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The Savannah Daily Herald
PREJUDICED VIEWS OP THE POUR
OF THE SOUTH.
The public ought to give little credence to
the statements of politicians in regard to any
thing affecting their own interests. In most
things this rule is tolerably well observed,
but in regard to the institutions of the South,
all kinds of opinions, the most inconsistent
and contradictory as well as those having
some aspect of probability, are held by my
riads on the mere say-so of the press. Tue
whole force of the anti-slavery, and conse
quent anti-southerns sentiment of the North,
has grown of credence to extravagant state
ments concerning the cruet and brutalizing
effect of the institution of slavery as it exist
ed in our southern States. But now that
such exaggerations are rendered useless by the
destruction of slavery, and it is desirable to
make the people ot the North believe the
blacks superior to tbe white southerner of
the laboring class, from which not only Presi
dent Johnouu Wl oy L.K4UJ wuci U“'»s
ed men have sprung, we lind in many of the
northern political papers a very different
yr x -»-»—» is*. T^kq_fhr. instance the
' following from a Chicago paper :
“According to all accounts from all parties,
there is no such class of people in auy civil
ized country as the poor white trash of the
South. For generation alter generation they
have been trampled under the heels of the
slaveholders, uutil at last they are more
embruted than the slave himself. England
has its social leprosy in the agricultural la
borers ot the southern shires, anil with the
poor Irish that live with their pigs and poul
try ; but these are a healthy and even prince
ly people compared with the white refuse of
the Southern States. Wherever men will
Work there is hope for them ; tor iu spite of
the curse, there is a dignity in labor which
rescues it from savagery, even though the
wages, as in the English and Irish examples,
are barely sufficient to support life. But idle
ness kills both body ane soul.
No wonder, therefore, that with an indo
lent and spiritless people, such as the poor
white trash are, there such be a state of so
ciety down South that is utterly revolting.
The aristocrats, who have hitherto held the
land and the slaves, have forbidden all im
provement in the condition of the poor
whites. They have discouraged schools and
newspapers, because they instinctively felt
that these peculiar institutions were at enmi
ty with their peculiar institution, and the re
sult has been that the whites have grown up
iu a state of ignorance, compared with which
ludian barbarism is scholarship and civiliza
tion."
Now we assure our northern readers from
a lifetime of persoßtl observation, and care
ful study ot tbe facts, that these and similar
charges against the whke laboring popula
tion o 1 the South are as substantially as un
founded as tbe previous assumptiou of the
degradation of the negro under slavery as it
existed in this section. As isolated cases of
cruelty to the slave were once given to the
Northern people, and received in good faith
by them, as evidence of universal demoral
ization and debasement, so now exceptional
types of poor southerners are held up as rep
resenting the entire class.
There is no difficulty in finding specimens
of the degraded wtiite man in the South,
brutalized and stunted in his moral growth
by unfavorable surrounding circumstances.
Especially is this true where the great plan
ter interest has been supreme, or where a
hard soil and a poor market have prevented
the accumulation of property. But even
in New Eugland, says a Boston paper, such
districts with such inhabitants may be found.
Like causes produce like effects everywhere-
In the Western States innumerable localities
of similar character exist. But if we .take
the entire poor white population of the
Southern States together, we shall find them
differing but little, save in one point, from
the same class of native population in the
North. Education is not so common nor so
good among them as ainoug the farmers and
mechanics of the North, although a large
majority are able to read and write, and are
thus in advance of tbe English yeomanry and
peasantry from which they sprang.
But the manhood of this great body of peo
ple remain vital and sound. It is only ne
cessary to point to the energy with which
they have fought the Union Armies for the
last four years, to convince unprejudiced
minds of this fact. Honestly and intelligent
ly studied and compared with the yeomanry
of tbe North, in all that makes men, the white
rural population of the South are not unwor-
SAVANNAH, GEORGIA, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1865.
thy the brotherhood of men which is un
questionably theirs. A little ruder perhaps,
less affected by the contiguity of cities and
manulacturing towns, less acquainted with
books, they unquestionably are. But the
natural shrewdness, courage, and resources
ot the Anglo-Saxon, his energy, his self
confidence and belief in bis manifest destiny,
exist, and show themselves as strongly in
the poor white man of the South as his coin
patiiotot the North. Iu truth, the condition
of the poor w hite people of the South has
never been understood in the North. But
we are convinced one of the but results of
the war, will be to make the sections better
acquainted with each other. Nearly two
millions ol Northern men have visited the
South and returned, and although they came
as an army, and were met as “invaders,"
yet they were unavoidably brought in con
tact with many ol their fellow countrymen
of this section, in such a way as to give
them better ideas of things as they exist
than could be gained by them in any other
These mc-n have returned home, and tbe
knowledge they have gained, must be felt in
its influence upon community, in spite
of all the politicians can do, and indirect an
tagonism with their wishes and interest.
