The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1876-08-23

Lee, Julius Straus, and DR.. o. T. Manson.
Clay Ward: John F. Meredith, Il. B.
Berkeley, and Baillie Davis. #
Jackson Ward: James NJ. Tyler. Charles
Clinely, Thomas c. Epps.
Brookland District: DIR. John Guerrant,
Daniel E. Gardner.
Fairfield District: Henry Voegler, o. N.
Braxton.
Tuckahoe District: John w. TalleSS~and
B. w. Green, Jr.
CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN A NEW ENG
DAND PREACHER AND Rev. j. W. DUNGEE.-
The following is the letter from Rev. Sias
Curtis, treasurer Of the Free Baptist Mis-
sion Board of New England, to Rev. J. w.
Dungee (colored), Of this city:
CONCORD, n. H, July 26, 1876.
Dear Brother Dungee.-On the 18th in
stant I sent you Z check for $50, and have
received no receipt or anything from you
since.
To-day I received letter from Harper's
Ferry in which is the following sentence:
"The report is current here that Brother
Dungee has gone over to the rebels, and is
going to stump for Tilden and Hendricks.
am afraid it is So"
My Dear Brother Dungee, is there any
truth in that report? Have you ever had q
thought Of doing any such thing? II you
have, I pray you pause before you take
single step in that direction. Such course
would be cause OF great grief to all your
true friends, and all the true lovers Of free
dom and piety.. In doing this you will
bring wound and reproach upon your mis-
sion work among freedmen, and ruin your
own usefulness as minister OF Christ. How
will all those feel who have contributed
for your support in our mission work for
Richmond Westinghouse, &C., &C., il you
now desert your brethren and go over to
the old rebs-the haters Of the colored man
and the cause OF freedom-and give
your influence to strengthen the hands Of
such men as JEFF. Davis, and those who
have murdered thousands and thousands of
your colored brethren at the South within 4
few years past to prevent them from voting
for the cause of their own God-given rights?
O, this cannot be; will not believe it can
be so till hear more from you. Do write
me by return mail and send receipt for the
fifty dollars, and tell me il there is any
foundation for the report to which have
alluded; and be entreated to go no further
in that direction, il you have taken one
step, until you consult with your true
friends, Brothers Morrell, Bracket, Sew
art, Burgess, Anthony, Chase, &C., &c.
DO not fail to let me hear from you at
once, and give me the facts on this subject.
Yours truly, sItAs CURTIS:
P. S. Tilden and Hendricks are identified
with the old rebel party, and will be sup
ported by ex-rebs OF the Jetf. Davis stripe,
and those who sympathized with them dur
Ing the war and since, and I would just as
soon vote for jeff. Davis for President as
would for Sam. Tilden, the former associate
with Boss Tweed, OF New York, and always
q rebel sympathizer. S. G..
Mr.. Dungee has replied to this letter,
stating that his convictions are that the col
ored vote should be divided between the
two parties, and that thus only can the color
line be broken; that "the white people OF
this State are as friendly to the colored peo-
pie as they are anywhere in America; that
the carpet baggers have made all the trou-
bic between the races; that "all the mobs
which we have had in the South have been
gotten Up by bad men %; that there is no
natural antagonism between the two races
in the South"; and the "colored voter Of
the South, as ruled by the Radicals, has no
liberty in the use Of the ballot"
He further says if the Home Mission
Board discharges him on account OF his po-
litical sentiments he will regret it, but it
will not-make him yield his honest convic-
tions.