The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1866-02-16
The Disbanded Volunteer on the Fred. Douglass
Interview with the President.

From the New YORK Mercury
The late interview between the President
Douglass and G.. I. Downing, is described by
our old correspondent in his most amusing
vein:
NAYsHNAL HOTEL,
WAsHISdToy, February S, 1865.
Edyturs Of the Sunday Merkary:
The onterrihed African hes he'd grand tork
with our Democratck Teller citysin, President
Andy johnson. Yest'day forenoon kWite
likely gang Of abel bodd and asspiren darkeys,
hedded by Fred Dugallass and George I.
Bowling, who bleve formally KEEP an oister
shop in Broad street, New York, and was sum
wot distinguished for his briles, called on the
Cheef Madgistrit to instruct him as to his
dooties and obligashins TO the blacks and tans
of the South. Butler, the Bottleman, looked
in at the White House about the same hour,
and was ankshus for an immedient interview ];
but Mr.. Johnson heving perlitely rekwested
him to cork up and simmer down ontil the
blacks he'd he'd thar turn, he retired with
the same reddy alackrityS that caraceerised
his movements ut Fort Darling ana FORT
Fisher. The delicashin which represented
our dark completed brethren in all parts
of the United States and the conkcred South
ern provinces shuck hands with the President
kwite amicabble, and Citysin Bowling opened
the palayver with speech that did great
credit 10 his ebony instinks He remarkt,
in substans, that Jack was rs good as his mas
ter, and rayther better; that wool had as
much right to go to the polls as har, and that
eff the niggeroes warn't fully admitted inter
the pale of freedom, thar never could be that
corral soshil intercourse atwixt the whites and
blacks witch the similarity of thar tastes
dispersishins, intellecks, and fzzical confor-
mashin. rendered nessassary for tharn mute
shell comfurt, happiness and conveenyence.
He sed he appeared rs the delicate for New
England, the land of Sumner, and Wilson, and
Spraig, whar the Ethiopian and Cawcashian
was wun and enseparable, and Dingy Dinah
was deeply respected by the calico shive-
rally as Mrs. Beecher'S Toe.
Fred Dugallass, who RELY forks ekwin to
Philadelfy lawyer, and Is mulch more OF
genIman than Thad Stevens, fOllered SCOT in a
more eloquent vain. He argged from Coke and
Blackstun, that cutler was no Der to the rights
of suverinty. Look at England" he
ognised the ekwality of the African, and eff
the Black Prence he'd a lived, she would have
he'd culled man for King" He also referd
10 his great annsister Black Dougallass of
Scotland, as a darby universally respected
Siam, as n fine French and Latin skullard,
though of the complexshn Of the ace Of clubs.
Here the President, with that grave humor
for which he is remarkable, inkwired eff the
White Elephant: Frederick sed he bleyed he
did and wot OF iti To (which His Eggsei-
lency replied that he would advise the culled
race in America to do the same thing, or mebbe
they. moaght feel the animals tusks.
THIS dry observashin took the champion Of
Sambo's rights slightly aback, but he soon re-
turned 10 the charge ana pie0 the caWS OF MS
people for about fifteen minnits like perfeck
steamboat.
: The President then briefly responded. He
sed he he'd taken great plesher in playin' the
part Of Holy Moses to the sons of Ham, but
the fact was they wanted too much pork for
thar shilling He was thar friend hand and
gluv tat the same time puItin' on his gluv and
Qherin' to shake hands with Dowling,) and
was willin' TO lead them inter the land of
Prommiss, but not right away inter the land
OF Performance. They must be content to
wait awhile on Mount Pisgah, and admire the
prospeck, afore they went the entire hog. The
mss5ofIy, he allowed, was agen convartin' EN-
s LIN suvrins ontii they had tested EN- for
SELe IN thar new capassity and seen wot |
diHn,s v mc.ut they was made of. Eff they |
Yer let well enuG alone. Thn.a .ney Det-
70 demand full poliytckle es,ras,s ,as o ;; on
tne nndsr Trends as would Stand ~ Z We ye.
u - s y Drains blown ont, and he advissd
dunno as the abus wa nrecssaIHk:
sl0onh MnIas, ont ken youch for the ncar
tacy OF the sentiments. In coarse tha rnxns,
1 ~, 49,, meet tns dsiscashins vew. They hss |
n ~ ~ Wnippers-tn, and warnt prepared ~ |
70 nss the iangwidge al q poplar poick
pugailsss around him drew his cloks, Il
Folded his arms and thus be spoke -
- h, " Mister President, ! shall appeal from
10 % ~ anssred Old Hickory the seckind.
fDo 20, ny mnlattsr friend. hsy amaxln |
Good @. him, warntit' And his confidence
tsent misplaced.
ondsFstand the RAIDS air perfectly rayin at
~ manner In which thar pets was treeted, 7
- yea expsok anuthsr broadsids Of ssyo.