New-York daily tribune., 1865-06-13

May 2Sth, from one who had just Travelled by
car and boat through the length Of Alabama via
Montgomery meeting and converting with
thousands Of Alabsmians, and who writes:
The people Back ard White. IRE starving The
Whites orc hardly conscious OF thor horid situation.
They moan ard ns proud Gs ever They dress IN
rags and have no money 10 pay Their passage the
cars or boats They subsst mainly by eating refuse
which in ordinary tines would hardly be given to the
dogs.
Some procure rations from The Government OF tie
United States; o,kcrs 20 hungry. Tatg rU NJ: i'ork.
They say that tlcy not made TO work. that only
urccfs" sAouf engage in toll. Thinking then sey IS
true 10 this character they allow their lands 20 un
cultivated. Their gardens which DJ tneir own IN
dustry aside rom that of the negro should blossom
as the rose are grown up III weeds. oh 'be ,aln
which bore us 10 the capital Of lbime weren large
rrrotar OF women who going 20 the rliitary aa
thori,ies for rations They were exceedingly biiicr'
some against the Union and others against Je Da's
Lcy could say what they pleased against tie former
lut regarding the latter they must keep mum
There were Confederate soldiers on board nnt Wheha
word was snd against JEFF the deinEct Con'cdcracy
somc su aggering Rebel vould cry ont. shut up ana
with such emphasis cansed general silence Oh tha1
subject. n, .,, -.
TINT her husband had beer coascrpied into tie EoDe'
service at time vhen she lay yer, sex aad while ne
Was cone for physician. Tho ccnscrpt officer would
not allow him to 80 much go homo aud say, Good
nv" She had 1vs snail children. and Tor two days
was unable 70 oprocue them any food. Though without
money she ycaturcd the cGT. and, when tho con-
ducor came along fo- tickets slo said She had no
money and that she could not pay hm I"e conductor
informed her that she should not have gone OF BOARD
public conveyance without meaIs 10 pay her passage.
The poor soul began to cry aloud thinking she was 70
b. pat OIL A Yankee soldier. plying her pnll h'r
fare and the conductor satisfied. mad Rebel,
standing by told the passengeis that u served her
right and that che ought to be put on any one ""o
would talk o.. President Davis as she did
There were FIVE times moro COnicdciairs than there
were Union soldiers the train. Irdoed, enc would
suppose thet the Rebellion was yet in iis glory from he
speeches OF these brdggart Union men cannot Dreahe
freely or rest nj any apart from fhc military au'
hori;es. This is solemn tac' Along the entire hne.
we witness enough to convince ny mat no otneT remedy
than bayoncts viii suit this country Tor man! months 10
come -
heard Of starved women ord chidren-persons WHO
rad actually starved 10 uceth. have no do bt tha,
such is the case The appearance of the country may
uses The belief that the greatest distress pr,'aiis
among The people, and -. il j, strange how terribly
bitter The returned Rebels Even On their way 10
the Government CommiSssry 70 procure iatons thcy
abuse the Government and The People of the United
States. Tcrms as unmerc!n ns ny We Lave heard ioI
months were used Ivy this mad pspr.
The colored people Will be murdered and 1riven to
timely graves If the Government 1oeS not boep pro
vost guards at Tie county seats and the CITIES great
is the madness of the old Shareholders over their defeat
ana subjugeion that their return home. hty cnEss
fifn,elr,s by cutting OF he cays lips Of hcr
former Slsrss This is 70, uream. IL 10 terrible
fact and AIN sure that when Il II known 10 our loyal
people there will arise such feeling Of indignation a.
viii surely reach the very heavens. AZ n0atRomeiy,
five meu IN day with cars cnt Oh and IN al a
most nude state. Others came in With throat. cut
while Others appeared frby marked oyor their bodies
with blows rom sticks anu stones The perpetrators
are " cbiy erous men, high-minded, wcIbred gentle
men. no doubt. Thank heaven. tie dominion oi such
gentry II AT end Gen. A j. Smith aud Coi. 6cddcs
yigant In their search for The cruel monsters But
these ~ samples All officers aud soldiers
Of the army here filed With tie deepest horror over
these awful deeds and resolved that they must end.
When the train stops on ao railroad or when boat
stops at landing, The delay - usually spent ~ tor
mentinF poor cocrcd pcrsons wlo may b. atierp'ng
to come board. The only exceptions arc known
when sufficient number ~ Union officers and soldiers
on board give protection to tic poor refugees.
an OF opinion oandly. that Ouetwoniieth vi these
aw wiu deeds Wi. never be Known
On my journey down the Alabama. met and con.
versc vith tie celebrated Capt. Semmes Of the Ala.
bams. He looked i1hd and ragged The captain of
The steamboat. finding that the pirate had 10 means
with which to purchase meatickets. mGdc him
present OF some.
Semmes said tile country is ruinod"-Southern
eent temen are utterly redneed to poverty BY thes.
away will have To seek the earth where
they live a. gentemen-he had no doubt th1t The
negro was happy IL state OF slayeIy-fseedo AZ u.
defstOcd ly TIE Negro, ia worse thnn Slavery IN anF
form. and the Yankees VIII hnd il so-Ibo iankees
meant that southern slavery should perish and they
have suocecdcd-they the sDHrtest and worst
ueoplc on the top OF the esIih-hsiOry furnishes
rcoOla of people industrious and 80 persevcring IN
what they untortakc-the defeat Of TIE South. with
cause so Just il a deep mystery, that wears the a.
prearaice OF God being gaiDst the South but that
could be fact for The that the sacrihces and
devotion Of the southern people were 20 sincere ana 20
religious.
On nearing Mobile we were a little more free and
conyorsod with Rebel oficeIs considerably. speaking
of "our Government" one 0 tAese stepping ~ very
firmly said mo sir; not oEr Go'orrmeni n Is yours.
We have LO Government We are aliens and foreign
en- AID will mover lave our souls so degraded as 10
have anything whatever to do with such Government
Release Us from c obligations Of th parole, and
will leave the d-d people who have oVerpowercd u
"Ycs sir. thats view" said dozen others Of the
same stripe
Such is the spirit which peryades large POI.
tions Of the South, and which will not for years
be eradcated. In It's treatment, trmness ard
kindness must cohcre-frmness IN insls,lng
that every one shall have his righi-; Kindness
in persistently repclirg every thing like cruelty
or revenge, and shaming these people into hu-
manity by being ourselves invincibiy humane,
and by giving them no shadow Of excuse for
vindictveness or hate.
O that !; were possible to establish, at once
and for aye, the Equal Rights of All Men be-
fore tho Law, with the Right Of Suffrage to
every one intellectually and morally qualified to
exercise it 30 as probably to conserve and pro-
mote the general well-bciugl With these two
principles established rs the corner-stoncs Of
our political edihcc, the waves Of foreign
hostility and domestic treason might harm
leseiy beat against it eyernorc!
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