The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1867-10-19

Inauguration Of scene Of prosperity psvsr before W.T.
messed viii result.
transition from system Of slavery that Of
hirehng system, accompanied BY such an awful and
or sayes ana be dreadful loss sustained BY The war oc
casonsd revolution In the south mover before expert
snSsa ey any % .. oaaS
OF hslBiessness and dependence from which they have
never been exiricaicd The newly made freedman con-
founded freedom with ldlepess and became impressed
with the idea THAI liberty meant license, and
pccu lhai all who were former masters we're enemies,
made him hard customer to depend upon an effect
i've aborer Added 10 this the shareholders felt de-
cdsd aversion 10 dickering or bargaining with
s e rsssrss TO- IN tine w as eoSrs
Of and other systems under the auspices OF
The Bureau ibaye been found but sorry substitutes
for slave labor. Now, however matters assuming
favorable aspect the freedmen begir 10 see that
they must labor II they would 1--we; thievng may
for subsistence temporarily, but IN the end u
its merited reward and the more respectable oil
population begin TO realize tina, they must newt
coming 70 their senses and IN their parance they SEQ
the negro is an evil that canno, wei DO gotten rid ofa
aled until it wears They not to be gotten rid Of
though they do not fulfil the exgences OF the momeat
and what is worse than all, their presence operates
AGAINST the introduction Of more agreeable
labor element. The npsnoi Of all this s
tha, The South must begin its ne~ career BY
employing their former slaves nearly in the
identical way they used 10 operate when slavery
existed, excer,ng Of course. whipping chain sangDe
all the other little eccenrcties pTactsed under tnat
svs;em Capital must be obtaoed and large numbers of
aborers, including men, women and children, VIII DO
required successfully cultivate tue large plantations
OF the SOUTH 10 make them profitable both 10 thoir
owners, employees and the country at large. When
this ~ done, and when such system ia IN operation,
the law OF euppy and demand Will again assert sls
prernacy and. Eke every other the labor of
the South viii dnd snarce from which rseopsTats
when IL becomes exhausted. Capital is wanted but
restoration must come 6rs. Let The Northern people
tho fall elections effect this, and the country
tutor pay The national debt, which, under natural.
course OF events viii be easily accomplished
The Capitol S.nare-Efs Former Uses and Ar
sociations-its building and MeHusnents-
Its Sacredness 10 yirginians-iss Changed
Aspect-The Africanizina Proccss-siow the
Square il NV Used and Hy Whona-Thc
African Ari.,0crats mud Thct. Beiies-Negr0
Estimates cf she ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ny
tire Whfses.
RIcnNoNp Va, Oct 10 1851.
The Capitol square here s tie Central Park of
Richmond II is the elevated OF the seven hills,
upon which stands the city. The square ooec OF
pride the citizens OF Richmond. 10 the
time beneath the shade Of its beautiful foliage seated
around It's fountains, whose spray sparkes like dia
monds in the dazzling rays OF tToil-
ing sun. gazing with The love and devotion
OF the RonaGs OF old their monumental piles OF
great men. the good people OF Richmond lad and
asse, cavalier and high born beauty the venerable and
hospitable Nrgnian and the stately matron, wont
In the evenings to pass cool hour this beloved and
much respected square ouch be the custom in
days gone by, but now, alas how changed the scene
The square and is venerated; its preoDcts
sacred the Virgpians locked with the intense adj
mration at their grand Of tho great states
men who personated all the glorious epochs OF our
country, from the that historic
period when every freeman reloiced American inde
pendence Their stately and veperated capitol stands
in its centre full Of tradonary lessons and historic
hens the walls hung with the portraits OF the immortal
Vlrgnians whose s,atesmanship, hcroism and intel
ecuai grandeur have been the highest boast OF Amer-
cans, whether they hailed from the Hub Of the tn-
verse;, :be Golden City Of the great West the swamps
Of Florida or the pTaires Of Texas. This s favored
spot not OF only virgnsns, but sacred 10 every
who proclaima himself an American.
