, 1866-01-10
FROM ALABAMA;
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Glimpses Of Southern Life Under
! the New Regime. I

Glimpses Of Southern Life. Under
h the New Regime.
| 0rxn1lked Cruelties Asalns4 the Freed
| men-The Amall-RoK Ordfnance-se-
oree Of Southern Hatred to The Klacks
IA Metbo1tat peacon~vlsl& = Tnr-
pentino Observation-Disclosures AEpecfa
Imitation Of Southern ToWnz-Per.
| sonal ltems-8emmes-B -Busteed
Correspondence Of tho Chicago Tribunal
LEGISLATION FOB THE FREspMHN,
| Alter the example Of Mississippi and Lonisi.
ana, opr Legislature has been trying ita
1 "prentice hand" at laws regulating those
| unfortunate creatures, the freedmen. Gen.
l swayue, Freedmen's Superintendent, to biz
credit be 1t said, has issued circulars to his
| subordtnatcs directing them to pay no atten'
| ton whatever to any of these laws, but to
keep On IS II they, did not erist. These poor
creatures, the freedmen, form-A most prolific
and municipal, and a legislator Is evidently
| nobody, In hls! Owl estimation, If he does not
| Introduce bill or two, or three, or more, on
this subject. Just now the municipal bodies
| throughout this State are In an agony Of fear,
| real or simulated, abort small-po1. Ot
course the only person who can have It, or
spread 1t, or have anything to do with 1t, Is
the free nfgger; for, in the halcyon days OF
| slavery, We never had these dreadful diseases
/ about us. As specimen Of municipal legls.
lation, I subjoin the following ordinance Just
passed by the Council Of Selma, in this State !;
1t An ORDINANCE CONCERNING 1RBBDxKK.
:, SECTION !. Be it ordnued BY the Mayor and City
Councl Of Selma:
That IN consequence Of tho prevalence Of tho
smallpox tn this utJ, which IL contncd a1no1t cx-
clustyely TO 1he freedmen, among whom It is In
spread bere and elseaGere Il eeanen M afs II alIoWed
to oougreEate within the city limits, and 70, the
purposes Of controlling and suodutng The eonaR1on,
December Instant it shall BE- unlawful for my eed
;na1 to como within the city limits, unless he b
sent by hts employer. On certificate rom such en-.
e eSaS Mhs e
be allowed to remain within the atJ longer Than s1
At all during The night time and for every Viola
ton Of this ordinance such freedman shall be fined
/ the su1n Of ten dollars and removed under guard
| fF1m the dtJ limits; and any while pcrsuu other
lhsn The emp JeE Of the freedman. who snail
give any cerllteatt for freedman to come within
he dy limit, thall, conviction By ,he Mayor b
fined one hundred dollars, and every employer RIO
l&iDs The intent Of thia ord1nxnee In e1rinr spch
certificates ehali be fined one hundred dollars on
Conviction betoTc the Mayor.
SEC. lie IL further ordained, Tint no steam
boator other water c1aft, ferry boat Or r1fho1d
company, thall hrdng or convey, to Of near this
city, any freedman; and the eapta1n, conductor or
managing agent Of any tteAmboat water craft ferry
boat, or railroad car who slsal! violate thit ord
nance, IN conveying or allowing 10 be conveyed 10
Dsst tne ets az Of .ns popushep sha o1
| one hundred dollars for cach md every offence.
SEC. : Be 1t further o1dnnod. That section 1s5 Of
Gy eod The snauz q
making The hne II snch case-, $500,
y paper % fos one Essk nd hsnds.s ~ een.anns ne
The ordinance, or Its prrpoEt be printed and clrcu-
lated By the Mayor, in the surrounding country
subsidenee Of he tnsll po1 within he eity, lie
| City Council shall publish Its repeal IN The city
papeIr.
JoHH n STKoza. City Clerk.
