National Republican., 1878-10-02
Law o ,sness In the south,

To h' Editor ofthc NctiOndi RepHbiicoH:
SIN The remarks Of your Yankee correspondent
who got broke up in Virginia. because Of the
prejudice existing among tho people against
Yankees, portmy the experience Of many North.
crn man In all tho Southern states. And II is the
real secret Of tho very limited emigration to the
South from Europe and the North. While Mime.
sofa Kansas, Nebraska aud other portions tho far
West have been filling up right along and ore stll)
with industrious tOurs from thos regions and their
towns growing, property enhancing In value. and
the bodypoltiC Of those States becoming powerful,
the Southern States with perhaps the eastern Dor.
ton Of Florida exceptcdD are languishing, and
many portions actually rctrOgradlng. 1t is because
the heart Of man must bc free and Independent,
and this boon is denied To settlers Of the Southern
States. II wnS formerly claimed by SuuthcTners
that cRrpetbaggcrs, men making lfaiilc of
politics, were expressing tho South and rOhbing
her people and That there was a:prciudicc against
such, and even a justihable feeling OF retaliation
But the 'carpct.bagger" has gone, and there are
none such now - tO"Oppress aud rob" II there are
any they arc utterly without power. And still the
Northern suttler Is Ostraclscd and even prosecuted
ifhG dare speak out the uItCrancCs of his heart
II he Is conscientious IN being Republican and
dare IN speak and vote so. The press mallgn him,
social circles cut him, and dcsperndoes destroy
Its occupants This is to-day history ell over most
paris oftho South. The settler Is welcome II he
VII i! sNGty o5 WHISKY Ky
pcrado rob him In oil his labor and land opera
lions, and dictate his politics aud hold the lash
over him In all things political fhe can't tolerate
knows II, a quarrel will be provoked with a gang
OF dozen more against him, and II his life isn't
the forfeit his property, sooner or later, will be,
under their system Of swearing for each other to
| an "'bi. TO false agreements. Gc, &c.
| This Is why there is no emigration comparatively
into the SOuth, and why she rctrOgrales while the
| free North bounds ahead. II is because in the
| North there Is no thought Of what n mans sCut.
iEgnts are religious. political. or otherwise. If he
| behave himself he Is welcome and respected, and
| given an equal chance Ia tho race no matter
whether from the South or EurO?e Hence men
are happy here, being free from restraint and as
| good aS anybody" \ correspondent OF the Post
undertakes 10 east the Odium OF such prescription
| in virginia upon the "poor white trsh' in certain
counties. That is too thin. The same persecution
| l. almost everywhere in the South. II the IOs's
correspondent Is right, then almost everybody In
the South must be poor white trhsh for Ii Is an
almost universal OfGnsc throughout the entire sec.
| ton. The So.cacd high toned" may not actually
rob hcn-rOOsts or cut the heart out OF id Yam
kcu but their Otfcnsc Il that they do not Tiso In
| their might and majesty aud show to the poor
white trash aud the IcSICralOes that persecution
oppression, danger. and death shall not be tolerated
~ against the Yankee any InOgG than against their
| own flesh and blood.
| Int no! they are as dumb ns oysters when any.
| thing happens to Yankee, thereby wnking al the
oiUnse, md virtually encouraging II. Hence law.
| lCssnuss runs rampant, and the Yankee, who Is q
! Mw-abiding citizen, becomes discouraged and
| lcnTcs at any sGCrhCe the high toned lawyer and
merchant taking charge Of what he leaves behind
as vutures take charge of the dead. This Is the
whole Of 1t In u uut.shell 1t Is the wnking at the
acts Of the 'lOw-dOwn whites AMI the blUUlS and
| the dcspcradDcs the silent approval of the sGmc-
that makes the virtuous and the high toned people
| Of the South contemplate rs the w-DTcakCrs.
aud that makes life In the South uncomfortable 10 a
lrCc-Durn NOgtAcrncr. Cntil this j. corrected they
will call in vain for rl.h q settlers.
| \ NORTHERN SOUTHERNER,