The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1867-05-18

the large responsibility OF lhe NoIlH LOT lH'
war and therefore for that impoycrl shment
and those drsolations. Congress, instead Of
hpsitating 10 give one million 10 relieve the
exigencies and mitigat" the suherlngs OF the
South should have promptly appropriated 10
this end ten or twenty millions ANA this ap-
propriation If only in a pecuniary point OF
view. would have been good investment
Greatly would ii have conduced TO an imme-
diate and true peace between the North and
the South : and nothing would 20 far
such n peace in raising the credit of the Go
vernment and the price OF its bonds. Nor
would | have the North stop with this mea-
sure OF help to the South. The North still
rich, very rich, and the south so very poor,
and so very poor, too, not through her own
fault onlv but also through the fault of her
very rich sister. an exemption OF the South
for half dozen years from direct federal
taxes would be IN expression oi sympathy
no less reasonable than beautiful. i was once
told that northern capitalists emigratlng
South and well able 10 pay all sorts of taxes,
would share in the benefit OF this exemption.
Let them share in IL. 1t would be another IN
ducerent TO multiply such emigrants. ana
such emigrants are amongst the greatest needs
of the South. And then, too, the streams OF
private charity from the North 10 the south
should continue TO flow for years. deepening
and widening. instead of diminishing.
| have now said in what spirit the North
and South should bear themselves toward
each other. 4 similar spirit should cha-
racterize the mutual relations ana mutual de-
pertinent of the whites and blacks.
Why should no you southern whites love
the southern blacks, when YOU remember
that for many generations they have wet
your soil with their sweat ana tears 1ouF
remembrance of the unpaid toll ana Suherlngs
of these pOOr ones should make them dear 10
you You do love them. if il be only that
they proved themselves 80 worthy OF the con
iidence You reposed in them when III the iate
war YOU left. III thousands OF instances, your
homes in their care, and your families at theIr
forth TO fgnt. not Tor
them, but 10 pprpetuate their enslaNtment.
Swrdcnborr saws that the celestial
People" Will yet be found III Atrica-that
:. the \ frcans are most esteemed in Heaven
for they receive the goods and truths
of Heaven more easily than others. In
the light of The remarkable patience,
gentlencss, and anccticnatcneSs OF the
negro, Swedeuborg'S prediction Is quite
reasonable. The negro may now be-poSslbly
he may ALWAYS be-iutellcCtually inferior 10
some other races. But in that better, brighter
day of earth, when more account ShaI DC
made of the heart than the head, the negro
will br quite like 10 lead all other races.
White men Of the South, tn" first necessity
Of your black man is Il home Of his own-tS
the qualification Of the strong, the lnborn De
sire of every man to "sit under his own vine
aud tig tree" ! call II his first necessity. |
might call his having 4 HON" your ilrst neces-
sitv also, since he viii never become content.
ed or safe man until he shall have home of
his own. His we'll doing for others. as well as
,h. e",i Surh o,yurr.hip must be the
h..is Of nII his hanuincSs and usefulness
beg YOU then to facilitate in every reasonable
,nI generous gay the ACQUISITION of homes by
,,"rr I,Iari, mon we learn that some of YOU
dislike to sell land 10 them. Overcome this
dislike without delay. Its indulgence wouid
prove 4 source Of peril and misery both TO the
black and the white. Sell your land freely 10
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II :, fr,r,. ,r,f our Common Father has cuIurpd
nur skins differently. But j. also true thai
Ia, i,,.. mon therefore entertain 4 different re
',arI t,rrs \or .Loul1 We. for that reason.
,,t,r,.,i,, q different regard for each other DO
,,, .a,.' ,hat rnr v-hifrs formerly opprpssrd
yyoI - rru. tft.tt t!lay G:I 50 ut'turv dil
- iruoraufly ~ y,rllas >mlully. Slavery was
The .ad inheritance OF the south and, large
IL because il waS her Inheritance. was she 80
much blinded TO il. >in:ulucss. You must not
in uumca,Urcd and sweeping terms condemn
the white men OF the South for having upheld
slavery. We mast all learn, III Judging on"
another, to MAX" proper allowance loF on.
ference in circumstances ana education. had
| been born aud bred at th"Soulh should pro
badly have been SIaNeholutF. Ilau one OF
YOU been born where | was and brought mp
in my circumstances ne would pEob'bts nave
been an ahoI!uon>i. Least OF ''ll' IA">t 20"
believe that the white men OF the South, b..
cause they WTong"d You ~ th' past "lil
wrong you III ln' !" -. rn,'Ir.
men ana gFaGuaHE' anu ! I'"s., i"Ptts'H
their MINDS ana h"af's t'd "NtS WIN wiz 3"J".'
themselves 10 the new fr1dil"h' ia "H'Sh ~"
now stand TO then In" educated men Oh Tue
south, with here ana lnrrr IN rAt'p'i"" oI
incorriglhlt bastheS,' VIII prov 10
be- your ill"hds. 10 not 'u''iN -, noI ~
Others Cuiti,1'' ~ ~. 80 ' t ,h'
better VIII be BON LOT your Si'lriI ana ne
spirit OF lhoS" lllchu> lndi S"h generously
coniidc IL them. Let me here say, 10 lhe emu
of guarding you against IN IhdI~crilhlhatihS
and unwlse confidence lf"st no man, "I,te
or black-yot" Tor no man. be ne ot the ne
uubIcan or democratic party, VINO does nor