
i'm but my deestxic,, an WhatI tell We is what
me an my neighbors II stand to.a-1fi5o
State the question to him as I would. he had
only one answer. He had nothing to say for
any other part of the cnlInty.4 Thelspor sdis
trict" is unusual hereabonts, and could s-ot
from him no definite idea ofthe extent OF ter.
ritory it inciuded though he said there was
matter OF hive hundred people living there.
The old man was singular onlys in his ex-
Dfncqiorl of tha idao flaatf <,AI<
lowship with the ex-rebel soldiers-in other
forms have heard il from at least score of
men since coming into this State The feeling
OF hostility doesn't seem so much founded in
cool Judgement as in passionate instinct. |
know words are very cheap, but so many men
from such different sections of the western
half OF the State could not speak to the same
that effect.
ONE OF THE UNCoEQUERED.
On the other hand an out-and-out uncon-
quered rebel who introduced himself to me at
Salisbury, by asking (Which way did you
come from stranger?" to which question
simply answered. "From below" and who
theretrom seemed to conclude that must be
rebel also,-this man said to me substantially
that the Union men of the western portion of
the State, whom he invariably called "nieger
Yankees" are the "meanest set of men the sun
ever saw" didn't gointo the army because they
are towards and d-n fools" and win have to
lower their tail-feathers good deal or get in
to trouble" ...... .................... s67aH
So, too, an ex-rebel captain, on the cars be-
tween the Catawba river and Charlotte, said
to a gentleman sitting next me on a bench,
that he didn't propose to allow any stay at
home 'cuss' to lord it over him when he got
there" e
One of the officers on duty at district head
quarters at Salisbury told me that some of the
returning rebel soldiers were disposed to make
trouble with the men who didn't go to the
war, and particularly with the few who had
been in our service.
The temper Of large number of men in
this end of the State is indicated by the re-
mark OF a man opposite whom sat at dinner
one day in Salisbury. His neighbor asked him
for whom he would vote in the coming Con-
gressional election.
II shan't vote at ALL"
80 yes,--vote for somebody,-vote for me if
you can't vote for anybody else" =
"No; won't vote,-I don't know as I'll ev-
er vote again."
"Why, man, how you talkl What do you
mean? Not vote when so much depends up
on who is sent TO Congress this winter? Not
vote?"
"No I'll be id if [ do; and I'll not vote
again till can do so without asking any id
Yankee who | may vote fori"
nave seen more rebels already in this State
than | saw in three weeks in South Carolina
men VINO nave the bitter, sulien, obstinate
spirit in which future danger lies and fattans
Unfeeling as 1t may appear, add that the de-
struction OF half dozen towns and few score
country mansions by General Stoneman's
forces would have been an act of genuine
mercy Fire is a great medicine and particu-
larly good as a tonic. These people haven't
felt the war-there's the trouble. Many of
them, Iobserve, talk of their rights in respect
to person and property in language indicative
of anything bat desire to support the gov
ernment-just as bad am told, as ever they
did. An officer connected with the provost
marshal's Office at Salisbury said 10 me that
he anticipated trouble hereabouts this winter
il the troops are Withdrawn. f s
NORTH CAROLINA UNfoNIsTSs ~ 2
was somewhat curious to see The unionism
of Western North Carolina, of which we
heard SO much during, the war. A good deal
of it, am convinced was less a love for the
Union than personal hatred of those who
Went INTO tle rebellion. lt was not so much
an uprising for the government as against a
certain rulng class. This is, of course, gen.
elsu retLisrK, tor ind many very intelligent
men whose pnionism is of the Judgment and
aHection, and whose speech on almost every
phase q the question at issue would do no dis
credit even 70 the Tadlealism of Massachusetts
Heb reosnloh against the little tyranny of
local politicians was unquestionablv Of the
foundation Of much of the opposition 70 the- e
Davis government. This class Of nnor 49, ~
could be relied upon during the war beca,'.o
their instincts led them in path paraIlel -
that taken by the government Now hovo,, ~
er. saw many Of our officers on duty in tb;s
section, they give us more trouble than tha
real rebels--those who Voluntarily went into
the rebel army. They have very little iudc-
ment, and their instincts do not lead them to-
ward the ends the government is pursuing
Not few of them claim that the farms of the
leading rebels should be apportioned out
among those who fought rebels. have al
ready spoken of the somewhat savage disre-
gard OF the lives of those who have been
known as rebels. There is, further, an almost
utter contempt Of the property rights OF reb-
sls IN the country districts. 1t is a remark
Ylle s,l oieen substantially s-Every d---n
tnlng IN South Carolina ought to be destroyed,
nliu eYeIy u n man driven out of the coun-
y, ana every d---n woman hung Undues-
uonaDly these North Carolina unionists have
suffered much. from rebels before the war as
wen as during the war. / am NOT aTo,1ino a
case against them, but only sta.iny Gsef2S fTha
root ofthe matter il, that thew Are i,s
readJustment just what they made fha rShalss
Iona Personal issue with another cIaSs &c
the people. However satisfactory thiS e,ot ~
may be to any man or any body Of mon i, 49,
North, it Is one which gives trouble - - o,,s oo
troops in this section, " our