New-York daily tribune., 1865-12-23

North. i have read in Southern papers bitter com
plants about the nnfriendly spirit exhibited by the
Northern people complaints not unfrequenty favored
with IN admixtare Of vigorous 'itnperaiion Blt ~
far as my experience goes the nnirenly splrlt eA-
hbiol in tie North, is all midness aud affection con-
pared with the popular temper Nhch in the South vents
itself IN variety Of WAYS and on oil possible 0ccaslons
No observing Northern come into contact wlth
the different classes composing Southern society WIN
ont noticing it, He may bc received IL social circles
with great pOltcness, even with apparent cOrdianl'
but he viii become that although he may DC
esteemed n man. he is detestod rs Yankee, ana:
ss the conversation becomes "a ht.c more conhdcn'lm
and throws of ordinary restraint he Is not unirequenty
told SO. The word Yankee" still signifies 10 them
these traits of character which tho Southern press has
been long In ho habit of arbuting o the Northern
people and whenever they Ook around them upon the
traces Of the war; they in cm not the consequences
Of Aer own foiy but the evidences OF " anEee wiGs *
edress.' In making this general settlement beg TO De
understood as always excluding tie lndNlduai ehcep
tiOns above mentioned
II II by no means suIpriSing that prcjlliccs and re-
sentiments which for years were sOassiduonsy cultivated
and violently inlamed should moi have been tnrheh
into affection by defeat they likely 10 disap
pear long as tue Southern people continue to brood
their losses and misiortunes Ihey VIII gfadnall
subside when those who entertain them cGt resOldey
loose from the past and embark IN career Oi new nc
tiyitv on a common field with those whom they have 80
long considered their enemies. Oi THIS sha say more
in another part Of this report Bat while We are cei
tainy inclined 10 put upOn such things the most chlI
table construction il remains nevertheless rJe, that as
long these feelings exist in their present strength
they viii hinder the growth OF that reliable Kind Of
loyalty which springs from the heart and enRss 10 tue
country in good and evil fortune
SITUATION or UEIONISTS.
II would have been promising indication OF return
Ing loyalty il the Old consistent, Incorporating
Unionsis OF the South and those Northern men who
during the war settled down there TO contribute 10 the
prosperity Of the country with their capital ana enter
prise had received that measure OF consideration 10
which their Identification with the order OF things
entitled them. 1t would seem natural that Tie victory
OF the national should have given those who
during the struggle had remained the brm friends Of
the Union higher sending in society and an enlarged
political influence This appears 10 have been the ease
during that first period Of anxious uncertainty when
known Unonists were looked NJ 10 as men whose pro-
lection and favor might he OF high Nane AT least 1t
appears TO have been in individual instances
but the close OF that fret period changed the aspect
| Of things.
II struck me- soon after my arrival In the South, that
the known Unionsts, mean those who during the war
had been TO certain extent identified with the national
cause were not In communion with the leading social
and political circles. aud the further my observations
extended the olearer 1t became 10 me, that their
issnce In the south was OF rather procarou' nature
Already in Charleston nv attention was called 10 the
current Talk among the people that when they had the
control OF things once more IN their own nands anu
were no longer restrained by the presence of Yankee
soldiers Of Dr. Mackay's stamp wond not be per
nj istel 10 live there. At first did NOT attach much
H 10 sTch reports. But proceeded through
the country, heard the thing frequently re
peaied, at so many different places. and by 50 many
different pcfs0ns that could longer look upon the
npprehon expressed % me by InOnsts as nifey
/ sTouudlcss. found the samc opinion entertained hy
most of our military commanders. LyenNOF Sbnrhy'
in the course Of q conversation al with lin m the
presence OF MaoT Gen. OsoIhaus admitted lhi, II or
\ troops were then withdrawn tie lives OF northern
men IN Mississippi would not be safe. To show that
such aIicipnioIs not eytrayaeant would refer
20 the letter addressed TO me by Gen. OsteTlals (Ace
Doe. No lO) Ie states hat he was compelled 20 with
draw The garrison from Atina County iss the regi,
mcnt 20 which that garrison belonged beng mustered
ont and hat when The troops had been taken away.
