Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1861-1862, 1862-01-14
Nh ELY-HIs IMPRESSIONS OF SOUTHERN
AFFAIRS.

70 hs EEforof ths Whig
Cootr.ry 70 the expectation Of many, bat in accord
.,es i,h nv hopes Mr. Ey has proved consistent and
r,r,uv courageous enough g State to the Northern
,re bis eon,etOns upon Southern matters just as be
s,,ted them here. Hence, asing on frend's sussss
top th.s il would be interesting, state some OF my iu
,io,s formed from one or two interviews here, and
from tri to Norfolk which happened TO concur with
b Az after Ahe frst Interview he pressed me to ccme
and ss him again, and l0uud him TO be- nteIgen',
of GOOD eoooua powers humorous, apparently seeking
truth and open TO conviction aimed TO Oil his mind
with such facts and impressions would enable him 10
rss,fv the errors Of his misgliedand hnaica country
nsn-errors spawned in myrAds by mendaoious press
can rely on Northera papers he has proved cor
s;st,pt ard truthful Hs told me that though Identified
with the Republican party be vas and had beea opposed
N Ab,onism; aud he seemed TO be unaware how very
gS that party had been for years committed to tie
e,nIinal principles Of A5ouonsD, untl quoted uu-
mi,s CRY. I think, his ds5al in active public life
Bsroas outgivings Of all the Republican Leaders, where
up,n he elnddly said be grounds for the most SER
m, sp,rsensoa OF the par. Of the Sonih particularly
because Of the sectional vctory-he claim Of majority
poS,r-northern constitutional eons.ructon-;he Obi,
e.yo platform-and the no eoncsssion-nO compro-
rs AZ his election to Congress the sole grOuud Of
opposition TO the Reciprocity treaty which vas seriously
ipiuying the border communities such as Buffalo, OsWe-
20 .ad Rochester the last Of which be represented His
6rt speech vas on tha. grouad. DIS second and last
VA in favor Of the proposition 20 cal national conven-
ton 70 consider the comp ain OF the South and, we'll
founded to give new constitutional guarantees. This
speech Mr. Sumner charac.srizsd disgrace TO Re
publican How Mr. T. may have acted IL other matters,
or voted, know not ---- -.-----.
81, considers NJ samner aud his esss the authors of
ths nosanes Of the eocnry, aud that their hhusnee
must cease when the Nor;h shall discover tao egregous
errors which he feels bound expose st that there
disisoa Of sssIag in the South "a, that Southern
strength mus, be divided 70 keep down the negroes.
And be admitted tina. shs S9n,h could not in bis udg
msa, be conquered. His opportunities for getting in
formation we're excellent because from the outset Of his
Imprisonment he aimed 20 MAKE the best Of il and ee-
i1g al1s and Offices Of muea iuleres he had thous-
s1Is Of intelligent vsi,srs trust he may be iustru-
mo1 in the EAads o. Providence, in causing ruth and
justice to prevail
Ga nearing the dy0. a, Petersburg our trip down,
eroEd vas sppareat and he desired TO kuOw he vas
in danger Of adignity Il he went 70 set breakfast /
readily promised 20 guaranty him against il relying on
the good breeding and mguanimy Of our people, and
knowing thai if they mpulsively did wrong, tt and
tnely reminder would DO PO,sat 70 check them Audit
l. sredtab, to the cities the prisoner jlurned 10. and
p,ssSd through In HE ave months captivity and travel
hOmeuards tha according TO hs statement TO me and
Others statement repeated in the Northhe never
perisnced any indigui,y.
A.Norfok il being Christmas twenty or thirty young
officers and soldiers who bad took sugar IN theirn,"
and we're quite t,lkstivc, "swArned ou Ne Ky. The
conversation that eusued was mes! amusing, and uany
good hings we're 90, of julsa; frOm the hlghtcr
TIE Old gentlemen a. distance thought i qsie Boy
Sirius drew nigh, and found Ely in riag, quite self
plssssssd and baudying jokes ~i.h dozen eoolutors
about Bulls Rla. Some grave individual EXPRESSED a
fear that {, nigh: b, on AIM bu, he averrcd not,
ssd Geld on giving the boys as good As they sent"
Understood, after Nc. E had leit in dig Of truce
boat that his trunk had been searched wish the eHpeeR
tol Of fading false bottom sui eOntrAband paper7,
though uasu.csasIy whether lrOm his honesty biz
Addres, oanGo saI He ehcerully submitted himself
and baggage TO thorough search, Joking the 0cers in
tie style Of the following specimen brick "Fd rather
you'd bore that trunk than the my heads on" But
Mr. Editor, being At the end Of my paper, mutt alb
r.plv stop. BIS