The daily clarion. [volume] (Meridian, Miss.) 1863-1866, 1866-03-29
Cincinnati Conn mcrciaI Correspondence
Am AmprO ycnent.

Am EmnprO vcmenr.
We hasten to redeem our pledge of doing
Justice to the Commercial when it should
appear disposed to do justice to the Sonth.
We do not owe it much yet, but we love to
pay promptly,
The Commercials correspondent % ?. f"
has returned from his Southern tour, and
sitting down in Cincinnati, writes 'sum-
mary of observations during eight months
in the Gulf States" 20. Z. F. appears to
be a well-meaning man, of good powers of
observation, and to have used them indus
triously Still he has not got quite rid of
his green spectacles; beside which he Is ex-
cessively ignorant, but with the usual con-
ceit of Yankee, is not aware of the fact,
and it is owing to this that he says many
! irritating things about Southern intelh-
gence. Southern women, 81. As he means
no harm by these, we pass them over, and
proceed, to copy from his observations upon
| things as they are in the South, some por-
tions which will be found to be written III a
very different tone and to differ materially
| in their aspect of affairs, from the vile bark
incs of the Commercials Jackson CORES
pondent or correspondents. We regret the
want of space which compels us to limit
the extent of our extracts:
| Most of the stories about the insults and
abuse that are heaped upon Northern men,
compelling them to leave the country, are
simnly cOntemptible sensations. They are
sufficiently refuted by the fact that two
thirds of the officers and many of the men
| from dozens of white regiments, and nearly
| one.haIf of the officers of diSbanded negro
| rcrimentS-the most odlouS OF all-are now
in the South and i'll business. The Second
| National Bank, in Galveston, furnishes a
good illustration, among many that are
| similar The Cashier OF that is eN-brlgadleT
| General w. f. Clark, of our army, while the
President is ex-Maior General Nichols, OF
the Confederate army, and all the sixteen
directors are of the same antccedent>, and
vet the utmost harmony prevails. In the
interior of Texas for instance, could select
places where it would be very unsafe Tor d
Northern man to establish business, ana toI
| that matter, any other man, for l insist on
il that the outrages are perpetrated by II
resnonslble bands of men, who have othel
ends in view than politics. This IS shown
| by the fact, that in Tennessee ana 1eNaS eS-
necialIv. these bands are largely reinforced
by deserters from the Union army. lht
desertion of the regulars IN texas mas
| reached an extent ludt II dbS'ihtNAS "H
Mailing. | will sum up all with this asSer
tiou. that 100000 Northern men could
easily find places in the South where they
c0uId live in sufficient quietness.
As to the matter of the personal treat
ment of the negro at the hands OF the peo
ple OF the South. there is much mlsunder
standing prevailing. 1t Is not hs forme
master. as a general thing, that is his wors
enemy. but quite the contrary | have see!
and talked candidly and earnestly VIII
/ hundreds of old slaVe-OWnerS. ana am no
mistaken The sentiment with which
vast majority regard their former chattel
is one of uudIsgulSed commlseratlon, a
though a commiseratlOn OF very little hlgL
er order than one would bestoW on suffer
inc animal to which he had become attached
Last summer as was to have been eN
lpected the negroes were lmproYldent. gay
thoughtleSs-the natural result OF ne'
frecdom-and as consequence, Whe
winter came, hundreds OF them came |
want and persisted The old planters wouL
| tell me of numerous instances which the
had seen of this sort. and which lad II
douht were authentic, and dIlate upon theI
To GREAT length to show what Wretche
condition the negro had fallen INTO. Noul
they have reduced them TO slavery again
they had been permitted Ot course the
would. and so far as the immediate phys
cal condition OF tens of thousands OF IN
negroes was concerned, it would have bee
better for them.
There was between master and slave, an
still is. in a vast majority of cases, a real a
tachment, especially between the 1amiI
- and the house servants. say thel
Is that the great body of the former slave ov
ners have treated, and still treat, their n
u groes kindly and provide for them a sut1
cheney of mere physical comfort, and are IL
best friends they hayein the South.
The qreat point is, and IL Is one on lchfh
stronglu insist that no more negroes are mn
dc1ed in the South than lrbite men, nor as man
IN fact After a residence there of eigl
months and a wide perusal of the local =
pers, am fully persuaded of this fact. Eve
tn those States where the white and Il
black populations are about equal, belle'
the statement Will hold good. Murder,
the South, as all the world over, Is dol
chiaHv for money, and those persons a
murdered most who have most OF 1t, Whet
er their skins are white or pIack-" leth
their nolitics are Northern or Souther
The negro must ever remain WI
. the South, and, despite all Legislation al
insane attempts to divert the course Oh
fairs, the South is now and always Will
his chief guardian. The Southern peop
are associated with the blacks IN a thousa
intimate relations which can not be &C
trolled. Even if Northern men are so fooh
as to attempt it, and they made their b'
- friends of their worst enemies, and II I
NJ national legislation is unreasonably exactl
and irritating to the South, depend upon
the nl-temper generated by it will
chiefly on the negro whom we seek to p