The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1866-01-01
Another Commissioner.


1t appears from late Northern journals that
on Christmas day we had the honor of visit
from another Washing ton Commissioner, who'
according 10 the New York Herald, came -"
look of!er the reconstructed Ia Tip'n'o' ihiS
latest oyerseer OF the Southern plantations
was, we suppose, self. appointed, he Is
nator from the Pacific coast-from the 9'a,e
Orcgon--his name is WILLIAMS, ana ! saw :,
the veritable correspondent OF the ne" Ao,"
herald 10 be "six feet high, win ""pie
forehead" and penetrating eye We oe'
neve in the penetrating eye LOT ne 81"
great many things, according W 'he saine cor
resrondent. which nobody else has seem
Mr.. WILLIAMS, IL appears, is on the Senate
Committee on Reconstruction, and, being
very conscientious man, he made the voyage
10 this place 10 see for himself how we We're
and what we were, that he might sit upon the
inquest over Us advisedly, Very laudable
motive, indeed. ltisapity that, with such ere
ditable intentions, he could not have remain
ed longer but having unusual powers oil oo-
servation and penetrating eye, he saw IN
twenty -four hours enough and Went away
the Herald writer says back TO Washington
though the Tribune letter says he intends 10
travel down the coast 10 the Gulf and mp the
ing point-Washington Said reporter thinks
II will take the Oregonan nearly thirty days
TO do the rebel States. We suspect, however,
that affairs in Washington having assumed
new and interesting features, our dear friend,
who has evinced so much concern about us,
has had TO hurry back and forcco his trip.
II should be a matter of profound gratilica-
ton and gratitude 10 these Southern States
thai they have become the objects of interest
TO such distinguished personaseS. We nave
had among others two remarkable men from
opposite sides of the globe "looking after
Ms The six -footer from Columbia river and
the CARL ScHrRz from the Rhine-they may
he said 10 be antipodes. Now, 10 receive the
visits of such great people i something worth
talking about, We cannot too much admire
the great General ScHrRz, who proves so de-
won't 4 patriot in his adopted country, and
talks So like 4 native, of ''our c0"'tt'Y' and
sour Constitution and tH,rs,' and looks so dis
trustfully upon the late rebels. He is so pure
aman-so good a Christian-so heroic Il &c
neral One Of our greatest offences i tina: OF
provoking the ire of 80 great, 80 good man-
who knew so we'll how TO behave himself in
his own land and learned 50 rapidly how 10
demean himself in this that he is already
better American than any OF Us
II we are overcome with alternating feel
ings Of pride and shame At the attentions aud
csnsures of this elevated and pure gentleman,
what shall we say OF the influence upon us OF
our dear friend from Oregon, six foot high,
with the penetrating eye? He comes the re-
preventative of the refinement and learning ol
the State of Oregon, 10 look after us poor
barbarians here iii Virginia. What wonder II
he does, according TO the Hr"ij, find US rough
and obdurate sullen and mtract cable, and does
perceiye on the other hand, genlleness, sweet
ness and increasing intelligence i'll the black
race, 1t is an honor 10 bc criticised by gen
tle,nan of his refined tastes We shall never
lie done with admiTinG his amazing condo
scension
We wonder how many commissioners ar" 10
be sent 10 spy out the wickedneSs Of the South:
How long the system of Misrepresentation ana
falsehood is 10 be keep, up for ia. purpose OF
promoting party advantages AT the North
How long are the people of the North thus 10
he misled-,o be i'll this way strengthened IN
their prejudices, and as rapidly as possible i'm
bned with new ones. that they may rc-clcct
mon now in office and continue the power III
the hands which now hold it? Every sort OF
ereature has been employed in this cold and
deliberate system of fraud and imposition
from, the most cunning and nScrupulous po-
Htical trckster 10 the most arrant and unmiti-
gated backyard. But that General GRANT
anpearpd amongst these agents OF atroCitN ana
outrage the truth would have hardly found
willing ear. We should have been hopelcssly
maiigned. But his appearance, sustaining the
views of the President Ivy his facts, has had
tina same effect on the traducerS rs that Of the
sudden entry of the lion Ill the midst OF ~ as
semblage of hyenas and jackall>. The people
of the South have the profoundcSt contempt
for the whole race, from SCuCRz 10 the most
wretchedest the correspondents Of The New
York journals. They know tina, justice will tri-
umph. They know that the North must find
that that is no restoration of the Union in
which a constant war is kept up against them.
With This conviction, they are quiet under in
suit and misrepresentation As they can do
nothing, they leave The matter 10 the people OF
the Northern States. Let Them sec 10 il. Up
on their course depend the future relations OF
the two sections.