The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1867-07-11
Thad. Stevens Insists upon being
Hurled with Negroes.
From tho Lancaster Intelligence

The Express has discovered another O
those remarkable acts which it predicts
will add the lustre Of immortal renown tc
the name Of Thaddeus Stevens. 1t ad.
mits that he never made any" especial pro-
LESSONS of piety," but it might have gone
| further and have said with truth that he has
been all his life q scofler at religion and a
revier of sacred things. Stillthc Express
thinks the old sinner will be saved be-
cause, to use his own language,
"lic has always recognized what all
Christians admit in the abstract to be a
fundamental principle Of Christianity, that
God is no respecter ofpersons, but in every
nation he that feareth him and worketh
righteousness Is accepted with him , that
he hath mado Of one blood all the nation
Of men to dwell on the face of the earth,
and that the rich and poor meet together,
and the Lord is maker of them ALL"
Nobody doubts that Thaddeus Stevens
has always been in favor Of negro equality,
and here, where his domestic arrange
mcuts are SO well known, his practical re-
cognition of his pet theory is perfectly well
understood.
But Mr.. Stevens has given another ex-
emplifcation Of the faith that is in him.
The Express thus sets it forth as demand
ing the admiration of the world:
Several years ago, when the Lancaster
Cemetery was incorporated, Mr.. Stevens
purchased two lots, for which deed was
duly executed. Some years later, in look
ing over his papers, he noticed for the
first time the clause prohibiting the inter-
mcnt of colored people in the cemetery.
He at once reconvcycd the lots to the
company, with his reasons, and asked that
they be put upon the record. A short
time ago he purchased couple of lots in
Woodward Hill Cemetery, and when the
deeds were handed to him he noticed a
similar clause excluding the burial of peo-
pie Of color. The brave old man declared
| that he could not consent to have his
bones laid in cemetery where any OF
Gods children were excluded for no fault
of their OVID, and he promptly returned
the deeds. He then, only few days ago,
selected lot in "Shremer's Cemetery"
where no such distinction is made among
/ the dead, and there will the dust Of the
old Commoner repoSe-not, we trust, how
ever, until he has seen the great work OF
reconStructing the nation on an enduring
basis of liberty and equal rights, which he
has so consistently labored for, triumph
antly conSummated.
There are few men, indeed, who have
given to the world such open and notori-
Gus evidence Of belief in negro equality
as Thaddeus Stevens has done. A per-
sonage not Of his race, a female of dusty
hue, daily walks the streets Of Lancaster
when Mr.. Stevens is at home. She has
presided over his house for years. Even
BY his own party friends she is constantly
spoken Of as Mrs. Stevens, though we fancy
10 rights Of mother-church ever gave her
q claim to the title.
1t is natural for men to desire to sleep
their last sleep with those they have loved
in life. IF Thaddeus Stevens insists upon
being buried side by side with the woman
he is supposed to have taken to his bosom,
it is entirely matter of taste. But why
did he not purchase lot in the African
burying- ground at once? There no white
mans bones would have jostled his, and
she, who has so long been his most intimate
associate, might have been gathered to his
side without exciting public scandal.