New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-06-27
| NORTHERN MAN AT THE SOUTH.
Response to MIR. GreeIey's Candid
Criticisms-Wh the South Wants.
From the Baltimore American.I

/ From the Baltimore American.
| The annexed communication is from
gentleman who has been doing business a
the South for six years past. He is not
"carpet-bagger" or q politician, and gives
his experience in sorrow rather than il
| anger:
The Democratic press are endeavorine
to make much of Mr.. Greeley's very candid
criticisms of Southern affairs recently writ
ten from his personal examination while Oh
his trip to Texas, his criticisms upon the
| Republican party in various parts of the
South in particular. Mr.. Greeley, how
ever, makes one error, in my opinion, in
saying that the Republican party is in bad
| repute there from the fact that SO many
| genuine thieves and carpet baggers are
| actually in positions of trust and RESPONSE
bility. That it is the fact that such is the
character of many of them, freely admit,
but maintain that the worse the character
| of the Republican the better are the people
| pleased, and the better the Republican the
more deliberate and devilish is the opposi-
ton TO him, socially or politically. 1t is of
little use for any prominent Northern man
like Mr.. Greeley, or any body of men like
the corps of editors who have just been
honized by the Southern politicians, to talk
IN loving style of our poor broken-hea
brethren of the South.
1t costs but little to get up temporary
ehuslon OF sentiment, and the expense is
mostly the wine merchant and the caterer
but it is a different thing altogether for the
prejudiced secessiOnist to tolerate the
Northern man who comes to the South to
settle, and brings with him liberal opinions
and sterling patriotism. and who lives out
his principles boldly and manfully Hav-
ing had residence in the South during the
last six years, l am fully prepared to state
that the only Northern immigrants that are
wanted South are the trashy sort that are
willing to sell themselves after the manner
OF the illustrious Gilbert c. Walker, who
was run for Governor of Virginia, and
reached the position by the most degrading
and Illuminating process that man ever
stopped to. During that campaign the
Democratic orators did not hesitate in say
ing on all occasions that they voted for and
supported him only because he was avail
able, and they spewed him out as Repub-
hcan, detesting the idea of having to take |
up candidate not born in the State of Vir- |
ginla To all this he willingly submitted |
Tor the purpose of gaining the end, and his |
reward is with him. There is not genuine |
Republican in the State who respects him.
But man of integrity, of Republican
sentiment, as said before, is not wanted.
ie rs dangerous, and every means is
thought legitimate by the people to rid
themselves of him. True, if he wants to buy
heir lands he is received with kind assur-
nces, and his money taken with true hospi-
ality; but having brought his family and
ettled himself, and entering upon his du-
les as neighbor and citizen, and in the
rosecutlon of his calling, he is quickly
made to feel that he is a stranger He
iust not hold any aspirations for political
ltainment. he must not exhibit any re-
ard for the despised and ignorant blacks
lust not take any practical steps to i'm
rove their condition, or instantly he is the
1Ject OF positive and malignant lying and
Ouse, and he is hencefOIth "nigger-
Ver, and public sentiment is formed
yainst him to that extent that
'ery relation of life is embittered, and {
lecess in business that is dependent upon
le good will of the public, is impossible. a
Justice through the courts is then like I
Use impossible. Juries are prepared at an C
timation of any heresy of the sort to Il
ant verdicts against him. / have seen
ese things in the jury room, and know Q
hereof speak. Obsolete municipal laws
e vigorously applied to such individuals. L
I'd heavy fines imposed for no other pur- Il
se than to drain him and break him
'wn. Ii evidence is wanted of these n
lngs let Northern men of character who a.
We been residents of the South since the
belllon testify. Facts also show that.
l =.
uthern lands, and the efforts that have a,
en- made by the South to induce immigra
n that there is no movement of conse-
ence IN that direction, and that u
my who went in shortly after n r,
war closed are getting away
rapidly as possible, while their own peo st
are removing to the Territories. These st
striking comments on Southern good
u and the delusions they hold out to en- %
p the unwary. | am unwilling to see Nj
people go to the South and spend wears gr
battling against the evils that now exist ag
re. If the Southern people like it let W.
M enjoy it, but if they expect Northern 81
n to settle there let them profess less. We
ar their country of the Ku-Klux bandits,
to work vigorously at their school system. is
ourage the negro to learn, and aid him ella
INST those thieving carpet baggers, and
him for the work be does SO that he da
not steal for living, and perhaps in fei
years residence South will be aereea- ]
to a NORTHERN MAN. tel
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