The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1876-04-13
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80, Editors Of the Dispatch: ~,
-. ncyro is The enigma OF the sges. Inc
'.T r;,t rsnno, tell whence be came, the
f;s1 f;ss:.;,- ca,no, tell whittier he goeth. When
YJ'rs ont the Gordian knot OF slavery
i. .,,,srics prtaunouuced theories as to the
A Nis fI,nre we're slaughtered heaps
''s.' 'hnons" But, nothing discouraged, the
moi. are at work again. one anheuIces
!..,vsfjgsna,ion, another deportatiop' ahotoei
..'';rr1,ion, another ex'ermtnatlon, Wnilss
::,,t,,.0ired people are content 10 say,NHoo
S-."It., .t It.,,o1s.' DR.. Dabuey's theory Is exter'
P..: ,.;1. S1 qrres,cd by General Sheridan:
.'Si.o .''s' mixed result not pleasant to cor
49, for instead of being negro pure and
!, i the negro. and the Yankee soldier
..t, ..i 40 hqrcsir. But " hat after that! The
::@.l..,,,ior :@.' Of the whole United States by
.,',,i, y, ',,iro on of this southern "gasgrene
..h. .. nl,irstc result. But what Is there for
y,rr,ri2 between the arrival OF Gene-
y, - S,arf6gn and the end of all things?
80 ..,I...e M the prophecy where be dropped
~" uo I,sycs the picture 10 Tirginia-wbite
j. ,,,1a dnwr. negroes up, Federal satraps
= .yr.y village, and bayonets fringlng every
,nr,.. .15use. To this, will assurediy De added
ysntsc schoolmisiresSes TO teach the ne
800 and Federal tsx gatherers to raise the
ssonsv for their support out OF this pros
.-,,sS white people. With such lovely
,,-.,ns,,, wby doesn't every body run to Vir.
ctriI.
sTbi. solution. offered to US by our worthy
,;yna is far richer than that offered TO Eng.
T.rS hr the Rev. T. r. Msltbus when con.
.i1S,irG what should ba done with the paul
,S-. The reverend gentleman simply said
LtH.1p starre 10 death But our more hui
n,np divine expects shorter method; be
tIints rh,t msny OF them will be "put out
r. their misery" with the butcher.knife, and
ton he will have tie "grim satisfaction" OF
swing to the Yankees, You did it'll" He
would prefer the Starvation system OF Mai
tins. which "Ciyis" anticipates, but he will
accep, determination " in any form. Here
ara some OF his words: .'Good, patriotic,
pbjlan,bropic, Christian RI men, here see the
evil fruits Of that crime looming up so fear
fully as actually to find grain Of private
consolation in ,he hope u that's & race Of human
beings among us are advancing to the mise
RE, of eyte!mination. I do not find fault
rj,t The hope. II is natural. I shall
naturally and juStfably hope that my will
mi DESTROYER may perish before be murders
me. condemn the OPPRESSION which has
left good and wise men no solase except IN
the. hope
Al the bottom of the next page ne an
nouuces bis xpectation-namely, butchery
begun BY the Virginia people and terminated
By Federal bayonets, followed BY the reign
OF The provost marshal. ri
II is important to consider how Dr.. Dab
rey proposes to manage the case until it is
ripe for the final catastrophe. First, all
Christian means Of dealing with the colored
people are TO be wholly ignored
He does not say this, but have searched
in vain for one Christian thought OF
act in the programme. We may therefore
conclude that from either hatred or despai
the Church is 10 90 her way, like the prizes
ard the Leyte, and leave the victim to hi
fate. He is to have no teaching in schools
10. simply because it is expensive, but be
cause the uegro'S business is to "work ant
not read -; teaching will do him harm ant
DO good" DR.. Dabney is sure that he will
not work, for lie says distinctly that the time
will come when "the blacks are determined
10 live and not to work." ard hence, be SAYS
while awaiting the final catastrophe, tht
negro should be managed by the civil ma
gistrae by means "barsner than domestic
slavery. Without expressing 1t fully. hi
language clearly points to the cnain.gaug AM
Tie public whipping post as the chief mean
Tor managing the negro race until the en-
come.
Just al the conclusion Of his long articl
he draws back and suddenly gives up all tb
points be had contesded for by proposing
return 10 the old system of education, wit
the addition Of direct school tax for th
education Of the poor, the taxes derive
rom The white and colored people respet
lively 10 be collected and applied separately
ms he offers as mere compromise to whic
De might be drveH3 but bis expectations
snd apparently his preferences, are with tn
Nrst programme.
Now, if Dr.. Dabuey aud company wer
inspired Of God, or had power enough Q
'nelr own, OF course every man who has an,
regard Tor his own future or that Of his fam
ny, should move out of Virginia at any sacri
nee Of property which might be necessary
Anl any man who would come into the Stat
would be simply "a fool" (as sorae peopi
would say. But there is hopeful view q
once suggested by Dr.Dabney's programme
ana II Is this: If We do not like the pictur,
hhich he sels before US, we had better
.auopt some other preliminary treatment OF
sue case Than The one he proposes. If igno-
rance and depravity on the part OF the ne.
s'oes, treated with neglect, hatred, an6
5ousn usage on the part o. the whites, will
" followed by increasing worthlessuess OF
ae negro and increasing violence by the
"a''eS, until the end is blood and su'ljuga.
uOH 'hep, perhaps, education and Chris.
>..o'tS might possibly give LIE better results.
a. aoy rate, naa might be allowed to prefer
sss ss saaool 10 the Jail and the provost. .Eaar-
49, - syslenof public economy without
uS.Ds Sel upon as if they were public ene.
,,o " basney's conclusions follow naturally
troa. hs premises. If the freedmen aEe
,na-' 'o Dc he proposes to teat tham, then we
n'a! expect future OF ever-deepenipg
~ H,SOn ana misery. He has probably read
w;,h ", history a emancipation 10 the past, bu,
ba.a drawing the lessons they ought to
is-f 9 Iaueht tsn. In my Official Report Of
am.1. I skeich Sriefy &ile history of spdden
srsoI'I Ipallon Ia the Roman Empire. with
>. aI wa. reference 10 the case of England, as
leo, 'sument why we should avoid that neg.
gu VI tbe freedmen WHICH brought upon
,era. mass OF pauperism and crime
y % a;t oeiore known, the eject of which was
y y s,a =, powerfully in the destruction OF some
,s,a :Hs oder civilizations, and to ipfaict bur.
s nah .ron even the most prosperous nations,
svu s"u 81 France and England, which have
-" ,uis eo a9d oppressed them even to this
A.! q: - nee tassagnac's History OF the Work.
IS IS, ClAs sses; also, histories OF the French
nnuune nn and English Pauperism.l
,hiea Uuf Only escape from these evils Is that
- ~ ui,s England, after 1000 years Of suffer