, 1866-12-12
"TRIP THROUGH THE SJuIH
Views Of Southern Society.

r,nctuuatt dependent upon tho Jeyg.-
,out.yfllr-s+The Land yEc Love the
.,e.t..-a Ncw Pr1nacr-Pcn-Plc OF
nut1crnuf-yIcc and Crlme-aoxy
IL KcronsIfucf-
,Cc1r.;ordrntc OF The Clicaco Trt5une.}
ONO hskn Doccnber /.
+ an t',uatinS down the river on fhc
on;o." l.avirc foated fozty-eight hours on a
.us.ni,;ccnt steamer, " OF conrsc, command
clpy "ycry gentleuanly Captain" win
Acr,s tlc picture Of Andrew johnson.
taxed hy Jeff. Davis and General 10. John.
s;on. hanging in his office; and let me re.
mark iii passing, lest IL may b. forgotten, It
is 50 >sl,',an mentioned by newspaper cor
r,,r.:sls.,t<. that the Ohio is a tnarnin.
.ctt'' r:ser-"one Of tho great arteries vi
Meter: s.;Es.ncrcc"-end that 'Athc sccnerv
\ st,l, Its lauks is urEurpa:sed.''
LAID eyer' Two days in Cfccunatf and
cur dav ii Louisville. My observations ut
Tctkrrnl:s were not sufficiently extensive to
e:,r.l.s .ne 10 decide the question of-selatiyc
sire or .u!s:7tusitf eetwetn it and Chlc.co.
learned .,nc thing, however, which have
TO, seen III print, which has an important
learin. Oh the future prospects of Ctucin.
,a;l, .o-g,;: I: that the Jews Of that city, who
::rc to L., sankcd tirst ia trade anu wealth
:,.:ipns lis inhabitants, under tho lead Of
very influential and learned Rabbi, Mr,
Licuthal, lave long siacr given up the Jew.
ISL dogu.a whicn excludes pork as an article
Of diet, :Eil now use swinc's flesh like good
Christians. and that they hare also aban.
de,ied the lot:,,' cherished purpose. hitherto
4 par: of thu Jewish religion, to rebuild Jc.
r1tsalcin. an1 lrops'ec to build up Cincinnati
instead, and 10 cousecrnte 1t as a tep tIcrr-
4I3r f;h+ fN IN frtt ~
,hls purpose, lc. 1t Be rcmen5ered ]
That Tie most magnificent bnsi
yes ,,locks and the 6cst dScli-
and occul:ed by jews. During the darkest
days cf the rebellion. when Christians ex-
pcctet that the city would be sacked by the
rebels, aud General Wallace, Governor Nor.
Ton and others were holdin. cacnci.s Of
ss'sty @ Il the Ra1lofa of The Durnes Honse,
nlhncS In the banks to place ot safety. tho
Jews never for q moment lost heart or faith
That thc ~ DC New Jerusalem trould stu.d,
and 1u'iE- the war showed their faith by
expense, completing the best tlocks In the
city.
liz further confirmation of tLfs purpose of
The Jews 10 build up Cincinnati, instead Of
rehuiidin. Jerusalem. let it be remembered
tia! nn'7EeTe else In this county, at least.
4" this rr1lla1keb bic people invest a dollar il
ren! csfate. Whether it. became necessary to
the end sought to conquer Jewish psejudices
aynnst pork. Mr.. Rabbi Licnthal can rroba-
by. If be would, inform US. At any rate,
s1sr asked OF the Christians Of Massacbn.
tcttsa few years ngo when he asked them
10 conquer their prejudices against slavery.
Whcn then. hereafter You enthusiastic Cit
taS"ans, estimate the comparative future
Prospect. VI Cincinnati and Chicago. tl,is
m. Il r1t.tt nj 0f Cincinnati urnrt ,n1,r+ -.t
i'r "vtrlonkrd.
Al Louisville my observations were not cx-
tc''sirs OF important I stopped at tho
L"ais. lille Hotel, and at dinner sat at The
r:-tot Of the London 1ir+ts-h1s son, and
Mr.. Jennings, lis American correspondent,
MIR. Waller is certaintS II very unpretcpdinr
gentleman, .e'r IN Ea5If.hn!au of wealth and
s1Andia-: Cue good effect Of Mr.. Walters
.:>'i - thl= country may already be seen fu
S'-;a wletr Mr. ". has travelled since
sct;c:Ds c!. Hc has not yet seen the South
when hc does still further leaning Of the
1.r's III Thy right direction may be expected.
nttl,s'. hanging near the ncHs stand 10 be
1."aisvili. lI"tei large pastcboarfl card On
WE%E WIS printed 10 large green letters:
.'Tlle laad We Love the Brst-A Southern
N"::;szir:: fur sale here" 1 did not cxa1,tnc
lie Article advertised. but presume that IL Is
si.ict1y Southern In Its characteristics, me-
r!.,nle.'l and literary, as / have never seen it
nr il. advertisement north Of the Ohio River.
