The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1867-09-17

SPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE OF THE HERALD

The Situation in Alabamn-Ruin and Desola-
ton staring Planters in the Face-Demn.
gogueism With Negroes-The Political
Prospect.
MOUNT Msl0s' Montgomery &c. Cea 2 ,,sa Aylas
Persons from the North travelling in the South skip
ping from one commanders post to another, along
railroad and steamboat routes, deceived
than when taking the unmisakaole hum Of disafecton
there to DO the general temper OF the people Of the
country. The peculiar exctants thcre-slch the in
termingling Of Heterogeneous elements; the Union
soldier, tidy and pfovokugly 'degags" In his import
ance and the seedy rebel pro6iare; tho advent and
transit Of of all descriptions orders Illuminating
from head TO low quarters. keeping the population
highways In o constant negative condition; these all
evidence symptoms Of refractorlness and want OF
docility which observer fresh from abroad, might
easily mistake to be otherwise than local. and which,
his loyal zeal, he may think ought to be put down.
But what contrast the country presents few miles
inland An almost unbroken calm-not Arcadian-
but that Of disappointment, humility ami sorrow.
The planter-run at his door, struggling to entrap
ever.wanng fortune his hopes Of success based upon
doubtful calculations alternately frightening ebbng
according to the buoyancy OF his sprs-has lost all the
attr butes OF citizen. No political news start
ling him from his lethargy. Conascaton has
long lost Its terror; for in reality he longer is the dc
virtue Of tho universal bankruptcy, which mpedes tho
sale Of property by tho sheriff. leaving him glmmer-
ing hope OF ultimate redemption. Absence Of Post
Offices and want of Communication with the outer world
nave narrowed down the expansion of his mind and
the he dgests only those Of local character
What Is the removal of Stanton TO him, the great
national interests at waussa or Congress- poor Andy
Johnson Pope's wholesale suspension Of officers Of
q whole county, the set Of laws for the efficient
government Of these parts when lthe bolt and army
worms threatening his crops-hs very vialsi Out
side his homo. his traditional pleasures gone. His
and often end in quarrea Legal contentious the deser-
ton Of negroes from ono and their engagement by
aud enthroned distrust instead
The demagogtsm as practised With the negro Is really
the sr" viii o. left OF roaa
will show Both tend unwittingly to undermine bis
usefulness 10 .he respective ways the former in il;
petty complaints thus feeding his vanity and furnish.
ing him excuses to leave work and to go to town; the
latter in his anxiety to retain him INDUCES broak
ing down all discipline. II must be q very worthless
case should no dismiss him. His wish for horse to
reason will be sraaed Barbacues for his benefit have
become feature and planters endeavor to eclipse each
other IN these Everything resorted TO to foster pop
ularity with him. Already he demands half OF crop,
half Of Saturday and extra patch, and he gets It.
With all this he kills his employers hogs, sheep cattle,
aud the fearful havoc he has made amid the first, will
turn 10 the benefit Of some other section than this TO
establish evidence OF guilI'among clanish aud
SO universally thevsh Is next to Impossible Not long
ago. neighbor OF mine seeing his mules that he knew
were well fed losing flesh from day 10 day,
pecng something wrong, ordered his TO watch
at night by their feed trough Ho did so, and not
very long after negro made his appearances,
who gathered up as much corn out OF the trough he
could carry In his arms The overseer halted him. but
on his refusing TO stop fred and the shot, aimed
dom in tue dark, penetrated his heart The
was acquitted, but In the minds OF the freedmen poor
Jessy" died q martyr. 1hesfreedmsn has natural
horror OF anything that Is ike routine discipline.
They are letters TO him. and In his ignorance encroach
ments upon his freedom, which be is ever ready to
remind you Of
The proverblai hospitality OF the South ha, become
ing homo to him Of the customary drguncntl dd homi
mem are OF the things that throw CONSERVATION into
his family He may yield, but with bad grace and III
retaining servants about his house after nighfal the
scantness Of his isrder, the exposition OF which he
breads and peculiar shyness OF strangers which has
taken possession OF him since his reinforcement
The spectacle the two sections present really
curious Psychoogcaiy considered, what q contrast in
their mental sadia The active, vgilant distrust
full OF self for fear Of losing advantage, exhibiting
apathetc-an unstrung bow that has spent Its elasticity
and its last arrow-botn abnormatea
Tho genius OF discord having b,en engcnderod with
the constitution, and the magnitude OF its baaef per-
ncious influence growing with Its age tue coming or
crss-a problem OF cause and enect-has been mat
ter OF computation with men OF politics long ago. To
lay, thon the national bunder of three Genera
tons solely ut the door OF PROSTATE people CRYING
wrong. However. 1t IS over now aad the paroxysm or
the patient alayed Tho honor Of resuscitang his VI
tally Is yours but don't do by exngushug his last
spark of,nieres In tho national concern Cohesion OF
nations and the instincts OF patriotism be sought
In selfish means. The famous herosm OF the three
hundred Spartans was but the supreme eec, OF their
lava Its abstract beauties leave TO tho poets The
unrestrained aud the ungovernabe violence of
contemporaries are but 50 much barking at the moon
The laws OF nature are immutabe, aud tho wise only
heed Thorn.