Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1866-02-22

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who are connected witL the Freedmen S
BureG we're conspicuous in our army
is " 80 10 ,wn. The Quaker ladies who
60 So for the purpose Of teaching the
freedmen are objects Of great dislike to
them, and | am told they cannot pass
through a public street without receiy-
ing insults o. .... 81. .z#'
Whipped rebel No. l, did not report
to me never have seen him; but the
man spoke often who "knows that it was
main strength and awkwardness that beat
u.s." ac3 if Beauregard had been in the
place Of Pemberton, or Johnston !. in the
place of Hood, it would have turned the
whese thing. "We are not whipped, no
sir We are put down for season, but
it will be all right yet " . .s. -
L notice it is usual for observers of the
Southern people to mention the existence
OF several different classes there, who look
upon their condition differently, and while
one man yields because he is fully whip
ped, and others, upon reflection, have con
ciuded Git was an error to endeayor to
break up the "best Government in the
world" most all appear to regard fighting
at an end, and the pipe of peace half
smoked up! Now, outside of the river
towns, l also found two classes, one of
which consists of the uuwhipped, unre-
pentent, blood-thirsy, poison rebels, with
their rebel wives, rebel daughters and
rebel sisters. The other class was a late
Major in the Confederate army, who got
tired, poor fellow, and deserted the SER
vice some niue months before the close
Of the war. His heart grew warm when
he heard me say "guess" for reckon" J."
and the poor man really did act as though
he liked me, and he tried to talk love
for orr Government and the dear old flag,
But that man is not long for this world
He he's been shot at twice within the past
ninety days
The hospitality Of the Southern people
to strangers is proverbial. Everyone knows
about that. enjoyed it. They have a
way Of putting one at his ease never prac-
tised in the North. In the first place,
they most thoroughly hate everybody
north of Mason and Dixons line. The
degree or intensity Of feeling is governed
by the section we hail from, and by cur
political complexion. At a plantation
visited, the lady owner, who was widow,
spok e so frequently and so bitterly Of "the
Yankees" chat it was getting hard to en-
dure With a view Of checking the un.
kind expressions used in speaking Of my
people, I gently informd her that [ was
form the North myself It had its effect.
for thereafter she made handy use Of a
pronoun instead of the adjective. Mad
am have you any lnilk'?' No! you
Yankees sole all my cows" "Boy," said
7, turning abruptly tc her son, q lad Of
twelves years or more, chow old are you?'
" DON'T knoaU. You ID Yanhs stole
orr BiJ5c!" There is no use--you can't
switch them off from that subject ]
have endeavored to make you understand
the true feeling Of the great mass Of the
people met in every day life. Speeches
are frequently made by shrewed men fol
publication, and newspaper articles pub
Iished to be copied into Northern papers
that would lead one to think there was q
loyal sentiment here that would blossom
out as big as a sunhower, if Congress
would admit the members elected from
the so-ealled Confederate States" and il
our politicians would bo q little more con.
ciliatory towards the South; but "who,
ever is deceived thereby is not wise"
AS careful as they try to be, they dc
get upon the record, to their disadvant-
age sometimes. Notice the State militia
formed by late act Of the Legislature
of Mississippi, with the Confederate
grey" as the legal uniform, who charge
about under command of their late econ.
federate officers" expressing, abusing and
robbing the poor freedmen! This army
| am told, resembles so much the late re.
bel army, in spirit and appearance, that
the difference cannot be discovered with
the naked eye. A man aspiring to any
place of honor Or profit, must show good
bloody record in the rebel service, or he
"ain't loyal" and would get no votes:
What chance has the late slave to live
withouta master in fact He is prohibi.
ted by law from owning or even leasing 1
foot of Gods footstool His so-called
liberty will be of no value to him unles:
the Federal Government, by appropriate
legislation, protects him in his rights and
gives practicals effect to his freedom. sThc
question, what shall be done with these
rebels is the one prominently before tho
people now. / will not try to answer il
fully, but will caution those in power not
to enlarge their privileges, and be sure
that the Federal bayonets be not decreas