New-York tribune., 1867-08-15
THE SOUTH.
THE REPUBLICAN CAMPAIGN.
From orr Special Correspondent

ing are abstracts:
In Texas the campaign opens with great briskness and
much more promise of success than was anticipated.
There are 5000 votes i'll the western portion Of
the State which Will 90 for the Republican party There
are believed to be about coored voters III the sate
showing negro population nearly twothrds greater than
in 1850 II appears also that gratifying progress is being
made In the conversion Of the rank aud file of the Con
federatc sOldcry. Major Moore OF me Sun Ahf0hio ~
press who was here recently states that large number
seem desrous of leaving their record behind them The
ancraIy Iv Missouri and Arkansas Rebels who were
dsbanded there In sections ol the state the Reb
Ella control all the positions while our friends both white
and black. have been prosecuted as TO Ie5ye them
hardly able TO subsst But what the State needs most Is
speakers the coored people are unable to read
ARKANSAS.
Arkansas has inst begun the registration. Bishop
Campbell OF the African Methodist Episcopal Church has
lust completed an extended tour through the state under
The direction of the State Republican Committee There
is considerable violence exhibited in the interior c0u
heals This increases the difficulties In Bradley County
the Registers fired upon the CITIZENS Delng dtnr
mined that registration should not proceed In the s0uh
there equal for aar and Is feared the troubles
have just commenced.
In Mississippi registration far shows colored
ioy of about 1900 1t is very evident by returns from
many counties that efforts being successfully made
10 prevent the freedmen from registering for IN th0Se
sections where the coored people largely 0utnmDer the
whites they show worry feeby IN the registry.
In the Counties bordering the Mississippi River the
Republicans thoroughly organized, and expect to
growing in the Northeastern part OF the state but whe
We have such good tidngs from the northeast and the
cOuragiug The Republicans declare they VIII register
and vote nspic OF threats OF Dut tnal tese
threats may be carried into execution Is every day a
parent In many sections there not one white south
ern man who is loyal and the blacks are Too ignorant 10
organize parties for themselves IL would be as much as
"A white mans life is worth to attempt H. Al OF lhe cen
trail Counties need visiting, especially as the Da'hS are
very backward In registering but where they be en-
hghfened the result II different JOhn NJ lSNton esq,
and the Rev James NJ Lynch have been addressing large
mqp ut
other places with good results .
Gov A. g. Brown and the Hon J.. Barksdale, aud others
of their aye Reconstruct holding
great meetings throughout the state processing friend
ship for the coloed people and bearing down upon the
Moth and the Republican party. They say they do not
to araign the North but 10 protect thcl own good
required this state. II the Republican party desires
Reconstruction TO be successful IN ths stare ,oe,nS
are intelligent loyal men 30 organize the party and
give the freedmen proper instruction Most OF the Regis
tcrs Rebels and are not only opposed 10 negro slI,
fragc. but 20 a Convention This being the ease one alI
of the negroes VIII not he registered at an ana Tue Or
half will not receive any useful information from the
Registers.
GEORGIA.
I'm Georgia there Is great activity among all parties es
pccaly with the freedmen. This Is largely due to the
efforts OF the Rev. Henry NJ Turner OF Macon the pre-
siding elder OF the African Methodist Episcopal CnnIc
lie used the machinery under his control 10 AID the
work Of organization aud through that and his personal
cNcrtiOns has aroused intense enthusiasm 49,
4. w Tenney. es,ir Of New York, has been holding
meetings In Atlanta Savannah, and other places and
John j. Costin at Augusta and the towns ia the taS'r
part Of the state About caf oi te attendance a All
Mr. COstins meeting, are white persons, Many ptIsOhs
walk from n 10 % miles to attend
In the north western sections Of the state the Rebels
using every effort 70 mslcad the colorcd clens'
They tell them that n they vote agMnst Soi
gss viii couscate the and south and give them hones'
They say. beat the Radicals on forming con
Vcnou Congress will coufscate the Lands ana theh tey
will commence another war IN which the Conservatives
north VIII Join them
The Florida Republicans are hard at work There are
now sone half dozen speakers 1T work under tne HIec
local organizers. to whom aid has been cNtcndtd Inc
work Is progressing iney ana many oi tne nHst T ~ %
whites have already declared Tor our cause lis y tno
the upper part of the SGte nom tctualill 20
Pensacola hat there counties In the interior OF from
500 10 500 Inhabitants ana not whte E'huDnS3n 10
them The coorrd people are unit for TIE republican
party. Few Of thc-e can read or Mre Speahers mus
therefore be- our chef reliance Inc utedeh are Wy
eager 10 learn. They viii SO out every hiKht
10 hear Yankee speaker, and on SATURDAYS .
