The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1874-10-01
TIE IRTE ST0RY.
The Temper OF the SOGth-HhO IS 10
Blame for the frOubles-The fes IL
mOny Of a Native SOutherner.

The Temper OF the SOGth-HhO IS Il
Blame for the frOubles-The fes Il
mOny Of 4 Native SOutherner.
The Hartford COurdRt contains tbs
following letter and the reply which
it has called forth:
WASHINGTON, Sept. Z, IS74i
"My dear sir: l was deeply and
painfully interested in the conYersa-
ton with you this evening concern
/ ing the condition of affairs in Ala.
bama. It is certain that the people
of the North are both uniformed and
misinfOrmed. 1t is asserted that
there has been eXaggeratiOn as to the
number and character of the assaults
and murders resulting from political
causes, and mat rumOrs of outrages
are started by Republicans with q
view to the effect upon the coming
elections. L have listened to your
informal narration of late occurrences
in our district. know you as q na-
tive of lifelong resident of Alabama,
engaged largely in planting, formerly
the largest stakeholder in that State,
and soldier in the Confederate army
IAAC " al Il lCtAoC give ulc
in writing as compactly as eIearness
will permit, the substance of what you
have told me. l want to publish it
at home and give to my neighbOrs
and constituents the account of 9
gentleman of unimpeachabIe honor.
Sincerely yours,
Joseph r. HAwLEY.
TO Charles Hays, NJ. c."
The reply makes nearly three col
umns OF the COurdEt, and is an effort
to prove by different kinds of evil
denee the attitude of southern Demo-
erats toward white Republicans and
the negroes. We quote the final
paragraph which sums up the whole
matter:
"These, my dear sir, are a few of
the troubles in Alabama, for tie
suppression of which I, in company
with others, have asked the interven-
ton of the Federal Government. No
one regrets that such action has been
deemed necessary more than myself.
Born, educated, and living all my
life in the South, | thought / knew
the feelings anc the passions Of our
people. / believed that they would
quietly accept the destiny which the
fiat of disastrous war so emphaticaIly
placed upon them. / believed that
they would forget the animosities ard
antipathies eEgendered by the war,
and go faithfully to work to build up
the shattered pillars of that Union
which they had so fruitiessly endeav.
ored to destroy. 1 once believed that
ere the year 1874 dswned upon US the
admiring world would behold in us q
free, united and happy people, but the
Vaccinations and secret work Of de-
signing and reOelliOus leaders have
prevented such consummation.
regret to acknowledge the fact, for
as Southern man do yet look upon
her sunny hills and fertile valleys with
filiai love, but still 1 must-the work
of the war against rebellion Was not
complete. Leaders aud men there
still exist, who would rush to the car
nival of battle against the flag of our
country with fiendish delight and
courageous daring: These men are ST.
lently, nevertheless effectively, work.
ing. No outbreak against the soldiers
o. the army need be apprehended now,
but to those who are standing in the
breach for the maintenance Of the
Constitution and the Union-for the
liberty and freedom Ofall men-be we
white or black, the hour is indeed
trying. We see our comrades swept
away like ehaff before the wind. Ev-
cry midnight breeze brings US to the
dying grOans of some man who has
fallen in the cause OF right and liber-
ty. Up to this time not a single tCliite
Democrat has been murdered, out
ragged, or otherwise nldLtredted an any
lOGy il The State Of Alabama. The
killing has all been on one side. The
reports of our own sufferings, even,
have been held back and kept back
from the people of the North.
The agents OF the Southern Assoeiat-
ed Press alone furnish news to your
papers. Every agent of this associs-
tion in Alabama land in the South
generality is rebel and Democrat.
Our views, speeches, platforms, writ
ingS aud aotiOuS SeI~r0lly are sSarbied
and missent to deceive the people of
the North, and convince them that
the South is being plundered by ad-
venturers, that corruption and infamy
stalk forth with monstrOus iniquity
in all our public places, and that every
man who dares to raise his voice for
the principles of Republicanism is
u felOn, and unworthy to walk
the earth on which he lives.
All these things, and more too, have
we borne in silence. The faithful old
slaves, who fell upon their knees at
New Years dawn 1868, and from their
lonely huts and habitatiOns of poverty
and slavery sent forth prayers and
thanks to heaven for Lincoln's proc
lamation of emancipation, are now
begging and imploring to be put back
into slavery to protect themselves and
their little ones from murder and de-
Many, many of my old
slaves have come to me to take
them back and save them from
the reign OF the drunken desperado,
and the midnight marauder. when
l remember that all through the SOM
bre scenes of war, in the midst of
adversely and tribulatiOn, they stood
faithful to me and mine, it makes
my very heart bleed to see them
writhe and suffer in the enjoyment
(?) of that boon, which was intended
to bring happiness and comfort. 1
am powerless to help them, bat as
long as life lasts let me appeal to my
Northern friends to stand by and pro-
tect these sable sons of the South,
who have never sung a song, unless
it was one dedicated to Liberty and
to the Union Shall not bear to
my prosecuted people OF all races and
colOrs the glad tidings that a better
day is dawning, and, changing the
lines of the poet
That freedoms battle once begun,
Bequeathed from bleeding sire tOson,
Though baffied oft is Cver won.'
That the day of peace may soon
come, and bring with it all the bless
ings of home and happiness, is my
sincere DESIRE"