The New York herald., 1866-08-03
THE SOUTH.
Four Months Among the Re-
constructed.
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Sentiments and Disposition or
the People. @
THE DANGER or THE HOUR.
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Shall the United States be Again
Divided
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THE DANGER or THE HOUR.
our TRAVELLING CORRESPONDENCE.

-" '""'~~s'es ssn"Ssrv"urNs&s
Nxw YoKx, August . lse0.
During the past four months have travelled nne
Of the issely rebclious sstes have visited sixty or
seventy OF the principal southsrn cis oonverssd
freely with the people, and have heard the views Of all
classes expressed without hesitation or conceaiment
have dlned with them Jdmlle and In public have
listened to their political discussions have read closely
their leading newspapers and have been present their
political caucusos, Every facility for gaugng public
sentiment In tho States has bson afforded
Thb result " the observations thus made may be
briefly laid before tho readers the HERALD under three
or four heads. First
aoUrH n wufrrEp.
Texas makes beieve not TO know Il; some parts Of
Mississippi try torarget Il; but the people whole
whipped, thoroughly whipped, and acknowledge the
II would be imposble TO deepen the sense OF thor
defeat you thom the old Romans served
the Csrhag and plough up ruins Of their cities
and SOW the ground with salt have spoken with
OF their leading generals and statesmen and they all
admit that secession buried beyond the power
OF resurrection Ever Howell Cobb says On second
thought perhaps had better pass on Howell Cobb,
for fancy Fslaaan warrior beaten before the
nght we'll beSS The citIzeuso o. Columbus G, have
an uncomfortable tradition that after Cobb and 1oombs
Georgia had stirred them mp TO useless resistance,
thereby causing the destruction of halt their city, theae
worthies, when Wilson approached the town, rode
through the racing pair Of spawned mules,
tho tails of their sceds pointing desny at tho ad
vancing Yankee troopcra But brayer men than the
heroes OF Columbus recognize the OF the s.rugge
as nnal Joe Johnston In his quiet reserved way,
fesses that the cause lost and the sujoct when
his csmpagn spoken Of Hood with manly candor,
places himself among those WHO have no desire 10 Eight
again Even Henry A. Wise, that saamandor among
IRE easr though he refuses TO tasc the OATH and insists
thai the government onghi 70 hang him az
= most pernicioas traitor. givcs tho admin
stratou credit for its magnanniy and claims stili
The right 10 shelter under the old flag. Among the
hundreds Of pcrsons to whom have spoken have
nevor yet who took any active part In the fight
ing but admitted tha, the for which he fought hsd
gone up, and that hsacsforh there must be only one
government for the entire American peopIe. might
70 further and say that the South ~ not only whipped
bnf that Il In oowod. II MOBILE, think, wit
messed little Incident which VIII 70 further TO provo
this than = bazhei Of argimsnt. military band SER
enading Horths general played the captured tuns or
Dixie and the people the streets, carried
away by the familar strain. set up chser Tor
ssonswali ysrtson. Alone In that dense crowd was
hair drunken upsed s,Aies siasr Raising hiS
voice above ibe din, he swors with many
spithe,s more fcro5se tssa boe that he would lick the
ar.i rebel that asgsA - sasat for s,saswsli Jackson,
''or any oshss<sckun. Nfc: s:ae ras sf'd .saln's
hip pash be stood there ~ Ms mercy Of sns tnfons'
The cheers siopp~a ths band pssA 'bAi' Coa'n'
ba" and tho crowd dispersed. The sout dsc>na upon
H. has had enough Of nghtng Il could no, BE- kicked
