The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1869-06-01
Misrepresentations of the Times.

Misrepresentation Of the Times.
We have no idea that any man bred ana
born at the North can gather just idea OF
the condition of affairs in this State nom
observations made during hasty Jo"Fhe!
through il. We doubt whether nc couio
have done so Mt any time since inc "''r.
There are apparent inconsistencies ana
,,;rcS ;oexplicabic or not to be well under
stood nv any person not raised here. Then
thore Is n rancorous hatred ascribed TO Us
=, odventurers who come hither for plum
dor. whose gan,c is to win over the negroes
70 their support, and whose tactics consist
Of unjust imputations upon the puphc cna-
racter and social dispositions OF our people,
and the meanest and most scoundrciiy ell
forts to set the colored voters against the
whites. 49,,
This inspires a state Of feeling which Is
not understood, and is taken for uncompro-
m;s;no sectional hate, when it is meant only
for the immediate satGrnine agents oil the
discord and passion which disturb our
peace. ,..., =.
The adyenturcr has generally little 10
commend him to confidence or respect ('h-
deed often leaving his own land on account
OF his want of merritt, and, seeking the hlShcf
offices, he shrewdly determines that he must
succeed by the dement's OF others; ana IL
those others are not what it Is necessary
they should be to insure his success, why,
they must be made so by lying. Thus orl@l-
mated the lies which have been sent broaa-
cast over the northern States, and that nave
either excited Congress Tor afforded 1t pre-
text to impose most rigorous measures
upon the southern people. Thus the pun
derinc strangers have stirred up hate towards
Themselves amongst our white people, ana
nv cunning. dark, and midnight plottlngS,
GOT the blacks against the whites.
The adventures have been exceedingly
wary in their mode Of plying the mlnds OF
the colorcd people with suspicion ana ha'c
towards the whites. They never said TO
colorcd man "your old master Is thlei'
or that "hc is cruel and stingy.> That
would fill thousands of colorcd minds with
instant resentment. But the inSlnllations
touch the rights and future OF the black
man. "Your old master wants TO make
YOU slave again." and "he never wanted
"vou TO be educated. and don't mean that
YOU shall be-" are much better. Prone
to suspicion and credulitv the colorcd man
easily falls prey to the whispered imputa-
lions such as these, and, looking upon his
informant (who is but Il serpent i'll the gar
dem as Il friend, he readily seeks every op-
portunitv of comforting with him and
- 4 oil fnustor - who
the best friend of his late slave, and, OWL
ing the land, is the only man who can give
him employment and support.
Now, these are things to arouse the deep
est indignation. The low schemes of the
unprnciplcd newcomers are just such as
would excite the bittercst feelings of all
generous minds.
The northern man who comes amongst
people so circumstanced does not under
stand all this. He says the "prcSs is bit
ter" So writes Il travelling correspondent
of the New York Tribune in a letter from
this city. We grant that it is :" bittcr"-
very "bittcr." When was it that politi-
cal campaign in this country was not "bit-
tcr?' And what campaign was ever i'm
bucd with such fruitful causes Of bitter
nessT'
But towards whom does this bitterness
exist? The oftice-hunting adventures arc
ever seeking to impress upon the northern
mind the idea that it is towards northern
people generally. And so the unthinking
and uniformed may be mi>led by the bold
assertion of men whose lives are Il fraud.
and who depend altogether upon misreprc-
sentation for success in their Offices getting
and treasury plundcring schemes.
There could not he n greater falschood
promulgated. The people of this State are
welcoming. and will continue to welcome,
those who come to buy land, go into bust
ness, and take their lot with Virginia. OF
these new Corners the northern men are
especially welcome. They are so energetic,
so skilfitl, and they can do so mitch to di-
minish sectional prcjudiccs and advance the
general welfare by their sagacity and indus
try.
But the stranger is ever in danger of be-
ing deceived, because he is so ignorant Of
the social condition of NTgnia-so igno-
rant of the provocations we sufler-so igno-
i1,nt Of the effects wrought upon the system
of labor and the peace and order of the
land by the evil people who are now seek
ing to get possession of the Government and
grow fat upon its corrupt administration.