The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1868-01-13
The northern papers porsistently mis-

The northern papers persistently mis-
represent perhaps because they misun.
derstand) the movements Of the Radical
leaders of the South. When the Alabama
Negro Convention requested Congress 70
remove the disabilities of certain naise,a-
BILE so-called Union men in that state ano
had been violent rebels, those papers sis91
the fact as proof Of the liberality Oh tne
maan Ub,tes who made tho request. And
now we see that the New York Times finds
;n uuysrcUrr's "enabiing resolution"
nroof of the "changed temper of the
times" 1t seriously believes that HUNN1-
CUT is disposed to treat tho Virginia peo-
pie kindly, and even to do justice to
them; inquiring, in its simplicity, whether,
"since BRowStow has taken Ex-Governor
"HARRIs to his bosom and HUNNIcUTT
"has embraced the rebels, anything
"can be called impossibles" The
Times should know that HUSNIcUTT
has not proposed, and does not desire, to
have any man relieved from political dis
ability who is not an out-and-out Radical ?
There are in Virginia, as in Tennessee and
Alabama, certain upprincipled characters
who have become traitors to the white
rice, and who affect to have holy horror
of "rebels" and rebellion" who were,
nevertheless, such steadfast supporters Of
the defunct Confederate Government that
they arc included among those persons
who are prevented by tho proposed con-
stitutional amendment from holding Office
aud as Office is the thing for the sake OF
which they have dsgraced their manhood
and betrayed their own flesh and blood,
they, of course, are desirious of getting
their pay. 1t is these creatures that Hun
NIcuTT proposes to relieve of their dis.
abilities. And his resolution, so far from
being a peace offering, is calculated to
disgust the respectable people OF the State
with Government which reserves it,
expressions for the man Of tried fidelity
and rewards those who "crook the preg
"nant hinges Of the knee that thrift may
"follow fawning." The proposition adds
insult to injury. II would amaze tht
Times to see the list which HUNN1cUT1
would make OUT. 1t would include, per
baps, not one man Of high character. In
deed, we can hardly imagine who's names
would appear upon it. When it is recol
lected that in this city, for instance, there
were only some fifty white votes cast TO
HUSNIcUTT out Of nearly five Thousand
polled, and that among these fifty their
wore perhaps not a half dozen disabled
persons, and that HUSHICuTT wishes to re
lcve none who did not SO vote, it will easil.
be perceived that his resolution is worse
than "a humbug.
The Times, aud every other respectable
journal in the North, may take it fol
granted, and safely act aud write upon the
assumption, that no Radical in the South
has ever been, or ever will be, found doing
anything to restore peace and harmony TO
the country. Their mission is one of hate
They are envious, uncharitable, unprinci'
pied, timc-rcrving charlatans, impostors,
and ignoramuses. They are as much more
unrelenting than northern Radical as an
Orangeman is than an Englishman. They
know that they arc in q fair way to be
damned to everlasting infamy, and they
would fain have history written according
10 law of their own making. Be not de-
ceived by them.