The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1866-08-11
Rirhmond pispatrh,
The Testimony or . Candid Man.

In his recent great Spcech al Saratoga,
New York, Senator Doolittlc said
Having received letter from man
of the South who was once in Congress,
and whom knew very weii--I refer to
Mr.. Curry, of Alabama, and Who is now
the president Of one Of the colleges in
that State-and he having stated in his
letter to me that the South was completely
caricatured in some of the testimony which
was given before the Reconstruction Com
mittee in Washington, and having made
that statement on the authority OF Mr..
Curry in the Senate Of the United States,
it drew from gentleman in the State OF
New York, who may be known 10 some OF
YOU present, and whose name VIII not
withhold refer to Colonel Tarbcl!-a
letter. an extract from which ! will now
read. Speaking Of the condition of the
South, he says:
"Allow me to say that have been in the
States of Georgia, Alabama, and MissIs-
sippi since December last; that | was
Whig and am a Republican, and hence
looked closely at southern society.
81 have no hesitation in dcnouncing the
reports in the northern newspapers OF out
RACES upon the blacks and upon northern
settlers as utter fabricatonS or malicious
exaggcrations. I travelled by rail, by
water, on horseback, on foot, in company,
and alono--by day and by night-totaliy
unarmcd except a pockct-knfc pur-
poscly, openly, and frankly declaring to
every one | was yankee and Black
Republican, | met others who had tra-
yelled on horseback from Florida to Mis-
SiSsippi, who, like me, were Republicans
and | do assure you | would sooner travel
throughout the South than the North, :"
far as personal safety is concerned.
'.To 90 from here TO the South Is Ike
passing out OF the work Of the week into
The Sabbath-all is quict-all are trying to
work for living-for all are on a cvcland
compelled TO work with their own hands.
Yankee land does not present more ac-
tive, industrious scene than The whole
South, nor could Yankees display more
energy, integrity, and rccup"ratIvc power
in standing on nothing.
"To say that the South is c.irlca.hrcd
in the North does not express it. She Is
slandcrcd, villiiicd, wickedly, in!amous'y
b,licd. We're the South to come North
she would no, recognize hcrs"li-lf she
did, she would disown herself. Were the
North to 90 South, she would be astonlShcd
at the Misrepresentation and talScho"dS,
and with the cruclly unjust and erroneous
sentiments prevailing here
Passing over many facts which he mon
toned, | send the closing paragraph:
81 assure you, sir, that this terrific
public opinion that is driving the North to
the support Of the startling and dangerous
Capitalization OF power III Congress ls
based upoa ia!sclond and nlisrcprcscnta-
ton.
"As expect to be judged by my Maker
on Tie great day of final Judgment, state
TO you solcmnly, that from extensive travels
in these States, from conversation with ali
classes and colors, and after listening to
hundreds, | believe, before high Heaven,
that all these newspaper reports oi hatred
to and outragcs upon blacks by whites, and
OF the molcstation of northern settlers, are
baseless, wicked iabricatious, concocted
and reported expressly to crush this fear
ful public opinion which should sustain the
change Of the fundamental principles OF the
Constitution"