The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1866-11-06
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, ~ Dear Hir,slI hisS recently rsthfned
AtUm 1 trfp to the mineral waters Of vir-
ginia and Of West Virginia. For month
] mingled freely with the people Of that
region. | saw them in their homes, on
their farms, in their social gatherings, and
In their public assemblies. preached to
them, prayed with them, and addressed
their Sabbath schools of white and Of CO.
lOred children. also, saw and conversed
with many persons from other southern
States. Sore as have been the sufferings
of many, did not hear an unrnanly whine,
an unseemIy whimper, an unchristian muir
muir, or an iniidel sentiment. heard but
two profane oaths Il wish / had not heard
one). did not see one drunken man.
Respecting public affairs, such language
as this was common:
eve accept the result Of the war.
Slavery il abolished finally and forever
We wish to live in peace with all men. we
have no disposition malerokntly to brood
over wrongs, nor to withhold kindness from
any. We hope justice, charity, and for
bearance will 60 far towards allaying sec
tional strifes. We wish to turn our minds
to the arts Of peace, to sec good under
standing everywhere restored, the re-
sources of our, country everywhere de-
yeloped, and the Government universally
loved and honOred. *n*
GAS a practical man, you care as little
as do for schemes Of benevOlence, how
ever magnificent, if they are dreamy and
delusory. The hypocrite delights in such,
for their splendor costs nothing. agree
with you that It is too short to allow us to
spend time in speculation, however beau
tiful. wish to call your attention to the
condition Of the freedmen in the South.
"I am sad when think how they are
perishing. I was in Virginia and West
Virginia more than thirty days, and saw
thousands Of black people; but among
them all saw but two children under four
wears of age. An eminent lady, who had
extended opportunities Of information, SAID
that she had known but two or three births
among them in eighteen months, and that
commonly the white people did not hear OF
sickness among them till a coffin was ap-
piled for. A recent letter from a Chris
tian gentleman in South Carolina says
There are but few births among them
A distinguished gentleman in the South,
native of Pennsylvania, said, within
month, that he did not doubt that 5OO,oOo
negroes had died in the last twelve months.
A gentleman has lately visited over hity
plantations on or near the Mississippi. lie
reports the number of graves made within
a year on these plantations as in no case
less than twenty, and from that mp to zoo.
A major. general of the United Statesarmy
officially stated that in one year during the
war, in his military district, $1,000 of these
pcople persisted. A United States senator
recently made this statement: sOur OIL
GERS say that at least million have per-
ished.' Randall Hunt, of New Orleans,
saws the same. They give reasons: Some
have fallen in battle. But terrible diseases
have prevailed among them, and the small
pox has swept them away all over the
land. They have not been used to caring
for their own diseases, and they have per-
ished by thousands. And believe, when
we take the census of 1870, two-ftths OF
the colored population will have persisted"