But now a. JUS. eaid how changed the scene, The
yrgnian OF to-day loves his country, vercrates his
cesfy respects his ancient traditions, and is above ALL
devoted the great ana brgh, ornaments q his race
who foremost ID the Geld tue council chamber ad
the society OF his country. But to-day their square is
desoated,. its enclosure has been the Of ncenda-
rism, high African carnival" negro supremacy, and
everything irrelevant 10 the doctrines maintained and
fought tor by the great men whose statues stand in i'm
posing grandeur in Its very centre, the personcaiion
OF American independence. tho achievements OF Anglo
saxons.
hut yesterday how saddening was the sight In the
very shade OF the Washington Monument assembled
over three thousand ignorant and debased Africans,
yelling hooting and ceerng-a living ev idence OF de.
generate America Above this vast, black sooty,
sweterng and cdorferous crowd stood the living nccn
diary Hunnicut on the one side harangung his deudcd
hearers 10 dsfranchse the whites tax property holders
to fight with the bayone and torch for their supremacy
goading them TO deeds of violence and incendiarism
against the people who. with those Of the North, delight
n a Caucasian skin; while the other side were the
statues Of first, the immortal Lewis in his costume Of
bold frontier chleftsip, holding his long Virginia
rife none hand, and his knife, powder horn
y as o.ss ns Of hs
anterevolu,lonary era, Or the COLONIAL TINES The next
is Henry-PstricK he is known bys ns,n6 fafnyiar e
every American from the venerable patriarch The in
FAINT schooboy standing in the attitude Of appeal to
revelation with cloak on his arm, holding the sword by
the blade and rendering the hilt 10 the coonists ind
eating the resolve OF determined 10 be free and in
dependent, exhorting them TO grasp II. Then comes
Mason, eSpressivcly holding the pen-rnore powerful
than The sword-with 0rm grasp, with which be seems
10 say, have written The Bill Of Rights aud de-
termined 10 maintain Them
The fourth in order is that OF the immortal Jefferson,
who wrote tho Declaration OF Independencethe glory
OF every American the pride Of the Anglo Saxon race.
fbs 9Th is Nelson, the citizen soldier, with the sword
in hand and the "bonds OF credit in the other,
welding both for the liberty and Independence Of
Americans The sixth is that OF Chief Justice Marshall
enveloped in his judicial cloak with 'Justce bis
motto Surmounting the whole Is the Father OF his
Country on bis noble stec6, the equipped and the
animal cararsoncdthe General pointing tho TO lib
ery leading his followers, aud tho horse seeming to DO
animated With the spirit Of the men, who In the times
that ired mems souls" gained the independence OF
Angio-Saxons on American soil
In the very shade Of this glorious monument, with
tlst Of Gay near by the Ignorant Africans with their
Few ueDesed wnite c0nfreYcs held "hish carnival"
nominating mongrel African ticket 10 represent the
city OF Richmond in proposed radical constitutional
convention the object OF which Is degrade the white
race establish African supremacy Virginia and
every principle for which the great vrgnisns immortal
IN the memories OF their countrymen fought This is
the purpose to which the square, OF which Richmond Is
proud, now devoted These are the assernblages
now usually to be seen in its precincts These the
appeals made TO the race, now, according to radical
legislation about TO DO supreme In the South Instead
Of the virginia belle, with her gallant escort;
dignned lady, with her stad and IMPOSING husband
TO be seen on toe square the mpernent African, with
his greasy dark skinned Dnah; the consequential mu
laio with his neatly dressed sweetheart whose OLE
gance indicates vice, and the patriarch or Dahomey
conversing with tho African matron the subjects OF
intellectual culture tho national finances and the poll
tics Of the country, in that 10 at least amusing
TO the vesdropper
The square, sacred ~ is Is deserted BY the whites
the controlling race monopolixng IT, Walking. saun-
ternE, lcungns on the benches lying on the grass,