Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1866-03-07

| After looking around nearly two week.
and examining many plantations we final
ly bought to suit. The next item was tC
send North for "wives and little ones
procure implements and hire laborers, al
which was accomplished gin due course o.
mail" with little difficulty, though at nc
little expense. A Northern man has lit
tie difficulty in determining when and
where he crossed Mason and Dixon's line.
His rail road fare and hotel bills are al
once doubled; little conveniences grow
beautifully less" and his diet becomes
every simple" The occasion of this l at.
tribute mainly to lack of enterprise. Ii
is in keeping with the "Heathenish In.
stitution and will, like its patron, be IN
dermined by Yankee craft and energy.
Since establishing ourselves On the plan
tation, we have introduced Northern
modes of living. as well as Northern ways
of working. We are the observed of the
neighborhood, and from present indica-
tions will soon have disciples to our faith.
Our success in managing freedmen and
pushing work is spoken of in flattering
terms, and if continued will doubtless
command respect.
I have been amused at accounts in
Northern papers concerning Hostility of
Southern people towards Northern men,"
&c. As far as my observation extends,
there is not the least foundation for these
reports. 1t is true hat a great many
Southern people are dissatisfied with the
results of the Rebellion; but as a general
thing they attach the blame where it be-
longs-to their own h~ot-headed haste in
trying to secede; and they do not enter
tain a revengeful spirit towards their
more fortunate neighbors who never
swerved from the Union. Col. Skaters
letter which obtained a wide circulation
in the North is hit off with merited ridi-
cule by the following which l clip from
the Mississippi Clarion.
X Il X
''The South was astounded a few days
since, by the announcement in the tele-
grams to the Associated Press, 'that the
life of no Northern man is safe in the
Gulf States" an allegation.so false, as to
eclipse the ~crowning efforts of the base
father of liars himself. But the South
will recover from its surprise, when it
learns that the author of the contempt
BILE lie, was no other than Col. Shaffer,
Gen. B. F. Buffers chief of staff"
No wonder he should attempt to char
acterize the Southern people as a band of
murderers thirsting for the blood of
Northerners. The South expects nothing
more from Butler and his clan. The South
has no Offering but contempt for them
There may be those in the South who
have sworn the vendetta" with regard
to Butler, and we believe there are, and
we would not raise our voice to save him
from the vengeance of those he has ruin
ed. There is blood crying "a life for a
life !" in the Gulf States.
But otherwise the South is as safe a
country for the New Highlander, as his
own granite hills.-Sunny South.
Butler doubtless has faults and many
Southern people failings, but when ''the
devil gets his due" we may yet find
something to admire in both. At all
events there is nothing to be made by
Instrumentation. If such letters as Col.
Skaters are written for political effect,
they ought to be discountenanced by the
public. As the South tried to get out of
the Union but failed for want of muscle,
it should now have its full rights under
the Constitution; and any attempt to
withhold said rights should be as hearth
ly condemned as was the policy of the
South in attempting to redress its grieV-
ences, not in, but in spite of the Union.
What the Southern people need is en-
enlargement. The air castles of halcyon
youth have evaporated like water, their
system of labor has been changed, their
property has left them and their hopes
have been disappointed. They have now
lost confidence in the stability of things;
(perhaps not however in the stability of
the q. S. Government) they distrust their
own ability to accomplish anything, and
are ready to accept anything that promis-
es security and rest. What is needed
here is an infusion of Northern energy
and skill and a distribution of Northern
capital. The South is but sparsely settled.
Millions of acres of as fine land as sun
ever shone upon await the axe of the
Abundant opportunity is Of
fered to purchasers, and good induce
ments for leasing. 1t is now too late to
with a view to securing a crop
this year, but it would be well for those
who intend coming South to commence
selecting a location for next year. Many
Northern men are now on the look out
for bargains, and land is steadily advanc-
ing in value.
l will be glad to correspond with any of
my Trumbull County friends who desire
to settle in this locality, and will gladly
give them the benefit Of any knowledge
1 may possess.
Respectfully,
RIDGLEY C. POWERS.
SHUQULAK, NoxUBEE Co., Miss.
Feb. Doth 1866,