The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1869-07-13
!" After the Battle "---again.

The importance of achieving success IN
the recent election was not greater than IS
the importance of using that success, now
achieved, with such liberality and sagaci'y
as shall make 1t abiding and a decisive SET
Element of troublesome questions lying at
tho foundation of the stability and pros
rcrity of the Commonwealth. In the eSui-
tation Of the hour Of triumph let US not
FORGET to secure the fruits of victory, or 10
preserve that self-control and that modera'
tion which have signaliZed oar conduct IN
the trials and yicissitudes through which
we have passed. A profound moralist has
said that temperance is the virtue OF pros
pcritv. 1t is devoutly to be hoped that we
shall practice forbearance towards the ne
c,rocs. abstaining from malice or VindictiVe-
ness against them for what they have done
under the lead of bad and designing men,
and freely rendering them complete indem-
uiSy and oblivion as to the past, that peace
and goodwill may prevail, and society be
disturbed no more by an unseemly conmct
between races that ought to dwell together
in unity.
negroes that the defeat of WELLS has not
been disaster to them, but blessing. In
fuences and arguments Of formidable
kind have been brought to bear on their
minds. They have been betrayed into the
dclusion that there is no safety for them
with the white man unless they have the
mastery, and that his aScendancy would re-
suit in deprivation of their rights TO be
sure. we know that these delusions have no
other foundation than the inventions ana
Misrepresentation Of those pestilent men
who have come down here TO stir up strife
and make the colored people instruments
of mischief. We must undeceive them.
Nothing can more effectually counteract the
evil teachings Of the mischicf-makcrs VINO
have misled them than magnanimous de-
claration of purpose on our part to preserve
inviolate their rights. We are their natural
allies and friends, and they should be Taught
that without harmony between us and them
they cannot be prosperous or happy.
And not only is it desirable to givesthe
colored people proof of our upright inten-
tions towards them, but it is well worth our
while, by course Of forbcarancc, to show
the crent constituencies of the North that we
have no disposition to make an unfair use OF
the power which is about TO be committed
to our hands: that we arc no mischief
makers, but well-intentioned, patriotic citi-
zens of the United States; and that there
fore there can he no ground for Congress to
withhold its assent to the restoration Of our
Commonwealth to all her rights in the
Union.
The sure way to prevent recurrence OF
the terrible evils through which we have
gone is, by our conduct and bearing, to give
the colorcd man sense Of security as to all
that concerns his happiness and safety. The
carpet-bagger will be thoroughly put down
if we only improve this golden opportunity
and teach the negro that he is in the hands
of his best friends, who will guarantee him
his rights. Let every one of us, i'll his daily
walks, preserve Il sense of the duty he owes
his State to do what in him lies to bring
about Il return of good feeling between the
two races. And we may rest assured that
nothing will be more calculated to impress
the negro with our superiority, and make
him content to see power given into our
hands, than an exalted magnanimity and
charity lifted far above the passions and pre-
iudicts of the hour.