The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-05-22
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I1ylsDAy MoaNIro NAY Z: .ss.
ne Nesss Ind the Yankee.
Nobody In the seeded States has ever
YaAssd ths slish:ess faith in the professions Of
~ lincoln 0ovsrnmsnt relative TO the ne
Nsu Kentucky has been bsmbocxlsd through
her corrupt representatives IN Congress INTO
sAe Impression that the Yankee crusade was
ncs ono against she right Of property - weli
a the political rights of the Southern commu'
va,ee. m. even Kentucky IL now insultsd in
Ase hslplsssuess by that power whose croe'.'
aad rapAsaty VIII always b propofoona.e 20
IA ~eans Of induIgips those predcmlnaane
a,~,t. AZ theirs Yet We have seen them
,roa.aainx 70 respect the rights Of property,
Ana bv some Of their military orders giving
oos.sioa Of complain; 70 the rabid abolition
- TIKI was . mere russ to serve the pu,-
nose Of tho hour. Their malignty to the
SousA Will stop a. notaiag, however mon
stTcas, that may be deemed effsctiva In the
vFosssu ioa Of the main purpose of tho CON-
rlsts spoliation and humiliation Of the South
With no moral sense of obligation to conssita.
aSons and laws, or TO humanity itself, they will
do jost whatever they may deem beet cal.
ssalAted to strengthen themselves At homo
and promote the objsct Of subjuga.ing and
destroying the nationality Of tbs South
30 We have seen thsm, after avowiag their de.
termination to respect the right Of property,
and their disiuclnatiou to disturb the relations
Of master and slave, abolish slavery in the
District Of Columbia, to propitiate the aboli.
don sentiments aud silence the growing com.
plant Of tho fana tics. Everybody knows
Ahe Demons Of the Federal metropolis would
Ahis very day, if they thought that the beet
way 70 "crush the rebellion" put arms in the
hands Of the slaves, and make them the agents of
thsir dabolical crusade:-not only would they
do this BY arms, but BY other and more secret
msans, moro in keeping with tho tisndish incE'
nations Of the head and front Of the Lincoln
Administration. We believe now that the chief
obstacle In the way of an active movement with
this view, L. the conviction that the Southern
slavs Il not tbs being they took him to be.
10 The credit Of that individual, he has shown
moro consideration for the master, for the peo'
pie amongst whom he has been born and rais-
I'd, than the hypccrites who profess 50 much
sympathy for him. He has remained at his
hons, performing bis duties faithfully and
obsdiently, and much the larger portion of the
1sgross in the invaded districts have evinoed
a dread of the invaders, and chung devetedly
% their owners and their families-to the
happy homes and peaceful mansions whore the
sunshine of oostsntmsnt and happiness has
silded Ill the days of their ives::
We have been struck with two publications.
relating 70 this subject, which have recently
and cotsuporaneousy appeared. One of them
il letter from Q very prominent officer in the
Federal army, making notable ackaowledg-
Asuts - to the social and physical condition
Of the slave, and declaring that the charge
that the Yankees intended TO liberate the negro
Wa "ie - the other is the famous order of
Asjer. General Hunter. which abolishes, by
one scratch Of the pen, SLAVERY in the vast re-
8ion Of eonntry covered by South Carolina
Georgia, and Floridai The letter is from the
pen Of Col. Gibson, Of Ohio, who commando
Ne 18Th regiment Of that State. He was the
Republican State Treasurer of OHIO, and de-
eeoted the immense defalcation of his prede-
ssssor, Brestin- We copy what Col Gibson
La 70 say, and reply to his charge that the
South lies when it Gays the Yankees mean to
abolish slavery, by appending to his letter
Gen. Hunters Official declaration Of emsnci.
patton In South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida
We present this contradiction to Gibson not
because II IL the only one. The Lincoln CIV:
eminent has been engaged in abolition ever
0inee II begun the war. It's trick Of consider.
1ng slaves "oontraband" has thrown already
1pon It, hsnde several thousands which it has
not the means Of providing for, and which
1sxes I'll the ingenuity of that Vicegsrent of
he'll On this earth, Seward, to know what TO do
With. Besides, their last positive measure of
lsg1l enactment was the abolition of slavery
In the District
But 10 tbs quotations. Colonel Gibson
writes from his pest, in General B1elrs army
II Tennessee, az follows.
'1n this regicn every oas owas ore Q. more
sasves. Here. as else ~aers, where have
hoep, the slaves are we'll treated and we'll
provided for. They appear Napier, and csr-
1ainly Ave and dreas bs..er than the roor
whites or the fro snesrces Of Chic or .heForth.
TAsy Ill euprcssa We wers abous to libsrats
mem. This lie Fad been trumpeted In the
South, and Hundreds Of holest people aside
nom slaves, oelte3ed T.. But the negro here
3nstiActlvely cYscds the North. They love
The South, and are devoted to their masters.
II have witnessed come touching scenes b.
tween extled maste,s. returned to their homes,
and their fAithful slaves. It IL strange how
NV tsy to escape or run away. doubt If
TWENTY have cone to the army with which
have bssn ec9rectsd since last September.
"Abeut the farm houses and In the city the
white children and the black play together
Nike brothsrs ard sisters. It II my deliberate
oS1n1os nat, In their present state OF tgno.
rance, tAs slave rather fears than desires
emancipation. They only regard their apps.
ratas and comforts. They ere we'll housed,
Wsll dressed, and well fed. They appear to
WHAt ne more. These facts constitute NO ex.
sase jer alavery. but I mention them as tend
1sg - show that statesmen had better lot the
'1iSeer' alone at present (, and address them.
selves 70 snEprss:ing Tits great rebellion"
And now let "a, for forms sake, read Gen
Hunters order:
H1ADo's DzPARfAInT OF TIE SourH,
Hilton Head, S. o., Nay y, 1863.
TAe three States Of Georgia, Tlorida, and
x1oatA OAIollna, Ompristng the Military De.
pett0ant Of the South, having deliberately
0oolAxeo themselves no lo1eer under the pro.
Lesson OF TIE United States OF America, and
4AvanS taken mp arms against satn United
S0aeo, IL became military noc0ssi " TO de-
1laro martial Jaw. This was accordingly
tene On The 18Th OF April. 1852. slavery sod
Aass0 ~ IN 1tes country are altogether
0oAaoo-3oo1Gia. Florida and Sou, III (laro.