The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1874-02-11
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Isuppose every one Is liable 10 se,Isation
when visiting sterfed ground for ti1e, :firs
time. I am no exception, for had them q,
visiting 1" Richmond ON the Jeems', for tb
first time. # ., ,.T7sass - - ~
.If Richmond Is not g storied ground y a.,
a Northern Unicn.lorer to set foot IN. fra, ..,
Greece and Rome will fail. Iarrfyed upo.
! the "sacred sle" one light, baImy Snniiay
Just after New Years, and rolled iszily anS
luxuriously to the tstel from the dep6t In !
barouche, which furnished ample onnor.
tnnity to take in the city, for the distance Is
not short, nor straight, from the depot ur
town. y
I was at once favorably impressed with
the appearance of the heart Of rebeltIom-;ts
clean, wide streets, 80 nicely drained from
the sloptng position Of the city its Sne old
residences, with T. F. =. sticking out ail
over them; its handsome park, with it's noble
monument, which encloses the plain Stale
That monument, rs q fine work of art IL
unsurpassed by any similar work In the couu.
try, being capped by magnificent equestrla
statue Of Washington in bronze on granite.
aud surrounded by several bronze statues OF
heroes and statesmen, all ca granite pedes.
tails. Itsis. both costly and grand. Well NAV
the Old Dominion be proud of TINT mon,i-
ment.
There is a statue, in marble, Of Henry
Cay IL tie park, which has come to be called
Three-fingered jack" from the fact that 0
finger and one thumb got knocked off,
during the war, 1 reckon, for being found in
bad company.
After Sinking off the dust Of travel on this
memorable Sunday l took walk about the
CITY. and could but marvel at the troops anG
troops of negroes; and so many Of then
fair in the face, of decided uristocratc cast
| Of countepance, as though Ito the manner
born" Yet there is not q single Old Viz
sinian OF Standing but is death on "equality
of the Niger and the white race" Why arc
these things thus?
There is block of tiue residences over
| looking the park, with .swell fronts," likt
| houses in Boston. l remarked that they re
| minded me OF Boston, and young scion o
chiya'ry passing at the time cast at me
whitening glance, and did not hesitate to eX
press his disgust in open terms.
Being i'll the sacred city. / felt like inyesti
eating all its peculiar institutions; 50 | re
paired at night to the First Baptist coloret
church, which ought to be called Plymouth
for its congregation was as vast as Beechel's
there being several thousand coored bro
theirs and sisters; more or less, present, ant
its pastor being decidedly Beecherian in hi
magnetic influence over his hearers and il
his inspirational though crude flights. II
preached from the Ten Commandments, an
incuIcatcd the spirit of them to the letter
but in most humorous and amusing mar
ner. He had the idea that intention make
} the crime, and he told them it wasn't nece
sary for them TO take shout, but only to war
to take it.
"My brudders," said be, "wben you W;
all slaves dar might ha ben some sense Il
cuttin' slice Off o. de marsr's bacon, {
hookin' handful O. corn meal, or robbil
de hen.roost; for you all work hard den, n
brudders, am you earn it, you earn it, N
brudders and sisters But now you is q
free men, dar aiu't no 'scuse whatever! you
all on yer own 'sponsibility! Now,my bru
ders and sisters, Pse gwine to speak plai
to YOU about de Seventh Commandment
l. MeUbe some oh We WORT like what II
.. gwinc to say, but / can't help dat: Pse hel
to speak de troof, de troof, my brudders, al
I'sc gwine 10 speak it!
""rhou shalt not commit 'dultery!' Nov
, my brudders, what am 'dutery? De bresst
Marsr he say cutlery am in de hcart-in 3
, heart, my Drutders and sisters. Tink
dat, you young men, when you git On yo
) fire close and 60 peramcrnatin de street
wild YOU canes an you tall hats, ca,ti
sleeps eyes at de gals what is a Wiggli
along de sidewalks wild dar trails behir
'eln yard long. wipiu' up all &c dirt OBJ {
strcets-dats 'siyious !"--lascivious-" dat
what de Dressed Marsr means by 'dultery
; dc hearth"
should advise northerners visiting Ricl
mond to drop in at the First Baptist colore
church; for it is, 10 say tue least, characte
i,tic.
, During my stay in the city visited Il
legislative chambers, marYe!Ilng much ho
|, the lords of the Old Dominion and sires
!. chivalry manage to swallow the negro, wi
sils beside them in the chair of State. Or
cannot help some queer reflections ov,
: some queer things that have come to pass
i the crst capital Of Confederate States
America. At all events, treason is not mac
: odious, for the State Llbrary-room OF Rlcl
r mond is hung and decorated on every hand b
what seem 10 me defiant relics of their treaso
10 the Government. The very declaration
, their scce: sion, with all the autographs
the signers attached, is mounted and va
: nished to preserve it, and there it han!
prominently, as though they had won the
cause and made il sacred. Such evidence
are 10 me an evidence of the greatest lenienc
> ever extended by victor to vauqushed.
: Libby Prison is remanded back to j
former office of tobacco warehouse-ovc
looking the "Jeems." My heart beat ia
, as I gazed on its stained old walls, an
thought of the cruel suffering that ha
: passed within, and I said, "There shoul
not have been one stone left upon anothe
but monument over its ruins to the MI
mory of the brave boys who lapguishe
there unto DEATH" The sight of Libb
prison rifles northern blood more than all I'll
Daraded relics of their treason.