, 1866-12-13
A TRIP THROUGH THE SOUTH.
Southern MIarepresentatior-An
MAINS Of ClasH-SeGro Suafa0e-The
Cotton Cfop-C'Aunes Of Fallurc-A Nc
EToc's StoFy-Not safe for Capital to
Go South.

Southern MIartpresentatlon-A
MAINS Of ClasH-ScGro SuaraKe-The
Cotton Crop-CAuses Of Fallurc-4A Nc
E7oess Story-Not safe for Capital to
Go South.
Correspondence Chicago Tribunal
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. December :. Is66.
hare now spent four weeks in Tennessee,
Arkansas and Alabama, aud convcrscd much
and freely with different persons belonging
to the three classes Of Southern eoctety-to
wit: The former shareholders, the poor
whites, md the freedmen, and will give your
readers some account Of what I have seen
and heard, though fully conscious hog Diff
cult IT is to "hold the mirror up to nature,"
to "naueht extenuate and ueught set down
In mallc9,'s
Nls-sTA7ZMKS7s OF TIE PRESS.
There have been any amount Of cxngeesat-
cd and positive mis- statements of facts pub
..shed which, whether designed or not, are
having mischievous effect, IS lies always
do. As sample, I enclose tho following
paragraph from the Knoxville :Aessenqer,
cru Press, and which has not single clrcum-
stance Of truth - basis, bat Is 8 pure ac-
| tion i:
..ore Of the methods reeorted to by The Rsdi-
result; OF the election IN that State was he
burning OF thn Constitution ot the United States,
which WIS done In The open streets. amid The most
assembled
THREE IL TUE SOUTH.
There are three distinct classes Of people
in the South, Chose named above, which arc
as plainly defined almost as the different
crops In her fields, and these classes seem al
low.bsed, degraded wh1tes hate the negro,
because he Is L negro, with an fmptAcablo
hatred, yet they themselves arc a. degraded
as the begToes themselves aud In some local
,ss s,s Ss and ths refprS'ste
The Lov-downrss.'' as they calf tho
poor whites. On the other hand, the
Eristoc1ntic late owners OF the negro hate
him eeause he Is free man, mot pastien-
larly because he Is black,l With deadly
In bis estimate Of the poor v bites; and both
thsinegro and the poor white traah envy the
nrktcetst. and would Ike 70 see him
brought down 10 t1,cir level and compelled
to roll for his bread Ike themselves
This triple autaEoufsm, however, has been
much scfttned and modified bf the late
struggle, which has brought down the Aris.
tocrats, and raised up n d degree both Of The
lower classes. sotwjfAstauding tnIs, 1t !; !;
| classes upon m equal footing before the Ia.
is meeting with quite Is much opposition
| from the iow-brca whites As from the a7isto
| Gratis themselves,
NEGRO sCYT1A1E-
4 prominent rebel General, just returned
) | t,om &exieo, said 10 lneaonly yesterday thai
"Ner1u suffrage is inevitable, and that ht
{ | was sos t.; that the negroes Of Eaat Tcnuea
ste, xherr hc had lived all his lie, were fully
, as we'll qualified to vote Is half Of the fol
: lowers Or Governor bro1nlow and ANDY
: johnson and that = movement Is on foot
recently started By the rebels Themselves, i
favor Of impartial suffrage coupled with uni
K vetfhl amnesty"
: A prominent rebel politician, who was I
) ! supporter Of Stephen 4. Donelns IN th
y L.a tho leading politicians and the lat
s. s!sveL,1ders would readily asrce to impar
Us! suffrage II 1t were not Tor the nnreasoninl
IS and bitter Opposition Of th. poor whit
:, voters. TWO h.se planter. tfnu
n A'ssksippi, Who were listening 4
l. The conversation, expressed the sam
:, opinion. A9d, eonooossaive Of this yie~
il who had served N the Federal army fou
r years, and who belonged to the class Of poi
It whites, and was 3 most euergetic uploIder {
Ia Governor Brownlow, deciaFe with IN oatt
l. that the Union soldiers OF East Teaucsse
le would kill every negro before they woul
l. submit to negro Suffrage.
10 The politicians Of the rebel school woul
le like to steal Z march on the Radicals, an
d secure tho confidence of the NEGROES b
n throwing themselves into the movement Il
: negro suffrage, ard would Attenpt II, were
It t not that tbs poor white voters cannot I
e induced to foliow. In that direction !; AZ
J, there's no Disgusting the fact that the Rad
u Gals are impelled onward, aod held In cheel
II by the same considerations, -,
II In this State the Radicala hare Il
il Legislature aud the entire Sta1
n Government In their oHn :. hand