New-York tribune., 1872-07-23

As returned from tho grove IN when he """. -,
Greensboro speech, found gathered In i'on' V
hotel considerable crowd OF men in tine cehVer y, 80,
was An EnCsbnon talking exetedly IN the broad iorA
shire brogue He was a stranger TO nearly cFei' -
present and did not learn from his conversation
mo ,,,,os vere He said that he left England aoou' ~
wears ago and had lived in Canada until ~''nn
Ioonths Last Fan he came to North Carolina -, -
stranger and boughta plantation In an aogoiun 1sa,
having cash for, il. HIS neighbors said t'"' ~ ~
90 81 the noorest farms In that section Oh N'i'
Carolina His family consisted of II persons ."o u
whom were BOYS, IA and 16 years OF aSo P., 80
without hiring any labor, the three i''' Pan' IL -
cared for to the present time 80 acres OF ianu III,
we're corn, cotton. tobacco, ana llsh po'''o -, -
thing was in the best Of order, and his plantation NOW
,,sad 60 M, him 500 in cash. besides feedlhR anu
cothing his large family Besides all this more hu"
disposed bospitable people he never Knew Lucy
treated him exactly as though he had oech ooru anu
brought M among them; and IN the hihe moh'iS NO
had snent in North Carolina he had become as mucu az
,obod % mis- neghbors during the IS years he had
snont IN Canada In the same crowd was Quaker Rad
o Republcan from Maine who had settled In the state
since the war; He attempted TO defend Mr.. Boutwell,
by saying that he did not understand him 70 assert
that the impression which he represented as pre-
yailing in the North and in Europe was well founded
Everybody else In the crowd agreed that he
had said Ell phatoaly that 1t was no deuson. severa
Of the citizens then appealed to the Quaker for bis tes
forced to admit that the people here will welcome any
who come here as they would go West, to live, aud 10
contribute to the prosperity of the South The Quaker
however modified his answer by saying that there was
q feeling abroad that o man who worked for his hVng
was not quite good who did not ana tnat ne
had not been invited to the houses OF his Conservative
neghbor as often would have been pleasant 10 ac
cept such invitations. The reply was that there were
people in the North well as In the south
who look upon labor degrading but that 1t was not 10
regarded by the best people in North Carolina any ore
than in New-YOrk One portion OF Mr. Doolttes
speeches which has failed to call forth the most
hearty applause has been that in which he told the
people Of Horace Greeeys untlrng industry from his
youth up.
SOUTHERN HosPIrAIITY TOWARD REPUBLICANS AND THE
MILITARY
That is not necessarily ostraclzed IN tne south
because he is Republican, Ihave been assured by lead
ing citizens in every place in North Carolina nave
visited and seen illustrated in this place. There are,
residing in Charlotte, two gentlemen, natives OF the
State who after the close of the war; became Repubh
cans They are both of culture, wealth. and good
social standing in the community They associate on
equal terms with their Liberal citizens, and
receive the same treatment as though they
were Democrats. saw this illustrated yesterday.
The oGicers'Of the new Richmond and Atlanta fdll-
road invited company of about forty ladies and gentle
men of Charlotte to picnic excursion to the end OF the
track about 30 miles southwest Of here or the whole
COMPANY the only ones who had been Republicans
were one Of these gentlemen land THE TRIBUNE corre-
spondent watched the company In their treatment OF
the former IN order detect If possible any difference
of bearing toward him. There was none. The ladies'
smiled as sweety upon him upon any one In the party
and the gentlemen were as polite and attentive 10 MS
wants In fact a North Caroinian said to me- last
evening" people who come to this TO live, Will find
their social level quick they will in any Northern
State and honest mans politics will not exclude him
from any circle TO which the door would be open,
were they different Before leaving this topic, l
wish to say word about the feeling OF the people OF
North Carolina toward the military stationed in the
principal towns OF the state. At Raleigh, the people
spoke very kindly of the officers and and did not
seem in the least annoyed by their presence. was
sured that the officers all Greeley men," did
not inquire whether the ladies OF Raleigh in the habit
of calling upon the officers wives and don't know what
sort OF social treatment they receive At another town
in which stopped Of the officers assured me that
nothing the presence Of the military kept the people
in order; that they were an set of rebels at
heart and that they would not treat Republican
with common decency. He had been in the town
nine months and two ladies only had called
upon his wife, I asked the cowmandant Of one
post long he expected remain He didn't know,
but supposed from what he heard from Washington,
until after November election in order that If any
disturbance should occur he might march his company
into the and suppress It, have purpOsey omitted
the and stations OF these officers as 1t is very de-
srable any more hard feelings between the
people and the military than already exist, but doubt
If the people Of any Massachusetts, town would submit
as quietly the substitution OF the military for the civil
power ought TO add that in the town which is thus TO
under the OF the United States troops
there has never been disturbance since the war;
does anybody pretend that KuKux outrages have ever
been committed in the county, that any attempt has
been made to intimdate voters at any election
FREE SCHOOLS IN SOUTH.
To answer Mr.. Boutwel's charge that the Conserva-
tves OF North Carolina opposed to free Schools it
only necessary TO refer TO the facts The Republican
Legislature into power October 1863 During the
two years OF their rule there received for the educa
tional fund t 49, of which only s3s9s1 sc spent
for public schools. The remainder lent to pay
bers Of the Legislature lent TO the University, In
vested in special tax bonds which bought par
though they worth only from sixteen TO forty cents
on a dollar at that time and have market value
at all During the first the Conservatives were in
power the school fuGd S229 99O of which N750O0
spent for the support or schools for that aud
the most OF the remainder used In paying debts left
after the Republicans went out of power.
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