American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1866-09-15
a.stliug girls aud growing hers
Always come to some bad end"


The following is an extract from q
speech Of Senator Doollttle, recently de-
Ii,orel a, Buffalo NJ. Dooliltle. il mus,
be rene mbersd. is himself a member of
'be Republican party:
Having received d letter from man Of
! the South, who was once 10 COngress-l
refer to Mr.. Curry. Of Alabama, and who
Is now he President Of one OF The colleges
in that ota,e-and he having stated in
hu letter to me that tie South vas com
! petely caricatured in some OF the teslimo
ny which was given before the Recon,
structon Committee 10 Washington, and
having made tDat statement on the aa-
thority ot Mr., Curry 10 the Senate Of Tie
United States. it drew from a gentr man
in the State o. New YORK, who may be
known TO some OF you present, and whose
name l will uot uilhhuid-I refer to Col.
Tan bella letter. an extract from which
| will nov read. Speaking Of the cOndi
tIOn of The South. be says:
ALLOW me to say that have been in
the States O. Georgia. A ALBANIA and Mis-
siasippi, since December iast-.hat | wa.
Wblg aad am Republican, and hence
looked closely at Southern society. !
have no heSi alton in denuuncing the re-
ports 10 NOuhern new sPapers of outrsgrs
upon the blacks aud upon Northern set
tiers, As uurr iabricaiions, or malicioU,
exag,eralioEs Travelled by rail. By wa
ter, on horseback, on foot, in company
and alone-by day and By uight-totally
uuarmed except a pocket knte-purpose-
ly, openly and frankly declaring 10 every
Que was Yankee aud Black Repub
lican. | met others who had travelled on
horse back from Floriia 10 Mississippi
WHO ike me were R-pubIcan-and | do
assure 500 | would sUcne, travel through
out the south than the North, so far as
PERSONAL safety is concerned. To 20 from
here to the South is Ike passing out OF
the work OF the week into the Sahba,b-
all is qaict-ail are trying 10 work for
iivirg-for all are on a level and com
PEELED 10 work with their own hands.
Yankeo land does not pres-n. mere &C.
live. industrious scene Than The who'e
South. nor could YsUkees display moye
energy. Integrity, aud rccSperative power
10 standing on nothing. To say that The
South is csreatured in The North does
not express it. Sic is sIan1ered, yillitied. .
wicaeliy, UNANIMOUSLY belIed. Were the
South to come Nor'h she would not re.
coguze herself. Were the North to go
south she would be astonished at The mis-
r, prese Dtalions and fslsehoods. and with
the cruelty unjps: and erroneous ssnti-
ments prevailing here"
Il assure you, cir, that this terrific .
public opiui,u hat IS driving the Moth TO
the support Of the Starting and dangerous I
Capitalization OF power in Congress. is I
based upea fsl,eLood ard misrrpreseuta-
lion. A. expect to lie judged by ray ,
Maker on the great day Of Gnsl judgmen,,
| state 10 you solemnly that, from extern
sive travels in these States, from converse I
lion with all classes and colors, and after
lis ening to huudreds. l believe before
high Heaven thai al these newspaper re-
ports Of hatred aud sutrages upon blacks
Oy whites, and ol the molestalion OF North
ern settlers, are bsseless, wicked fa5rics-
tons, eoncoc,ed and reported expressly to
crush his fearful public opinion which
should sustain the change OF the fuuda-
mental principles Of he Constitution.
al have the best wife in the world"
remarked an ill-used husband, "She
always strikes me with the soft end
Of the broom"