The South and the North will be better
known to each other limn before, and tbe in
fluence of this knowledge can be but on the
side of cordial re-union and a future good
understanding.
WANTED. ~
Consignees Wanted. .
FOR E. H S—3s tibia Flour
20 half bi*ls Flour
9 bbls Crackers
C bbls Apples
5 bbls Xjrgß •
G at W —loo tubs Lord.
If not called for will be sold for freight, and expenses.
BRIGHAM, BALDWIN A CO
PIANO WANTED.
A GOOD PIANO wanted to rent. Address X. Y.
X., Herald office. novS
Wanted,
Ua€|i| A MONTH l Agents wanted wanted for six
entirely new article* , just out. Addrees O. T.
GAREY, City Building, Btddelord, Maine,
seplfc dAwam
Pilots Wanted.
Two Good Pilots
WANTED,
"■’'HAT are thoroughly acquainted with the route be-
Y*- tween Savannah, llHwkiusvilie and Buzzard’s
R<-oat, also Savannah and Auirusta. Two competent
men can tind steady employment and big pay by ap
plying at the office of
RODGERS & GANN,
North East Corner of Bay and Abercorn streets.
nl3 7
Wanted to Rent,
A WELL furnished Online in Savannah for a family
of live persons, or a genteel unfurnished house.
Address, with terms, or call on
A. L HARRIS,
013-3 Post Office, Savannah.
Wanted,
*1 A DAY! Agent 9 wanted to set! anew and
sPosu wonderful SEWING MACHINE, the only
cheap one licensed. Address SHAW & CLARK. Biu
deford, Maine. sepl4-d&w3in
HEWITT’S ~~
GLOBE HOTEL,
_A_ngiista, Oa.
fTIHE OLD GLOBE HOTEL, corner Broad and Jaek
soil streets, having passed into the hands of W.
C. Hewitt, late of the “ Hewitt House.’* Va. t has been
thoroughly renovated, and is now open for the recep
tion of visitors to the city. He will be most happy
to see his old friends and the travelling public gen
erally at the Globe., wheio they will receive every at
tention and meet with the very best accommodation
the Southern,country can afford.
W. C. HEWITT, Proprietor.
Col. G. H. . Jones, Clerk. n6-lm
ORNIENTALIi:
Carls, Braids, Waterfalls,
Bands, Wigs, Half Wigs. «&€.,
Wholesale, fat the lowest possible price of importa
tion, for Cash.
W. R. Cameron & Cos.,
Importers of Hair and Manufacturers,
NO. 313 PULTON ST., BROOKLYN,
Near New York.
Large and small orders punctually attended to.
octl# lm
FOR SALK TO RENT.
For Sale,
1-li iA M .-HRLS Prime WhßeCom
• )UV -ASK) bushels Prime White Outs
nS, N. A. HARDEE A CO.
FOR SALE.
THE cargo of Srln*. Oliver Cromwell, from Nevvjiort,
R. 1., consisting of
Bunch Ouion*
Barrels of On ions
Barrels Potatoes
Darrels of Cranberries.
The alrove will be sold iu lots to suit purchasers
Apply to Captain on hoard, foot of Bull street, or to
CHAS L. COLBY & CO.,
n 13 Cor. Abereora and Bay Sts.
FOR SALE.
A Valuable Garden Spot,
Located about Ten miles from Savannah,
ON THE CHARLESTON & SAVANNAH
RAILROAD,
And u ithitri 1-2 miles of the Rivsr.
SW&OMBIHIX. ..SPOT. CONTAJNff.AJIOIIX IDO
Oak W oil. Any one wishing to make mom y out of
Wood, will make applications immediately at the
llehald Office.
nov I) ts
The Screven House
FOE RENT.
HIS commodious and elegant lintel is offered for
* rent- It has capacity for 100 Bed Rooms in addi
tion to Dining Rooms, Parlors, &r It is *itnafcd in
the business portion of the city. For particulars and
terms apply to
i.ov2-Sw BRYAN. IIARTRID! .E & CO.
PAVILION HOTEL
For Rent.
THAT well-known, desirably located, and highly
popular eitablishmeut, situated on Bull street,
between South Broad and Hull streets, occupying
four entire lots of CO by 90 feet each, and the lan« be
tween them, and containing about forty room*, is
now offered for rent.
