The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1866-09-11

Hon. JuHN y. LOGAN, OF Illinois,, VINO
recently rivalled BRowSLow in his fierce
dcnunciationS OF the rebels and in pre-
scribing their fate hereafter in case he
shall be allowed to fix it, has recently read
of a circumstance which seems to have dis
turbcd his equanimity. 81 read" says
he, "of thirty-six young ladies, fair and
beautiful" who, at Conservative meeting
in the West, rode together in wagon, and
carried banner upon which was Inscribed,
" Fathers, protect as from negro h"sban'tS."
II was not, 81 will be your Moses, to lead
YOU from your bondage" 1t was not that
",raitors should be punished, and treason
made odious." 1t was not that "loyal
men shall govern this country" 1t was
not that "the boys in blue shall have our
esteem" 1t was, ''Fathcrs, protect us
from negro husbands"
Well may Mr.. LOGAN speak upon this
subject. As long as "the Ethiopian can
80, change bis color" SO long will there
be natural antipathy between the black
man and the white man. 1t is impossible
that they can live together peaccably as
equals in every respect. If we Of the
South could distribute our negroes, or
even one fourth ofthcm, among the people
of the northern States, the Radical party
would be killed of at the first election
held afterwards. With what feeling Of
horror must the Radicals have read the
simple appeal Of the Hoosicr girls. They
we're not at all in earnest, says Mr.. LOGAN,
because they knew no one would compel
them TO marry negroes. True enough; yet
they know that such q consequence is the
natural tendency Of Radical teachings,
and they were wise to arrest public notice
and furnish food for thought to their
fathers before the same fell spirit Of ia
naricism which already has possession Of
so many men and women in the northern
States had had time to turn the heads and
overcome the instincts of the people OF
Illinois.
Mr.. LOGAN seems to have been surprised
that none of the choice notices which he
suggests were selected by those /" fair and
beautiful" young ladies'. Why should
thew have chosen such9 ~ will be your
MOSES to lead you from bondage" would
have implied that very fondness for Cutiee
which they so emphatically disdained.
"Traitors should be punished and treason
made odious" is q sentiment in which
they doubtless feel but little interest.
If they are as wise and discreet as they
arc stair and beautiful" they would
doubtless rather lead some Of the "boyS
in grey" into matrimonial bondage"
than to take any hand in Furnishing them.
The frail and beautiful creatures that
fitted about the court of JAMES ii. have
become historical characters and are to
this day by-word and a reproach among
men because they extorted money from
the poor fellows who had engaged in the
Monmouth rebellion, as the price of am
nesty aud pardon. How much more in
famous and unworthy of their sex would
they not be considered il they had ella
mored for the blood of those unfortunateS
And when the passions Of the hour shall
have passed away, and the verdict Of the
impartial historian who is yet to come
shall have been rendered, General LOGAN
will take his place among the Buffers
and BRowSLOws and FoRNEYs as the fit
heirs Of the malignity and meauness and
cowardce that distinguished TITUS OATES
and his contederates in crime; while the
young ladies whom he censures will have
no stain OF unfeminine cruelty attached to
their names. They win escape both his
tory and infamy.