To Blast The North

To the Editor of the Cleveland Leader. Noticing the mention recently made by the Leader ot the eentiments exp'reeeed by Professor Oliver M. Babcock in tía lecture at Chicago, nnder the headimg "Revenge on the Nortli," I au led to give BÖme confirma t o iy statements. Havmg frequenUy had occasion in conversations with iriends to cali attent ion. to this subject, it is a matter of wonderment to me that sueh sentiments have not found an airiug through the papers long ago. Many people liave an idea !, &„ hvnme familiar wlth the lili du i.r wv- Soutli or any other country íor that matter, it is only necessary to board a train and tatas a ílying trip tlirough the región, or at the most to f-pend a week or twp of time. aak a few queattana, talk witto a lew intliTitlunl- in a trièndly way, and accummulute a little quite unimportant data. Southennu-s are reticeal ana evasive to Norttoera ertrangeru wm ï - and ,„n o! sinlit their true seatiments and Eeellngs. To know the South oue (must be an actual resident for years, Üiough 1 iilmil me may kaow 'all Jic cares bo oí it in mm-h lesa lime. 'Ihe feellngs inncrmoet and innate of every Southern person towardfi every Northern person aro precteeíy the same, and lience a BOJM South. It makee ao difieren what your politics or religión nnay lic, U you hail irom any point north of the Ohio Rlver you iire heartUy detested by every Souttórn man. woman and clr.ld. Por tlie beaiefit of my MtJGWUHP AND DEMOCRATIC FEIKND8 ailow me to assure you one and all ihat you are Just as much detested iu tlio South as the most blatant carpet bagger. Every Xortlierner is a Yaakee, wbether from Indiana or Mainc. and is utterly detested as meaii'-r amd more contemptible tlian a negro. I say negro, tliough in tlie Soutli tliere are no negreos, they are all "nággers" and tlie Soutlierner liates a "ndgger" -vorse than the devil and a Yankee worse tlian ei-. My aciiuaintance in tlie houtn is quite general as well as pertieulari anil Liavlng been engaged there in business ior ome uiteen or sixteen yë&rs, it is my privilege "to speai ■vvhat I know and to teetify what I havo seenl." HaviiiK been well aoquainted and on lalrly good terms, lor a Northern man, with eeverai governors and othr Btate ofíicers, with members of congres, with professional and buslI J_ j L m , 1 Jt n-etss men in almost every state in ne South, it seerns to me that my Judgment oí tlie true aniinus of the Southern pepole may be implicitly relied on. In nivi-rsation with niany of the Southern oflk laia and prominent men, St bas lieen my opportunity and one eagerly vought to hear expressAona in regard to tdie KOlid South. Wlienever the subject has been mentioned to me Ihave not been slow to reply -that a Bottd South ineant, oue day, eooner or later, a Bolld North, and I still mamtain the same view. It is unawidable. Hnanan nature is such tiiat BeettonaJiem will surely bec-+imiMlisi:!. iusT -aa líate will beget líate. Mugwump.s mil conserviitive democrats may think the solidity of the South ifi only a teanporary conditiom. My "kind and good íriend," tb Southera bebe ab-oi-bs seetionul sentimtiits rwitli lüs mother's milk, e-ven ns tlio more mature aud full fledged brigadier, coloivel, or esquire iinbibes them in liis morning, noontide amd evening dream ; and you wül please take notice tliat the South is more solid to-day tlian it was ten years A united North was needed to put down rebellion in arms, and the present rebellion against moral aed national political principies must be met and defeated by THE SAME 80LID FBONT. And tliis is the assured result. Why is the country subjected at tlüs particular time to busmees depression and to general stagnation among all its mercaiitile and manufacturing industries? AVay tlie decline in revenues and the upsetting of values? There may be and doubtless are many Bubordinate causes, and tiiey ly tire subordínate. The real, vital canse te the general íeeling all over the North noid West, in social circles as wcll as in business circles, that tlie country is in the hands of its eneniies; a people disioyal to ite financial