Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1866-03-06
EDITORS DREAM,
TR,5eidif The editor Of the Charlottesville Chronicle

in the interior of fPersin-Business was dull,
L and, there was little advertising, and subscribers
Gas at presen0 did not pay their subscriptions,
and the world generally went wrong. we
wrote the most judicious and .weH-conceived
editorials on all the questions Of the day,
but without the slightest visible effect on the
course of the world, or the practice of mani
= kind. The roads in Persia Continued as had
the tax gatherers continued as rapacious,, the
government continued as deaf, the currency
continued as vicious, PROPERTY continued as
insecure, as if The Flambeau of IRAN (that
was what we called our paper) had inever spo-
ken, or given one solitary word of advice.
=. 1t was in the days Of fairies and genii One
day about noon as we lay pondering Oh the
w"rld on the sides 8f the lofty mountain that
overlooked the little village of Marica1ia, a
great rock opened in al. ihstant aid a gigantic
form stood beside us. 1t was Genius. lie
asked us, what was tli9, matter? We told
, him that our writing aid no good: 20 Phil
osophcr! he said, L have watched your labors
and utterahccs Of wisdom these many years! !
Know that Truth at last ever finds its reward
though its gaits be halting; your hour has
: arriYedTask Of me what you will have for
all your tolls in the cause Of virtue
AS it happens in dreams. the environment
now seemed suddenly entirely changed
in Persia, We were on the summit Of the
Monticello Mountain near this place, and the
Riyan:ta winding like a thread Of yellow gold
at our feet. sNVhat do you wantY said the
Genius ct can give you one of three things ::
wealth, the most beautiful woman in the
world, or the ability to accomplish any one
cherished social scheme which YOU NAV
have at heart in connection with your Iabors
as an Editor We were very poor, and
sadly needed an ovcrcoat and 81 supply of
paper for our next quarter, and we had
nearly asked for wealth But fancy brought
before us so lovely vision in the form
magnifccntly dressed female, that we said
% Geoius, we adore beauty, and are lonely
and soiit5ry'-"Think,' said the Genius,
your wish is reyocabc-have you any great
politica! or social end which you would wish
to achieves" 'We have, o GeniusY
Our mind was made up: Look over this
beautiful land, o Gcuius; darkened with the
sons of Ham-wc have wish with regard
to them Speak it, said the Genius it
shall be fulflled'
We then told him that we wanted these
four millions Of negroes carried to the six
New England States through the air in the
twinkling of an eye, and set down among the
excellent philanthropists of that virtuous
the0cracy. 1T shall be DONE said the Ge>
MUS. Stop! we cried, we are not through
We then proceeded to say that perfect politi-
cal and social equality was to be established
between the old and new settlers. 1t was to
be the doom of every New Englander to live
in the perpetual presence of one or more ne
groes. No marriage was to have more than
one white or one black party to it. In all
public assemblies no two persons Of the same
color were to sit together-but there was to
be always on such occasions cnc Black person
and then one white person. At the table a
black person was to be at oue end and
white person at the other end, and alternate,
colors ut the Sides. So in the cars and ON
nibuscs; At parties only black gentlemen
were to- dance with white ladies, and at
boarding schools one little black girl and one
little whte'girl should be put in the same
room. The Governor and one half of the
legislature of a. State should be black. One
half of every Board of Trustees should be
black. One half of every committee should
be black. ',...
Everything in New England should be
fairly divided between white and black
Half of every house that was white-washcd
should be black. Half of every shirt and
chemisc should be black Half of every os-
trich plume should be black Half of every
tooth should be black. The snow should be
half black. The boots should be one white
and thy other black. The white of every
other Se should be black.
The smell OF the niger should perfume
every spot and every object. When the
young ladies tainted they should be revived
with smelling bottles containing 'extrat de
negre.' When young gentlemen fixed I'D
their handkerchiets, it should be with the
'eau de negre.' Every pinch of snuff, and
every sneeze, should be favored with bigger
heel. All sauces for the table should send
forth these fumes in place of the onion
Opera Houses, and places of public amuss-
ment, should be filled with it as Roman
Catholic Churches are with incense Every
New Englander, and particularly every Bos-
toDian, should have the original power of
emitting the odOr, and should emit it on all
occasions, particularly after walking You
should detect a Massachusetts man with the
nose as unerringly as a pole-cat. AS when
roof is newly painted with gas.tar, the mar
iner should recognize plymouth Rock far out
at sea, New England Should stink with
the niger
Anything else p said the Genius. Yes
we said-'now give 'cm the Frecdmen's Blu
reau, and put Gen Wise at the head of it
and streak old Butler with a streak of white
and streak of black, and we are satisfied
'Mr. Summer p said the Genius ooh, yes
we remarked-'give him nappY head, and
grown daughter black as the ace of spades
Suddenly we heard the breakfast bell, and
then the cry of copy. We brought the boy
to our chamber, seated him at our table,
with pen and paper, and dictated our dream.
Take that, we said, and we have given it
to our readers.
A brave vounu officer lost his o. at the