The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-09-23
NORTH AND SOUTH.
THE CLAss Or N EN WHO HAVE sHAvEw
THE Politics AND FIXED TME
BUSINESS CUSTOMS or
TINE NORTH.
Bankruptcy Of the Nsrtb the Fruit af Hlg1n
capitalization and Initiation
| gf values.


II grieyes mo to learn from late files Of TIN
DEMOCRAT TINT certain Uf my editorial friends,
notably those Of Texas, are not pleased with
some recent comments of mine upon the H.
nancinl and commercial condition Uf tho
North. As to the insinuntion that / am ast-
gagged In trucking 10 Bontbsrn preiudicss,"
must be permitted To confess that II has .
yrnj SeB,th9,ee. The fact IL TINT IT Is just
now impossible TO wribe the exact truthabout
the state Of things ut
THE NORTH.
without, in sonedegres ut ieast, soothing the
feelings Of that large md highly respeetahga
class Of Southern people who haye not sA-
dured the DEVILS work of the North and its
| emissnries In their midst with becoming
meeItness during tho last ton years. The
"projudices" Of this etsss Of people are based
upon what ! consider ono Of the noblest ina
pulses of human nature, 10 wit the impufss
| Of retaliation or revenge for wnnton, eruel In =
| jury and oppression. II is not necessary Ea
| recount
THE WRONGS AND aDraamnA rns sorvv
| HAS SUFFERED
nj the hands Of the North, its earpe4-baE
enissafies and its negro auxiiiariss sirtes
1866 ! presume sufficient account thereof I'M
answer all my present purposes could bg
found In the files Of tho sclf.sane Texas Jour
nails which, now ace1ss me. At all events, I
know whnt these wrongs md indignities
were. ! tirst saw them when left New York
10 take up my residence In Southern Stats
In 1869. | was u Republican Of Fremont end
Dnyton nnd Abe Lincoln and Horace Greeley
antecedents when ! left New York waa a
1 yI rnI,
charge in my pocket. But when ooksJ
about me in my new place Of residence and
saw what manner Of monstrosity 1t was that
bore the name OF Republieanigm In the South,
IT did not take me long to reoeh the coneltl-
sion that I belonged 10 the other crowd, no
mntter by whnt nume IL might be called.
20, ever since that time I have
looked upon those who manipulatsss
the Republican party, thereby employing tfs
vast physical weight and moral power Of tho
North 10 oppress, rob and bedevil the South.
as ghouIs who we're mlsnsing the results of ".
victory which ! had helped to gain. And 4
think / can confidently appeal to every mar
North and South, who has in him the rnanIy
instinct that makes the fighting soldier. tn
sustain me In the proposition that there is no
anger 80 deadly as that the true soldier feels
when he is told that the camp-foIlowefs arc
maltreating the prisoners he has helped ts
take.
Such ls the feeling with which have rs-
garded the conduct Of the ruling classes pa
the North toward tho south for the last ten
years. Thus have come first 10 sympathizs
with the Southern people, and finally to shars
their sense Uf wrong and outrage. ! would
not give much for q race Of people who, after
suffering what the South has suffered since
'6G, would kiss the feet Of their de9poilTS an
soon as the resistless force Of circumstances
should have put an end to the rapine With
me there is no impulse 80 cherished as the
impulse TO get even some time, somewhere,
sernehow with thoee who haze injured me II
may not bs o strictly Christian impulse, but
can't help that.
Well, 30 far as such prejudice" exists in
the South, 1t will always be "truckled to" by
, me with immense satisfaction, and hope my
friends, the Texas editors, will adopt what
have written above as O. plea Of guilty" and
modify their sentence accordingly.
Viewed as whole, tho North Is honey
combed with the business vices Of dishonesty,
extravaganza and the craziest possible crazo
! Of greed for sudden and unearned gain; Ike
wise with the social vices OF pretension, prod
lgality and hypocrisy. To illustrate, ! wJA
relate
, A RECENT LOCAL INCIDENT.
, In 1868 one Of the 'soiid men" Of this vi.
i cinity was appointed guardian Of boy wins
drew pension on account Of the death Of his
father-klled at the battle Of Antietam, EE
teen years ago to-day-in the Federal service.
The guardian had been and Is now senior dea,-
con In the Baptist Church Of this village. Ny
father signed his bond as guardian-a "nleFe
formalty" as the old gentleman supposed
for he had no idea that the senior deacon of
= the local Baptistry would require any neshly
bonds to secure the pittance Of soldiers aT-
phan intrusted to his keeping.
Well, time wore on. Two giddy daughters
exhausted the senior deacon's substance Fn
: friyolity and the thousand and one extra*-
/ agances Of the present generation " North
Q ern girls, and the other day he ''made ae
I assignment" In tho meantime my fathes.
had forgotten all about the bond. But he wag
L soon reminded OF it after the senior deaeon
l failed The latter had drawn the boys D8a-
C sion for eight or nine years and had used it
!, along, as he said, In the course Of business
|, the boy meantime earning his own living ana
fondly imagining that his pension was aeea-
mulating in his guardians hands.
When asked about the matter the goo1
senior deacon said he had used up the money,
> that he could not account for it, but that
his conscience pas clear beeoese the borsdsneSszs
!, ayos good and the poor boy would not suffsr
: loss
/. Inquiry developed that the fund, including
accrued interest, would amount TO nearly
$1,000, sum which nay paternal ancestor
= very naturally disliked to make good, even
, for so holy purpose as that Of clarifying tf1s
! conscience OF senior deacon. So the old
! gentleman, not being imbued with that pecu-
. liar development Of faith in Christ Jesus
! which "clears the conscience go long as the
. bondsman is good" mildly called the attea-