The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1868-02-22
.., alexander III. stephens.

rs,k with Alexander IA. s'epaenS'
N.norter of the Philadelphia Inquirer
~ IN Wednesday upon ex-Vice-Pre-
' .,,,, stephens, who is at present in that
> 49,. The following extract from his re-
'r ~, % ;hs hquirer contains the most in
~. .,,tinc portions of the interview:
~ S;ephens is now experimenting the
'S,stion of his first and only book,
~, Var Between the States" He will
...rs the city tomorrow for short visit
NV York and the eastern States, and
r..-o again next week. He entered the
,'-.e while we were inquiring for him,
invited us to his room, on the second
/ . .-, where he is composing the closing
lions Of his book. He walked by the
LII cane, but with rapid step, and
,.tiycly thatwe recognized nothing of
i. bodily feehleneSs that has been impu-
= ~ 10 him.
We asked him how the State Of Georgia
q, thriving.
..Lrerythipg there is wrctched," he re-
led: Eve are rnined, or next to ruined.
re negroes are compactly organized
Atl- leagues reaching to every county
a lie State. They coerce and threaten
4 rs black man who does not Join them.
3Tlrv are, in fact, unit politically. In
! renisricS, the oaScourings of the earth,
'syc moved into the State, their only OBJ
.,, being to stir up strife. These have
,,c;,ed the negroes with political hopes
yn.h they would not have entertained
ha
:.gGiaijon."
We spoke of the tour Of Senator Will
N and others in the South.
1T was not of Mr.. Wilson, or men of
. =, grade, that 1 spoke" said Mr.. Ste
.erS. these incendiaries are ostensi-
Is lawyers. We never see them; they
70 almost entirely among the blacks.
Wc doM't know where they come from
sex are everywhere, and always for mis-
Chef
Then Georgia is worse off, in your belief
,h44 at the close Of the war ?'
Infinitely The war closed upon sub.
m;iicd and, so far as good citizenship was
concerned, quiet aud obedient people
TIE terms Of the peace were acccdcd to.
The negroes promised to give us no anxi-
y. II seemed, comparatively, an easy
wo5lcm to set society TO work again. Til
,.c,c miSchicvous cmisSaries came, peace
vas achieving its good results. AT pre-
sen; We live il fear and without hope"
We asked, In case the negroes got the
ascgudancy in Georgia, what the white
,oyNa,iou would do?
"Abardon the State" said Mr.. Ste.
,beu>. " j would leave it with the pre-.
opi,a;ion Of Lot; and never look back
Ne are so organized there, the proportions
Of the races are such that negro citizen
sip would leave the whites in a minority.
IoihS We could never submit; our only
,1licy would be emigration. We cannot
together blame the negroes for this.
They are poor, crcdulouS people, who
IDENTICAL. Political cmiSsaries have
;,mpted them, for no other purpose than
10 Keep party in power, regardless Of the
saad Of our society and the negroes own
ve.!-bciDgn
Nr. Stephens, when Intercepted as tc
ID: proper basis for reconstruction, said
i.2t i should lie in a resumption of the
rr.rciple that the States had never left
ne MON, but that an insurrection had
a~cn crushed, and the States, never having
,Clthc Government, merely resumed THEN
Cd condition.
Tits mieryicw, several timeSinterrupted,
was at last brought to close by an impe-
valve summons to dinner. 1t is proper to
..y that the cx- Vice President merely an
,arr,d Tie interrOgatorieS put TO him, and
seemed DESTROYS Of making no appearance
IN public controversy. He had been asked
10 lecture in various parts Of the North
Int bis engagements upon the Forthcoming
houk lad prccluded these. However, he
4.l hat be nigh, lecture next winter.
Tie book which was the basis of our con-
T@T,atiJn is to be series of dialogues be-
tween fictitious representative men. The
,e4. names OF the colluQnial parties are not
gwen. For unity in the general plan, three
representative characters thus selected are
!cg!ned throughout the discussion.
Judge Bypum, from Massachusetts, rep
rtseliS throughout that class of visitants
who belong to what is called the Radica
a.auch OF the Republican party. Profes
'2r Norton, from Connecticut, represent:
II Ike manner those OF that class known a:
HE Conservative branch Of the same party
while Major Hester, from Pennsylvania
represents those Of that class known a
War Democrats.