New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1879-11-17

m cfTsctual stop to the emigration or even tfhN'' u"
Northern men into that region. lie fepresnh'"l
the natives rs little better than trea'hefouS
savages; thirty or forty farmers lying IN ambush
TO dog every stranger from place 10 place" lie
heard of :" a great many" being killed by these
gangs on suspicion of being revenue officers. Muir
ders of Northern men who had voted or proposed 10
vote the Republican ticket, he alleged, were COM
mon he himself was shot at. and barely escaped
with his life his guide refused to accompany him
further into the recesses of the mountains for fear
of assassination.
We think il but Just to the people of Western
North Carolina to state that we have received since
the publication of this statement the most emphatic
and indignant denals of il from prominent Repnb-
lcan Northern men. who have settled in that re-
gion and who know il aud It's people thoroughly.
Some If these men were quoted by this artist as
authority for his alarming reports. The sole ground
for the story Of his assassination chance pis-
tol-shot fired by a rowdy boy in crowd, aimed at
nobody. They charItably try to explain his mis-
statements on the ground of his youth, ana
the exaggerated idea of the dangers before him
with which he set ont on his journey. Some South
ern wags probably, seeing his fears have cruelty
played upon his credulity.
The leader of n successful colony of Northern men
in Macon Comfy writes: 1.-The people in these
mountains nave Deen lsOlateu ITOin ine Woi"i du"
lacked opportunities, but they are intelligent,
honest and kindly disposed; a man. whatever his
politics, may travel rs safely through North Caro-
lima as in any State In the Union. There has
been but one Northern man killed In the State since
the war and he was murdered for his money in 1874.
The murderer was tried and hanged. There have
been revenue officers shot while making arrests, but
sectional prejudice or politics had nothing to do
with the matter" "Our position" he adds. " as
Republicans, between the upper and lower mill
stones of Northern Republicansm and Southern De-
mocracy, is n difficult one, and is rendered worse by
m1ammatory and false reports such as these"
The writer of the articles which this artist went
South to illustrate gives totally different account
from his of this region. She spent two Summers in
the recesses Of the mountains, and has since
Through the columns of The TRIBUNE urged
emigration of Northern men TO this dis
trict She describes the mountainecrs as an
honest, GOd-fearing kindly folk, and cordially
testiles to the warn-hearted hospitality
and the uniform courtesy which she received
from the toughest as well tho gentlest.
while there There are many Northern men settled
in these mountains who have gone there since the
war. 1t is from them we have received the
most earnest protests against these incorrect state
mcnts They write that no such outrages have ever
occurred that the people are anxious TO promote emf
grafton give hearty welcome to Northern men II
they bring capital. skilled labor, or energy. ana
care little what are their politics
We are glad to make this correction and to find
that the temper of both parties in that remote re-
gion is wholesome, rational and friendly.