The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1859-07-19
Rirhmonh Qispatrh.
TUESDAY BfoR-fEti
JULY 10, 1859.

An Englishman's Account of Richmond.
In the n. y. Spirit Of fhs Timss of the 10th
inst, we find the following impressions of our
city, from an intelligent English gentleman
who lately visited Virginia The reader will
hc particularly struck with the manly and
honorable manner In which he admits
that his former opinions on the subject OF
slavery Were entirely dispellcd by ocular de-
monstrations:
"kiehmond Va, like its nsmesake in Yorkshire
- ANY snd situated also Ike 1t, IN asporing Coun-
rl WITHIN mics OF rsce- course, Faireld,l and
~ . silSht stretch of the ina sinatiou, the Park
Nctted mt" Richmond Castle, washed by the waters
oi the Swae; instead OF James river ana the pic-
Stae OF The rlEcr; Is more like looking across tho
Ih2mes mt" MiddI"scv, from Richmond in surrey
i{Itnnth the KINDNESS oi hna old sportsman.
lIue lrsini2n,wc were introduced 10 n good speci-
men oi noblo If not royal stock, of SIX hundred
uuplcs; ho that 1t may, TO him oar Thanks for
his courtesy are Justly duo, and are hereby freely
t"n tn the proprlc tor ola very extensive manutac
tory OF chewing tobacco, and had an opportunity OF
witnesStnE the working OF the whole process. In
ieTostinS as thiS process Naturally was 10 stran-
ger. to Il reHoctiyc mind the operators were more
IS" -tilHH We" 't,lt pi P"Htllu "Sli-hlaue' attn
'ctlc mfn and Notwithstanding the dirty nature Of
their work, they were clean, oTdeT., and we'll l-bc
hayed-thcy were healthy. apparently well led. and
We'll clad, and the picture oi happtneSs Well, SIR.
think hear you say, and what OF that: Why
{ should they not Because, sir, they were all
Sirst. kt. sr, this IS not sill: 30 Nhnro you viii,
the same scene of yEn, SingiHg, Jot!ifp, and ab-
sencc oi caro-, presents itself whersvcr You meet
thasc servants, rs they are here called, and prop
criy So. certainly have not in INV travels met
With p class Of i9borcrs so we'll clothad. housed,
. led and ENJOYING So much real comfort as these
ssble people appear to have. | have. SIR, been
taught from my cradle 10 abhor ever. thing con
Hect"d with the name OF slave; but unfortunately
. mr teaching 0ld not explain who slaves IN this
. wtTld are. Experience has taught that they
NAY he found in the large towns and cities IN Eng
aud swear to the cnntrsry.l Ireland Scotland. and
, France, amongst tho white populations but they
are not here, IN the SOutr. No, sir: certainly not
the poor industrious lahorers OF the old countries
know nothing OF the comforts and happiness ot the
Was Washington a good man: Why. certainly
yet he Vas the owner al slaves would have ail
20 come here and Jude for themselves.
Il here freely rctraci all have said or writ
ten pre'udcial to slavery. on the broad principle
/ know anything ahoni the institution; and, more
/ over. think, on reflection, that the gentlemen Of
/ the South must know best what they want, and are
I quite capable oi nanagin. their own affairs. They
look upon these servants part and Parcel of thell
/ family. and treat them as such; besides, the laws
| are equally binding To make man good nisStAI
as the, arg to make man gGod servant: sia' es
! indeed Nonsense! No sable here exists :
I shilling a day, as the hard working industrious
! European slaves do. No ceronerS jury returns 4
/ verdict ut died from want and exposure" on
viewing the bod, of Southern slave: no ncwspa
per chronicles the death of slave children from i'll
treatment: moreover. the mental state of IN. ne
gro hishl, favorable to health and Longevity he
has regrets tor the past, hopes for the future
/ he eats, drinks, and sleeps. regardless who paws
while his master Is tOTmrnted with cOTrOd ng cares
with anxious days, and sleepess rights spent IN lie
/ vlSIns the ways aud means 10 support dependent
family. "r 10 gratIty the aspirations OF his position
IN society for tnturc wealth and fame. The slave
knows none ot these: his SIX days labor oer. nC
class of people IN the world dress more gaIly are
/ really more happy ON the seventh, than these
/ slaves.
- In conclusion. | would say. let those who arc
dissatisfied with what have here said so and look
a. the condition OF the lahorns population IN this
climate. and then compare them with the wea K and
/ rlnaciatPd appearance of tho youth of the Euro
+ peau Continent. and iUd-e for Themselves whether
the great Architect Of the universe. IN His infinite
wisdom, has Hot ordained these matters to be just
thaY ara. -