The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-01-09
Alabama,

! CONSTITUTIONAL AmCnum6nC, III Cney
can be assured that it will be produc-
tive of any benefit, and constitute a
fnality. Much dissatisfaction is ex-
pressed privately in regard to the
Presidents; the people are disappoint-
ed in. him. Several men who had
been active rebels, said that the South
committed blunder in not going
with Congress promptly, and acquiesc-
ing in their measures as the decree of
sthe strong party. The President they
regard as a mere trimmer, without
principle, who had fol-. his own selfish
purposes, promised a great deal more
than he could perform. -s .,1t.a
Our informant thinks that there is
at Montgomery growing respect for
| Congress, and a disposition to accent
| good faith, for the reason that it is
| believed to express the determination
of the American people. The idea of
a second rebellion in Johnson's inter
est is secuted as absurd to the last
degree. Several rebel officers said
that the South had made her best
fight, under highly favorable circum-
| stances, and to engage in second re-
volt would be perfdious, wicked and
| foolish. The leading politicians of
| the rebellion in Alabama are in all re-
.spects more reasonable than the
majority of the same class in Tonnes
see. FI N Eh98
|, 1t Is remarkable that the suits
brought in the Alabama courts for
debt are by home creditors entirely;
| tbo Nortboro oraJ;+o~c q ro ,,,o,c 60, E
bearing, and grant extensions to their
debtors. Real estate in Montgomery
is high, but in the county land is sell
ing verylew at Sheriff s sale. There
is, asgreat scarcity of money in the
county 5it ,nif .iaHoli' 1No1A /
The freedmen at Montgomery APP
pear to be getting on very well. They
are generally Industrious, and so far
as our informantcould see, we'll treat /.
ed. They are courteous and good ma
tured, butseemed determined to assert
their rights. "a large portion of them
have fire arms, and are determined to
s4paddle their own canoe " for the flu
ture. The mass of the people are
absolutely ignorant of what is going
on abroad. Their home news papers
are nearly all controlled by -bigoted |
old politicians who are unable to |
writeg any thing out of the beaten l
track of Southern politics, and there
is general want of mails and post
offices. The people need light on the
questions of1the day, and few good,
straightsout Republican Journals to
take the place of: the johnson organs. |
Public Sentiment in North Carolina.
From the Raleigh Standard, edited
by Provisional Governor w. w.
Holden: rr asafl-f.,1 81.
81 Since our return home we have con-
versed with many Union men, and |
heard from others by letter, and we
take pleasure in saying that they are
all enthusiastically in favor of Mr.. |
Stevens's. bill. The only objection
we have heard to it is that ii rs not
sufficiently stringent on rebels. The |
wish OF all those with whom we have
conversed, is, that the oath in the bill |
should be applied to voters as we'll as
Office holders. We call the attention
of our friends in Congress to these /
points.
Three of our leading friends, in a
joint letter to us, say:
4 : We hope Congress will lay down
its policy at once, so that loyal citi-
zens may not longer be held in sus.
pense. 1t is the only mode to crush |
out the rebellion, to make Union /
principles honorable and treason
Odious."
A friend writing us from Forsythe
County says:
We are delighted at the prospect
OF getting the protection and laws Of
the United States as Territory. We |
have been under secession rule for
the last six years, and we now wish to
live the next six years under the pro-
lection of the United States. We
want the whole set Of secessionists
and latter-day war men like Graham
u Go. DISTINGUISHED, as measure in
dispensable to protection to loyal
men, 81 t SO
A leading citizen of western
county writes to member Of the /
Legislature as follows:
l am sorry to hear of the strength |
of traitors in our Legislature. | have
no doubt Congress will relieve us.
This Cancellation business towards
traitors is not only bad policy. but it
is criminal. What loyal men any
where want disloyal men to legislate |
for them? What business have these
disloyalists here? They did their
best to destroy our Government and |
to establish their " beloved Confed-
eracy," and they are as full of treason
as they ever were. If they are per-
mitted to remain among us, it is more |
than they deserve, The only way we
can live in peace with them is for the |
United States Government to deprive |
them of the right TO vote and hold |
Office, hang number of their leaders