, 1865-08-08
Correspondence Of the Chicago Trltuns.1


tago1i61ns, or! nyeaye the wrongs actuatl
don4 them aLd thurs.
That this may be said, truly Is mngnifi
cent Thing for tho people. OFT OF 1t gro4
1hc present s. snerons spirit. split which /
lkely to blind the eyes ard dazzle The fudg
mini. There is Danger ah.ad.
DIFFERENT DEGREES IN REBExLIoA.
The Southern people may be divided, u mn
ttpeaErg Of the rebels, D into classes about u
follows:
Fsut, The mass Of those who were soldier,
CT le1ated 10 the Confedesacy in sub b,rli
Ts.s Wsy etRaqlass %afn1eut These a,s ae tsfsd sss
with hundreds In Tcnneraee and
Nerah Alabama. through the miads o
many, faint gllmmer;us Of truth brgins ia
dawn. Some Of them perceive, that rightly
used, III ir defeat as rerels il their emanc,pa.
tion Us men. They are, as class. very igoo'
1aLt. Many Of them cannot read or wfite.
1hey BIG 1ull Of tho bitterest p-tjndices.
They bate the stn!ggah, )" and still bel:eve in
slavery, with 60 unreasoninr blindness that
cue grows sick with apprehension when It Ia
remt 1nbertd that from shls class must largely
come tbc voters. upon whom the nation will
for them, II re act rightly. They sre cowed,
beaten sud defeated. They want peace. They
vii, bscauke they must, submit to whatever
the country Imposes 81 necessary condition
Of recoukti uction. II NC remit to the States
South, vexed questions Of suffrage, ETC., to
be bone of contention therein, this now
eubdned mass. who, by proper management,
can be educated into loyalty, will again b
led round by the willy demagosues tha. hive
played upon their preiadsces,
Second, There 1s smother class heartily alck
OF the war, willing to accept results, aud
Wau ting peace as means Of recupetntlng
their FORTUNES. They are not converted
they are not loya1-there are none such
amt ng those who hut q short time since were
IN aims aga'nst Us hut they want TO trade,
10 cultivate their lands and practice thetr
professions. This would be the least trouble
scme Of all. As It is they are likely to be
most DANGEROUS. They take the oath with
out conjunction. They recover the,r
property They will vote aud bold ofn e era
Iorg, Thy are the class wta wiii assimilate
Ei,h the shatlevs, the Pereys and Holdeus,
Ont oithen That element Of qua.i.qnioutsm
with the Northern Copperheads. They have
dene p1a5t tg with war. That game they will
not try again. As rule fen or thesa were
large shareholders. But they wan. the
negro driven away. They will fight against
universal suff: age bitterly, and will belong
10 whatever party that can gain them the
minimum of loyalty thereto. The poor
whites, the rank and file Of tha late rebel
army, are less dangerous than this more
sucoth and psetentlous class
THIRD, The next are the bitter uucomp.o.
misiug rebels These are nearly all the peo-
pie OF wealth and culture. How they do bate
ust All who are allowed to ate taxing tie
oath. Whyt TO obtain shelr property. Tn III
plantations have been used for refnyee and
cont1aband camps. Negroes hsre been tIlllng
their 1nuds. Their flnc MANSIONS have Afford
ed pleneant quarters fur our officers TLey
hanger for the flesh pots. Formerly their
llves were csht In pleasant places. Itisnat-
q 81 tbs. they should seek TO GET back again.
But Of ttis class, save the political leaders Of
the divsnes who thundered above their heads
God'e wrath against the invaders apd sung
IN dufcet tones Of Hi sid il theIr holy strug-
Gle, and Just within its pale or aanglny
about the cutter yes thule, were the editors,
whose epi11t Of defiance, whose lying state
mtn's Kept up the Southern co,usg- 10 long.
This claus pr: udly hold up their he1ds Their
Confederate CraJ Is their beloved hue. These
pt ople say, more Or less openly. tha. .hsy are
not beaten, only temporarily defeated.
