Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1866-04-26
views of Ex-Governor Wise.

gently in Richmond, on d tour OF observation
sent, it was understood, by the President.
They were accom- panied by corps Of reporters,
one Of whom, over the signature of Russell
communicates to the New York World the
nartculars of certain interviews with leading
citizens. We make an extract from his letter:
Ex-Goyernor Wise now came in and was
presented to General Stcedman, who expressed
himself glad to have the opportunity Of dis
covering the views of Mr. Wise on the condi.
tion of affairs in general, and the workings OF
the Freedmen's Bureau in particular.
:'We knew, said Governor Wise, Just the
size of the elephant you were getting by the
freeing Of the slave. Take Accomac County,
for instance; we had, for thirty years before
the war, been engaged IN the emancipation OF
the bac ks, and had about thirty y-tour hundred
of them on our hands who could, by the use
of the oyster tongs for two days obtain sufficient
to last them the rest of the week, which they
spent in frollc. ~. Y 4,
eff the State Of Virginia had never owned
slave, she never could have been whipped
There would have been no war, had there
been no slaves. Take away the bayonet, and l
will stake my Lie that the vote OF the people
of Virginia will be against slavery by majority
that would astonish you. U# II
''rhe class that causes trouble now Is the
came as of old, The DOOR whites that We used
as oyerseers, are the men. The negro despises
them; still he will listen to them and buy their
whiskey" Then with considerable emphasis
the Governor remarked, Il tell you, General,
the negro is an arisSocrat. He can tell a gen
tleman; he knows him by instinct. Field hands
I speak of. not the more intelligent body SER
want, he is far above the animal that we used
as an overseer at the cost of four times what
froo lahor now costs rs .aS"
~ h,vn rasnnct far an intcl|ioent nenro-
Ola Nm, a.; fGn askrd me to take Brunswick
.tnrn no;-h h;n'. On Saturday next. T shan't
fsil tn do so and do YOU suppose that T will
nt Iatt W. W. ~ ,sate5 l;te gentleman? IF Won do
1o,, 1ou er arc vrons ] ,,r ~ ...,al
'ou 'sTh, ~ lata Js,,o,st ion von NAV be s1re,
-. nt - rlnasc NJ and do assure
"aS tbat hsrlIlv rsspcctabe darkev engaged
!oa 'nIIS ~ arc Tnrtior of tho nagroas came
e. ~ 49,, oo7ntrt some nc far as thirty miles -
i'ol1 WA; ~. roforon.o ~ ,h, Rnrc,n Free9men's
ivu m no. dSnnsed to think that + had
,"aIi n,anasn5 hare osit conld he bv
peon 10 mo,, v;+b 10 neonle and the
na,.... lnon ~."osi i''A''''oS'
GULLY. o.m ,1,o ,,,,,,,.,r man, hod boon
;nAronced hI. thc<c same animals that we had
lnnencee Wy v,'sb ,bo vorsnar onJ tho norsons
sPoAen VI oIluLo ,1;I "a eUT,3, Lod nado trou
IlaG calliG aio" w. en 49, tLa1 no1or tnew
pie Wy 'elns 'i5 49, WI haan SLanef,,Ilr
oIlo.v Vnea1 ~ 10 ~ inst these mon that wc
ap:e9 na atu e =. tha ,onath nf t;ma kat it has
'I I ~ aon,aS 90 u,rl-5.. o,;n -,lrrba
saesn - ssSoiS IA ,s2s s,1nari nfco6ence hut
uIsiooS sno'';i -, ,,ndorstond tbn nacrn and
Wy loU lm.I hot,1 tI,a stronoar noss;blv
. ~ S1' T - - 80 49,. !
'ali r,rr,. bod tho N, ss;on that the
e"eta, ~ of 10 ,Dar 1e;th fIrance wonid5r
s,1t .bo lsoinS ovcr of largo number Of the
1u,r ~ cen,nosed Inc late Southern army to
uien Ia cI,mp Eranoe tolS him that would
s..I i, 81 1;la against anv such movement, 3
TLa S;a5t IF the old flag was in itself some
Inc slgas y, 'pe marirag @ @ could @ not % hit fse
'hti .i1.1S troons nsser carried the Confederate
a.rHf;t had too mnch white in Il tor me. The
S.eto &c, A.s # Vrn;nia we're the colors that we
,Isad: ] and and if made INV blood boil to see the old
a.. 49,, n,rra,od or,inst f,]t that thev we're
Lay ooiors ,',Lns and the on]v colors too. that an
'American An % could FIGHT under with any heart. y
W;tb rnfarence TO the ssFreedmen s" Court,
,'on What the resnIt Of the removal of the
cases Eases from that court to the civil courts would
be-. 80 - :., - l,,@
The Governor tnought Ia'oraDie, saying lnat
the negroes 'hafe always .'o tIo s''iu7
and protection that the " whites nave mao, ana
perhaps even more. Then, too SAID Il the GOV ,
ernor, how many courts have you IN the sixty SIX:
four thousand square miles OF land that plr-
ginia contains. Negroes that live IN remote
sections cannot travel forty OF t1ty miles TO set
tie case that involves but few dollars. Ihe
sooner these things can be removed, the sooner
will things assume a prosperous and cheer
ing condition. The Freedmans Bureau has
its advantages; butis has the semb!aucc OF a
military power kept over us. and this you know
lie cave.an instance Of rather novel Justice
that late y occurred IN Accomac County, on the
Eastern Shore. :, @ -"
a negro that had been freed long years since;
and had lived on his ola masters land ana
used lt,Dow came before the Eresdman sCouTt,