The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1864-04-14

sosne tins during The lat year, lincoln
aenk . HAytA ioe the purpose Of colonizing
~ tAero. ~ h1ndred and sixty-six un>
eassnnnaa nuRspss, whom hlA thieves, mis-
ealDo1 eoa1lsG1. ~ stoleA nom various plan
saaao1e b ~ lower part Of virginia and
lGa.yeanA IL rssanant Of thcss "coie-
ahAa," snnhssiag S0e pssaone. have returned
anA - uow q : plAcs which the Yankees
haNs uanea slrsemant village" and when
No. q ~ soath side of tho Potomac Aa
Int - ever wsitten or preached e'
~ Aossels Il Tie 'sAiddle Passage, 'a'is
sAess ofeoassglng an Idea Of what enese
peer wru1ehes suffered, under the auspices
os the humane philasthropic. negro-lovihs
Y,,keea. Tho New York 1ssos'e, the
vilsse a IL the vie mouth pieces OF the ao'
oalasoaists, confesses - much. While they
vsre o. ~ passage ftom Fortress Monroe
outward. ths snall pox broke outin the yes
eel. Tue disease soon spread, and the
vrsfched victims when they arrived IN the
Wess Indtes. were landed on the sandy beach
Of a iDnnd upon which there was not s
horse, and there LETT 70 help themselves OF
psslsh. That they did perish in imiacnse
numbers, may be known from the fact that
eoly A07 out Of 566 returned 70 tell the tale.
One handred and City niue died upon that
iaAoepitahle island, and left their unburied
boaes bleaching In the sun striking YET
faant testimonial Of the value OF Yankee
philanthropy. and An everlasting record q
Yankee humanity. The 4O7 who survived
otter having undergone sufierings, the bar.
narrative Of which Il sufficient TO curdle TIE
blood, contziycd BY some means % Yeacl
VirginIa. And such spectacle pcver was
bGAeld In Virginia before. The very moth
ora Who bore them would not have recognlz
"a them, 90 wan, 90 emaciated, so unlike
anything human had they become, from dis
ease, hunger, watching, excessive labor. art
every evil that Il incident to the condition
OF man where most depl0rable. They were
barefcoted 10 man, ragged to degree o
Indecent exposure, and filthy to the uttc'
naasss Of everybody who came neal
them. They protested, to o man, thai
they preferred the severest labor, unde
the hardest overscer that ever existed
in the whole Southern States, Ia
such freedom q they had enjoyed since
they had had the folly to leave their homes
and follow the fortunes of the thieves whc'
under pretence of freeing them from bond
age, bad provided them with yoke which
Was iucomparbly harder to bear.
Such 10 Yankee compassion for the negro,
such his philanthropy, euch his humanity
Utterly heartless himself, LIS first hope is to
make something out Of the negro by getting
him In his power His next is to ruin biz
master By deprivtng him Of his value Thes'
ere his great objects. He cares no more fol
the poor negro than he does for the horse
he steals; nay, not 80 much, for he will lake
good care Of the horse, which is his pro-
perry, while he will leave the negro to starve
for & is his creed that the negro cannot bc
psopesty. ThelMieery he has entai!ed upon
the negro race IL beyond ail calculation.
He gensrallg linda him in comfortable
home, where he IL we'll fed, well cad, vel
attended TO in sickness-where he has neve
bsea overworked, and never treated will
uHdus seyeslty. By the shrewd name
liberty he lures him from bic home, an'
leaves him either TO die Of hunger or to fai
BIZ the bullet Of his master. The account:
which daily reach the public Of the manne
In which the negroes of Louisiana are treated
by these enlightened humaDitarians are toe
shocking even to be alluded to. 1t is {
great pity that the negro cannot he con-
WINGED by the reports Of SO many laen O
color, but must needs "try the elephant
himself.