The daily gazette., 1875-05-01
JUDGE KELLEY.
MS VIEWS OF THE FINANCIAL coNDI-
TON OF THE SOUTH

HIS FAITH IN oUTRAGES D1sPELIED AND
HIS SENTIMENTS CHANGED.
A Washington despatch to the New
y ork Tribune says:
Judge William ID. Kelley, of Penn
sylvania, returned from a six weeks
tour in the South to-day, and bears
most emphatic testimony against tie
Southern policy of his own party III
the laot Congress. When asked tonight
what he thought of the political condi-
tion of the South, he used these words:
"Thc vote | most regret during nay
fourteen years service in Congress, is
that which / cast last winter in favor
of the Force bill" He further said
that 80 far as his observation went,
during his extended tour, there was no
more necessity for the use of Federal
military, forcs than there is in Penn
sylvania or Ohio. He talked with con-
federate soldiers, with Northern men,
negroes, carpet-baggers, and travellers
and he was surprised at the good feel
ing existing. He said he should here
after take but little stock in
Southern outrages, especially if they
are reported as occurring in the sec
tions he visited. He gave an example
of the feeling in the South by relating
what he himself saw in Augusta, be-
ing himself unknown. He happened
| TO be in that city on the day chosen for
decorating the graves OF the Confeder-
ate dead. He remained and observed
closely the proceedings. A long pro-
eession marched through the city with
engines, civic organizations, etc, it be-
ing treated as general holiday. Judge
Kelley observed the significant fact
that, while men and women were
gathered for the purpose of paying
tribute to the memory of the dead con-
federate soldiers, the principle music
I on the occasion was furnished by the
band belonging to a regular United
States infantry regiment stationed in
the vicinity. There were no taunts
no insults, no complaints, no appear
ance of i'll feeling anywhere visible.
While absent Judge Kellsy spent from
two days to d week IN each OF the follow
ing cities, stopping frequently at places
of less consequence, vlz.:-Rlchmond
Charlestown, Columbia, Savannah, Jack
sonville, Atlanta, Aui usta, and Aiken
The most OF his time was spent i'll Flor
ida. He says SO far as he saw-and h,
went with his eyes and ears open-ther.
was no feeling of fear or distrust on til,
part Of the colored people, and he coalC
not for the life of him see what use ther'
was for the force bills. He was very gla,
to have made the trip, for it has ena aolet
him to understand the condition OF the
South better than he ever understood i
before. He said it was not the Ku-klu'
that was running the South, nor wa
their unhappy condition to be attributed
. to the hatred by the Southern people o
the people OF the North, nor was any po
litical question involved; he thinks thu
: whole trouble in the South arises from
financial and industrial causes, and Ia
believes that the South will not improv
and advance until the Forty fourth Con
; gress repeals tho financial legislation o
the Forty third; until the industries 0
, the country are reviv I'd, and We arc for
eed 10 live within our income, the Soutl
will grow worse instead OF better.
As matters are going now, the Judg
thinks, not only that the South an
D Southwest will he involved in ruin, b.
the country itself will be hopelessly III
solvent. The Treasury, he thinks, is al
e ready empty, work is stopping in the ~
4 | Wy yards, on the public works, blildint S
ETC., for the money has run out. There
celpts are not equal to the expenditures
and II day Of settlement is not far off. ii
o wa] asked how long the treasury woul,
n hold out, ard he answered that uules
there is al improvement in the custom
and internal revenue receipts, the .'ea.
C ury will be empty by September next
c Judge Kelley called on Secretary Hris
tow to-day and had bng talk on fnai
: c..i matters, but did not succeed in ol
II tanning any new information froin H.
n Secretary. The Judge asked him hot
i soon he was to begin TO buy CUR Nc
. again. The Secretary did not -eylA /
. like that way of stating it,, but he vi
e told by the Judge that he thought i
<, had used the right term; he did not thin
h 1t wa9 selling gold, but.buying emrene
which is necessary for daily use, ii
y told the Secretary that the South, Ii
'e West, and the whole country woulG n.
= t. rac3yer while the effort was bu..
n alise', 10 bring about specie payments b
contracting the currency.
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