CHAPTER IX.

CONDITION OF THE SOUTH.

Cause of the Rebellion--Prevalence of Union Sentiment in the South--Why not Developed--Stevenson's Views--Why Incorrect-- Cavalry Raids upon Union Citizens--How the Rebels employ Slaves--Slaves Whipped and sent out of the Federal Lines-- Resisting the Conscript Law--Kansas Jayhawkers--Guarding Rebel Property--Perfidy of Secessionists--Plea for Emancipation--The South Exhausted--Failure of Crops--Southern Merchants Ruined--Bragg Prohibits the Manufacture and Vending of Intoxicating Liquors--Its Salutary Effect 264--281