The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1871-06-01
GREELEY'S SOUTHERN TRIP.
HOW he TALKED TO TIE PEOPLE
OF TEXAS.
Praises the South and Pitches in o
New York-Counsels Brotherly Love-
The jeff Davis Bond, &c.

The Jeff Davis Bond. &c.
A dispatch from Galveston, Of the 18th ulti-
mo, says:
Last night a large crowd assembled in front
Of the Exchange Hotel to hear Mr.. Greeley
speak on the political topics OF the day. Mr..
Greeley, being introduced 10 the assembled
throng, spoke as follows:
! desired, for come time, to com into your
| State with a view to examine the material in.
terests and present them afterwards as l
| thought they looked; but the whole people Of
Texas united in extending me the invitation,
| and without exception have treated me with
the greatest courtesy and uniform kindness.
Hitherto ! have confined what ! had to say to
topics about which there was no difference OF
| opinion as between the North and South, but
as am on The eve of departure from the State,
l have been invited for the first time to speak
on political matters. / shall speak with defer
ence, kindness and a regard for the feelings OF
all, and trust my remarks will tend to har-
monte differences. and If possible signalize
the causes. ] feel we are at The commence
ment OF a new era.
Since / have been in Texas I have repeated.
" heard complaints that The people OF the
| North hab!,ually misreprescnt tie feelings and
acts of the Southern peOple-at least that p0r-
ton OF them that does not sympathize With
| those who at present control the government:
that they were generally and systematically
| DeleU, tUdb .NOllISIn pCOPlC t2ll hNA "
bandzol outlaws and desperadoes. Such IS not
my understanding Of Northern opinion: In the
early history Of the Slate doubtless q humble
| of men were attracted hither who could be
very well spared at home, and were not par
| ticnlarly welcome here OR elsewhere.
Soon after the close OF the war complaints
were made and believed that the colored people
| sometimes suffered from their late master S
violence, but we have heard nothing Of this for
| Two or three years. ! believe at this Gay not SO
| much violence occurs in Texas as IN New YORK
| City; certainly there is not nearly so much SAID
ABOUT it. With about an equal popuiallon N
Texas as in the City OF New York, there. are
more desperadoes in that city than in Texas,
and it is harder work 10 manage them. The
North does not think Texas the land OF the
bowie knife and pistol.
The proof that Texas is in good repnte is
| shown BY the steady increase OF populatlon
from other States. In this. perhaps, Texas is'
a single exception, without IL may be Oregon.
Texas alone Is rapidly gaining ground. Other
| placed by larger gains, but Texas does not lose
any, one reason for which Is that The North
ern press Is just 10 Texas, and intend 10 pc
Just To her.
ali the letters ] shall write from here and
| all | shall write about here after l leave Will
show that such will be my Representations ioi
| ! can testify that properly and lie are SAFE anu
protected in Texas. While the Southern peo-
Die complain that the North does not under
| stand and misrepresents them, 1t may also De
| said that they In turn do not understand the
| Northern people. This is all wrong and IN
| fortunate. They should, II possible. be allied,
| aud / hope and believe they will.
| length upon the war, the causes Of tile war
| and slavery, and alluded 10 the assassination
| of President Lincoln as follows: When lhe
| proclamation was issued by President johnson
| charging Jefferson Davis and other Southern
leaders with completely, also That the Sollll-
ern people had countenanced the assasslna-
tion, | rejoice TO know that the call lot re.
venge was overruled by the iorbearance OF
| the North. Any deaths caused by legal pro-
| cess for treason afterwards would have car
| ried great bitterness. ] therefore reloice tnaI
! belong 10 Il people wise enough TO: recollect
this. 1t was widely circulated that was con-
demned by the Union League for becoming
security for JEFF. Davis.
to one. While those thousands denounced,
The better sense Of the North Justified me:
did this ont oil no particular regard Tor JeIer-
| son Davis, not Tor any political friendship, lot
we were always opposed to each olher. Inc
act was an effort on my part 10 reacn ine near.
of the Southern people, who felt that their
cause was Involved with JEFF. Davis. There
fore / did that for the southern people. not LOT
JEFF. Davis, though they were equally guilty
with him.
The general sentiment OF the people Of the
North is 10 let bygones be bygones. nave
not an idea that prescription will DE maintain
ed. nor would il have been so far il 1t had not
been for certain vitiating actions on the part
OF Southern people. 1t will, however, oe very
soon utterly abolished, and IL Is Tor this reason
| have opposed partial amnesty. a genera
amnesty should pass, and then let us all be az
we were before the war.
Attar co,pa rapno rl-c t1nNn the nr0tprt10n OIL
domestic manufactures and the necessity oi
encouraging them, he closed with an eloquent
pereorallon respecting the future otTeXas. anu
the United States generally. MT. Greeley
was listened 10 with The most marked atten-
ton.
Mr.. Greeley made a speech TO the Germans
at Columbus, on Friday, comparing the sue
cessful establishment Of German aud American
nationality. DC. His reception everywhere
has been an ovation.
MIR. Greeley's Ideas about the Agricui-
,ural Interests OF the Region Of the
Lower Mississippi.
Editorial Correspondence New York Trioune.l
HOUSTON, TEXAS, May 20.
presume there Is no richer soil on earth
than that formed by the annual overflow OF
its banks by the mighty Mississippi. mat 10.
undation has been checked. not pr8cluded, by
the artificial levees. which, though locally adj
vauta.eous, seems 10 me. Oh q broader view.
mistaken. The current OF the Father o.
Waters is. IN the main, so restless when
the . river is at q high stage. and Is
so snrcharged with The richest earth, that ii
has only To he modified, not arrested, TO indnce
it to commence a deposit OF ierlilizlnS sedi-
ment. Now ! fits banks were so adjusted that II
would at once overflow them along Its whole
course from Cairo TO the Ballze, it could never
rise six inches above them, and its inunda-
tons, no longer devastating, would sllll fur-
Their Zurich and gradually though slowly ele'
vate the adjacent region. / distrust The per
manent efficacy OF any artificial levees. 1t is
not practicable to pile both banks Of q great
river for a full thousand miles; yet, without
piling, nothing will surely prevent the under
mining OF the highest and trmest ieVees, SO
that they will crumble Into the current and be
swept away. causing creUdSSeS which human
power is inadequate 10 close till the river TAILS
/ predict. therefore. that leveeing will fall To
keep the Mississippi within its banks; and,
while ! do not suggest any alternative, SUD
init that it were better 10 bear existing evils
than TO seek their cure through agencies likely
to create evils still greater.
| Judge from what / have seen that the SUR
face Of most OF the acres OF Louisiana account
ed land Is lower than that Uf the adjacent rivers
and. bayous. Naturally, swamps and marshes
abound. mainly covered by thick forests o
live oak, cypress and some smaller trees, nsa.
ally standing in six 10 twelve inches OF waller
and intersected by small bayous, averaging
f,ur 10 six feet in depth Of water, the congo