The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-03-20
SPIRIT OF THE NAeHvILLE LADIES.
The Knoxville Register procures the follow.
ing from q reliable source:
The Yankees at Port Royal.
The Athens f0a) Banu.r saws :

a gentleman in the Confederate ser vice at
Yorktown, Va has seat TT his eTother in this
place a copy of the New York Tribune, Of the
10Th uit, from which we learn much Of the
movements aud intentions Of the United
States Government in reference to the pro.
perty Of Southern men which NAV fall into
their hands. 1t viii, be remembered that
about the time Port Royal was captured, the
Yankee General, Sherman, issued procla-
mat ton to the people Of South Carolina, tell
ing them that he came among them as a
friend and protector, and not as un efethyj
that he had, In former years, partaken Of
their hospitality, and that their private
property ard rights would be rsliEiously
res"ectsd. &c just rs Buell. has done at
Nashville. The Tribua1 contains very
lengthy ofscial repor. 70 the United States
from man named Edward l.. Pierce, who
was appointed by the Yankee Secretary tn go
10 Port Roy a. and examine ints the eoLdiIi0n
Of the negroes there, ferort theit condition,
and make such Recommendations as he
thought best for their dispos A.. The report
is q yery lenGth1 aschmedt, ami com p1etelF
xposes the intentions of the United States
Government as to our properly, should they
succeed in their efforts to subtugate ,E5.
The Brnrer gives the same extracts, illus
trating aud exhibiting the cant and hypoc-
risy Of the puritanica plunderers who now
infest Port Royal. We omit the diss usting
details, but cannot omit tho following expla:
nation OF tie gay In which these Su1staas
respect private properly:
What, then, should Do the true system OF
administration here?
It has been proposed to lease the planta.
tlons and the people upon them. To this plan
there are two cbjections, each conclusive. In
the nrst place, the leading object Of the par.
ties bidding for leases would bs to obtain i'm.
mediate erevepue-perheps to make a fortune
in year or two. The solicitations Of doubt
full men Offering the his hest price would i'm.
pose on the leasing power sssra duty Of re-
irsal, to which 1t ought not unnecessarily to
be subjected. Far better q sy stem which shall
not invite such men to harass the leasing
power, or excite expectations Of speedy for
tune 10 be derived from the labor of this peo
pie. Secondly. No man, not even the best Of
men, ch arged with the duties which ought to
belong 70 the guardians OF these people, -hould
be put in a po:ition where there would be
such q conflict between his humanity and his
self.interes'--his desire, on the one hand, to
benefit the laborer, aud on the other the too
often stronger desire to reap large revenue,
| perha aps to restore broken fortunes in year
of the worst vices of the slave system, with
| the advantage In favor of the latter that 1t
! :. for the interest Of the planter to look to
/ psrman ent results:
Let the history q British East India, and
has attem pied to bald up speedy fortunes on
the labor 6f an Inferior race orGI py ihS
/ another region be remembered, and no just
1 man will listen to the pro posi- don ofsieasing,
fraught as 1t is with such dangerous conse-
| report the language Of intense Indignation
| which has been expressed against 1t here by
l some occnpyirg high places of COME and, a.
also by others who have come here for tho
l special purpose Of promoting the welfare of
these laborers. Perhaps 1t might yield to
the treasury, larger Immediate revenue,
but irwoald be sure to spoil the country and
|! Its people in the end. The Government
should be satisfied If the products ct the ter
ritory may be made SUFFICIENT for q year or
| two 70 pay tne expenses Of administration
and superintendence, and the Inauguration
Of bene1lcent system which will settle a
/ great social question. insure the sym pat hies
/ Of foreign nations now welded against ue,
and advance the civilization OF the age.
The better course would be TO appoint su-
perintendents for each large plantation, and
pensated with good salary. say si 900 per
year, selected with reference to peculiar
| qualifications, and as carefully rs one would
| choose guardian for his children. clothed
discipline; - require a pr0er Smount Of
| labor, cleanliness, sobriety, aud better habits
| of life, and generally to promote ths moral
] and intellectual culture Of the wards, wi IN
placed before the superin tsndont a. shall In .
| spirs him to constant efforts to prepare them
| for useful and worthy citizenship. To quicken
and arouse the fidelity of the esuperinteudent Is,
| there shonld be director general or cover.
nor, who shall isit the pl6n IA tioas, and SEQ
| that they are dseaargtng these duties and,
| X necessary, he should ba aided by others In
the duty Of visitation. THIS officer ahoald be
invested-vith liberal powers ovsr all persons
| within his jurisdiction, go as TO protect the
blacks from each other and from white men :.
being required In most important SOS to
| confer with the military auth critics In pun.
ishing offences. His proposed duties indi-
cate that hs should be q man OF the hest
ability and character: better IL he have Al.
ready, by virtue Of public services, q hold ON
tho public confidence. such an nYrancement
is submistsd as preferable for the present to
any cam bersome terri torial govsrnmsnt. :
What should bs the standard Of wages
whore none has heretofore been paid 10 not
90 easy TO determine. II should 30 graduated
with re1sSsn to the wants Of the laborsr
and the aeaiis Of & ne &s1PloyeE or Govern.
the vnlus Ue the pgodaots OF the labor, and
the most that should b expected being that
for a year or two. the syst0m should NOT bo 4