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THE HOMER ILIAD SUBSCRIPTION PRICE FIVE DOLLARS. ADVERTISING DOUBLE THE OLD RATES. BY W. JASPER BLACKBURN. SATURDAY,::::::JAN. 27, 1866. We are pleased occasionally to notice in the Secession or Rebel press of the South an indication of a sense of justice. For instance, the following from the Memphis Avalanche, in regard to that class of Union men among us, who stood up to and brooked every- thing in behalf of principle-in behalf of what they thought right; and it is this class of Union men whom we de- fend, and alone in whose behalf would speak a word: "We respect the unchangeable Union man, whether in the North or South, as much as we do the consistent uphol- der of any principle, or even sin- cere advocate of honest error. In fact, there is a class of Union men in the South who have stood by their principles with a faith that is sublime. We allude to those who stood proudly erect in the sincerity and strength of their opinions, sternly refusing to be dragged into vortex of popular passion." The same paper speaks of another class among us--that very class of Se- cessionists whom alone do we denounce for their folly and meanness. The Avalanche likens them unto "Bats", in Esop's Fables, and says: "A contemplation of this picture should blister the eyes and eat to the vitals of that unclean flock of Bats that have flitted from one standard to the other during the progress of the late unfortunate war. We can write-- aye, and we will write-- the names of many of these poltroons under this pic- ture. Hardened and unclean as these Bats are, their hearts will sicken and their heads grow dizzy as they gaze up- on their own hideous features in this looking-glass which will be constantly held up to their view. The rebel sol- diers may return home ragged, dirty and bankrupt, but their hands are un- stained with dishonor, and no wonder the Bats come under the scowl of hon- est indignation which mantles their honest brows. The fate of the hum- blest private, rotting in a coffinless grave, is infinitely preferable to that occupied by those who have belied their professions and deserted their The editor of the Monroe Tele- graph, very mildly takes us to task for our castigations of Secessionists, and imagines we are influenced by personal feelings--or something so. Not a bit of it. So far as personalities are con- cerned, we have no such feelings or emotions in the premises; and we could freely forgive every political blunder that has ever been committed in this country--and their name is legion-- provided the perpetrators would give some earnest of repentance and better conduct in the future. But we claim to be too much of a patriot, and too great an admirer and lover of human liberty, and too consistent a defender of the prosperity of our common coun- try, to either forgive or screen, or cease to castigate, men whose sole design seems to be ruin and misery, and that continually. We are among those who hold that Secession is a heresy, wicked in conception and ruinous in practice-- the longer persisted in the more disas- trous to the country--and to oppose and denounce all the influences and ap- pliances of which is the duty and call- ing of every American citizen worthy of the name. Hence we denounce Seces- sionists and the bitter fruits of the ma- licious seed they planted and seemed de- termined to continue to water. And they are the class in this country which are to be damned and condemned, and even wiped out; and not the loyal Union men, as our worthy friend the Tele- graph seems to indicate. He started out right in the inception of the wick- edness which has brought so much ruin on our once happy land; but he went to the war and contracted the fatal dis- ease, of which he himself very aptly and pointedly speaks, called "Button on the Brain," and in consequence says some very unjust things occasionally. But for ourself, we shall ever love him for what he has been--and may be. A memorial from Charleston, re- lating to the right of European immigrants to suffrage, was referr- ed to a Committee of the South Carolina Legislature. The Com- mittee reports that all such persons who have resided in the State for the last two years are citizens and entitled to vote. And it gives A correspondent of a Northern paper, writing from North Carolina says: "It would be well for you to hear for once, what the loyal people of the South have to say; those who have suffered, and toiled, and bled, and prayed for the Union, while traitors were doing all they could to destroy it; those sturdy mechanics and small far- mers who were dragooned into the ranks of the Rebel army, and whose lack of means and want of education prevent them now from being heard. The arch-Rebels, with their smooth tongues of old, monopolize the press and proclaim themselves 'restored' South. But there is not the slightest love for the Union, as we want it to be, and as it ought to be, among this class. They clamor for liberties, but they hate liberty. They would destroy the emancipated Union to-day had they the power. If they controlled the North as we hold the South to-day, their iron rule and deadly hands would soon enlighten us as to their true sen- timents. History would have to re- chronicle all the horrors of Libby and all the despair of Andersonville in the most aggravated form. They pretended to be subdued and laugh inwardly over the silly people who believe them. What has been done to subdue them? Their slave property has been taken away, true; but all the richest and most productive land stretching from the Potomac to the Rio Grande re- mains in the very hands who plotted the destruction of the Union. They know the power of large land-owners, and they mean to have it and to wield it," &c. We are glad to see that the country generally is being posted in regard to the true condition of affairs in the South--the many trials and disadvant- ages under which the loyal element here has to labor. Not a great while ago we heard some "gentleman" boast- ing that the former slave-owners still have land and other property which will always enable them to occupy a position "above" the poorer white class in the South who never owned slaves. This may be doubted or denied, but we can give names and specifications if called for. And this is the spirit which would fain rule this country to even greater ruin than has already befallen us. The Rebel influence in the South still holds and controls the bulk of the wealth of the country; and it will be used and welded, as a general thing, to keep down and crush out the honest A Grave Mistake, Since the collapse of the Rebellion, hundreds if not thousands of its master spirits have visited and traversed the loyal States; and not one of them-- so far as we can now recollect--has re- ceived an insult; hardly one has been greeted with an uncivil word. If mur- derers of unarmed citizens like Quan- trell, or of disarmed prisoners like For- rest, were known to be among us, they might hear observations that could not well be deemed complimentary; but no Rebel General who fought us fairly and manfully need hesitate to visit any Northern city or village whither busi- ness or pleasure should invite him. We have had a terrible civil war, but we have fought it out; and there is the end of it. To persist in hating and in- sulting each other because of this by- gone quarrel is not the way of brave men but of cowards. How is it on the other side? Look at this exhibit, in the columns of a Southern journal, of the treatment of Union and Rebel Generals respective- ly, by the Legislature of the just re- stored State of Alabama: Correspondence of the Nashville Union. MONTGOMERY, Dec. 14, 1865. An occurrence took place in the Ala- bama Legislature a day or so ago, which is worth mention, as an indication of the loyalty which prevails in this headquarters, where Yancey, Sam. Rice, Tom Watts and others fulminated treason. Gen. Woods, the Command- er of Alabama, has been in the city dur- ing the session of the Legislature. Gen. Thomas, not unknown to fame as a leader of the Union armies, and the commander of four states (Alabama in- cluded) was in the city last week on official business. Gen. Swayne of the Freedmen's Bu- reau was here, watching the attempted legislation discriminating against freed- men, and in communication with the Governor. That august body, sworn to support the United States Constitu- tion, and intended to be a Union Legis- lature, as much so as that of New- York, with the flag over the Capitol (or it ought to be there), too no offi- cial (and but little private) notice of these distinguished representatives of the nation--invited them not to its halls--sent no committee to wait upon them--ignored them entirely. Well: this might be considered a sin of omis- sion--a specimen of bad breeding--a sullen manifestation of disrespect, which hurt nobody but the Legislature and the State--and so it might have passed by. But mark the contrast: Gen. Wade Hampton of South Carolina made his appearance in Montgomery, he, an un- pardoned Rebel, lately in arms against the United States. Instantly, Mr. T. B. Bethea of Montgomery, lately spe- REGULAR MINDEN PACKET! FROLIC! J.J.COMPERE.........MASTER C.T. 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