The party renting thi9 property will be required to
make the uecesshry repairs and give satisfactory se
curity for the punctual payment of rent.
JOHN M. COOPER,
novT—tf Pres’t Union Society.
FOMENT.
I OFFER for Rent next year, 1866, my Rice Place, In
Camden county, (Ja., on the Great Satilla River,
known as the “Vernon Plantation,” containing 420
acres of first quality Rice Laud, and about ioo acres
of high land, all in perfect order. Said Plantation has
been cultivated during the war, and therefore requires
no extra work to prepare it lor a crop the ensuing
year.
All the negroes formerly belonging to me are still on
the place and anxious to letnain, so there would be
no difficulty iu procuring laborers. On tbe place is a
comfortable dwelling house, together with all the
necessary buildings for the accommodation of labor
ers and storing be crop.
Seed for the coming year, including Rice, Corn, Peas,
Sugar Cane, Sorghum, Cotton, &e., can be obtained
on ibe place. For further particulars address the sub
scriber at Way nesville, Wayne county. Ga.
ocl3o-lm JAS. F. KING.
Store to Let,
AT HILTON HEAD, S. C.
Tlio light and commodious Store, corner Merchants’
Row and Palmetto Avi nua, to leas® for a limited time.
Terms easy. Address
W. S. SAMPSON, Jr., Agent,
octlS ts Lock Box E, Hilton Head, S. C.
FOR SALE.
TWO FINE FIVE KEY CLARIONETS, “B and C,”
Enquire at THIS OFFICE.
,T O RENT.
LARGE AND ITANDSOMELY
Furnished Rooms To Let,
AT
EAST COR. OF PRICE AND ST. JULIAN STS.
ROOMS TO LET,
AT HILTON HEAD, S.C.
The “Palmetto Herald Building.'' having been newly
fitted ap, now offer large and airy Rooms suitable for
Sleeping Apartmeuts or Busine«s purposes. For terms
address
W. S. SAMPSON, Jr., Agent,
Octl 8 ts Lock Box E, Ilffton Head, 8. C.
looker’s Bitters,
The Oldest and best renowned.
Id. FI'NKE,
66 Liberty Street,
■eplgdlmo NEW YORK.
Mail contracts « anted.
He Establishment of Mail Facilities la
Georgia.
The Post Office Department desires to
furnish the State ol Georgia with Postal
service, at the earliest practicable day, until
July Ist, lStkl, when the regular contracts’
proposals for which are now advertised for,
will go into effect.
The Department invites proposals for con
veying tbe mails until June So, lsdo, to all
country seats anil other important |>oints not
reached by Railroad eommuuicatiou, at rates
not to exceed $8 per mile per annum for
weekly service ; sls for semi-weekly, and
s>22 for tri-weekly; auil where the importance
of the case requires, S4O for daily service;
counting the distance one way only in all
cases.
,Service will be turnisbed on routes, where,
before the war, it was daily, three times a
week ; where it was tri-weekly twice a week;
and where it was semi-weekly, weekly
service will be allowed.
Proposals should be addressed to “Hon.
Geo. W. McLeilan, 2d Asst. P. M Washing
ton, D. C.. and should state they are lor
service to end June 30th. 1860.
" OV4 h. a ALLLiV'di to,,
180 & 10l WTER XT
NEW YORK.
AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS,
AND MACHINERY OF ALL KINDS,
Small Tools for the Farm and Garden, such as Spades,
Shovels, Hoes, Forks, Itakcs, do., and for Grass
llooks, Scythes, Styth-Slmies, and Agricul
tural Hardware in general.
We offer, also, a large assortment of our own manu
facture of Hay Cutters, Coffee and Grain Mills, Sugar
Mills for Grocers’ use. Store Trucks of various pat
terns. Hoad Scrapers, Wheelbarrows. &c.
Fertilliaers of all kinds, such as Coe’s Superphos
phate ot Lime, pure Ground Bone, Peruvian Guano,
and Poudreite,
SEEDS.
Every valuable American and Foreign variety of
Vegetable, Flower aud Grass Seed aod Field Gram that
ha> proved worthy of cultivation grown and selected l
expressly for our trade.
Sales made in bulk, per pound or bushel, or iu small
packets,for retailing, by the hundred or thousand.
sopt2-2aw3mo
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Notice.
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JACKSON A WARROCK was, on the 30th Sep
tember dissolved by mutual consent. The business
will hereafter be conducted by the undersigned, who
will be happv to receive a continuance of the pa
tronage bestowed on the late firm of Jackson A
Warrock. L. WARROCK.
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