The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1868-08-19
All i'm n Nutshell.

Senator Doolittle, in correcting misre-
,,t.,ion. gives correct representation
,.l;.o1 reconstruction and its disastrous
% r,.. IN about rs brief and vigorous a
'-,sr - we have seen, as will be seen
@.,r, his letter, which we copy below:
RACINE, WIS.,, Saturday,
August S, 1868.
r.. NJ Editors Of the Mil,ookee Sentinel:
,,,+s --Mv attention has been called to
~ EIIowinr extract from your paper of
Yesterday 49,,
=. DooEtac'S FiQweS.--Doolittle made
,-.,Io mech al Racine the other day, in the
'' ',r.c Of which he is reported to have said !:
r;. Radical party, my friends, have dis
'l;scl nearly &,0G0,000 of white men,
,i riacca the ballot in the hands Of S,0G0,-
,,'n If british blacks The principal diff
.,,,r. with this statement is that it is moi
;rac.
Who vour reporter was | do not know !:
,,. he has imposed wicked falsehood upon
Won. and through You upon your readers.
Tlc truth j., made no figures at all, nor
any statement whatever Of the number of
,,f;tc men DISTINGUISHED, or of blacks to
whom suffrage was given, by act of Con-
ross. In the enclosed extract is contained
,ybqf / said. and all that ! said at Racine
rnop the subject Of white disfranchisement
and negro suffrage forced upon the South
,pa;ns; her will. You will see there is not
opc word of truth in the statement made in
yoar report Of my speech. Please to read
il carefully, and publish it for the conside-
ration of your thoughtful readers:
Every day confirms my opinion of the
wisdom and justice of the plan Of pacifca-
ton proposed by Mr.. Lincoln and renewed
hr Mr.. johnson more than two years ago.
. have no more doubt than Of my existence
that if that plan and policy had been suf-
fcred to be carried out by Congress the
States of the South would have been fully
r,5rranized upon the civilized white basis
ord their representatives admitted more
,Aon ,wo wears ago. There would have
}...n = more perfect restoration of harmony
and friendly feeling than is now possible
,,r ycars. The industry of the South would
Io,,a hrcn restored, and with its restora-
,;n, ia treat markets would have been re-
o,srad 10 the manutactures,of the East and
~ the brealstutis and provisions Of the
West. The exports Of her cotton-better
hmm MI the mines Of the mountains
w,uld have changed in our favor the balance
~ trade. Our six per cent. bonds would
have commanded Il premium IN gold IN any
Yoney centre Of the world. Specie pay
ment without shock or CONFUSION would
Aaye resumed itself. Our financial troubles
would have been far easier Of solution, our
taxes less burdensome, and our credit so
fullv restored that four per cent. bond
would now command gold at par.
:" Just about one year ago, my. friends, |
was at Frankfort on the Main, in Germany.
While there our bonds bearing six per cent.
sold at seventy three in gold, while the
bonds of Brazil, bearing only four per cent,
sold for more than ninety in gold. This
fact, which stated elsewhere, can never
bring to mind without feeling my cheeks
burn with shame and modification.
Why is it? Why is our credit lower than
that of Brazil?
ais it because the Radicals in Congress
would have il so-bccause they would keep
the Union divided and the South paral yzed
They would not allow Of any pacification
which did not disiranchise the most lntelll-
gent whites and force universal, unqualified
suffrage upon the mass of ignorant and
half civilized blacks, and upon the ground,
openly and avowed, not that they were tit to
vote, but that their votes could be used by
the army and the Freedmen's Bureau to
carry those States for the Radical candi-
dates in the next Presidential election"
After reading this your readers will see
what | did say, and that made no state
ment of any figures at all upon the subject
Of disfranchiscment and negro suffrage.
They may reflect also upon the great and
irrcparable wrong which has been done in
.landcrng and trampling down the plan Of
notification proposed by Mr.. Lincoln as
early a. December, 1863.
Respectfully, j. Il. DooLlTTLE.