The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1864-05-11


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Csuvahaaaa -Taetr Sad Fate,
TIA Ysnksea, solerttle In excuses Tor their
oussaen In this war, very readily invented
o. ,pppa;catsou Of tie term ''coatrabaads
70 hoasAeyn slAyes. They determined 10
take The stehSC stealing these slaves 'f''"
their owners, 10 whom the ancestors %
these ssme Yankees sold the slaves a'.l ;,
ia: and Ii order that the stealing m'sA,
hn$e someWha& the scmblance Of order a"A
authority, they declared the slaves So .,.
ba.ds, !. aud Il va further deciafea "''-
I'll 20 return them to their owners
ub remarkable, however, that even a''e'
they are taken from their homes a"u wy"
massers-after they arc enjoying ass'eiA'.o"
ana auch freedom a. they have among the
Ysnksea-they are still called contra
handAn A cannon is ''contrsband Of was
A. ~ roate 20 the enemy's ports, but II 1t
"a capsursd, and put In use BY the captor, it
n "a lceser coutraband to hisn. The poor
n4ero. however. has different fate. He IS
still doomed s,contraband." The name
stfcks "a him - . term Of derisiou, after he
censo to ne, under the authority Of such
law = the Yankess have Cor him. ''contra.
had" Yet this d not all he continues in
~ spd practice .scontraband." He is not
.asio&sa Ais promised equaiity. His Yankee
uuaeter denies. him the privileges Of freedom.
He eubjects him 70 indixnitles and mental
asrvice, md II he adorns him with uniform
aad p1ts gua In HE hand, 1t is only that
he may becomea breastwork to shield the
Yankees from Confederate bullets; or to be
tAe minister OF some barbarities, which his
iguoEance Of the ussges Of war, aud his rude
isstincts and passions, very we'll ft him
for.
We have seen enough IN this war to know
what cruel, selfish, and malignant spirit it
y chat controls the people Of the North, in
their measures relsting to the negro. They
care nothing for him. They only use him
% ipjurs us, and thus crafty their maligni-
y. They have no mercy for him, and will
throw him Of to seek his home and liveli-
Aood - he may. They will then cry, "Lo,
the poor negrow as they cried 40, the
poor Indian" sitter they had robbed him Of
his rich domains, and sent him to the West
eTn forests. covered with sores aud cursed
With the vices Of civilization
The illustrations of the misery the Yam
KEGS are bringing upon the hapless children
Of Affics-those american citizens Of Afri.
can descent" as the hideoas monster at the
he'd Of the Federal Government styles them
n nockeTy-are Of daily occurrence. An
instance just to hand is afforded in an order
issued by A. w. Kelley, Yankee Surgeon and
Health Officer at Nstchez, approved by Brig.
Gen. Tuttle, 10 command. This order We
published in the Dispateh yesterday morning.
In this order the negroes are pronounced
''lAzy ana PR figlte, unused to caring Tor
themselves. thriitless ior the present, iil-
''provident of the future" He adds: Tine
''most Of them loaf idly about the streets
and alleys, prowling ia secret places, and
4.lounge laz.Iy in crowded novels, which
s,soon become dens of noisome filth, the
''hot-beds fls to engender and rapidly dis
'ssminate the most ioathsome aud maiig
'inant diseases"
To remedy these evils what does the Yam
kee surgeon, approved by the General, pro
poser Why, ia effect, to return the negro
70 his sta.e OF slavery. Indeed, to subject
him to rig0rs he had never known when ua
der his lawful masters authority. Every
'contrabSnd" (thus the order styles them,)
10 required Immediately to hire himself or
hessslt to master, and to sojourn under
that master's roof aud nowhere else, the
master Or hirer being required to become
responsible for the contrabaud he 80 en-
ploys. 1t further declares that "no contra
''hand will be allowed to hire ans premises
I'm this city for any purpose sehateyer and
no Other person shall be allowed to hire
.such premises for the purpose Of evadiug
s.ths order, nor allowed to hire or harbor
aspy contrsband who cannot satisfy the
'4h0lfh officer that he or she meets the ser
SVice Ct said contTaband in some Legitimate
AAsmployment" What amiable and humane
admliistraton Of law and police these North
en- phllanthropists are! Surgeon Kelley tellf
hind singular, In this notable order, that N
. sttsmpt to esads the order will be punished
::noPe aeSerely than the direct intraction Of
mr. OF course, theie could be NO hesita-
ton - 70 violation by evasion or open dis
ohsdienca II il somewhat . departure from
Yankee ethics. to denounce the sin OF esasss.
asRrept& than that ofopen riosassom. The i.ge
nsisy Of success by iudireetion, has generally
elisited praise, where the folly Of open re-
sistaace hes ever provoked the censnres ol
the wise Puritans. But We like the bold
Discrimination Of thia Yankee surgeon eva
stnp = mean and contemplate, and dest rv-
ing haFshsr punishment than direct opposi.
toa. which has At least the virtue of frank
ness. II his principle OF law we're eetab.
llAhed In the land Of the ''sAints," 1t would