, 1869-03-23
MR, HA1F1ELDs IMPRESSIONS OF THE
CARRET-HA99EHE

The inportsrce Of restoring peace ard
ereerand re-essablishing political equality
in the Southern Safes at as easlY day
HI possible is strongly i-dic:cd by the
facts, d:1tycd from personal observation,
ard set forth In letter BY the Rev. Mr..
Hatfield, OF this city, published in the
New York EndtQendfnt. A1r. Hatfield hss
recently vislsed The Southern States, and
his picture Of the sctual condition OF
things !h.re Is not SO rosc-colcred IS those
given By gentlemen who imagln. thstin-
teliigerce, wisdom, patriotism, AID in
tegrlty, can be conferred BY &C: Of O,t-
e1ess.
He represents the coloEei people ~
bavi1g much 10 learn he*ore, even With
The ba lot. they cau intclltGeat,y pro1ec.
their owa liberties. They are, a. M gut
be e1occ I'd, just emerging from a cen
Jury Of personal bo2dage and menas
far behind what VIC Of the
North consider compe'c1s and tntelli-
geot cl:iz:pshlp- They have, as WAS nat
ural IN ptopls Inferior in sill l.g,l and
so-isl aspects, acquired many o. the
evils which are accidental to state OF
war, ard to tho presenc. and diao.ders
CT large a1mits. The grest remedy for
a!lthts IL, in his opinion, 10 "An inc;easc
"ef Christian seencies, By which indtvid-
"ual hesT's are renovated and the tor
"tc1s OF society rcciiled-" CslorphoblA
still prevails In IN almost unAb.kd de-
gree, End amcrg no class more decidedly
than amotg the co!ored people them.
selves. IN cre city he found the rel! !g.rus
negro population divided into three cl.ss.
Is. 1. The Octoroous. 2. Those fsE
shades darker. s. The iull-biocded
blacks. These hold atoof from each o:her
socially. and refuse even 10 worship in
the sane chu1caes. He advises that the
religious sid to he seat to this people be
not Delayed 10 settle the comparatively
small question whether they aud the
Whit sh all worship together OF scpsra'e.
y. They mus. be educated, CT the bs1-
lot which has been placed in their hands
will Re used against then. Oa this point
te says:
IL vRs right End e1pe3ien. TO PHI: tho bsllo.
n the hand Of tke fst<dmAn; hat the szlus ot the
Character and con it!ioa has been greatly Axscrsf.
1ted nJ visionary politicians and phIlsn.hsopssts.
II the colored psopls OF III, South Me coouana 70
m taf r1or poFlion, By theit txuos1nte Or thels
yleer. they an4 their votes will be controlled b!
the Z orc cultfFkted aEd competent Waltes 1rd
esa see e..rsss sss Il 4
I'D poxet." '1' ' b'A'''
Nj. Hufcla's observation OF the local
white politicians has not impressed him
even as tayc1Ably Is he hiss been by
whit he saw oil the blacks Hs regard.
that cl4ss Of men who have gone Bouth
as Gf1ce.seeke1s as OF 10 advantage r
Tie colo1ed people morally or politically;
He might have sd1ed that thess ne,
have dore great injury to that other ctls
OF Ncrthe.n men who have gone South
tskirg with them capital and Industry
and WHO hsye proposed to engage /,
coz meree snd agriculture Tao carage,
rufasnlsm Of lhe disappointed rebels ha
msde no discrimination between thes
people, but has extended their revolun,
c1ullly s1d e1'csmtnation ,oFA1dg no
unly the Northern white men, bu. to
wards the unfortunate negroes. Mr. Ha:
field, speaking Of those Northern mel
who hxve gone South fur no other p11
pose ttsn to &c, office, Gays:
"CaEdes e:n2el, ne to ID thAt certain locs.
!iica II Tho soa:h arc carssd ~ tho presence q
Glars ct po'it:esi AdvectursIp. whoa pretecde
lore sps The nclto Il : uess lkiax-nosse 9
| uhflh Ter seek u tl:e Into cf5ct- Men who
the!r n1tsve Sta:el Fcn tafdly be taonFhs ut !
ae: u cor.tsbles Ct pu1rd. keepers make their ~
eoust. ed aspire 10 kc Judc- = ztd Novel ooti
ard ttete unprlue.p!ea dcnako2uts and amoS n;
| tic trffarehtssd sltres Z H1ce AID tnr1tinK Gel
in Np.cn 10 ptacn+e the.s ncsarlous at:s- Pandel
inx to the ienotsneo ana pseIatices q he f.ee<
Nln, II e. sand dtrtcuy u the way OF bis elsxi
9top. II i'll CT 4nY eotkttcrAoo nun Der q e
NofH en- men who hare gone South tines q
sls 70 Of ,he var vttc OF this class, nc couli u:
dt1stakd ard excaso The pEe3adiee tsss e1it
srairbt scarptt-blggers.' Time will refeA u
| ehsrtc:c1 md Hosives OF tacse Ee7. ana cm u
no*t Of THIN to the osteuf:sy to which taes b
: lu1E
; The reverend gentleman tells the srnfs
! These urprinclpled Advensuress hsv
2 brought The whole Ncrthern imu'g1Aiio
e into u1just disrepu'e with = people Al
I 1ekcy pzepszcd, by long exiting preir