The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1866-01-20

The Boston Post contains a sketch of a lee
ture delivered in that city on Tuesday evening
NV the Rev. Henry Ward Bccchcr on "recon-
slrucuou," from which we quote as follows:
q. There Is no principle Of American liberty
which Will cOhcre wiki the doctrine that sui
iraEr is = political right. If il b. said that TINS
principle. would give the right OF suffrage 10
woman, he would give II 10 her as well as man
Every consideration of policy and good sense
points TO the giving OF this right, for Il woman
il ~ good as i man, ami Il man ana MS %lleaIe
u great deal better than each other. Yet lie
would not insist on the extension Of suffrage us
Il condition of reconstruction. If he llad been
President hc would have don" SC last spring
but matters had gone 50 Tar since mat, IL was
imWlSr 10 press this requirement NOW. lhat
which we SOW in May we do not SOW III
August. To 20 back on the steps that nave
already been taken and demand new suaral-
tees of the South would be the most ungra-
clous thing that we could be called upon to
do. Mr.. Bcechrr then stated what, III his
opinion, W.. might and might not expect
the South To do. We could not expect that men
who had 10 submit 10 an orerpowerlng mill,
Iary force should rejoice Ill their bowman ana
%rring up To kiss the men that nave whipped
them. The men of the South were as sincere
when they went into the war AZ those OF the
North, and now that they are conquered, we
could not ask them TO be joyful or l%nbilant -
We must not expect that men who had rellh-
UulShcd slavery upon compulSion would engage
with aiacrity i'll the work OF cmanclpatlon
If this result had been the consequence OF 4
long discussion, and they had voted emahcl-
patton, We might have reason for the course OF
remark that j. INDUCED III, not otherwise. we
must not expect T. at men educated under lnSl-
buttons totally the reverse OF ours VIII let lheih
20 in 4 day and seek new ones from thelr CON
puerOrs. He WaS not surprised 10 read that
Yankees are not popular III the South, and
that when the army goes some OF the 1ahhees
must 20 with il. Being defeated, they are not
disposed 10 accept superiiuonS ana ihtrusiSe
.l,,,. Fr~,.r hos who Ia Va 1n tal tnI them w
must not expect that men who have regarded
negroes as inferior beings all their lives slaii
receive coIanlacently The doctrine OF equallty
and citizenship III Its relations 10 1ne plath
man. Sometimes ii would be well for us 10
remember the homes We live III. he dlu not
believe there were Il dozen places III brooklyn
where Il colored man could obtain work unless
all the white men should leave, w Mno
>till indulge in this prejudice should not oiaille
The people of the South who do not belieVe
that society can be re-organized win lhe
negro as an equal. Nor should we expect thul
they would know how, even when they Try,
10 treat the negro fairly, for they nave beeh
brought up to treat him as a beast. we may
set up schools and churches III the SCUM III
such a way as TO be antagonlstlc 10 southern
schools and Southern churches. the kihuiy
disposed white man III the SCUM Is worm
twenty in Massachusetts There may De
such Il prcclpitate zeal of philanthropy ior
them as viii defeat its own work. Legs
lation will not alleviate prtJudlce. IL won
change Unkimd feelings into klld ones.
The South must recover by labor, ana
1t is only new industry that will bring her
back. She is fast finding this out. Her sue
cess depends upon cotton cotton cannot be had
without black labor, and black labor cannot
be had unless negroes are kindly treated. 80
self interest will soon teach them the right
way our OF the difficulty. The blacks should
become landholders AZ fast rs possible. The
glory of the North is its diversified and minute
Industry. He would not object TO making
property 4 preliminary qualification for SUI
irage. as an induccmeut 10 industry and thrift.
Mr.. Beecher closed his lecture with an elo-
qncut appeal for Justice and love, as the only
sure basis Of reconstruction, ana advocated n
smritot magnanimity. lie protested against
Nindictivc punishment against JEFF. Davis
Il lneXpedient and uncalled for. The era OF
destruction had passed, and that OF restoration
had come. This new position OF affairs
required Il change of tactics. His remarks on
this point made IA profound impression