four murders occurred two OF White Unlpn men, nid
Two Of negroes. (ie informed me subsequently thai
q II. gFr ia
i There h 10 doubt whatever that the state o, AFFAIRS
would be inioer bie FOR all Union men, all recent imn4-
grants from tue North and Gi negroes the uoncnt tic
protection or toe United states troops were WIN
drawn" Gen. Oteraaus Informed me or another mur-
der cf . nlIn man by gang Of laWlcs piItphs IL
Jack s0u about the cud Of June. Gen Siorlm, ia his
order wolibi;ing he organization oi tie S'1te militia
/ I'm Mi..issipr speaks of the "ouiragca committed
y sgtEft Norticfu men, Go'erineht cou9lefs ana ne
/ groer." acc. Doe. No. ~ lie communicated To- me
an official report flom Lieut.. Cob Aorkc, commanding
az Port Gibson, TO Gen Davidson 3ining ~ the - no
direction. Gen. Canby stated 20 ne MI he y As
obliged disbiud and prohibit certain patru ii1a'
lions in Louisiana because they INDUCED Ia te srath
cation of private vengeance. Lieut StckneJ Assistant
Cumns Of the Irrenens Bureau 90 Shreveport
La in report addressed 10 Assistant Commissioner
i Conway. says: The lifo o. a northern nnn mo ~
true his country and The spirit ana senles o' US IN m
stitutions and frankly snuncines his prucpe Is not
secure whore there is not military force 10 pIotec,
him" (Acc. Doc. No. y Mr.. VIM Meg Il ciliHeh o'
Georgia well known In that State, stated 20 ne ~ con
yer,aton. There great many bad character IN
the country VINO would make IL for some tne unsafe or
known | Mon people ana NpfthtrufIr hNo may ''th'
down here live in this country wtlont ihe pro'ec'la
Of the military The affair Of Scoitsborolgh iu the
military district of Northern Alabama. where sheriii
arrested and attempted TO bring 10 trial for murder
Union soldiers who had served against tho glelies IN
that uart Of the conutry-an attempt which Has ms
trated only by the prompt interfertnce OF me dsIet
comuarder-has become generally Known through the
newspapers. II IS not improbable mat many cas- :
similar To hose above mentioned have occurcdn otL8r
parts of the South without coming 10 ths noi'e o TIE
II +. trge these arc merc isolatoa cases for which it
would be wrong 10 hold sn'body r'fponsble who "as
not connected with them, bit It - also fnr thGt Tue az,
prohcnsion 80 dcv spread among The lnionsts and
Northern men were bagcd upon the spirit e10lued bi
ne peope among whom they lived. ionnd food
uany thinking Of removing themselves and thsT isnii,
lies 10 the Northern States, und II pu troops ruouN u
soon Withdrawn, the exodus Eill probably become iu
extensive unless thines meanwhile chanfe Tor 'he pelr
ASPECT or THE POLITICAL FlLLD.
The status Of his OF Un.oniss in the political
field corresronds with what have se.d nboye. ln
this respect 4 ilve observed practical results more
closely in Mississippi tl6n in any otter state had
already leit South CaTolnG and Georgia when ne elec-
lions for the Statc Conventions took ice oi Alabama
saW only Mobile after the election. u louii iaba 4
Convention a Legislature ald state Government had
atead bee elected during and under the Influence Of
the war and lcft before The lom.nnung party ION
vcntious were held. But wns in h'si.sipll lmmedi,
ey after the adjournment of tnc state Cons ehol hu
while toe canvass preparatory "a the election pi tNo
Legislature and of the State and county oilctfs va,
gong Lyonts have since huh-l ".'oole 70; - :
themselves ln the other ,tSts 10 p'ilhl US !" yhec
how far His,s,iyp can be regarded as r'plebohtl'o
of The rest Beside found The generals tpifit animal
ing the pecDln 20 be essentially INC same III al "o
States abOte mentioned. ,r.s,
Tie election for the State Convention In MISSISSIPPI
wos according g. the accounts ] ha,. received hoL
preceGed by very vigorous and sealcmhB CANVASS u
tbe views and PRINCIPLES Of the candidates. It,.
Al stated before the vote was very iu from ooihg
fu and in most eases The members were elseted nor
mon .tricr, defined party issues but upon ther ind'-
ydua ner.is as To character intelligence ana stdlhS
In society. Only in few places The contest bclSeen
rIva candidate. was somewhat animated TWAS PROP
blv tle SAND in Alabama Georgia and south caroline