The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1866-02-15
SOUTHERN HATRED OF NORTH
ERNERa.

Behleindu, VINO ulScialmS raQicailsfn
writes from Newburn, N. c., to the Bostor
Transcript, that the feeling among the South
erners toward Northern men is more bitter
and vindictive than ever before, and it shows
itself on every occasion. He says:
At their parties the ladies will have moth
ing to do with Northern ladies' and at q late
convention of the Presbyterians-here called
Orthodox-a resolution was passed to exclude
all northern ministers from their churches
so the man who has been hired by Northern
ers to preach here, at 81 800 year, has to
find some other place in which to worship A
few evenings since, while holding PRAYER
meeting the rebels broke all the windows
with brick bats The Southerners are too
poor TO hire minister, and too bigoted or
too corrupt to hear one hired for them.
fear shall turn radical ] am fast losing nv
conservatism. We had one of Gen. Long.
streets staff officers with US on the route from
Weldon to Goldsboro-an out and out rebel
yet tie says he hates the North more and
more, and the South will teach their children
to teach their children to keep up this
hatred.
10 the same effect, mercantile gentleman
who has spent several months in the South,
writes to the New York Nation the conclu-
slons forced upon him by extensive travel in
the South, and intercourse with its people.
Some OF these conclusions are that it is not
advisable for Northern men to emigrate to
the South for the purpose of going into busi-
ness; that the disadvantages oyerbalance the
advantages; that there is among the South
erners jealousy of Northern success, easily
made cause for personal enmity and social
spleen; that the presence of the military
alone prevents the lily concealed hatred of
everything Northern from manifesting itself
IN acts OF violence. No one, he AYERS, going
from here, need expect to carry with him his
political principles, and deem it safe for him
to utter them. Nor need such hope for So
clal recognition or fellowship outside his ac.
tual business circle. This writer anticipates
upon the withdrawal of the military, such
results as shall compel all corners from the
North to pull up stakes and leave the South
his conclusions find weight from the declara.
tons of Gov. Parsons, of Alabama that it
would be unsafe to remove the United States
troops from his State, and will be for long
time to come.
These exhibits of Southern feeling are un
fortunate and reprehensble if unfounded, for
they are not withqut effect upon popular SEN
timent and temper IN the loyal States, ard
eomplicate the work Of reconstruction. The
party assaulted by highwayman, who has
disarmed his assailant and has his grasp upon
his throat will not be apt to rehnquish it, so
long as the would-be assassin declares his
purpose to finish the work of murder as soon
as released. We fear, however, these state
ments, from all parts of the South, have too
great foundation in fat. To the reports of
Northern men, soiourning in the South, is
added, with cumulative force, the undisguised
bitterness of Southern journals. For instance,
POLLARD, editor of the Richmond Examiner,
was invited to the ball gwen by the military
officers at the Spotswood House, in that city,
few evenings since: He went, and saw the
hated uniform of the country, and suspended
tron. walls and ceiling the flag of . preserved
Union, Then he is as il frenzied, and to the
spirit of unsuccessful rebellion, that rises
before him. he cries sadly
Take thy beak from out my heart
Take thy shadow from the floor"
Aud he clasps theimage of Disappointment
and Madness, and Revenge tA.et succeeds the
spirit of crushed treason, and he goes away
in bitterness and dips in gall the pen with
which he describes the affair, and with scorr
and malice publishes the names of the citi-
zens of Richmond that were present that they
may be ''spotted' in society. He struck toe
popular chord, for ho published the follow
ing day card, tine original Of which he de
elared his purpose to preserve in gildee
frame. That card said
"Mr Pollard
"We the undersigned, representing large
majority of the ladies of the city of Richmond
feel that our thanks are due you for the abl'
manner in which you described the loyal
hops at the Spotswood and Rallard Hotels
and in especial 90 we tpank you tor desgna
tang the ladies of Richmond who were pres
ent
Thus were "a large majority of the ladie
of the city of Richmond prompted. With
sight of the slave pens, where the chivslry c
the Old Dominion sold its own offspring, an
Of Libby prison, where guant faMIne ha
rnlea aua want, and agony and wan despai
held carnival, and iron bars shut out hight an
hope and relief from those whose crime
was that they were loyal and were soldiers
the army of the Union--in sight of these th'
had prompted these Richmond danes to n
thought of shame, or pity or tenderness, the
show thus their attachment for the old regiu
and their hatred of those who had save
their homes in the hour OF victory from Il
incendiaries' torch which their own frlent
had applied. We are to believe that Il
shadow of defeated ambition rests heavi
upon these Southern hearts. If thus impre
sibe to ''forms uncreate" cue would fhir
out from that Libby prison hell should ri
spirits Of starved slaughtered beings tn
should haunt the dwellers in the late reb
capital and make odious forever the cause
secession.
We wish not to foster antipathies. II
government and its loyal defenders are di
posed to be magnanimous. The ratons tn
feed the late armed enemies of the Union al
its present reyiiers, are proof of this gene
GUS spirit. But It's unconscionable to az
villlhcatIon, abuse, ostracism and scarce r
strained violence to treason. Citizensh
anywhere in the domain of the republic is Il
constitutional right of all our people. A rig
confirmed by the sword and which should
maintained in its entirety. Much of the 9