The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1868-11-01
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0Hrcrvntton. During m Tour ThreuEn she
lstste--rbe Rising Generation OIL Iehhessee
Aristocrccy-fIow rho Men Nno serve" IN
me Rebel Armies TaIk-sociai Osracisni-
ProhabIe Vote Of the stnte-Cnrpef.Bnggers
. be Oussed Amer the Elections.
PULASKI, Oct 10, 1855.
N traye, alone and = stranger through tho entire
length and breadth OF Tennessee during the present
trpubous state OF affairs, particularly In the In
ser,oror what would be called the "backwoods'' in
me west-where Ku Klux are popularity supposed
% abound In murderous profuson, may seem to
sbose who have never essayed it a very dangerous
undertaking; but have juss completed tour OF the
STATE during which some one place In every county
has been vsited-the interior being traversed almost
entirely on horsebacR-and have not to complain OF
. single mishap or encounter with anything more
ferocous than hoe CAKE and corn bread To tell the
truth there is decided fascination about travelling
through the interior OF Tennessee, like a scout
during war time, taking your chances along the
route for nights shelter and good supper
IN any kind OF habitation with q roof on it.
must confess that I entered the Ku Klnx re-
stons OF Giles, Maury and Williamson counties
with certain trepidation, bat found myself as safe
IN their midst any other part OF the state. True,
IN certain ont OF the way villages, where the arrival
OF stranger, with the verdant fragrance OF Cyan
koe' quite plainly indicated IN his attire ana man
ners always creates inquiry. l was several times
suspected Of being carpet-bagger, intent stir
ring up the negro neart but the suspicion, proved
groundless ia every instance, only rendered the
CyRe7tdes h0a0ya5les that followed all the more re-
fTeshing.
THE RISING GENERATION.
In rraversing the large towns and cities my OBJ
servafons have led me 10 the conclusion that there
Is an element throughout the State which, taken as
whole, does not rebound to it's credit refer 10
the rising generation of the socaed arisocracy. In
the country districts the rule viii not in sill cases
hold good but in the towns and cities where bet
Ger idea can be formed OF what the genus jtspeyts is
composed. stranger, from the North especially,
cannot fail 10 be struck with the forbidding traits
and habits that pertain exclusively TO this great hope
Of the future To put IL mildly, the young aristocrat,
DO called OF Tennessee is very unattractve crea-
ture compared with the generality OF young men
North and South. In nine cases out or ten he hap
pens 10 be the accident OF accidentn-the OF
somebody or other who, before the war came about,
was rolling in wealth, but who now nnds himself the
head Of very unpecunious family, with its date-bei-
Nas pride as strong He-the son--feels that,
Although his naughty progenitor does not now
own several hundred "likely nggers,r he can
easily recoect the time when ne did. and this swee.
balm ITO memory dear" ia his opinion. makes
ample amends for every distressing circumstance OF
The present. Psterfamilias is not paurer by any
means; but, then, he can't afford 10 keep up the
style and pcmp Of the days that gone; and So in
matter OF table and dress and household goods, Is
seduced TO the base condition OF the man who, by
me sweat OF his brow, manages to make comfort.
able living. The hopeful heir does not think OF this
horrible come down however for his thoughts are
Ill OF the slavehoding past He disdains 10 work 70
help himself or his family In the least. That wonl.
be degradation. He has an innate belief thai ne
Il better by several degrees, than the ordinary
Of men, and that work s' vile thing, invented for
she amusement OF interiors, TO whose low level il
would be worse than death for him 10 stoop He
holds his head high AMI wears his hair long and
straight, 20 give an air Of pensiye chvalry 10 his
haggari countenance, and loves 70 dwell on what
might have been. had the North saw OF
70 bend the knee In suppiance 10 Sonth-
ern superiority. He swears by Rober,.un county
sordialr several times day, talks very H1ch about
sYankees,n and takes great pride in sneerng ~
sycry one OF the unfortunate race he meets on the
Aotel stoops where he lounges away the greater por
Son OF hts daily life smoking and ing tobacco.
Although he was but boy when the war broke ont
and too young 70 be conscrlpt lie gioats with de-
hight over the victories won by those WHO went 10
battle wearing the gray appa uds 70 tie echo in
ohe theatres the Bonnie blue dag OF The free' and
tisses with all the venom or snake III the grass
when the orchestra forgets itself by playing ma
ecnsl air. Being high born gentleman, he stares
90 v - ,i as you n ~ ,,s II @
dare 10 take offence: FOR, be IL known he carries
revolver and never hesates TO use u on tae signess
ways brought into requisition "a o cltncher TO
Any Argument in which his taik may. not he
Of very convincing material. and dis
played with all the more menace anu used
all tbs quicker when 1t u known that The 'vic-
an has natural antipathy TO explosives. SacH Il
the prevailing creature between the ages Of twenty
and twenty-five who claims 10 belong to Southern
upper tendon, AMI who let me aud. Is as heartily
despised by the tree men OF the SOuth who fought
against the Union his merits deserve. ON The
Other hand. IN the country Tar scom the staggering
Influences al the towns. the young present
great contrast 10 The kind Of !. r. spie have Just
described. They tn their own farms and believe ihat
living gained by their own hands Is az good every
6.t ~ that wrupg rom black mans srGer'ngs.
They do not bother their heads about what glorious
times the south would have had had Grant and
sherman never been born. 10 be sure, "a they VIII
kh you irarkly, they hal hnd m many - ight and
hcked tue dovil out " the Yanks time ana again.
bun they don't care snap OF a finer now Tor he
lost cause, aBd are ready To greet a TnOp sn
der viii much cordially IA though he had fought
Cor southern rights under Forrest ana got badly
mind that the majority OF the rurals OF tire white
trash trashy and can never hope TO he part OF parcel
81 the true southern upper ten thousand
eoCIiL oSTRAcISx.
IN speaking OF The chvalry or aristocracy tie 20
ga ostractsm against Ncrtherncrs which they IN.
courage must not be overlooked. Whctbes II s.
nztural consequence OF the extreme notions hold ny
the 4 "a or Is due solely 70 the fact that their motto
tas one ihinp do know. and that IL that sociai
szclsm Ia Tennessee is no more 81 an empty sound
than II 10 said To be IN other southern states Tala
~ you may about the nne feeling the majority OF the
people have for the North and their desire for a
surn 70 The old days OF peace yooa will and order,
which do not deny, s Northerner Is to certain
degree, stranger IN strange land In this state.
Eof That he is treated with or insnlted when
syer Insult Dc applied hut he feels Tor al that
thai between MS family and those by whom they are
sLTVunded there J. an impossible gull. A Northern
man NAV fravei from one end OF the Siare Ia ,ne
other and receive only Kindness and favurf FROM
every southern man ne meets provided the latter he
moi % the young man species have srea,iy re-.
feffed to, and he comes 70 settle permanently
even n known 10 he q radical. he IN consticreN in 4
eotiess point OF view, a. good as any other man IN
ereaNon however, although he NAV have lived iii
his brown stone house on Fifth avenue New YORK
Dsfore De came, AMI moved In the very besi ~
ans.icy. n he hnpnfns 10 lie a radlcnl III lnn