New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-08-06
HOME CORRESPONDENTS.
ARKANSAS.
ON-POLITICAL-FEELING AND ACIIoN a
PROSPECTS FOR THE FUTURE. . Is

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -fEElslNH AM 80.
PROSPECTS FOR THE FUTURE.
lpRou AN OCCASIONAL CORRESPONDENCE
LITTLE Rock, Ark, July 15-Ihe praetlcai Close Vi
navigation for the season on the Upper Arkansas Ter
inmates for the time the very heavy hnm'S"Vion
which the boats have carried to the western cOuu-
ties The large number Of emigrantS VINO nave "a
rived in the State during the past year IS Sou'o0 VI
CONCENTRATION to our Union people, out cliino' ''
that the fact has been welcomed with mich pie"S"i
bv the gentlemen who were the leading Splii'' uu-
ino"tbe late uppleasantncss" These worthless are
if possible rihe more intense in their leel'" .n'
If wore. The cause of this aggravaton is obvious
Eiu.. ,or1- steamer which has assembled the river
has carried its one or more families VINO ueU''A'Is
at varions points have gone further inland tneIo u
renain AZ guarantees for future OF contlnueu ueNo
votion IN the increased prosperity OF
the State Scarcely day passes Dut thSb 'ho plln
.ipal roads are whitoned with the wagons Oh eth'-
grants from the North who have come to hasten that
trirmnb for progress and civilization which the near
future thanks to the Radical party has in store for
IS All these evidences of increasing emigration are
a. gall and NORWOOD to the souls Of the cavaliers
of the late so called" who read IN TINS lhluX nie
certain continuation of the rule of loyal men, lbe
opponents of railroads, because their construction
will bring hither the Irish, with Their hew-e9(h anu
most righteous detCstatiOn of the BelmOnt-Democ.
racy the opponents and most persistent enemies Oh
the school system; these political BourbOns have
can very well invite any sensible newcomer TO
stand with the remOtest expectation that the oier
will be accepted. Bat let me not be misunderstood
THE MASSES OF THE PEOPLE -,
are at heart becoming more and more dlsgusJeu WIN
their former leaders. refer now TO the smat Ialh-
ers those inhaitiRg the counties inland from the
rivers and whO before the war, were contemptu-
ousy STYLED poor white trash" by the men who ear
ried them into the Rebel army and who erOught des
oaton on the land. Those people, for the most part
nneducoted and accustomed 10 the most implicit ODE
dienco to the behess of johnson. Sebastian, HIND
man, or whoever else happened to De the tepOLy
first of their ignorance OF the true issue anu theH
again by reason of their prejudices. The Alpha ana
Omega land the real, bat concealed; meaning was
e0uav Greek 10 themJ of the song as taught to
them was Niger" and these poor fellows, who not
only never owned q slave. but who. furthermore,
never had the TemOtest expectation OF becoming so
possessed. dragged Otto the field OF battle. and
caused To make peupatetc targets Of their persons IN
order to prevent II quote the phraseoiogy OF
the tines "the id Yankees with the Pc
culiaTity of mdgO-cOlOTed abdOmens from
stealing our Jour- indeed J niggers from US Many
of these misguided men died CALAMITY more OF mem
fell victims of disease. and as write, there Is WIN
in gunshOt of my inkstand spot of ground where
resi- the bodies of 200 poor fellows who shot
rather murdered, by order of Hindman (whO, only
lately, was himself assassinated because they had
refused to fight against the Federal Government All
these incidents familiar to the survivors OF the
thousands who, by merciless tyranny, were forced
10 support the wicked farce or drama OF revolution
of the people q aud time sOftens the asperities of
the conflict, and produces reflection upon the cause
and its effects the more thoroughly are the men OF
the type to which l have referred becoming
disgusted with their quOndam chieftains, and
the more inclined are they to view ration
ally the course Of the Union party in this State.
THE RETROSPECTIVE VIEW
which these men take of the history of Arkansas be-
fore the war must indeed be dreary to them. They
see most stupendOus grant of the most fertile
lands given to the sacred of education and for
thirty years they we'll know, notone single school
house erected within the broad State. They see the
system OF internal Improvement totally ana entirely
wealth perfectly ignored as the material interests
of the Irish people have been ignored by their alb
sentee landlords. DsheartennR and wrath inspiring
as this retrospect must be to any of the old citl
zens of Arkansas its obnoxious features should not
surprise any of them.
corporation" ran by the members of few families
whose insOleRC0 was mistaken for courage, whose
sona greed was conveniently covered by the loudest
professions of regard for the popular good These
Friday" i'm each county who manipulated the voters
therein g. e. told all the lies to- and took all the Off
cial plumber from the peOplel. and whenever the
Johnson family, or Judge Sebastian, any other
of these harples took snuff, stralghtway the people,
sneeZed, aud theTeupon some one OF the following
was declared TO have been elected The entire sys-
TEN was in fact complete copy of the absenteelsm
which has almost depop1lated Ireland. The people
had nothing to do with the elections more than
the tenants Of an Irish landlord dare now vote against
him for Parliament; aud they were thus readily con-
Y troiled because of their ignorance.
Thing with the school fund but expend it for thor
own benefit, when by establishing schools the peO-
troll OF the masses consequently endangered.
Why should any OF these political clans do any
thing develop the resources of the State, Ia any
respect encourage immigration to it, when in so
doing new voters would be introduced and their pO-
ltical power become thereby weakenedf
These are questions which receiving the atten-
tOn of many Of our native Arkansas population,
and let be thankful that they are bordering upon
the matter at this late day. The result Of this
examination of the past cannot but DO beneficial
upon
of the State. These men know, because the evil
dences of the fact pass before them their neigh
bOrs every week. that more immigration has come
into the State within the past two years than during
any twenty years previous 10 the war. This
thrifty daughters comes with intelligent en-
eTgy and SagaciOus capital 10 improve the
land TO develop the mineral resources Of the
mountains to make more magnificent the wealth of
burden of taxation. And these observers know full
well that this tidal stream Of Union producers would
have set IN this direction but for the inaugu-
ration OF the thorough system of free schools she
adoption of measures whereby internal improve
ments will soon become an accomplished certanty
1t is the knowledge of these great facts which IS rap
idly being acquired by tho masses Of those who were
deluded into taking arms against the Government
which induces me TO express the Opnion-an opinion
acquired by extensive travel and observatiOn-tbat
IN the next election majority OF their number will
be found enrolled under the banner of the Republi-
party, in perfect sympathy and in grateful ac-
cord with the political organization of Radicals who
in the establishment Of schools in the encourage
ment of immigration, and in the support of improve
ments, have at once administered TO the intellectual
wants. secured the material wealth and rendered
certain the future prosperity Of this growing State.
UP NORTH.