The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1866-05-17
a Dutchman's Travels, Observa.
tions and Opinions.

". tdu AuuOu3, ASo3'J' "a - -
Long Island, has recently visited Virgin
;a,andsMrites down the.result of his OBJ
servations among the people. AS he is
q Dutshman Of the Oldest and straigghMtest test
Knickerbeeker.. sect, these notes on the
temper and tone of the Southern people
cannot fail to prove interesting From
the first insfalment, which wes6nd in. the
New York Ne,7s, we make the annexed
extracts
DIN visiting Nirgiania, and especially
Richmond, around which SO many OF the
exciting scenes of the past five years
were enacted, my main purpose was to
note what appeared on the surface, to
rningle and talk, SO far as I could, with
the people, and to judge for myself the
tempersin. which the close of the war has
leftthem. If the reader intends to ac-
company me: on the journey, he must not
expect to be introduced to prominent
.personages; to hear any dissertations on
the present political conditionso of the State,
and he must be content to draw his own
conclusions from the facts which fell un-
der. my observation If the reader, like
,nyseH. has found his curiosity as to the
present condition Of. the South in no way
yratifed by the yoluminous reports which
have of late been published-and mainly
to serve this or that political purpose
official or unofficial as to the condition
Of the negro, che temper of the people,
opposition iri which the war his left
them, their opinions and hopes as to the
future. he may find the narrative which
follows all the more interesting from the
fact chat il is written to serve no espe-
ciaI purpose. and. that those who have
contributed anything. to it by their con-
yersation were. altogether unconscious
that they We're doing anything more than
gratifying the not unreasonable curiosity
of q chance visitor among them: If 1T
be said that the visit was q very hurried
one; would remind the reader that the
Chairman on the part of the United States
Senate of thefamous Reconstruction Com
rnittee; spent but single day in Rich
mond-and d Sabbath day at that-and
returned to Washington satisfied, in his
own mind at least, that he knew enough
of the condition of affairs and of'the tenn
per of the peopleto justify him in making
up fiiis mind as to the sort of government
best adapted to Virginia for an indefinite
period. Senator Howard, the gentleman
referred to, had this advantage, however,
that he had. made up his mind before
starting on his journey.
- WASHINGTON. :
: When ] last visited the National Capt.
tol--the dullest city, it appears to me, on
this or any other continent-civil strife
was still raging, and the evidences of tho
dread presence of war were noticeable at
every turn. Few still remain, and none
40 noticeable as the empty seats in both
Houses Of Congress, which still bear evi-.
dencc to the fact that the, breach is not
vet healed. IF Fhad. Stevens has not
had written overthern the ominous words:
ssThe States whose representatives sat
here ARE DEAL" it is mainly because
.there is a certain learned pundit at the
other end Of the avenue q anu now,
quoting Mr.. Stevens D who insists that
both the Union and the States which con-
stituted it, astiH i've" Another novel
feature in the appearance of the halls of
Congress is the number of negroes, who,
under the new dispensation, find leisure
toshonorsits deliberations by their attend
ance. The presence of this class is SO
highly valued that a branch of the Freed
mans Bureaus is maintained at the Capt.
tol, mainly that the necessity for earning
their own bread end butter may not in
terfere with their attendance in the gale
riss of Congress.
>e.eseess1 DISTINCTION IN COLOR.
A distinction between the-two races is
still kept, but it is done in SLY and un-
derhand fashion by the person in charge
of The galleries, as he was half afraid that
Thad. Stevens or Charles Sumner would
catch him at il. The galleries are divided
by passage, and a separate passage is
set apart for the use of the negroes.
Should the Caucasian visitor who is not
familiar with this arrangement blunder
toward the entrance of the colored side
of the house, the usher notifies him OF
his mistake in terms like the following :
NlThis way, Mr.,T guess you'll find a bet
ter seat on this side" or, "if you want a
seat Ses ss you,ll find it in this gallery, SIR
The negro who tries to intrude himself
on3sttte white side of the House. is, inform
ed of his mistake in an almost equally
roundabout way: HHere, friend, this
way Or, s'this way, neighbor, there are
seats on this side"
Won see it will never do to be too hon.
cat about this business, and place in plain
II printed letters over the entrance fol
White or colored folks as the case might
be, for this might bel .used by some OF the
Presidents friends against Stevens OF
aome of his followers In tho midst OF
neroration on the equality of all men as
proved by the Declaration OF lndepen