New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1873-01-01

exists here, which crops out in universal
antipathy to those who come here from the
North to pursue honorable cailings. For
the sake OF truth and honor, and Southern
pride and manhood, desire to say you are
right. excepting that the sentiment is not
quite universal" There are many people
in the South who are and will remain true
to their fathers aud all the glorious old
teachings and memories of this sunny land,
and will never cease to dislike the Yankee,
whom they regard as inferior, ana feel
pain. If not disgust, at his coming to the
South. There are many, very many OF our
people who will never forget that the Yam
kee, contrary to the original compromise
that resulted in the constitution, and the
constitution itself: iii gross violation OF
all the laws on the subject, and in
utter disregard of good faith honesty and
decency, robbed us Of our slaves, and IN
doing so the highest of them trOd upon
their solemn Oaths. Each man who took
part in this robbery, directly OF indirectly,
deserves cell in a penitentlary, and should
not be respected more than an ordinary
convict. There are many " 40 will not Tor
get that the Yankee burned our cities and
towns, burned country nansi0ns and cot
tages, barns, mills ami s1nOiiehouses, de-
stroyed provisions, insuited and violated
our women, maltreated children and old
men, and committed every ahomination
that devils could imagine. These base acts
are wholly indefenslbie, and will never be
forgiven.
You will read contrary declarations by
editors who III great part derive their sup
port from the Northern vanddl; who are
perhaps Yankees themselves, or associated
with them. You will hear speakers and
others who have axes to grind deny the
truth And there are men in the South who
are not possessed OF moral force enough to
support a substantial hate, Their pitiful
weakness and negatiyism yield to any for
midable opposition; and they call this viz
tue. They term those vicious who have
the manhood to resent wrong. These gen
tlemen may be very justly called bastard
| Southerners.
Yes, Mr.. Editor, "there is life in the old
| land yet"-a just and faithful Southern
| pride that is peculiarly Southern. There
| are men who are true to their fathers aud
| their mothers, who venerate the names Of
| Washington, Jefferson Madison, Marshall
Henry, Randolph, Hayne, Calhoun and all
| the best of our great defenders in the past
and who think and feel with Davis,
| Stephens, ToomBs. Semmes, Early and kin
| dred spirits; who treasure the writings Of
| DeBow, Fitzhugh Bledsoe, Hammond and
| other distinguished authors. Those sons OF
| the soil who think or speak differently now
are hypocrites at the present time, or they
were hypocrites in the past.
| could give you a thousand proofs of
| Southern enmity to Northern people. See
our burning poems and books, and with
what a passion they are read. Listen to
| what our children say-their hearts and
| tongues are unlocked, and they repeat
| home lessons. Witness the contempt Tor
| carpet-baggers and Northern school marms
| Observe that the Yankee is invited to come
| ,rih his capital. There is no use for him
socially or morally. A few days since
was in the Office of an intelligent gentle
man. who is very polite to Northern men.
| There were two or three OF us together, all
of the true Southern type. man was
| passing on the other side of the street, and
| the question was asked. "Who is that :"
The gentleman first referred to answered:
40. some id Yankee" In pricate, he
spoke from the heart There are many like
him.
He who is not treacheroUs to the Gland
we love" thinks it impudt nee and etfrOntery
for his enemies to come upon the soil they
have desolated; to come among those they
have caused to mourn, to circumtuse their
Yankeeism and pick up some money. He
thinks that an honorable man will never
force himself where he is unwelcome.
Let the word carpet-bagger stick like the
shirt of Nessus, and include all from the
colder regions who have been enemies to the
South. This will be some compensation for
the long black list of outrages committed
against our section OF country before and
since the war. CANDOR.