and business Interest and over all etisloyal to its flng.. Were it not for a lew staimeh patrióte and courageous spiriis In consress to give Borne balance to the ship of state, the rebel rag, mstead of Jio flag, would be to-öay flying from the dome of the Capitol. Can a Southern gentleman have any respect lor a "Northern inudsill, a BWattng iiivmer, agreasy mechanic, „ a dirty miner ?" Great heavens ! ThO Southerners are lords, inheritors of nncient ostat-es and military titles and planters. There are no farmers in the South, except a íew Yankee farmers. Do tliey h,ave respect for artisaois, harness makers, cobblers, wagon makers, carriage builders, weavers, MacJasmlthe, tallors? Not i bit of it. All Buei are "oiw servante, slavee, nlggers, made to walt on us, to pander to our gratlilcation, u catcr io our eaprtees." The South has honorable gentlemen, noi a te-w, but lliey are polltlcians, profeseors, brigadiers, preacliers, lawyere. etatesmen, planters- but mechanics and fanners, never ! "Cotton is king," or uglit to bc, and wflJ be if we cetn liave our way, they Bay. We are, they continue, an agricultural, Hbrtdeultural and professional people nmd need no proteetion, except of bO "let alcme" "We have no mamufncturers wort.h mentioning or wortt protectniü.-. We want to buy nor goods, our clothing, our harneees, wagons aad carrlages wherever n-e can get tliem the cheapest, be it to Asia-, Europe, Afriea,, or ticnt. We lon't propose to make anytlidng (only jnutteills and niggers todl) exeept our %v.hisky. which, by makimg ourselves, in tlie moonsliine or in the cráter of an extinct volcano, we can cheat Unele Sam out of his reveïme and ge' ü strnte'it ilrlnfe." Such are the oft expressad sentiments ;,,!!,! s,i -li is the trae lawardness of Tim-P wiin :iro the clKimpirais of , n and rebelHon in the past and who are ai present the kniuius of the ■lost causei." The preeealt is THE LONT.ED FOK PEKOID för wliidi iHoy organized their klaD of m.liii-!i raiders aml ghostly aeBaedns, the period wln-h thelr politica l propbet8 have foretold and for whlch their preachers have wrestlei in prayer to Almighty God. The ftret inslallmont of tihe answer has comió, the full gift of almighty grace Avill co:ne later. A word to my many f nontis engaged In the vanea and useful occupation common to tlie anterprising spirit oí the loyal North. My pespecbed and co-operativc Mudsills. ivour protests and petitions, tliough miles in length, will be of no nvail, naid so far as the Bourbon and Mugwuanp (they ore the same in eilect) rlcmeut in congress is concerned, they are worse than iolly, and amount on!y to a recognition of Soufchern power and a flattering testimonial to Southern stateKmanship. Vou may just as well sigo your own deatli warrant, ior death will come sooner Ui ;i ii iiny help or favor from a em-M-ugwump congrese. The Southorn plan of battle- I have learned by hieart- is soiid and persistent hostility eind opposition 'to Xortbern industries Ol every kind. The Southern lieart is still "fired." The very plan l wartare isc to hurt and injure In every possiWe way, and to any possilile cxlent, the labor, mechanica! and agrlcultural, oí the, Xortli. Many tiimes have I heard-tihe threat fromi tliO most pronrivni senator froon the South, nmv in congress, and trom othieurs: "We sulfered at the hands of the North, repubMoans and ocrata alike, and we propose to stay solía nut il our day ol retallai . comes. AVe wül yet get help emough froim thnt section to cripple lts buskiiess, ite industries, its labor of eveiT kiml. AVe will vote for Greeley, for Cleveland, íor the devll, U meed be, to a:coiniplisli our en-d?i AVe Avill yet títeck your Northern prosperlty erna leave you blasted and bare as you left us'." TMs was the only oath of allegiamce ever registered on the scr-o-U of Southern memory, . and the AVilsoai bilí, the most fatal that oould poseibly be devised, is tlie beginning of the crownini; result. "Every Soutliem representótive has lain awake itjlit fttter nipht thinking and plottlmg fooie s?heme to make the 13111 more ruinous and effective of sectional purposes.