The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1865-10-20

In Trouble in the GOuilI.--IIIS Tx.
pIanntIOm OrIIEH Social Relations.
II seems that the social relations Of
the correspondent of the New York
Tribune in Raleigh, North Carolina,
have disturbed the minds of some Of tho
young men of that place, and they have
informed him TINT If hc does not quit
nssociating with negroes they will
black his fnce, tar and feather him, and
ull that sort of thing. He explains his
position in II letter published in II R,'-
leigh paper MS follows:
al hcspcnk your Indulgence. Man. is
n creature of society. cane 10 lHlGigh,
il is true, without being invited, about
| tho l4th of April last. ! am fond of
good company, but the ladies, old ana
Young, for some reason, turned their
bucks on me-tlry gave me tho cold
shoulder. | tried for several days to
behave the best knew how; put on
my best store clothes, and tried to OBJ
tain friendly glance from them. |
ycarned for them; but they did not no
ticc me. There seemed to be slight
prejudice. l am fond of children, very,
and wanted to carcss thun, but they
made mouths mt me. vert TO church
on Sunday, hut had hard work to find
II seat, and the only lady inthe pew rose
up hnStily and rushed out us II my pres
cncC was moi so agreeable ms some other
folks. Nobody said, "G0Od morning
Mr.. Smith, am happy to SEQ you" ]
waited for invitations to dinner, but no
invite came. | went To board, but the
Iundlndy seemed distant and cold, and
| pnil my bill and left. She did not
seem sorry. am fond Of singing
and the piano, and sighed for nn invi-
tution to spend the evening with some
of the 'iirst families" but finally be-
cInIcdISrUuragcd heard that u party
of yankee officers" were fortunate
enough to he invited out, but some Of
them had first II drink ''lhr health of
President Davis" before they could hc
received into full fellowship.
81 finally took the lTSi SOrictH could
get. There were pr0pl" of every ShMd"
0r complexion going around, and not
being an ucurlt" judge Of hNt%, nnd the
ways Ui your society, may have mnhe
mistakes. Some Of these people seemed
willing to speak tome, and even invited
me to their church. They did not run
out 0fthc pew Wien went in. Their
cumnlcxions were darker than some
people, hut | wns very much pleased
with the complexion Ofthcir views, par
ticularly on the Union. They even III
vitctl me to dinner. went; the food
was good. There was II lnck OF rinnOS,
but they are great on vocal music. ]
enjoyed myself.
When was II hoy, heard IL sermon
from this text: Mind not high things,
but cOndCsrcnd 10 men of low cstni".
II made Il deep impression on my mind.
NV iuthcr also taught me never To bc
ashamed Of my poor relations. We were
moor ourselves once. lie also said, 'My
son, abstain from picking pockets, nnd
rObbing hcn-rOuSlS; never speak evil of
IL person behind his back; pay the wood
SAWYER and wushcrwOnlnm, and always
sign your name to whnt you write
These early instructions ofmy youth
have always tried TO follow.
al hope you will rrsclnd your rcSoln-
ton to black my iaCc, tar and feather
me, and ride mo on lie rail. FROM
having frequently heard Of persons who
nave ONItfltnCtl lIlcSc lttHNHt'"IiH az
the South, hHvcn prejudice ng4lnst
them. Consider to what struts have
been reduced to find good society. Re:
fleet. In the eloquent language of
another, I'VE are going home. may
beat the old homestead when you come,
and would not look well with my tGce
blnckcncd and otherwise distigured by
tar. Besides, II would sound badly
abroad, und might hinder 'immigra-
tion.' have M extensive ncqunin-
tunco among the members of Congress,
and nm on good terms with tho l'rest-
dent, whom | insisted to elect by rcp0r-
ting hiSnnli.sInvcry speeches in Tcnncs-
see. IfyOur fathers or friends need my
good Offices In tho way ofprocuringpnI-
1Ons, perhaps can hid them. lhaV";
also, II large acquaintance among, dry
goods .jOhbCrs and grOCcrs of New YORK,
and, ~ | have done before, will intro
ducC such of you aS mny wish TO pnr-
chase EuOds 'Um time by lynching me
you will lose my valuable services.
"Kindly yours, Il. SMITH,
Correspondent New York TrtdNnc.'