New-York daily tribune., 1865-12-26
Condition OF the South.

SIR: You want % know the truth, ond moth
ing bat tie truth regarding the Southern Whites ana
Blacks. and you shall have it,
Itvould b, well for you 10 hear for orce, what the
5yal people Of the soaih haze to soy those who have
suffered and toed and bed and prayed iog The Union,
vAle traitors were doing o.. they could destroy Il
those sturdy mccl anlcs and snail farmers WHO were
drncooncd INTO the ranks Of tie Rebel army nHd
whose lack Of means and want Of education prevent
them now from being heard. The arcb-I'ebcls, With
hciF smooth tongues Of Old monopoze tie press and
proclaim themselves the restored South But there
IS no, the slghcs, love i1r the Union, want II 20
BE- Sod as It ouelt to be. among this Glass. They
climor for liberties but they hate liberty They would
destroy tie emancipated Union to-day had they the
power. ltley controlled the North as We hold The
South today their iron rule and deadly hands would
soon enlighen to tteir true sentiments History
would have TO rcchronicle all the horrors OF Libby ard
oil the Of Andersonse Ia the most aggravated
form They pretend 20 be subdued aud laugh inwariy
over tho silly people who believe them. what has been
done 10 subduc thcu' Their slave property has been
taken away true; bui all that richest and most .oduc
tive !ald stretching from the Potomac 10 tie klo
Granae re.aains IN the very taids WHO plotted tie
destruction Of tie UriOn. Tley know tie power Of
,rge landowners. aud tley mean ~ have II and to
WELD IT, Freedmen wish to hire a piece OF land to
work II for themselves they cannot get H. except in
rarc Instances and 10 save themselves from ~ tlraion,
they must make BARGAINS 10 lire our az = per moih
CDnly IN exceptional cases they receive Us much as
.I2l This money is promised be paid at the end Of
the year when the contract expires only IN some ~
ftnces 90 they receive half Of eyory month In
the mean time they have to take care oi tleir fmes
cons,sfug generally Of and ~ children Qegacies u
former timcs) and AFTER they have worked what guar
aniee have they that the money VIII he pcdf Are thry
allowed to testify against white man ID theF Deh'!l
Not yetl As lar as civil law is concerned, ila in
famous maxim siil ptcyGiG-that tie "ncgEo nhs 10
rights which white man need 10 respect Ihu',
tey have to take their chances either not 70 woIk ana
starve or work and nearly staTyo Hnd' when IN thelI
arouy they pause consider. they are cfcd down AS
idrrs thieves. lH>y "niggersf etc. AZ present tcy
can look b the FTocdmeE's Bureau 70! redress bI.
that is gone they nay look to the gods for hep.
And are the real Union men much Ociter of They
hive vote true but whoever has been at an elect on
South knows how these .nings are nanared by tho
:. unrcr' class A marked man : vote . opoLcI.
and nfocl4mel aloud before Ii deposited the tai
lot box If IL ever gets there At the recent ercuon Tor
Governor, n Union man. gray headed and venerable
stcppcd forward to deposit hs votc when the Judeeo
The election took II, opened H. a1d called oni' Why
IL thought yen were going 10 vote ior Holden
so have" was Tie Response, aud The iSuoiant cro"d
hssed and laughed like demons.
Another Union nan told nie tho other CAV. nnt J
heard ,le story since that al he outbreak OF tho Ee.
bclion hs had three sons two OF them were c9ceceG
into the Rebel army. and there sho by mon bullets;
willie tao third promising boy, was hanged IN inc
nirsenfe OF the old father by gaerrill Who sill niest
Ibis neRh5o-hood, and The body thrown before tno
hogs wfo deyCusei H. And whnt hlve thege iaen now
e.
johnson they are kept down, tle sndder a Tue very
idea OF tie withdrawal of the Union troops, few as
,hrre are ett and insI!cen. as Is their AID, N lh's
denirtuolt al least; for With tAo departure OF TIE ast
II Ion bayore, the dsy of yengelnce is et hand, Ite
Union men do bitterly compaia of tie t,eAtntnt iheJ
receiver they say Il j. uagenerois, unlu't ana wrong.
Tho nsiigaloTs II the Rebellion aie diaciiminaicy
rarloued their property Is restored to len, all TO ~
lueuce and patronage OF the General Go'cTnlcnt b.
thrown into their hands and the Union men w!O have
suffered from friend and foe alike, nowhere they
are even required to pay taxes which, IN lnlce and
equitg should alone be paid b. the o6nators of tie
Rebellion.
10 YOU iiink that Union lady caa get board here
I'm auost every place where there are the much de-
su.sed Yankee teachers" they mIst either mess to
gcther or live rs well as they car. Tie place from
which am now writing has large end .HcOmm0di0as
school for coored children. numbering already 800.
though only a short time in existence. The evening
class FOR grown persons Ia also well attended and
younv and Old behave IN the most exemplary manner.
Tine So haol Is great wav of the city the fair
ground very kindly furnished by the Bureau the only
place AT s disposal The lady teachers intelligent
and modest as sclfsacritcing were lucky enough 10
And board IN the family OF Northern gentleman Zone
of the FIVE Union men Of the place. though Il numbers
over 900 iuhab!tants) and since their arrival all com
muncaiion with the lady Of the house though sho her
scf is from Virginia. has ceased u facts Ike these
The daughters Of the North oVawed aud insaied, 40
not tell their own tale, nothing does.
Among sill the relations aud obligations OF life there
is none sacred next " those VI God aud fAmiU and