sion- aud attend mass meetings Thorough organization
school and the speakers the teachers by whom
to bc taught their duties a. citizens The great uhcuy
Rebels and the accounts all kept by them those poor
people feel as II they at the mercy of their former
inspire them with due OF their manhood. or make
the land owners feel hnt they too are ~ dependent upon
labor a. the labOrU Is dependent upon the employer
VIRGINIA.
The condition ~ affairs Virginia Is esteemed very
promising 10y AL those now at work Republican clubs
Interior Many n the freedmen have been abused aud
SIN troubled by being turned of by their employers
for Attending meetings held by the Republicans. ON the
Eastern shore" there s much Ignorance among both
white aud black. and no Republican organization exists
The white Ecpubrn' are tinid III tho work OF Organl
LitOn
ALABAMA.
Every county In Alabama D. ln the hands ~ the htcr
Rebels All patronage N given Ia Rebel -hcets ahd
the the shret The more " gets The people Who are
fttening upon the the an! berest foes
we have The District Commander viii not remove
them except for overt act Of crying injustice People
who suffer afraid o. make II known a complete
reign Of terror exists II would appear ~ II the Union
men were hc driven TO desperation and compelled TO
take up arms for their own protection. -
The freedmen are Of course, In the deepest ignorancc
but they alive 20 their own interests and anxious to
have Yankee talk Ia thcLi They believe WHAT lhhk,e
says and anxious 10 have one tell them Of eirr
and duties. Northern people can have no idea OF the
fa-ehOols daily told 10 prevent The colocd people RON
registering They told that II they register large
amount OF taxes will have to bc paid II they don't thc
Tax Collector won't be able TO hud thom lhcn AGAIN
they told that the registration s 10 enable the GOV
ennent TO dai them into the army and they are To ne
sent 10 Brazil 10 put down slavery there or 10 MeNco 10
conquer the country These things serve the purpose q"
those who tell tsen just proportion to the ignorance of
those to whom they are told
SOUTH CAROLINA.
In South Carolina the work Of registering has Just
appointment OF the Charleston Board Of Registration
GOV Aiken j. made member The Governor was, during
the Rebellion, heavy stockholder III boc
Company, and made great deal of money. By TINS
channel the Conicdeacy for two years obtained It's war
material Of all kinds The question II asked are men
engaged this business IN the way Aiken Whs qualhtd
to hold office to yotei In Charleston alone there are
from three to four hundred persons Mho were mn en-
gagged. About oncha Of them are wellknowl citizens
The Republican organization In this state II weaker
than In any other In the upper districts GOV Orr and
that class OF great Influence All at can be
done VIII not Dc 100 ihuch 10 'ouht'Id't th't
There the want OF public speakers as IN othcr
parts OF South 10 teach the blacks who are ehgef 10
learn. The most fiightiul distress exists among the
Freedmen In the part OF the state. Men ana Wo
men are often reduced by want as To he uabe 10 rise
from their miserable beds Large supplies OF corn nave
been sent there but the unfortunate blacks are
neglected by those whose duty IT. ls 10 ais
tribute IT, Most OF the Government supply ~ gwen 10
planters who represent that they have 50 many hahds 10
feed that unless supplied their crops VIII nave 10 De aDa
doned. 1 have seen men and women walk 10 ana 20
miles and then have 10 return empty handed learn
that to whom corn has been sent Is selling 10
the freedmen for s. 80 per bushel IL n ha work 10 OF
feet political organization amid such distress