The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1868-01-04

nrinci MET tbat if You kick man in a.. De
mornin. YOU mighty apt to 90 IL ~ ao .n
fiddle o' de day, am when night eolne
Won would feel it your religious ou's ~
give him another kick" >, IN
Tho Doctor proceeded. He went on W
s,aot of the Constitution the ConVehsio -
was going to make, "hen no ""'
order by Mr.. CURTIss. .,,an would
The GEAR hoped the gentleman WIZ uh-
Ane I'D copfine himself to the SUD-
iect under discussion. .ho ronsti-
.u.; nu he continued "The C0nstl'u-
ton will be adopted because w
will be continued. ro,;o;ous ap-
Mr.. HUSNIcUTT delivered reilsiou' "p
neal in behalf Of the amenohen''
Mr.. MARYE said conId
| He was conscious tnat no1n.1s of the
he said on the Conservative siae on tho
house that would have any influences r. Un uns
decision of the pending question: " " 90
with no expectation OF any sucn ~ ie o"n
that he rose to speak. But ne lelI GU
strained, in justice to that portion Oh tne
neople of Virginia whose views were re-
presented by the little band OF members
with whom he acted, to reply to the
pslpable misrepresentation which mao
been uttered on the floor. He Woulo
remark, at the threshold, that it was
somewhat strange that this body, callett
here with a strictly defined warrant
of powers, which limited it to the work
of framing a proposal for Constitution
to be submitted to the popular will, should
turn aside from its legitimate business and
undertake to inform the authorities at
| Washington as to what was their duty
touching the continuance of the Freed
mems Bureau, while it was apparent that
| the means for accurate information were
amply provided by Congress. There was
| General Howard, the chief of the Bureau,
and his multiplied agents distributed
in every county of the State, whose
duty it was to inform Congress OF the
actual facts attending the working OF Inc
Bureau. And then, there was General
Schofeld, with all his military retlnue,
scattered throughout the State IA General
who held grant of power which put the
whole machinery Of political and SOCIAL
order in the hollow of his HANDY, who mad
the amplest opportunities to procure anu
whose duty it was to advise the Govern
mept at Washington Of the true results
produced by the agency of the Bureau
The resolution was virtual undertaking
to assume the guardianship OF Generai
Howard and General Schofeld, in revising
and correcting the discharge OF their
official duty.
Mr.. M. next proceeded to comment on
the statements Of fact asserted on Ine
other side.
It had been affirmed that the Bureau
was a blessing to the white and the Dlack
race, that it had proved the impartial almo-
ner of both races in supplying their ex-
treme restitution, and that every instinct
of common humanity should prompt every
one to applaud its bencfcent work anu W
call for it's continuance. =.
| In reply to this, MFR. M. observed that IL
seemed passing strange that IT such nau
proved the great bcnefcencc Of the lnsIl-
tuition to both races, no appear OF
effort appeared on the part OF the
white people of Virginia to procure
its continuance. Why were not the
whites applying to Congress to let TINS s
beneicent agency go on IN us sonu
works Al!uSion had been made TO the
merciful work accomplished in the as
pensjpg Of food to the hungry inhaoilan! .
Of both races in 1855. Mr.. MARIE SAID IL
was true Chat at the end OF the "at 81
great was the restitution OF bread ID many
parts of Virginia, caused by the terrlole
consumption and destruction both o! Ihe
food in the country and OF the means -,
producing it, that gaunt famine threatened
many narts of the Commonwealth. But was
there any truth or common sense ID cltlng
the condition ofthe country in Nay, 1865, as
! a parallel upon which to found polcy ior
1866. IF there was any want o, orcau III
Virninia to-day it existed solely because
Of the mischievous and injurious agencies
which had been at work, augmented III
large degree by the operations o, the
Frecdmen's Bureau agencies WHICH hao
| demoralzcd the black labor OF the STATE
by pouring into their credulous ears the
delusive idea of having their condition pei
tered by help from the Government and
by aid extended to them from the Radical
policy. This had been the pernicious teach
| ing administered to the blacks instead OF
the sound and wholesome advice that
thew must look alone to their own strong
arms and persistent industry for their
maintenance and amclioration. Virginia
had a prolific soil, ready to yield Its
abundant reward to the husbandman, ana
no man of candor or intelligence could
doubt that, if the labor of the biack man
had been applied in conjunction with the
labor of the whites during either lo66 OF
1867 in an earnest and persistent appllca-
ton to agriculture, the garners OF Tue
State would be now overfioWlng with
plenty. But what had been the spectacle
The white people of the State, with noDie
courage and ali honest pride, many OF wnom,
albeit, unused to manual labor, had takeh
hold of the plough and applied their entr-
gies to redeem their wretched impoverlsh-
ment. How was it with black labor Let
any man mount his horse and ride in any
direction throughout the State, and he will
hear with his ears and witness with his
eyes the painful evidence of the inefli-
cheney of the black labor. Fields lie out
along every road in the State, the cultiva-
ton Of which had been undertaken by
white labor, when all reasonable hope of
securing a crop had been blasted by lack
of labor and attention Of this race.
Mr.. PORTER spoke for an hour and
half in reply to the remarks of the gentle
man from Spotsylvania, and repeated
much that has already been spoken by
members Of his party. His remarks ex-
tended over slavery, right OF suffrage,
| Scripture, and rebellion.
In regard to the right of suffrage, he said
that it was right that had been conferred
upon the colored people by Congress, and
it would never be taken away. Where
was that legislative power that would dare