The Portland daily press., 1866-09-28
federation M tle Seuth.

We have received the following letter from g
New Orleans correspondent, who processes t.
be a Union man and an entirely unprecedented
observer. Weregret to be compelled to distrus
the accuracy and extent of his observation, bu
he shall speak for himself, and we shall ther
take leave to subjoin some OF the reasons which
compel us TO reject his conclusions:
NEW ORLEANS, Sept 20, 1866.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE PRESS.
1t seems to be the constant object Of many
papers, to declare that Northern men are not
safe in the South. They use every exertion to
ferret out means whereby to prove their asser-
tiOns, and do not fail to seize upon every op-
portunity afforded them, to vilify and misrep-
resent various sections. Now L am Union
man, heart and soul, and thoroughly justified
in speaking as l do, and being no politician, am
better able to present an unprecedented view;
hence my desire to prove the incOrrectness, and
talsity OF those unfair assertions.
In the first place, is it fair to assume that we
have induced SO many Northern men to come
into our midst, merely for the sake OF Oppres-
sing, insulting and numbering themY such a
supposition is too absurd for argument, and it
is just as absurd to believe that we do not
know our own minds, any better, than to want
to drive them away one day and earnestly invite
them to come among us the next.
The truth is, Northern men, are treated with
courtesy and respect-the courtesy and respect
to which every good citizen is entitled-and
the Southern people want them to come by
scores, by hundreds, and by thousands, to aid
in the reorganization of our industry and the
development of our resources.
We want population sadly need it, We
know that in numbers consists a community 8
strength and infiuence-because strength and
influence are the natural sequence Of the ma
terial prosperity which flows from the efforts
of an Industrious population. Nor do We
make political opinion bar to the immgra-
ton we DESIRE We welcome all, without cues
ton as to their views on the political issues of
the day, provided they be honest and industri-
Gus. All we ask is, that they come las friends
to further their own fortune by furthering the
prosperity of the community into which they
come instead of consigning us, like Governor
BrOwnlow, to the lowest OF Tartarus deeps.-
there is not one instance in which a man has
been ill-treated in the South on account of po-
itical opinions or nativity. A newcomer,
whether from Maine or France, from Illinois
or Ireland, whether Conservative OF Radical
Democrat or Republican, is just as safe here
as in Boston.
We have land enough to spare. We have a
genial climate, productive soil, and magni-
ficent rivers. The South is field we cannot
cultivate, however strong may be pur desire,
however great our efforts We want the en-
terprise and ingenuity OF the Yankee, the steady
industry of the German and the Irishman, the
methodical calculating sagacity of the English
man. We know that our interests will be their
interests, that their prosperity and advance
ment will go with ours. Come ohel Come
all and we will made liberty and liberation
where it may not now exist
ADVENTURE.
federation where it may not now existp 1t
seems, then, that "Adventurer" himself has
some doubts. Of course we do not suppose
that the same men invite immigration and then
oh,,ea and drivo n ur,u fla W. l.
believe that while right-minded Southerners,
like our correspondent, realize their imperative
need of such help as immigration would bring,
another class of wrong-headed Southerners
systematically repels the aid which would nat
urally flow to them.
We know men who went South to settle and
returned, declaring that in the present state of
Southern society, it was unsafe to live there.
We know of respectable families in Virginia
who live in state of social ostracism which
must result in driving them away. We saw
the other day teacher in one of the freed
mems schools in Virginia, who had been fred
upon by luSking scoundrels and whose school
house had been finally burned.
These might all be exceptional cases. A
new orleans correspondent of the New York
lines says Northern men "do live and grow
sleek with commercial success" in that civ
Inc New orleans Times protests that no dis
elimination whatever is made by the business
men of the South against Nortberners Tho
Augusta (Ga.) Chronicle AYERS that Northern
men are as safe anywhere in the State of Geo,-
gia as they would be in New England. Con
Forrest, in his dispatch to the soldiers at C,evo
land said for the soldiers of the late Confeder-
ate army, "On our part, we pledge security of
life, person, property, and freedom of speech
and opinion to all"
Let us examine these witnesses little more
strictly. The Times correspondent goes on to
say, None except violent negro suffrage men
have been interfered with, from which 1 infer
that none but extremists are in danger" Is this
freedom Of speech and opinion? The New Or
leans Times on the day after it issued the pro-
test recorded above, published among its adyer-
tisements the following notice:
WANTED-Three or four white men to chon
saw-logs and four men to work i'm a saw mill
on the Amite River. Good wages paid. In
quire at the Wabash House, corner of Julia
and New Levee streets, for two days. No Yam
Sees need apply. JAS. PAGE.
Is not this something like Discrimination
Inc Georgia paper after affirming the perfect
strain:
wbo cd mast &c e4ndidy say however, that those
account of the war, and to adxoc peop mor un
equality and negro suffrage, are neither wei.
come nor would we promise them security
A Northern man who advocates negro s,,e
frage in Georgia is not then quite SO safe as bo
would be in New England. The Forrest dis