Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1865-1869, 1866-02-23

costume, with his simple manner and retiring mo
desty was Ashby, whose name and fame, a brave
cOmrade has truly said, will endure as long as the
mountains and valleys which he defended.
Apart from what he performed, he wa:
a parsonage to whom attached and still attaches q
neverdying interest. His career was all romance
IL was as brief, splendid and eyanescent as q dream
but, after all, twas the man, Turner Ashby, who
was the real attraction. IL was the man whom the
people Of the Shenandoah Valley admired so pas
s~iOnately, rather than his glorious record. There
was something grander than the wonderful achiev'
ments of this soldier, and that was the soldier him.
self.
Henry Ward Beecher Sustains the Veto
1t is a gratifying sign, when a man Of HENRY
WARD BEEcHER's abilities and political inau,
ence, whether from an impulse ofhonesty, or q
president intelligence of what is coming, de,
termines to cast in his fortunes with the Presi-
dent, and sustain him against the storm ofradi-
cal opposition by which he is assailed.
On Tuesday last Mr.. BEECHER delivered a
lecture in the Academy Of Music, at Brooklyn,
before an 9 immense audience, " in reply to the
L" South Victorious" of WENDAL PHILLIPS
We subjoin ONE of the most striking and i'm
pOrtant passages Of his lecture
FRBEDHEN's BUREAU.
There is a Freedmen's Bureau. There was IN
Congress a bill for the more efficient organization Of
It,. All mems hearts have been to-day excited by
the tidings that that Freedmen's Bureau bill ha,
been vetoed by the President. Some hiSSes.) l am
sorry that he felt IL TO be his duty to veto il, and
am sorry that the bill was so drawn that he was
Obliged to feel it TO be his duty to veto it. But, mark
this is not vetOing a bureau, nor an amended or re.
organized bureau, but only that particular form Of
bureau which that bill contained. IL does not com
init the President against any proper department adj
ministering to the blacks throughout the South. We
know, on the other hand, that he is in favor OF such
a bureau. And I confess that on reading his mes
sage il has left a profound impression on my mind
that he urges most serious and weighty reasons why
in the form in which IL went before him, IL should not
have become the law of the land. But believe and
am sure that no man in this land is more in favor oil
some legislation that shall amount to an efficient
protection for the black man than President John.
son himself. (Applause) They are to be protected,
but they are not % be protected AT the expense OF the
Constitution, but by its integrity. No one in the
United States is more in need of having that immOr
tai instrument maintained than the poor, recently
euSlaved, but now emanc ipated black men. MeT
who have knowledge Of the freedmen may be warped
by their sympathy and by their generous sentiments
80 as not we'll 10 consider that while legislating Il
save the freedmen, il may be ut the expense of thOsC
laws and those instruments in which his very safety
itself resides; aud If they are carried past the pOin
of moderation, 1t is we'll there should be opportunity
for reconsideration.
SPEEDY RESTORATION.
On the other hand, look for one moment at the ef
fects of a prolonged exclusion Of the southern States
IL IS weaving the citizens of those States more ant
more from the national government. For five year
they have not thought of Washington except to curSI
her. They have not felt the need vi it, , They have
not felt any blood running through them that came
from the national heart IL is proposed TO max,
them live i've years more out of the Union. Is tina
the way 10 make them love i'll Is that the way Il
make them feel their need Of the government
SUFFRAGE.
Mr.. Beecher declared himself in favor Of negr,
suffrage, saying suffrage is the legal sequence o
emancipation" He said, too, that he would allow
the ship-loads Of foreigners emptied upon our shores
vote at once" Tie announced himself in favor O
extending suffrage To women, aud making then
eligible to office.
REUNION OF THE STATES.
hold it would be better that the States should b
brought into the Union tomorrow, every one O
them. And in this regard allow mt To say that
cannot 20 with either the President or Congress.
would bring ali in at once; they mean 10 keep then
all out at once. Laughter.) They would let in
part, and let the rest wait and see how they would
like it. know they are stumbling on this point
ID YOU let in Tennessee on that principle YOU viii
have 70 let in all the rest. like To see a man stanC
upon principle-upOn sound principles. They wOulI
let in Tennessee and Alabama, aud Georgia, an,
] " ANA R0AAA NAA'ANAA N&@L@ 49, I'M WI AtN ~
Us in on the same principle as Tennessee and Oh,
others, they would answer, " Because we though
they would be better in than out, and we though
YOU would be better out than in (Laughter.) Oh
what principle do they do that | will consider tina
Afterwards. This does not seem to be statesman
ship. But, not TO dwell upon that, let Us conside
how they argue the matter. They say we mus
keep these States out till We get guarantees iron
them. What d. you mean by guarantees
GUARANTEES WANTED FROM FHE SOUTH.
You are going to keep them out until you are Ger
tain il would be best to let them in. Ii is impossible
to give a certainty. What are the things that yOl
want guarantees abOutl Secession, rebellion, tn
condition Of the freedmen. What! a guarantee o
secession We want a guarantee that the SOutl
are wiling to give 1t up. How long would you TAX
before You would consider that experiment as set
tled-hve years. Would that cure them Nov
the south Just IN the condition Of a man that ha
gone into court with a contested title. He believe
that he is the owner Of that estate. and the otbe
parties believe they are the owners of il All hi
life IS in that conflict Il is decided aga;nst him il
the lower court ana ne carries il 10 the court of las
resort and argues IL The judges decide II agains
him finally, and what does good citizensbin reSn;rn
Does it require that he should say, Mr.. Jndge an
perfectly satisfied that / did not own t6is nro
perty." Do you require him to change hi
opinion Is more required Of him than this, that h
says, Il shall, as a good citizen, obey the laws;
do not think il was right, but it is decided again,
me, and shall obey" Is not that all that yo
would require OF contestants in q court! And no,
the South believed in secession. The works Of Ca
hOun were taught in their colleges, and the youn
men were taught, as you are taught the cOntraI
doctrine, 10 believe that States rights was the tn
political doctrine. Many Of them asserted the rigl
To secede from this Government from the comma,
and confederation Of States they believed it. VIII
has the war dOnet The war has settled the fac
whether they believe it or not, that it shan't be. tt
fact is settled il shan't be, and all that you can al
the South is will you give up the fact and say so
VIII you give up the fact, though you still belle
the doctrine Are you going 10 keep them o
till they don't believe the doctrine The que
ton Is settled when they say, I'VE have I
feTed this question to the court and arbitrame
Of war, and war has declared against us, and We a
cept the verdict-we how TO IL" Can you in hon
| ask anything more than that but then we wa
guarantees against rebellion" -Four parts out
fye of the total property Of the South have been i
stroyed By war, and is not that guarantee that tn
won't fight again very soon The population Of I
Sontb has been more than decimated-dOubly de,
mated There is mourning there of which We hs
no record or knowledge here. What village has be-
bIotted ont in the NOrthl Hundreds have be-
tbere- What cities have been depOpulated her
MANY. many there. Whole families extinguish,
and lineage blOtted out. There were no bells ruI
and no rumpets sounded on the return OF the sha
tered remnants Of armies; and now do you want
guarantee that this depOpulated and destroyed Sou
will not attempt TO organize S war again
Why a young lady should refuse Wade HamPtS
and FitZhnph lee and consent 10 wed q " mudSlu