Daily union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1865-1866, 1865-12-21
SOUTHERN NEWS.

| NOrtneFn press reproduce from tne hlcn
mond Times long editorial on immigration
from which we extract the following:
An opinion still prevails at the North, il
certain quarters, and among certain elias.
of individuals, that immigration to and resi-
dence in the South, unless in numbers large
enough for protection, would be very haz
ardous to the lives and limbs of Northern
men. A correspondent of one Of the New
York papers invites immigration to the Val.
ley of Virginia, but very amusingly eau.
tions his people "to come in sufficient
strength for their safety"
Now all this is simply bosh and nonsense
| Neither the people Of the valley of Virginia,
nor of any other portion of the South, are
such fools and savages as those idle and vi
ci6ls representations would imply. There
was a time when it was the interest and the
wish of the Southern people to exclude
Northerners. This was when slavery ex-
listed, and when every Northerner was re-
| garded as an Abolitionist, and many Of them
as John Browns in disguise But slavery
no longer exists, and with it had departed
that necessity, which, as an instinct Of self
| preservation, imposed jealous and distrust
| of Northern men. The South now needs
and desires nothing more than immigration
! to supply her with capital and labor, and to
| develop her resources. 1t would be both
foolish and suicidal in any portion of her
people to pursue a course that would deter
immigration, or make it unsafe Whatever
may have been the former prejudices of our
people, they must and will yield to consid-
erations of personal interest and general well
fare. Whoever brings labor and capital to
the South now, no matter where from, will
be welcome, if he is honest and behaves him
SELF Nobody from the North need be afraid
of being tomahawked, scalped and roasted.
We have no cannibals among us who hung
er and thirst after the flesh and blood of
Northern men. The thirst is now for green
backs
In this connection, we copy the following
letter from the Cincinnati Enquirer:
PerseeutiOns---In-Jud Policy.
MONTGOMERY, ALA, November 90.
No one knows who has not been resident
of the South what we are suffering. Insults.
petty tyranny, abusive language, personal
assaults and robbery are of frequent occur
renee. 1t is no uncommon thing for squad
of soldiers to assault and beat an inoffensive
citizen without the slightest proyocation,
and no notice be taken oft Even the poor
negro is robbed of his chicken money, as he
returns to his house, by the struggling Fed
eral soldiers who infest the suburbs of our
cities and towns. AT some points the COM
handing officers are more strict. as is the
case here at this time, and we 90 about with
some degree of safety but at Selma there is
a perfect reign of terror. Citizens dare not
venture out at night, and are in great dan
ger from the drunken soldiers during the
day. There seems to be less magnanimity
in the Northern character than | expected
to see exhibited, and it is retarding the res
tOration of good feeling. When the surren-
der took place, our people regarded it as a
defeat, and feeling that they had done all
that manliness and honor required, were
willing to yield the points at issue in favor
OF the North, and return cheerfully to their
position in the Union, and receive once more
the Constitution of the United States, and
the laws in pursuance thereof as their rule
of action. But such has been the bitterness
exhibited by the North, in the total disre-
gard of their personal and political rights,
that a more bitter feeling exists now than in
the early spring.
A swarm of thieves, in the shape of Off
Gals and officers, who have robbed both the
Government and the people, have been sent
among us, and have added to the dissatis-
faction. 1t has been no uncommon occur
renee for a military officer, with train of
wagons, to go to a planters house, place a
guard around it, with orders to shoot him if
he attempts to leave it, and his cotton hauled |
to the steamboats, sent for the purpose and |
shipped of. Three hundred thousand bales |
OF Gotten would not be an Overestimate of |
the quantity stolen in Alabama alone. The |
planter has no chance to trace it up. He |
knows none ofthe parties, and if he were tc |
complain to the authorities, some charge |
would be trumped up against him, and some |
Provost-Marshal would arrest |
him and put him in prison, where he would |
be likely to remain until he paid his wav |
out. Our people think it very singular that |
in Republic the bayonet should be used to |
force an amendment to the Constitution, aud |
many are lndispOsed to sustain it on thatac- |
count, regarding 1t as the requirement of |
tyranny, and loss of self-respect to yield to |
the demand. There are others who are anx- |
ious to get rid of the military, and be restor-
ed to their civil rights, and they are willing |
to yield the point, hoping that no further
will be made. The South is |
now helpless, and at the mercy of the North |
Let it beware how it continues to use its |
power. The time may come when it may |
need help and, it may be, will call in vain. |
Many Southerners have already bought |
houses in other countries, and there will be |
a more general hegira without material |
change in the policy Of the Government
Although instances exist of destitution and |
ruined fortunes, our people are pecuniarily |
better off than l feared they would be after
the vandalism practiced by Wilson and his
crew, who robbed every house they came to,
and in many instances hanged up old men
by the neck to make them tell where their
we're secreted. Mr.. Hyde, an old |
man of seventy-fve years, was tied to his
Ded-post and fire applied to his house.
He persisted in the flames. He was an old |
eweler, of the firm of Hyde & Goodrich, |
New Orleans. The Northern papers teen
with instances Of cruelty TO negroes. / sin
,erely believe that there are twenty negroes |
by the Federals where one is i'll
Used by Southerner. The forbearance Of
our people is marvellous. The negroes are
to be independent and insulting,
md have in many instances murdered whites
n cold blood. Not one in five are punished |
md it is in such cases our people sometimes
axe the law in their own hands. James
Andrew shot negro who had stolen horse
md attempted to escape with him. For this
he was sentenced by a court martial to ten
Tears' imprisonment in a dungeon. He is
and, OH account Of hemor-
hage, was paroled for sixty days, but before
he time had half expired was remanded
Jack. The same day he received PROPOSE
ion that if he would pay FIVE hundred dol
airs he would be permitted to remain for the
ixty days, or on payment of five thousand
lollars would be released altogether lie
lnally compromised on three hundred dol
airs. to remain at large until his wife re-
urned from Washington, whittier she had
,one to procure a pardon. President John
on called for the record Of the trial, but it
ould not be found. He was sentenced on
Iegro evidence, against that Of one of the
most respectable gentlemen in the commu-
lity. His pardon was granted by the Pres
dent.
In Atlanta, on the other hand, real estate
las very vastly increased upon the valuation
'efore the war, and the influx Of population
rom every quarter is unprecedented. A lot
which was bought few months ago for $500
annot now be purchased for $4,000. North
I'm correspondents, we notice, allude to the
anne facts, and state that no city North or
'Outh exhibits more energy.