The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1873-12-10
New Books.

| me Pine ana me ram, 5FtttHy, VI, me
Trip Of the Northern Editors to the South
m1s71, and the Return TiSt Of the South
c,n Editors IN 1872, under the LEADERSHIP
Of Major n. II. HotchktsS. 1rarelltng
-lgent Of the Chesapeake and OHIO aid
Richmond AMI York Mrer Railroads.
1T is WE'LL Edited and Compiled by n.
}. WATKINS. Baltimore: }. D. EHLERs n
Co.
| This book has been for some time promised
by Major HoTcHklss. Its appearance more
than tultils any Of the expectations of the
friends of that gentleman.
In 1871 Major HoTcHKIss conceived the
idea that by bringing the people of the North
and the South face to face a better under
standing and better appreciation of one
another woul3 follow, to the lasting benefit
of both. He selected the editorial fraternity
as that which would best represent the peo-
pie of the sections, and which could best
make effective the advantages of the per-
sonal intercourse which he was so enthusi-
astic in bringing about. So he got up two
expeditions-one of the northern editors to
the South, and another of southern editors
TO the North, in 1S71-'T2. This book is u
narrative Of this Interchange of sectional
visits. 1t displays great deal Of good feel
iny and neighborIy impulses. 1t is COM
posed of warm speeches, hearty sentiment,
and glowing editorials, elected through such
congenial impulses and festive concomitants
as the Major knew how to install and epei-
neer.
A very wcll-written and truthful intro
ductory address explains the situation of
the country and the motives which actuated
Major HoTCnkIss. In this we find such good
definitions of the phrases scalawag" and
carpet Dagger" that we copy them below:
"A scalarag is an original secessionist, a
fre-elter of that peculiar southern type who
before the war kept alive the smouldering
embcrs Of sectional hate by appeals to the
masses insshe southern States to resist the
| encroachments Of northern usurpation. and
famed. the flames Of civil war by violent
denunciations of the northern people and
| their supposed efforts TO trample upon the
| liberties and seize the property Of the PEG.
! ple ofthoSe States. None were more energetic
| In their efforts to bring on the war-none
| were more directly responsible for the fright
| full consequences which followed. They stir
| red the people 10 frenzy by their harangues,
and assisted manfully in the formation Of
companies and regiments for the coming
confict---in most cases modestly combining
| their own ambitious longings to stationary
positions in the cOmrnissary or quartcrmaster
departments. If they scared higher, and
! ventured into the rank and file of the army,
at the first sound of approaching danger
| they were reminded of some convenient
malady that had lain dormant in the system
during along period of years, but which
had OPPORTUNITY thrust itself into notice in
time to secure for the patient discharge
from military duty. Having worked all the
injury to their fellow-beings that their mi
croscopic souls could suggest, they quietly
enrolled themselves in their virtue and re-
tired to private life to await the result of
that strife which they had done SO much to
loment. ..... r.
"The war over, the South helpless at the
| feet of the conqueror, they crawled from
their holes and hiding-places and pounced
upon those whom they had lured to their de-
struction. :
"The carpetbagger, though differing but
| little i'll general features from the above was
upon the whole II superior creature. He was
not a viper warmed into life to sap that
(which had given him birth. BUrnand raised
in the North, he joined the armies Of the
Union rs q camp.(olower, anu during the
war had preyed indifferently upon his own
people and those within The territory of the
| enemy. Whenever stealing cotton, cereals,
or household furniture, and running the
blockade proved more lucrative than
Itching from the soldiers who had gone
out to fight the battles of their country, he
abandoned the latter for the former. AT the