= HEADQUARTERS Posr OF SEIxA,
SELMA. Ala, Dec. :, 1665.
have sa1riully Examined e he to1eeoing ofdi~
Col 47th Ill. Com'd'g Post,
NORTHERN TOOLS.
| It Ia With real paln that call attention to
The fact that this infamous municipal regula-
tion has been approved in every parlicu-
lar" by an honorable nlinoIs soldier, Colo
mel Maggie Commanding the Port OF Selma.
1 It II high time that these pro-slayery shtraps
| and thin 11ckspittles In shoulder straps found
| out tho fact that the negro is even more free
! than they, and any attempt to relieve the
be squelched forthwith. 9ctunted by such
pretended fears, and backed by Federal bayo-
! nets, the dfsloyA City Council of Selma pro
ceedcd to tear down all the negro hEts which
the poor creatures had erected on govern
ment grounds, among the ruins Of the late
rebel arsenals. though not single case Of
EY1A3 EY7eY fN rfn$
The distress this has caused among the un-
fortunate negroes can hardly be imagined, a
the exorbltant rents charged In these towns
places an ordinary house entirely ont Of reach
Of laborinE msn. One old man, with sick
wife, told me be did not know how he could
twenty dollars month, and the rent OF 1
tnglo room cost him fifteen dollars Of 1t.
- DARK HOURS.
That the present condition OF many Of these
poor people Is far, very fat, worBe than In the
days OF slavery. ts unquestionab1y true.
Whether 1t will continue to be so, depends Of
course upon the future action OF the party
ment Of the unit-d States. From beinr The
slave Of an individual, the miserable negro
has become the slave of the public, and Is
kicked, cuiIed aud legislsted against at will,
by all the cowa1d1Y rebels In rtbeldom, who
can safely wreak their spite azninat the Gov
A@1E~
sEcRET or REnkL cRUELTI.
It would seem indeed that the patient, hum.
bic, truly ChristIan conduct Of these unhappy
blacks, would soften heart of stone; but It
only sec1Ds to make the hard heart Of rebel
etill harder AN through the trying contest
against the Union, when eTerJ able bodied
| man was sifted out and sent away to the front,
never In d solitary instance, to my knowledge,
attempting to take advantage Of their POSI-
| tion, but labored as industriously with
out masters as with them To sup
port .tho families Of those who had
gone forth to fight the battles Of slavery.
Now that III Is oIer, and these rsbels have
been whipped beyond all future hope Of Sue
cess, they fuljously turn upun the only crca-
ture within their reach, their late unotfendinR
cbattels, with 4 ferpcltJ absolutely lendish,
and do their very best, In every possible way,
utterly to crush aud e1tenufnate them. The
animosity Of the rebel to hfs late slave is alb
solntely inplAcable, and nothing short Of e1-
termination and death secms 70 satisfy him.
| To rob, beat, and murder negro Is actually
considered q meritorious deed, worth boast
Ing about. Surely there Is M avenging God,
who hath said, vengeance Is mine, u who will
! with his sHit vengeance In bis own good
time and In his own way.
The whites hare done their best to get up
! m impression that there Is to be general
| rising among the blacks on Christmas day. II
they do believe this at all, 1t is only the just
ue sr nernrTan1J pnF. r,s;ns. he n,o ;,;stts"h1,
~ 4ha, NJ o"s,net tho.n n, = ~ -, Tho
hae.a ~ III. oud l. thas az aa,a aat
,aa ga.h1 r.3 ~ W. tpo a ~ .aSy MoaiH nos
the war, they know too much 10 attempt II
now, when, rs they know by sad experience,
feaet h tns; 9aKnnsi1 aa "oolo onAs DC LOO gao 10
| 'nsu Ane0 o1ooo'
| ! cHASas OF PLACES
| have often thought that If the situation Of
! the two races were only reversed, how ead,
how utterly hopeless would seem our lot I
! suppose Ing meEe1b o"nco eu tne iAna,
Aun S oSneu u too. snpRoes We oant las!
ta 9h - -, 11se ns @ n ~ I!a sou.9
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