The New York herald., 1867-04-24
RECONSTRUCTION.
SENATOR WILSON'S SOUTHERN TOUR.
He Fails to Make Friends Of the Rich
m0nd Press.
DC. &c. &c.
vIR GINA.


RICHMOND, Va, April q, 1867.
Senator Wilson leaves here tomorrow morning for
Norfolk, where ne makes his speech His mission
TO the South finds little favor with the Richmond news
papers people Il
The Richmond Times OF this morning speaks Of him
- ''red-handed political missionary, seeking 70 con-
vert people whom he has robbed Of every right and
trying, with coarse and awkward blandshments, to
them from the memory Of their grief" " II declares
the object Of the radical campaign in Virginia be the
aaying Of the black against the white race and do
scrbes Mr. Wilson's speech last evening common
place and afording no indications Of talent s
The Eramiper characterizes the republican party
ssths party Of blood" and says that every Southern
man who votes with it endorses the murder Of Nrs.
6urratt i.,e & asss 4.s
The WAig feebly denes that it is to be bought up as
the OF the party but IL silent Senator
Wilson'S mission
The Enquiries taunts the Whi0 with having yesterday
flung itself into the bosom OF the radical party regards
that step a. profoundly humilatng and fatal and coun
sols the taies dire policy until relief comes through
change in Northern sentiment
sesms to be- however 70 take an active part in he regis
trson OF voters and the election of delegates the
State convention, and to modify the constitution and
SO as TO meet the requirements OF Congress- Their
argument s thai the programme will be carried out
whether they willing not and that inactivity on
their part would give the entire poll control to the
blacks They say that the white voting population has
majority Of some fifty thousand the blacks and
that II the blacks vote unit which is probable the
whites will do the same and thus secure full con-
troll The war Of races will thus be inaugurated polit-
oally II not sanguinarily
Tho secession element Of the city and State is mani
Testing itself to-day, in the opening Of Ladies' fancy
Bazaar for monument at Hollywood Cemetery, near
Richmond, In honor Of the Confederate dead.
Senator Wilson, who is still in Richmond, Is staying
With General Brown, OF the Freedmens Bureau To-day
visited the battle ground of Fair Oaks known there
as Seven Pines He ID much pleased with the people
hereabouts large number of influential citizens
cged upon him. he leaves for Norfolk In the morning
What they Say Of senator Wilson Down
South.
From the Richmond Whig April 22l
As citizen Of the United States, he (Wson) is free to
and 60 at pleasure, and to speak when and where
he may choose. he is leading Republican, and is
pued TO be less radical and kindly disposed towards
The Southern people than many Of his party He could
40 US much harm he may do Us much good.
n From the Lynchburg virginian, April %.
4 Mr. Senator Wilson, whose bowels yearn towards his
dnhappy brethren Of the South both white and coored
v,as set out upon his illuminating tour. He will prob
vaby be here In day or two and hope that he will
tell the brethren what he told in February, 1861
whie seated upon sofa the United States Senate
sit: that, f no common ground Of compromise be
FOUND, am In favor OF peaceable separation Of the
sections and against war under any circumstances" We
.erc for the Union then, ever had been; while
Or Wilson, Mr. Greeley and other blatant advocates OF
oored suffrage and equal rights would have separated
rom the South and left the negroes in bondage.