a.o rebellion sgain. Moro than this,
ssx socrH u LOYAL
why should not bs soS Putting tho question tho
lowest ground h Ne interest TO be 80 merely
the present momsat but for ali future tms. n hss
everything to gain w . cordial return 10 the Union
eyeryhng TO Ioss by sronsrsry policy. What is 70
dn without sraisrrsrailon with The Sorthg wsro sgp
~ s.cels !, sos TIE aoer 70 MEXICO 10 barred
ID the rllns os Ms1ianlisSs empire. Brazilian
emigration fzturr. Day after day you SEQ IN ssms
of the Southern nswpapens letters frva ea uho have
rahiy gone into exile and whose only thought now Is TO
return Everything FOR which the South desired aola-
tIon has gone by tho board The institution which
made the soa,hem whites srs,ocrsoy, opposed TO
,lls dsnfocrscy of North, has srnk to riss
again There Is longer The TeprezgibIe conflict of
free ard save labor For the future the labor system ~
the 50 ih mus. 10 assmlaed 10 the free labor system of
tho North her fertile cotton lands viii becone viii
dcrnsss Northern cspts snd Northern energy arc re-
auref 70 80, the south agss the road 10 prosperity
and wealth There community Of inteIo. hero be-
TO- sen the sccit0ns which " the snrest snd bcf
tLlng ID inc woriJ bring about community Of feeling
believe mareover. Is tho disposition o. ihe south,
~ her le., men we're opp0ssd srmet seossEon and
s,nigxied sgans, ul opposition NJ Iourrr
pr.et.cable aud then reat wia nc avau-
Tbey~ 4 hardly better Union IN The
United slates today than Alexander II. ste.
pLens a. piegrc soaie aud they tho repre-
sentative q. Glass; md ~ large ard influential clas
asnosr The citizens ~ the exrebell0rs state. They
arr backed np by Immense maionsy of The oacer'
and soldiers Of the rebel army, who have fought
lie unioa have ieli ~ power and respec, !. Too
about the dssoysty of the Southern people
which sppesr fror tme iifns the radical nsw-p4
pe-x are hair u them fabricated by agcaia % tho
rrreamcn's Bnrran. anxious for personai rca-
san0 a. p,Ip~,gsle % offensive and utterly
nnnsesasry fuatan,los, nnd the other bali are
suoesiv exaggerated for = at parpo~e 10 town
sfDr town that bsys vsiied have heard from ins
isedrg citizens nothing bat thoToogh acceptance %
ts lsuaion and heartily expressed desire 70 ci by
sgne. b. bygonc- aud 70 starr under The psie %
she conslu,i1n. TIE n1ed impression left npoa my
suD1 = ,hAi either the bulk % The southern people
ths mon accomplished lars and hypOcries ths lsee
cs ,e sIobc or that ey loyal 20 iao sovsTnmeni
snd 70 ihs country under she cisngcd order y thiHsa
coss1.lxc rstos
Yoa rii perceive TIM, speskBg o he loyalty ~
, sooh have thus fsr rsforYea only 70 ,ho.e rasn
sho were original sccs-slonisss and bsve had n.
s6csh whipped oal II tnep, hs,e made no srus.on
"a ne aoes'iea rn1n raen and I spfguscn tbag
subject With samo aiaasnrs, for 4 serm- 70
wAgch the Nsrthera psorleesen ho4s nsst fflen1iy
| "a the soaGb-hase hardly taken connect ys-w.
A art rsbi K certainly isOss Ike posicai
usloe hA, The sho orponcd rcboihca ard sadsrsd
for slouIa hsy. the banding of The Jols Dow that
the rebellion l. crushed Hut Practically, sad~r IRE
republican gsycrnmsns sals - Impc~ribis u iAaa
srecalss fAi = ste tuf ths truth A The Unlcn nsn q
ma soush sorrrse neither tho edpcai'on, he n'ees'
nor the inassres ~ ihs counSv Ieoch hsps Stirring
s-c,pssors % ths saismsni but nn 70" sehs'si'sng
aud sreakipg n lha tnsn clas~ 70 pl>ss al
,as .aseh nsry 81 ssAis rsverrsnsns throughout ne
es,th IN she hsnfs n thsss nsn w0aii b sn ~t a.
| Tyranny rs,b - Scrshsrn sla's ~cuia teissass
T~y as~ osjeeis.tsts ~ mech ~ ~rauns " uhsF
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