, 1866-12-21

The tone OF the fSontheru papers since thu
elections substantially decided the fate Of the
Presidents policy, has been suIle refdslne TO
accept the result and yet unable 70 saRgest a
means Of avoiding il. The Richmond TsESs
very well expresses the prevailing idea oa the
subject of the amendueat proposed BY Goa
gress, as follows:
D dHaying seen no evidence Of favor to the con
ltitutional aunendnent FROM any respectable
quarter in the South, we have felt no dsposi-
ton 70 discuss its merits. Southern opinion
caunut aifect the destiny Of the amendment, a.
we cannot control single vote IN the North,
aud can hardly lay claim even to an audience Of
our views and wishes respecting this or any
other question Of national politics. A discus
sion Of the subject eau only indicate a differ
en co in Southern sentiment, where none really
exists, or eau exist, respecting a measure so
utterly hostile to our interests and repugnant to
our sensibilites." The same paper says;
"If the conservatives of the North are not
utterly destitute of all spirit il. they have not
been successfully bullied and completely cowed,
il they are not unlike human beings elsewhere,
the reign of terror which has been iuAugurated
over them must cause trouble. Indications are
not wanting that the conservatives do not mean
to stand the treatment bestowed on them like
whipped spaniels. -....-... ..-.. .......
"The beaten and overwhelmed minorities at
the North may have vast deal more fortitude
and patience than we had, but it was in just such
spirit as now persecutes them which drove us
to try the sword rather than live longer with
those who had SO little regard for us and our
rights
Many of the Southern papers still hammer
away at the President for the release of JEFF.
Davis. writer in the Louisville Courier thus
appeals to Mr.. johnson: a
"There is held as prisoner at fortress of
the United States, one whose captivity is an ut
ter paralysis upon the Southern heart While
Jefferson Davis is there coD6ned, it being IN
your power to release him, the people of the
South can never feel any enthusiasm in your
behalf or any confidence that the Administra-
tiou is reconciled to them. If at times, moved
by your bold defiance to the enemies of their
government aud yours, they feel their bosOms
swell with sympathy and admiration, that emo =
ton IS quickly paralyzed by the thought OF a
whose crime-if crime 1t be-is also theirs, be-
ing slowly tortured to death within the gloomy
easements of Fortress Monroe"
Another Southern paper thus pays its respects
to Mr.. Beecher
"Beecber has slid back into the radical sty,
where he came from originally. Nothing better
could be expected from the puritanical, smooth
faced, glib-tongued AminidAb Sleek, who, on a
certain well-remembered occasion, had the i'm
puuenCe 10 nOmludIe DedSb DutteT as tue next
President Of the United States. The Demo-
cratic party is better of without these dodgers
than with them Never did the sun shine on
greater moral towards than this whiting par.
son of Plymouth Church, and the equally Whit
hug shyster of the Times"
The Nashville Banner snufed afar off the
scent of the difficulties in Maryland, and issued
its call to arms in the following terms:
"Well, this looks like war Let every South
ern man, every veteran 'in gray, be ready at a
moment's notice, to take up his musket in de-
fence of the Union and Constitution, against
those vile traitors who would disrupt govern
ment for which so much blood has already been
she'd" ....
The Macon (Iississippi) Beacon demonstrates
against the "low aud crngiug" Southern habit
of making pleasure tours to Northern watering
places, aud patronizing Northern colleges, and
discovers a recommendation for Southern iusti-
tutions to medical students: 'l.
"Why should medic Al students 60 North when
you have them in New Orleans and Mobile? If
you object to the health Of New Orleans there
is Mobile, as healthy as any city in the Union
In winter there is no freezing weather to inter-
fere with dissection in summer no sickness to
prevent your remaining and practising in the
hospitals"
A bit of frankness is this testimany from the
Augusta CoastitutiOnGlist 10 the usefulness and
good behavior OF the negroes
"They have been Of immense utility in the
past, and are, if properly cared for, capable Of
prodigious service in the future. Great pro.
portions of them preserve their urbanity of de-,
pertinent, system of labor, and modesty of
speech They have considering their opportu>
mites and numbers, behaved in critical periods,
with exemplary fidelity and generosity. No
ssrvile race on the face Of the earth ever receiv
ed sudden and violent emancipation with equal
imperturbability. l....... .....-..... AID.
coguized in the following scrap from the Aemph-
is Appeal: ..... -
"The difference between the negro Of the South
and the barbarian in his native wilds is as great
as between Southern gentleman and white
cravatted Yankee blue-belly."