The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1871-11-30
Letter-Writers, satirists. and Asses ;,

Letter-Writers, Satirists. and Asses ;,
Tits time that Virginia were "Po>'.''
,usc rs farmers do their lands 10 ny orc
tresnsssers. If the Administrator W. ~
one that had roslly little human!
soul, snd were a. readily dispose" w ,>o.
tact noopls from execution as !, - ~ 81
s..,to ,,e,n I, would keep out Inc po'uo
OF travelling niucompoops ""' W.
vri,;rc nonsense about thc people VI a.
,,,,,;o and about their country. firS' ca'he
,,n ;,,osiou of carpet-bsg knsVes ana
thieves. and then came the INVASION Oh
foo,s: and we think we can stand the orc
almost IS we'll as the other.
IT.. le,ter.writers have written VAST
,,.o7 of nonsense about virginia since the
var. Men who know nothing ABOUT Tue
stare nrcsumc TO speak about it and its
history az # they had been familiar Win
I. all their lives, and knew all aboLt ,'s
society and its domestic economy. A1'''os'
every line many OF these conccsteo p't
s3as write contains au error, "hi'c 'eN
concctt snd sectional o!So''F
from beginning TO end OF 'hcE WI '.'"s
one would think that all the JachlsseS "a
-, continent had heen turned tE'o Tue p"s
tprcy Of Virginia and the whole res'hi re-
ecaor5 their Drawing. These people lina
r,n,. svcrrwhcre. They talk OF aSgicul-
.arr. of business, OF industry, ana pro-
acuuce everything defective. Inc! ~
tenn. TO describe domestic haD,s ."u
o.acez. aud their description no 'i'sto'i"
,ro,,3 suruo.c to be applied to his S'a'e
,,.f.ss !. were go stated in the description
;..pl. The national statistics v!ndlcatc
yiec.nls from many Of the false statements
thai cbtain currency through these con-
CT; eli travellers. Their calumnlcs ABOUT
society can hardly be received with Tespec"
- a,1y educated community.
Ect The hardest thug to endure "thou1
o;,in GcDuncaticn and assault Is the super
ciious airs Of these people. ihey move
aA.ut like spoiled children upon their Ia
fhe,'s rlautations or among the negro q lar-
;e:s. saving how this should be done, ard
hop the people should live. aud come, ara
g., and sleep, and get up from their beds in
he t1orniag. Nevertheless, our people GO
sand it, and DOT only stand it, hut have DO
r4u 70 see fun in it, and fail not to ENJOY
some practical wag-cry at the expense Of
the long. cared travellers. Many are Inc
stories eravelv poured into the ears oi these
proplc thst have no foundation IN fact, but
which, notwithstanding, find prominent
places III tie columns OF the northern
;i.ta-.
&c one srccimen Of the stories that have
brac p.lmcd oil upon the northern curl
o,tY-iuotcrs, We mention the anccdote OF
Tie Irish hackmau, who, meeting the com
II al.r Of bis regiment in the Stonewall
brigade, informed him that he IVES row
hlckmgn, and did very well when he could
g".u hack fail OF northern gentlemen and
! les" eager TO view tho backgrounds.
Iou see, Colonel" says he. ~ takes
".Acn around 10 the battle fields, and tells
Z" hem all I know about 'ctn. The other
LAY took party TO Swim Pines, which
"yUu kuow never saw during the war,
"H1d TIL; 'cm ni about the 1l.ht there,
"4.J c0Giag 20 n bile Of bones Of some
""iitnsI OF other, know not what, :ayS |,
alec lies the bones OF the v!lcS, and bill
"tores. Of all thu ribcl generals. and
"tai4k You they didn't get down ani iii
"tap.y carpct-oags with tho Doacs?'
TAi, IL n sort OF retrihulion for tho lite
r%ry invaders, but not WhH. iD3y deserve.
Really IT is tjnlo thu, We had some relief
lroG his hIud ofanLovanec. We haze had
tae locu>ts ana The frog, and now the asses
&c Hike 10 bray lis all TO death. VIII not