The Louisville Jouynu1, In long editorial,
Announces new school primer, BY Louis.
vile suthor, introducing system Of teach
.,4 "f the stick. Let the primer prcccde
The Southern Magazine" In the hands of
faithfcl Northern "school uarms," and let
1htr1sir@ generation Of all colors atthc South
b tauEl. by sneh tohjects" AS the negro at
y: r.; h,l!et,nox, ,!;la,o @ in the Jury box, on
sehoo1 house, sitting side b side with
other folks, q few years. aud the magazine
will lnd readers sin the land VIC lovo tho
ts:t," which it docs not now, and never can
until the Southern people arc fauaaf to read.
am ou my wny to Memphis, Chattauoo-
80, Knoxville. and hundred miles beyond
Knoxville into the mountains Of East Ten.
ntss"c.
What q comment on the condition of
Southern society do make when say that
MT obnoxious. my life Is not ssft where
desire 10 trarc1. I have inst read OF The
murder Of i Northern man travelling In Ar
kansas. il broad daylight, for one hundred
Grnrgsa, for q tsillng sum. A member Of
one of tic most respect sble commercial
honscs in Louisville told me yesterday that
he would as sonn trnvcl among the Feeyce
1s1andcra as in East Tennessee That they
will kill = man there for his overcoat. As the
Indians kill 4 buffalo for his skin. Even on
Inc Ohio Kvcr begin to fall in with specI-
mems nf Southern saynges. They arc easily
recognized. They arc tall, lark, looe-halrcd
creatures, with compilations like = smoked
lam thrir muscles seem tO be shrunkcn aud
slriyrllcd, atld dried to their bones, like
Egyptian 1rum1nics their skins nrc not only
bt:,rimcd like smoked hams, but arc wrin.k
led ard cIrlcd like dry hides iro,u South
America. They chew large ruids Of tobacco
etct1uosr, and carry bottles Of whiskey In
tIrir nOrErtS and nnvy YPvn1ycra In 1hrJr
belts, they wear hroad-brimmed, Hlouchcd
hats mud suit rf Kentucky Jeans nf b1t.
ternut color: they arc sulky aud seldom So
e;l; they ignore cre7ybody's rights ba'
1tnd with their fingers, like other sava.cs
ard frequently appropriate dishes belonging
10 their next neighhors; they swear. swa-
ctr. damn the nig.ets and the Abotlttontsts
4 and praise Andrew johnson. JET: Davis, aut
f t,tncrul Lee There il no ulistakiu= them.
& Al Nwcnsboro, a little town of some SOD
Il Or 400 Inhabitants, where I had oc
u cSsion 10 stop few days, a gentleman wh'
lstl resided there two years, informed m
that during thr WEI o Union man could no
had been shot, assasefnatea. In the town
within two yeats. In one instance rufi1a
thot his hrothcr-in-law on the street IN opc
day, and his the rrflian's) wife stampe
after he fell. This !ady q was pointed on
IL inc on the stscet--she looked like 4 Ind,
Such Is the state Of society thrnuehout ID
South. hc.,er or wersc in different loca1it1c
Aud these are the loyal, lnw.abidlng peopl
tlr.t arc to bc reconstructed
The only way such material as ts
can h. RECONSTRUCTED Into civilized STATE
/ With Republican form Of Government,
to M long enough about it, for the pseser
::rncrati MO die of; meantime, enforce b
law as they Do in Massachusetts,, the educ,
tiun Of the children, without distinction
c"ior. al,d rs raridly as possible colonize II
South with intelligent and Industrious tre
nrn f1om the North. Protect. absolntel.
! make safe free labor, free speech free pres
! aud Il free pulpit: in short. piaat Nosthc'
tnterrrLc. Northern thrift md Nosthc,
id.as throughout the South. Such Is Z
only reconstruction that would be wortl
fbe name. -
u A very short tour through the South no
w1.,lid convert the most iuvetcrate CoTpt
had. The South Is very pooE-EniseEy a.
de~lation. p]t,ndcr and assassination arc
ali her borders. OBSERVER.
IL THE PLANT MANUFACTORT FIR.