. Der Süden : eine Tour durch seine Schlachtfelder und zerstörten Städte, eine Reise durch die verwüsteten Staaten, und Gespräche mit den Menschen: Eine Beschreibung des gegenwärtigen Zustandes des Landes - seine Landwirtschaft - Eisenbahnen - Geschäft und Finanzen.. . die Regierung, die mein Blut kalt gemacht hat. Aber die Tochter lächelte wiederholt, Es war ein guter Grund, und ich bereue es nicht. Sie müssen nichts dagegen, was er sagt.* Ich half ihr, ihn in das Dickicht zu bekommen, und machte meine Flucht, wundernd, als ich sie verließ, das war der verrückte von thetwo. 160 LIBBY, BURGDONNER UND BELLE ISLE. Aber sie war nicht wahnsinnig, sie war ein Unheil

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. The South : a tour of its battlefields and ruined cities, a journey through the desolated states, and talks with the people: being a description of the present state of the country - its agriculture - railroads -business and finances.. . d-erate government which made my blood chill. But the daughter smilingly repeated, It was a good cause, and I dont regret it. You must nt mind what he says.* I helped her get him inside the wicket, and made my escape, wondering, as I left them, which was the more insane of thetwo. 160 LIBBY, CASTLE THUNDER, AND BELLE ISLE. But she was not insane; she was a woman. A man maybe reasoned and beaten out .of a false opinion, but a womannever. She will not yield to logic, not even to the logic ofevents. Thus it happens that, while the male secessionists atthe South have frankly given up their cause, the female seces-sionists still cling to it with provoking tenacity. To appeal totheir intelligence is idle ; but they are vulnerable on the sideof the sentiments ; and many a one has been authentically con-verted from the heresy of state rights by some handsome.Federal officer, who judiciously mingled love with loyalty inhis speech, and pleaded for the union of hands as well as theunion of States.. DESTITUTE RATION TICKETS. 161 CHAPTER XXI. FEEDING THE DESTITUTE. As I was passing Castle Thunder, I observed, besiegingthe doors of the United States Commissary, on the oppositeside of the street, a hungry-looking, haggard crowd, — sickly-faced women, jaundiced old men, and children in rags; withhere and there a seedy gentleman who had seen better days, or a stately female in faded apparel, which, like her refinedmanners, betrayed the aristocratic lady whom the war hadreduced to want. These were the destitute of the city, thronging to receivealms from the government. The regular rations, issued ata counter to which each was admitted in his or her turn, consisted of salt-fish and hard-tack; but I noticed that tosome tea and sugar were dealt out. All

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