A lady, widow OF leading rebel, rna.ton
Of naughty mIen, clad in deep mourning,
with the ead. yet naughty expression one
SEES cleaning from the faces Of
to obtain possession Of her property. The
clty mau6fon has been used BY the military;
the plantation for = refugee camp. This
matrcn, type Of one Of tie most Influential
classes of rtbels. WAS very outspoken:
.General." che says: ~ have taken the
liked or believed IN It.. I want my house
back. OF cousee It's requirements Will bo
obeyed.- Bnt. oath. taking ,cau't maize me-
love you. How hate your country, hate
them al. We are not converted. Ne are
not subjrgAted. ! Rm frank, General, you
gee. You'll like that better than htpoc 1sy,
reckon. But we should hare succeded Ii
JEFF. Davis had not been incApas aslelaud our
Gensfess ses im1es1ls; as I I1gaye Two soas t. TIE
again, II could"
This Was what the WOMAN said. Few are
a outspokch as she. Hundreds, thousands,
believe the eame things. A reosl Colonel,
on the cars, soms days since, In more guard-
I'd language, told me what amounted - the
tame thing.
cavalry, Gebell iuat released from Fort D.l~
avsie, esy things which showed how bitter
y he felt. He Is fine looking young man,
bearing the ecats Of severe wounds, evidently
Of considerable mental power and culture.
As he walked thyo' the streets Of Huntsville,
Ala, (hls hnme) noticed many persons
greet him. He ID evidently man Of masr.
Certainly dangerous one: ~. expressed
At being determined 10 stay ard fight II ont,
(meanlpg politically undetstoodl declaring
there would be war Of ra:e, d.. Thess
men and women are types. 1Hsy wluld
fight to-morsoW II they dared. NV, they
are not dangerous. Nor iced they e7er b.,
u We take right coutsc-
There Is yet still smaller class of rebels,
n.l r. L. faA LIB
Thu sc are gtne ally found among the radi-
men Who believed In the doctrine
OF State eovereignty-who long since Were
wiling 10 have sacrificed slavery for fnd.-
p.ndtLce. This class bad been m 1lded hy
slavery Into m Intense individuality. They
we're Calbsunltes from the foundation up. !.
met cne Of these on my way to Huuts-
ville-a lawyer who had been Major in the
rebtl &c V'ce. he had been fighting cons:.-
enticusl5, he said, for the principle ot Safe
He had been defeated, and now
accepted natl nal supremacy In all good
ta b.. For tie negroes he believed slavery to
have been their normal coEdliion but they
were now ee, and he for une wanted to see
TEEN pcsss ssed Of ~ the rign.a Of fresdo7a.
OF the ting be carried thtou,h. he coulau't
see why we {the North should offer any OBJ
j.ctions. We had given them gun now
we had the power and the occa8ion, ne must
give th.m The ballot. t'-Why,' he contfn-
ned. lit Is strange there should be anY hesI.
taticn en- that question. These States hJye
no rights. only such as you choose to give.
They have only. territorial e1is: enre.
When you reorgantze them aud hand back
to them the ntEro fred mAn, but not
a fftt man, without the means of protect
Ing himkelf, Wtat wall be his fatef Do you
suppose these peop!e will give hlm euE,age?
Never: They hate the poor wretch, With IN
intensity born Of Their prsjud'ces acd lnt:as:-
fair chance. Then I want yen to accept
game Is worth the candle. Ihat's not nv
bustnees. Fer one, don't believe that anY
Of Us can eat the cake and have It TOO, Do
you know dare not talk these things openly
among my nelghbofs? The best friend 10 the
negro will be the cultivated Southern gentle
man. Don't you see thai, sire We love
power. We have no contempt for the negro.
We fought 1or an idea--a political principle
probably because under 1t We could be- 1ead.
err. T0u have got to have negro sutfra9e,
or baYt nets. We know you'll have the Tor
mer. We are the na'ural leaders of this pc j.
Ble. and We want you to give up cur pll>e.
The number Is email thai hold as do, but 1t
is increasing"
such VS. the pu1port Of q remsrksble talk
I had few dsys since.
1 have tbus defined the rebel classes, AZ
they appear 10 an observer.
ONION ELEaIESTs.
Now, we deflre to know what there ts to
counteIact this. No Southern man, or any
cne well scuualnted here, that have con-
.yersed With vet. b.lieyas 1t either possible,
or, in the END. desirable. to disfianchise the