The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1868-11-02
NEW YORK HERALD MONDAY NOVEMBER g. ses-rRIPLE

radical votes are annually found in the ballot box
yet no one dares to make himself known as being
publican necessarily has q very hard time OF It,
Obliged to act In manner that serves TO keep his
political opponents In the dark as to his real sent.
ments and apprehenslve every day OF his existence
thai sornethin. or other NAV hannen 10 exnose him
instant 70 MAKE one radical !ots less ~ violent
means bis life from Gay to-day Is but pr9 lon
terror the ex-Union soldier, whether he happens to
be 'to the manner b0rnn or not, is looked upon az
deserving OF all the contempt and contumely that
can be heaped upon him. while the ex-reoel
soldier Is considered hero OF no mean order, who
fought ID noble cause ana who - not IN Inc ieas,
townsmen because that cause was stamped IRE
bellon" by the means which gave rise to il and the
several other places In Warren county are fair SAM
pies Of this spirit which has since the war cau4n
more than one ex.unlon soldier 10 bite the dust
personal quarrel" gotten up to order, and Vhere
the men talk about the rebels as .'we'' ana the
Unonlss as the yankees" ! must repeat, how
ever that In many parts OF the interior OF the State
where the rebel spirit never had much OF hold, re-
pubicans are as free TO go and come wherever they
whom and their extreme democratic neighborS there
exists a feeling OK sincere friendship. Localities
where this mutual good viii prevails stand out
prominently In contrast with those where the re-
bellon Is not dead, but sleepeth.
Tho negroes In Kentucky, less fortunate than their
knows, do not enjoy the right Of suffrage and as
far as ny observations go they do not seem to be
very much afflicted from the non-possession or that
great boon--the ballot. No one who has travelled,
particularly during tho present campaign, through
Tennessee and Kentucky can have failed to notice
the marked difference between the negro voters OF
the one ami the yoteess negroes OF the other. In
the large towns IN Tennessee you tumble across the
blacks Longing about on every corner and every
cellar door when the sun shines, and in the low
groggerles and saloons when 1t doesn't shine. You
can count them 10y the hundreds doing their pre-.
the ,lelas along the roadside, and generally
monopolizIng In their loahng rambles the entlre
sidewalks. they have 2, soysregn contempt ior
towards the whites. Knowing their own Importance
as an integral part Of the great machine of state
government, they are never at loss for an opportu
nifty show the disfranchised white people that they
are determined to act up to the standard OF their
newly acquired position In life in truly lordly style.
Retort from white man to negro in case nsoence
Is given, especially II the white man be alone and
the negro with his friends only leads to the drawing
Of knife or revolver, which no colored voter IL
without night or day, and the white man 10 certain
to fare badly.
Now In Kentucky, In the towns. tho aspect OF az
fairs ia far different. The negroes all work either
their own account or for regular employers 1t IL
true they are met In the streets whichever way
yon turn, but you do not find them lolling about
and depending upon the Freedmens Bu-
reau for breakfast and tea. On the contra
may be- oe called work Indeed ey are mot
In loadng as are the iders OF Tennessee and find
it a necessity to be up and doing. They are well
none OF that over-done familiarity, or rather that
peculiar equality which the Northern carpet-baggers
aHect IN Br0WnOW'S Kingdom IOr pOlltlcal purposes
and ins0lence from q Kentucky negro to q white
man ts thing nnheard OF. In the interior of the
State the negroes in many instances not treated
very tenderly, and are compelled to go 'mighty
slow" as they themselves express it, for fear Of do
ing aught that might arouse the ire OF their white
"boss;' fer be 1t known outside the towns, where
justice is rather tardy In following up white man
whose only crime is maltreating colored man, the
shooting OF negro is not considered a very crim
nal act il 1t be shown that the white man was Elm
sulted.n Take Kentucky all In all, she is very thor
ougnly RECONSTRUCTED" and will give Seymour and
clair l0o, 200 majority IN November and send no le
publican to Congress under any circumstances.