The Oxford falcon., 1866-09-06
Slanders nn iha Rnnih


The following l. an extract from
a speech Of Senator DOolIttle, recent
" delivered at BuaAlo. Mr.. Boollt
tie, Il must be remembered Il him
self member Of the 'R epuhllcan'
party:
/ Having received a letter from ,
man Of the South, who was Once Il
/ Congress, and whom I knew very
well-I refer b. ME CuFFy, Of Ala,
hama, and who ls nnw the President
Of one Of the colleges In that State
and be- having stated in hla letter z
me that the South was completely
eaFitatdrpd In some of tho testimony
which was given before flIe Recon-
stHietl0n Committee in Washington.
ana having made that statement on
the authority Of Mr.. Curry In tine
Senate 0f the United States, Il drew
rom a gentleman Ia the State 0l
New York, who may be known to
some u You present, and whose
hanIe I will not Witiih0hl-E refer
o. Colonel faFieli--a hitter. An az
tract from which I win nOw read. -
speaking Of the condition Of the
SOutas lIe sayEs
ALLOW me % say that I have been
In the States Of GeoEgla. Alabama
and Mississippi, since December last
that J wua a Whig and am n Re-
publican, and hence looked closely
at Southern society. / have no hesi-
tation In denOuncing the reports in
Northern newspapers Of Outrages up-
On the tlacks and upon Northern
setllafs, as utter fabFicatiOng, or ma
lici0us exaggeratiOns. Travelled by
ran, By water, on horseback, on foot,
In company and alOne-hy day and
~ nlght-tOtally unaTmed except a
pocket knlfe-puFpOsely, openly and
frankly sssfs-ssss5iiiif- - every aHs ss.=s
q Yankee and n Black Republican,
met Others who had Travelled on
horseback from Florida % Mlssissip-
ri, who like me were Republican,
and ] do assure you / would sooner
travel throughout the South than
the North, 20 far a. personal safety
Is concerned. To 20 from here q
the South Is Ike passing ont Of the
work Of the week into the Sabbath
81! = qgsset-all are trying 30 work
for q livins-f0r all are on level and
compelled 81 work with their own
hands. Yankee land does not pre-
sent more active, industrious scene
than the Whole south, nor could
Yankees display more energy, integ-
Fity, and Fecuperutive power In stand
ing on nothing. To say that the
South l. 'caFicAluFedi in the North
does not express Il. She i slander-
ed, villified, wiekedly, UNANIMOUSLY
lselisd. Were the South 10 come
North she would not recognise her
SELF Were the North 10 70 30 nth |
she would be astOnlshgd at the mis- |
representations and falsehOOds, and |
with the cruelty unjust and erroneous
sentiments prevailing here"
~ assure sou. sir, that this terrific
public opinion that is driving the /
North 90 the support Of the startling
and dangerous eentnlizati0n Of pow
er in Congress, Is based upon false
hood and Misrepresentation. As /
expect t0 be Judged by my Maker on
he great day Of final Judgment, I
tate 70 sou solemnly that, from ex-
.ensive travels in these States, from
with all classes and
,Olnrs, and after listening 10 hum
lreds, ] believe before high Heaven
hat all these newspaper reports Of
latred % and OutHFes upon blacks
y whites, and Of the mOlestati0n Of
Northern settlers, are baseless, wick
Il fabFicatiOaa, c0nCOcted and report
4 expressly b crush this fearful pub
Ic opinion which should sustain the
hange Of The fundamental principles
Z the Constitution