Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1882-06-06
NORTH AM SOUTH.

lean Field, n hrst-class newspaper, and
authority in all sporting matters, by
~ Pious Jeems," a Southern farmer. An
other correspondent of the Field, "Dlck
SwiveIer," saws "a voice from Summer
Land, by Pious Jeems,' is so beautiful,
so full of candor, 50 truthful, that l
cannot refrain from making some re-
marks thereon. l am not Southern born;
have been in the South but a few years.
l was a Federal ~cavalryman, too. The
warmest friends | have are eX-Conted-
crate soldiers. The hand of fellowship
is given to those who came to identity
their interests with the South, or to visit
it. Fast mail trains and the telegraph
are rapidly bringing the two sections
together, and ere long all locality pref
udices will have been oblterated." From
the letter Of "Pious Jeems" we regret
our inability to reproduce only the fol-
lowing extract
1--WE farmers of the North and South
40 NOT nate 0dCil bllCl. VIII IlS ANSAeA
ern farmer, when he reads this, believe
my statement that | represent the largest
class of my people when l say l want
him to come and settle amongst us; that
we will extend to him the right hand OF
fellowship; that he will not be ostraclscd
from society for his honest opinions. II
he seeks the society Of gentlemen, he
will find gentlemen to associate with; II
he prefers the society OF negroes, he will
not be able to associate with the whites.
All men may be born equal, but they
don't grow up that way; at least, that is
the Southern idea. The Northern man
may think US unjust in our preludices,
and that we ought to associate with the
negro as a social as well as a polit-
ical equal. Call it by any name you
please, think Of it as you like, We can
never see it by your lamp; and you are
farther from association with him than
am, more prejudiced against him, for it
is really on account Of the negro that
YOU refuse to come South, and you, in
your Northern home, ostracise the negro
from your parlor and your table as much
as | do.
"We OF the South have a more kindly
feeling for the negro than you OF the
North. We are accustomed to an asso-
citation with him, of a peculiar nature,
from childhood, that only those born
and bred in the South can appreciate.
1t would be useless for me to attempt to
explain it. Through war, pestilenee and
famine the old affections, inherited in
the olden days of slavery, will cling
around the Southern heart until a new
generation may change the ancient order
Of things. l can only speak for the
come south and dwell among US, we do
not ask him to conform to our customs
and habits unless they suit him, but we
do ask him not to expect US to conform
to his. This is the mistake some North.
ern people have made. They think they
must come as missionaries and begin
their evangelical work by insulting our
intelligence and our manhood. We claim
to be a Christian people, and if we fail
TO think or feel as you do, let us alone;
we have no desire to change either our
politics or our religion, and we refuse to
take to our hearts the iconoclast who
skaters ouI images, however false our
doctrines may seem. The sentiments
imbibed with our mothers milk will be
sacred in our hearts when our affairs are
cast down and our temples are smolder.
ing in ashes. When you find an old
Confederate soldier that does not revere
the memory Of Lee and Stonewall Jack.
son, shuu him as a viper. He is false to
his country, and he will be false to you.
II you wish to come South to live
amongst us, you are welcome; we will
show you every courtesy and kindness.
Speed the pillow, the loom, the anvil, or
engage in any pursuit you like; we care
nothing for your political or religious
creeds; we will let you alone in the en-.
Joyment OF every right and privilege,
and we ask only equal generosity on your
part; but it is too much to expect that
We will vote for you to represent us in
our political Offices in preference to our
W people. It may be, after we have
become we'll acquainted and have formed
strong personal attachments, and YOU
are identified with us in interests, we
may crafty your ambition for political
preferment, but don't be in a hurry
about it, or you will be disappointed. We
have been robbed by Northern carpet
baggers, and you know the old adaee.
"A burnt child breads the fire. Our
politicians are no more saints than yours.
You have heard your demagogues de.
nounce US as uncivilized barbarians.
while they Haunted in your faces that
disgusting emblem of falsehood and
ignorance, the bloody shirt. When you
come South you will hear our politicians
lie about you with equal ve~hemenoe."
THE OREGON ELECTION.