New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-07-31
FEELING AT THE sOUTU.

Herald has a letter from correspondent
~, ntsyille, Northern Alabama, (once strongly
II ~ who says:
~ nolitical situation here in Tennessee ara
~ states lately In rebellion is just IN The WORST hhu
ndefned and uudefnab CONDITION TO DE cor
Ihayc CONVEX sed with something near thiee-
lfperS0ns occupying positions enll.hg ,loni W
and am forced to sdinit. after AL, that TIE more
O undo tie Gordian knot rae more / become tW
erplexed and uncertain 1ae fac; IS that pune
rent here is a complete wcaihercock, enanglns
very breeze and, while il woud point IN one
ion to-day il woald point in auother TO morrow
u ncycr know where to look for IT'S point or us
qer. Moreover it is very evident taat ehanse
cal sickly. desihly changc-bas come Ger the
rit OF the dreams of the people Ia the South WITHIN
20 past few weeks. At first, when tsol saw ana le''
hat they were conQuered-thet theN had no NoPo
save In the magnenimity and hhcralty oi theii coI
0urrors-when they the South vast desOlalono OF
destruction their fair fields wilderness ana tlpir nun
sons ruined castles, from which he Owl nooleu a'u "
tire bittern rnonrred-they bad reached the acme 81
despair In this woctul condition, thev ciung 10 nv
Government like drowning men 10 siraWs ana Srlc9
Enough Euough'' most Justify iney so.su ,"r
that they had forfeited all their hts under the OoI
stiiution by engaging in Iobellon and consequently
prayed for mercy. Bnt the see!e has cAahsea' Suu
nov they do not plead for mercy. Int demand their
rights The QUESTION naturally presents Itself TO Us
loyal hat influence has been brought TO pear 10
effect this result The answer is PLAIN simple ana
.ud the politicians who led them INTO the Rebellion ale
esing them to-day into anarchy AID misrue as snie
Government of the United States bitterly as ever
~ they would rather be led by tnef politicians 10 The
ttomless PIT than to receive amnesty and ASSISTANCE
m the Government These plain truths but they
truths and have no desire 20 cvadc item. MY
is to relate facts as find them, not as would
Ike TO have them.
1.-THE everlasting negro Is getting T. be larger eie'
phant with each succeeding day ard extremely bsrd 10
manage When his tusks secure ne is almost sure
10 bit his Master in the face with lie rDtcScis or come
down Oh his pedal extremity with Biz monstious bob
This is not so much the fault OF the elephant however
sor II the Lad little move experience III tram
ing the animal i've Noud keep ot Of tie way unii nc
gets him entirely suhjGgsted The different ORDERS
issued hy Generals commanding the voriouS depart
nlcnts of the South would fill large volume, ana MAKE
the most amusing kind of reading for tiose who are
fond of tie ridiculous. have NOT rs get seen one taat
did not look almost entirely to tie protection OF the
MASTER leaving Sambo and pinsh entirely ont OF the
question. Now according to The dictates 81 ny eXpe-
rence in Dixie master does not want protection buf
he does want reorganizng and regulating most terribly
The negro wants protection aud the master wants law
and justicc-siu.py this. and nothing more. Ire
negro not ouy wants protection, but the Government
Is in honor bound to guarantee II 20 hn."
If The Herald will keep on printing such
letters from its correspondents, it may keep Up
Is editorial babble against "Chief Justice
erase and the Jacobins, to its hearts content.
pass il all as
"fa of sound and fury,
Signlfying nothing"