The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1867-06-24
vlR G lNIA.
Reports Of the Special Correspond
ents Of the Herald.
spt,lAL CORRESPONDENCE or the aEsp..

.nd Old Line Wings HRv~ % Anti-I6adicais
rnl- and the Negro 10 sny-Thc Radi-
.,,v ;u ,he HING ote-Thc state Appa-
.'.r..The FreedY Of the Radical Mama
soncern in So aen's Bureau n Superfiuous
.tunton.
.,,ha,~ SrAuSroS. Va. June is. 1867.
49, -ad Of tho Shenandoah Valley proper, watered
liked by the head streams Of the nver which
= this magnificent valley its name, and in the midst
Of country rich in soil and minerals and aboandng in
yder power stanton Is ourishing OF
or i've thousand population. General Hunter in the
destruction OF Its folndries factories and mills gavs
0s blow" ay the citizens " from which we have not
recovered and cannot for years to without
the help of Northern greenbacks otherwise the dam
ages Of the not visible We hardy industrious
Scotch Irish breed here, SIT; troubled with
negroes Of this great county Of Augusta
old kne wings in day and nifty years ahead OF the
old hidobonnd democratic counhes around Richmond;
and II you people OF the North will only give MS half
ebanco we easily reconstruct ourselves We have
good wheat crop good CROP and the prospect Of
good corn crop, and good fruit crop and accept
fhe terms OF Congress- We don't know what is coming
bus ii any rate we shall have bread enough"
The old leading whig politicians OF the are all at
sea As for the late leading democratic politicians Of
Virginia and the south their influence gone with that
nsfunc party and ts rurous principles OF State Rights
7bere nothing of TINS old party left the SOUTH
the democratic party Of the North here regarded
an outside engineering ike the republican
party for tho southern balance Of power and for moth
ing else But. said leading old line whig, in
versation this afternoon, 'rhe republicans, stalking
shciE fortunes rpon tho Southern negroes against
ME whites, will lose tho game. They will drive us,
tho Southern whites, 10 the Northern opposition
party whatever IL may be. The has taught OF
The South some important lessons the import
ant IS that We do, ana OUGHT to do
our own manufacturing, That was the card
Tor the republican party down South - the
announcement
ths trouble and confusion about the negroes, and
nights their wrongs settled the policy or fostering
Southern manufactures in every way by the general
government VIII be the policy which will carry the
pertinent OF combining the industry Of the south
son and other agricultural staples the particular
but IN from the world by rigorous blockade. found
n our improvised manufacturing establishments crude
and imperfect as they were the Of national
State prosperity We could do nothing against splendid
workshops Of the North with mprovised establish
ments, but they taught us nevertheless, something OF
sne power and the value OF home manufactures toll
you Nr, you may expect to in due Henry Cays
american system revived and all potential In the South
FROM the course which things have taken however
may expect first 70 see the collapse Of the radical party
p NE North, in popular reaction there against
sUsasian schemes Of that party in the South"
s'fiow SO Please explain this startling idea !"
I'm word, sir Our negroes have been taken in and
some Tor with this promise Of conscaton They
upon becoming land owners through grace or Con.
gess, and at the expense o, their late They
WI oe disappointed IL the radicals touch Southern
property holders they the fears and hostility OF
northern property holders. think, therefore, that
puncOTnDe
radical promises farms; but the blacks 10 being
acceived will turn against their deccivers while the
burden OF the national debt will bring about political
Sevoluon in NORTH il viii 6resk up the repab-
ncan party as the slavery question broke up the old
In word, these Southern conserva tives look to the
exceeSee Oh the Northern radicals in way, for q
revolution and rescue On the registration, which
commences here two three hence there is con.
SIDERABLE distrust among the whites, some dir. |
gsss but general resolution apparently to DO
registered and 70 make the most Of It against
The radicals and their black supporters Serious appre
hensons entertained that from thorough organl
sasion Of the radicals, with their paid agents. their
money and their Union Leagues In every city, town,
blanket and crossrosd grocery, they win carry the
Washington city are looked upon disclosing system
Of training by these Union Leagues powerful to be
resisted in the FIRST possession or viz
GINA The radicals will have the whole negro vote |
3beso Union Leagues have fixed that matter and no
sext place much at IS nnesn thousand or the
white vote OF the State will 60 with the radicals On
thousand DISTINGUISHED rebels and the disguised whites
who have not yet reached that stage reconstruction
sSs Sss w az 70 me po the blacks
RADICAL complexion In the single matter OF thorough
and active oganizaiion on the one sde and organ
nation, activity confidence the other the issue
seems 70 be foregone conclusion
The Freedmen's Bureau here has little nothing 10
% IN the distribution Of charity ratons There Is
restitution In Virginia In every OF the State
people have been and are sending of contributions OF
done, considering the ravages OF the war Virginia.
Simply enough Her people since the war; especially
plies OF corn, wheat rye, potatoes beans and bacon
Their generous coil has rewarded them last year they
surplus hand beyond all their Immediate wants sand
Congress win only definitely say what TO do, |
do IL because they argue I'VE s.c ,Sss the cous,
uonai system in this country is at end, and
ready for anything that will give us the repose OF
The United States Burial Corps of this place rap
,dy bringing 70 completion Of those many astefuy
and systematically arranged national cemeteries for Il
which the war IN Virginia left such abundant materials
Bos apart from this positive and convincing evidence.
and certain ruins left behind BY General Hunter TO
which have referred the traveller nothing In or
Immediately around stsunton tell Of the ravaecs OF
the war; but many things the other hand ind cang
new start In enterprise improvements and prosperity
NE whites have taken on their and gone TO work
- they worked before for labor become hon
cradle here and the results marvellous to behold
State OF PablIc Opinion In the south-The |
Lest Cause and h. Hcrocs-"Wc Snbrnif, |
bat We are One People aud the Yankees |
are acknowledgements n Work Of
T1se.
MDDLErovs, Va, June 10, 1867.
This drowy little village. described in six words Of
the Gazetteer win least DO remembered In history
hereafter asthe turning point Of the decisive battle Of
Cedar Creek, October 10, 1854 The inhabitants sun
vivdy remember II in all Its startling details, from the
confused retreat Of sahs federa troops and baggage
wagons mingled together, with ''our army close upon
sAsir heels" TO the disastrous reco u this place along
the whole line, which sen General Eary's routed
unns 10 hopeless confusion up the Valley, never to
return Here the collapse Of the Southern confedecy
n dated from that rseoi and here hating for day
ve proceed TO sum up the Of public opinion At the
eoush gathered from several weeks OF observation IN
ave OF the ten unreconstructed States
We thus conclude the, the unconditional white Union
element Of these States is exceedingly small; that the
white element adhcrng together from the cement OF the
soss cause 10 predominant, everywhere; that in conse-
snenee Of the universal rally Of the blacks under the
repuoliean party Tag this anagonstic white element en-
braces the most q the white population by the natural
nav" Of sravisaion that the republican party. backed
~ congress and operating the nucleus the negro
vote these military governments and the Freed.
mens Bureau, and possessing the money and all the
agents and machinery Of organization hold these Ten