, 1869-07-21
ARKANSAS.
The Feeling Toward Northern
Immigrants.
Tho Old Regime.
The Mountain Feds" Of Arkansas
The Glass Represented by. the
Southern Press.

[Y1roM oUn arEc1Ax copREsroNpESIl
LITTLE Rock. JalJ -, 1sSa-
obserTe IN your own, As well aa other proul- |
uent Northern journals, frequent illusions 10 the \
tone OF the 6ouihe1n press IS adordlng measure |
Of the feelings entertained toRnsds Northern lru-
migrants By the people OF the South, That such |
standard Of measurement Is usually the proper |
cue, admit It IL nevertheless selE-eyident fact
10 me Northern man who has tyed for 1uy length |
OF stu1n In Inn Land Of Dxo. TINT the sule Il not
applicable At pFrsfns, to the peepe al the Soarh.
Much u cur Southern rress my vaunt and boast, |
It Is nevertheless beyond MI dispute that 1t does
not by long way, represent the Southern people.
TIE ressons Gor thu are obvions TO any who hare
observed and studied the changea gradually going
On In the South the reconstruction, In fact Of the
old rebel element
The masses Of our Southern people, from tho far
too general absence Of Yankee schoolteacherf,"
want Of mAu iactItueh nnd other causes, never
were reading community. Each netghooEhooa
was controlled, To an extent Impossible for the
people ct the North to realize, bJ comparatively
few Of the mere intelligent, who were generally
recognized as political leadcrA~ These, In turn,
were ruled by bitter, malignant and Intensely
prosctptive press Ia the inteIest Of be1y Of Sc
lect political auiocrnt4 nom whose will there was
no appeal From Tits prrsa the edicts went forth
throcgh the various communities To the sectional
wtre-pu.leTs who were 10 xofk up and control the
tie State OF Arkan1ss was actual!y controlled, IN
almost, not absolutely, NJ imperial manner III
Is the franchise Of Ii Belle Fran In the interest
Of one sug1e individual, "Boh Johnson" "tha
rather Of AItansas Democ1aey.' A respectable
Minority, composed 6f the real north, intelligence
and enterprise OF the state, made up the Old Line
Nhtg clement 1t WAS, however, ponerleas to
stem the tide Of the Immense prepoudezanca Of
"poo1 white trasb," the btgotcd tools OF, and
welded In blind obedience TO, the imperial be-
nests Of " Bob Johnson" and hts crow.
Through such fnstrument2liues tho people OF
Arkau, ns were u.csaily bounded 1uto a.rebeltion.
To Euch rebellion the really worthy and Intelligent
class have mentioned a. Old Ilno Whgs we're a.
upst to man opposed There wAs another, OF
battle-ground claas, mostly Email class farmers,
living In the more mountainous portions OF the
SIate, owning few or no slayea, md beng
HcttIy Tree from the senseless prejudice and
hatred for the poor b!ackB, that marked the courae
Of the "poor white Hush." who had Little interest
in COMMON With = hat they pretty generally looked
upon as q slareholderB' rebellion This clzsS,
however. from the yel5 fact Of thett middle
ground OF anomalous posluep, exercised little or
no tnnuence as members Of the body polite Tho
Old LlneWhlg element, ns the natural opponents Of
Democracy, Is also containing very much Of actual
loyalty 10 The government, formed considerable OF
opposition TO eecesalon. AZ eEer before, however.
they were powerlcss TO stem the tide Of Dcmoc..
rscy, and were swept INTO tho Eaelstrom Of rebel
Lon.
Once committed, ind being previously, perhaps,
tndoct1ipated To some considerable extent With
he dogma OF allegiance to the State Instead OF tho
Federal Government, they generally fought It
out Ike men to the long and bitter end This
class OF men, however, IS general thing. dropped
Il Issues with their swords, That they became
10 ZONE. extent emt!ttcrcd against the govern.
nenr through their loug-copttDued struggle aud
hpnllaiiEg defeat was to be expected That they
feel much OF nunUatt0n, And to 6oEe extent
bitterness STILL on account OF their general dis
frnuchiscment, ts doubtless true. That they arc
aa clase however, opposed to immigration Of
capIlal and Labor Into the South, do not believe
On tho contrary, constituting. Is theg escr did In
the past, the really progressive md cnte1pf15irg
men Of the 6oulh, they generally LOOK with favor
upon aught tending to recupera.e her fallen for
tunes, From this element, ut least, the Tell-be-
hared enterpr.sing Notherner, u faE as Hay ex-
tensiye observation goes has little OF which 70 co-
plain .
Again. OF the former niddlegTound class:
From this element WIS recruited very nearlF II
not quite u! Of the Federal forcea raised in the
State during the rebellion. Very few indeed were
found In the rebel rankA From beng formerly
comparatively neutral element in politics, the war
transformed them, almost 70 man, INTO the most
bitter and unsxclying Of loJ JAlsts; and as MORN
laiu Feds" they became EnoHn as the deadlest Of
officers and forces, To-day they form, Tearing the
blacks ont Of the question, the main element OF the
Republican party and BY far, the most pnconl.
