The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1866-09-04
r,,,adcIphtn MuIntto Conscn'
the liter from Judge l'nder~ o"<i.
AIYXt>pRlh, ' A. :

,,-,t j. the templa'ioi VI 'N'hahSihS
-, mos, unpleasant Office OF district
'"' nn this outpost picket station for the
,,;et and desirable place Of United
l' senator for the long term by
'''', ,,>,ora,ion If this State 10 its an
N'1.' w,,.ttunS. But God forbid that il
'r tr restored rebel end foremost, or
~'. ..., rrrarl 10 the safety OF tried and
"...r..I fayaI men, both white and black.
p, rryfrctlv manifest that the Prcsi-
49,. ,,,mcncv Ia the rebels, instead OF
-rtrrurd with consideration towards
49,. ~ heir fellow citizens who stood by
,.Iu,on during the war, has melted TO-
,.ts All who were faithful vlndlctlvc
....,v and prescription uncxampled III
..vr.,.Glrd people under The heavens.
r.~ restored rebel courts are 50 satu-
,,.rd With passion, prejudice, hatred, and
-ryragc for their defeat in arms, which
,.ry charge upon our failure to support
..r cause of the rebellion, that they seem
strangely impcrviouS 10 all ideas of us
zoe. NOT only 10 the Culorcd men, whom
lev blame for wanting freedom, but To
,tr lpval whites, whom they stigmati2c -
Galvanized YankecS.' 1t is utterly i'm
,..>>.h!c for a Union man, in any ordinary
49,. contrary, they are prosecuted and in
a.r,cd for any aid they may have given as
rg.!rs. or scouts, or soldiers in the armies
q, the Union and when Union man is
killed rs rebel, as very many Of this
STATE have been during the past year,
rt-ri> no hope Of Furnishing the murderer
II our State courts. If the present at
,surtcd restoration becomes assured, per
G.. .;iuu and assassination of Union men
vii BE- the order of the day throughout
,Nr south. and the riots Of Alexandria,
Norfolk, Memphis, and New Orleans will
hr repeated, until, except in few local.
tJr, where their numbers ara large, every
laion man who is not willing to submit to
absolute silence and social and political
ja>..u.araucc will only have his choice be
tween death or exile.
JUDGED, such is already the panic among
Union men that many Of them are now
selling their property at great sacrifice,
and leaving Tor the North and West. Large
iuub,rs 81 Quakcrs are going from North
C.ru.lua also; and they assure Us that they
,Iurut endure returned rebel insolcncc
and persecution. How shall We escape
these harbaritcS which are grinding lis TO
the dust. Are the northern and western
Stat>S prepared TO receive and shelter all
tie victims OF this relentless prescription (
v" are many; greatly outnumbering the
French liugucuots or the prosecuted sons
o., tie Emerald Isle. By the census Of lSGO
!, VIII hc seen that the eleven States lately
j.. rebellion, together with Kentucky,
which bat for the presence Of northern
ltyouotN would have gone the same way,
contained Just about six millions of whites
..I fuu millions Of colored people. OF
tie TX millions, third are of the slave
tu.ung ar!,tocracy, and owning most OF
tie T,t. estate, being III fact land mon"po-
...-. a,I having always held the political
power and Offices "f their States, have
.a.r all our troubles, and were the au-
tl.r- %; the rebellion.
4, in all aristucratic countries, there
u.ca great l4any miScrably poor and igno-
I4at people living on the outskirts OF the
Plantations wholly dependent on the plant
yr> aui their willing tools. In the South
Ills class o.; poor Writes is about equal in
'gu.Jr:> to the planter class, and with II"
higher ambition than occasionally to rub
a.tl>t the planters Carragc-whccl> or
... INTO H. Kitchen. They are his natu-
raj allies; Vote ior him, aud fight for him,
r.a'yHt with barely enough hog, homny,
AMI waI>hy' 10 keep soul and body
ua.cnt. Ii j. thus that the extremes OF our
,...n'y meet and il is difficult To say
whether the two millions at the top OF the
Two millions ut the bottom are morally
AID enthusiastically most worthy. Between
iar>c two classes there is a middle Stra-
'.... OF about an equal number of two mil
4 al. Il nd lf
,..." conscientious shareholders hy acct
t..', of some property and education, who
gu iur n living, and thus tame their
Ig..c and passions, who are naturally
! ".ou and lhcrty-loving, and who would
n,ag,y all tc your friends and allies Il
laa! ~ The GurTjMcnt. Not one OF
I'll, class, any more than OF the negroes or
poor whites, was represented III the late
Philadelphia Convention. But they will
ar represented in the convention of the
y,@ September.
Are yuu at the North and West pre-
iHrr3 10 receive as cxlcS these > 100000,
together with the 100000 colorcd men
~ src yUU willing To see these 6,00o,00O
o ga, mru crushed by the 1000, 900 arts
t"rg.t, and their tools, aided by recon
%r@et"A rebel State governments, which
a'" N"t nnw, and never were, republican, !
'iarr Ia form or fact. These governments
are essentially ariStocratic, and all the
t"o4 and money Of the late war may be
'fEIH Charged 10 the account Of the uniul-
Bile. constitutional duty Of securing to
oy>" States republican government.
Tie enlightened people Of the loyal
States, though properly anxious for
speedy restoration of peace, will never
consent 10 tho iuiamy of permitting the
""a who aided in oyerthrowius the rebel
.f.. and 10 whom the faith of the mar
'y.ri Lincoln and Of all true men OF the
L,na is pledged, TO be made the victims
ei ce5r, tyranny and usurpation. When
~. Promised the colorcd men freedom on
raaalou ot their aid, you meant freedom
.n l,.t, and not the mere mockery OF the
Iar@y.
But the condition to which they will be
reduced under the present reconstruction,
"s >ouu as the Frcedmen's Bureau is re-
moved, viii be much worse than their
!"Uet slavery in every particular, except
IN IN" privilege Of escaping by emigration
Ii"A Their opprcSsOrS; and the condition
q" earnest and consistent white Union men
VIII Dc miserable beyond conception. The
'h'rc hundred thousand white and colorcd
S''1lci> OF the Union, in these twelve ,
southern States, under this proposed re-
construction, must reasonably look for
"A.1 10 hopeless insignificance or unrc-
',"l'aS cruelty and injustice to themselves,
U'oa. children, and their childreu's chill
I1'h, SIMPLY Tor the reason that they had
-, courage and the manlincss and the pa
r''''>'u 10 defend the flag Of country