The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1875-05-07
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Hon. WILLIAM d. KELLEY, OF Phil
adciphia, recently returned from six
weeks tour in the South and has given
to the Washington correspondent of
the New ! ork Tribune the conclusions
at which he has arrived from his per-
sonal experience. They are precisely
what any other man would express
after actual observation, and bear en-
phatic testimony against the Southern
policy Of his own party in the last
Congress. Although Judge Kellev is
very late in arri,i ing at the truth his
statementsarcn noteworthy coming from
such prominent Republican. He said:
''The vote most regret during my four-
teen years service in Congress. is that
which | cast last winter in favor of the
force bill. lie further said that so far as
his observation went during his extended
tom, there was no more necessity for the
use Of federal military force than there is
IN PcunSy ylvauia or Ohio. lie talked with
confederate soldiers. with Northern men,
negroes, carpet baggeTs, and travellers. and
that lie was surprised at the good feeling
existing. He said lie should hereafter
take Hide stock in Southern outrages. es~
Tccially II they are reported rs occurring
IN the sections he visited. He gave an
example Of the feeling in the South bv
relating what nc himself saw in Augusta.
being himself unknown. He happened 10
be III that city ON the day chosen for deco
rating thc graves Of tie COnivdera ed dead
Hc.rcmaned and observed closely the pros
ccedings y long procession marched
through the city with Engines. civic Organi-
cations, etc, it being treated as a general
holiday. Judge Kelley observed the sig
H.iicdnt Tact that, while men and No-
men were gathered for the purpose of
paying tribute to tic memory of the dead
confederate soldiers. the principal music
on the occasion was furnished by the band
belonging 20 regular United States in
tautTy regiment stationed in the vicinity
here were no taurts, no insults no COM
plants, no appearance of i'll feeling any
where visible.
While absent Judge Kelley spent from
two days 10 week in each of the following
cities, stopping frequently at places OF less
consequence, viz: Richmond, Charleston,
. columbia, Savannah, Jacksonville Atlanta
Augusta and Aiken. The most of his time
was spent i'll Florida. lie saws, so far
as he saw-and he went with his eyes and
cars open-there was no feeling of fear and
dIstrust on the part Of the colOred peOple
and be could not for the life of him see
what uso there was for force bills He
was very glad to have made the t,ip. for
/: has enabled him to understand the con-
dition of the South better than he had
ever understood it before. lie said it was
not the ku llux thar was running the South.
nor was their unhappy condition to be at
tiibuted to the hatred by the Southern
people of the people of the North, nor was
any political question involved he thinks
the whole trouble in the South arises from
financial and industrial causes, and lac be-
lioves that the South will not improve and
advance until tho Forty-fourth Congress re-
peals the financial lee isla;ion of the Forty
third -Until tho industries ofthe country are
revived, aud we are forced to live within
cur income, the South will grow worse in-
stead of better.