! promising portion In aught tending 10 relieving
the disabilities Of the former rebels in arms Like
the loyalsts OF East Tennessee, they are not gen.
orally Of the most iorSlvng Kind, o1t ehet1sh Their
wrongs, real or imaginary, With much Of feeling
ihst approaches the ytndlctlve. This element,
soas n1ecd of lns soluaoSS S;9fN It fNaosuHsR
capital and enterprise.
1t Is generally found too, that ycsy fsT Of those
| who actually did Eatu serrice In the rebel army
have auRht OF y!ndlcuvcnets ill-feellng for tho
newcomers tn their midst On the contrary, they
will Ike found to haze generally buried wh.teycr OF
aulnosify thE5 may have felt In tho grave OF the
| lost cause
Few, imagine, Of Northern men tn this State
! but will readily accord the former rebel SOL
| dlcr,-tin mean who became o soldier from
motive Of principle, however mistaken 1t may
have Teen, 1.-The candid acknowledgement Of treating
| them with Uniform courtesy and respect In this
| nm speaking OF tho masses, tho rank and nle Of
| the rebel army. With t1a1y Of the ofacess-be-
| longing to the old aEstocrzttc element Of the
county, and feeling still extremely 5oEe, as thcy
DO at their loss OF prestige and power, as MISC. In
| EoMe cases, With much Of former wealth, and at
| being reduced to the vulgar necessity Of working
| for l,y1ng-lt Is different. Many OF
] this class still show Ridiculous pre-
| tence Of superiority, and much OF bitterness
| They arr, however, too few tn numbers 10
| amount 10 much In the way Of opposition to the
| Introduction OF 8 new md more enterpnstng e!e-
| gent. The uosl OF the opposition met bS North"
ctn men in the Soath Is from faf different class
First On the list ere tho old political leaders, who
| sec In the intux Of new element In their midst
certain death 10 ali their hopes Of cTer rc1alrtns
through the ballot the prcatige they have lost
through the bullet They arc almost invariably
found 10 be most intensely bitter 10 their hatred
and rey1lings for NIL newcomcrs Of different po!la-
| cal faith from ihclr Owl. ...... ....
To these must be added comparatively few,
who, intensely rro-slaycry in the past, md hating
with bitter anl malignant hatred nil sembearce
Of Abol!t!ons1n, apparently cannot rise above en-
! ter.n,ntnR the 6ame sentiments for al! connected
with the Republican party. There h also e1Ass
| Of worthless, hhiflless yopug men In the South,
relcts Of defunct ar1soctacy, who, tooprond md
too lazy to Hork, arc ever found curs!ng the
Yankees for their present luckless condition,
The worst OF all haters and Nallgners Of Northern
! men, however, In the South arc such Us were
never In tie rebel army NJ ALL or At best were TOO
cowa7dy 10 volunteer. md were conscrtpted into
| the service, These are the men who "were ncs-
! el whipped" /" aud who universally damn the Env-
| ernment and NIL who uphold IT. Their families
TOO, arc the ones, as general thing. who presume
i to Class themselves superior 10 association With
the families Of Yankees. Here. In Little Rock, ne
hare several families OF that clls2 On the other
| hand, as those who were the brsycst and most
manly Of the rebel soldiers are to-day the most
literal nnd Kindly disposed toward thclr late Toes,
so are their families found the most socaolc II
their relations with the families Of Northern men.
The Southern press Of to-day, thereto,r, being
still OF the s2tne eldep school rs before tho WEI.
though Of course restrained somewhat by
a change OF circumstances, represents but
| smAll portion OF the Southern people 1t has Eot
Kept pace with the change Of the times.
The prcxa represents mostly the classes nave
portrayed Us 80 bitter IN their antipatnlcs toward
Northern men Its former hold upon the great
majority o, the rank and die OF the rebel army Is
but slight, and Is apparently fast becoming icss
and lesE. As rule, all such, while theJ may hare
! no particular ffiendship for the government, rs
rpresented II the Republican party, accept the
s1ruatton and welcome I'll neK-couess Hho pro-
pcse to asst,t IN building up the country. They
may not love o. but they arr AZ Last prepared to
let rs paddle our own canoe, and more we cer-
ta.nlJ hare no rtason TO asE Politically, With the
exception OF those I tave described a. "Nounta:n
Feds, they oppose ua, and, as for that natses,
bitterly. too; buS personally, ~ 1east We nave II
prescut no cause CT fear OF reason 10 complain Of
sncn IN Animal l. tnc t1us statue Of atal,s ~
between the press and the people, and no North
c,n nau need hesitate In the ua.tcr OF iumig71-
ton for moment Oh aceou1. Of the tone Of our
Southern p1esa Rkso.
AThc Murder in crislendeu, Ark.''
II the Eaitor " Tie chioa:v Tti1.at.
! In yea. daily Of the 18th instant Ia an szticle
from Memphis headed 4Aurder In Crttseudeu
County, ArI- g7ytng An account OF the murder Of
Captain 4. J. Haynes, II Ma,tor-
As one Of the numerous friends OF the Captain
wish Place n your paper to correct some parts
! of tnas article which from long pcrsonA &C