The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1877-05-12
George William Curtis.

Harper'S Weekly sustains the Presidents
policy so steadfastly that VIC begin to sus-
Dect that GEORGE WILLIAM CURTIS expects
foreign mission. 1t would be just like
Mr. HAYES to appoint him to some high
Office. We have been expecting every day
since the troops were, Withdrawn from the
State-house in Louisiana to hear that the Pre-
sident had given us another sample Of the
kind OF appointees with which he presented
the country when ne filled the most lucra-
tive office within his gift in the District OF
Columbia with Il negro-FRED. DOUGLASS.
This appointment indicated plentiful lack
OF craftsmanship. 1t showed that the Pre-
sident had faint of negrophclsm in his
blood. 1t argued that he might be a IA
matte. It proved that he misunderstood his
position and mistook his duty. 1t would
have been as philosophical to have ap-
pointed q Chinese, or japanese, or Il
child, OF woman; because the appoint
IN mt was undoubtedly made rs reco.ni-
ton OF the Negroes political equality with
the white man. There are many good citi-
Zens-male citizens, too-who are ncvertbe-
less not we'll qualified 10 fill important pub
lie Offices. There are on the other hand
hundreds OF competent men belonging to
the white race who have much stronger
claims to office than any negro can present
We repeat, then, that the bent OF the Presi-
dents mind having been shown to be such
as to induce him to select an official because
he was a negro, we take it for granted that
he vii! soon select one whose highest re-
commentator is that lie has been always
known as a bitter enemy OF the white pco-
pie OF the southern States. And this being
the qualification to be expected in such ap-
pointec, it would Of course not be strange
if GEORGE WILLIAM CURTIS were the man.
Mr.. CURTIS is q good hater. He is sort
OF old-woman in politics. Sometimes we
are tempted to think that strangers arc bet
ter qualified to judge Of a public mans
character than are those persons who arc
brought into immediate contact with him.
When we see that Mr.. CURTIS is recognized
throughout the North as an honest, good,
statesmanlike man, this temptation becomes
irresistible. lie has traduced our leaders;
belittled our statesmen; misrepresented
our political teachings; caricatured our
best men; and excited more preIudices
against our section, than any other person
in the Union. He has done all this with
diaboical aifectation OF candor, and OF
desire to be in the right, which proves him
be dangerous character. Affecting con-
scientiousness, he is utterly INSCRIPTIONS.
Stimulating candor, he year after year
grossly misrepresented the southern peo-
pie. Claiming to look ut both sides, he
shut his eyes to the southern side of every
issue that was before the country from 1860
to 1876. Editing paper that numbered its
readers by tens OF thousands, he used u
giants strength in yillainous way. No
libe! was SO gross that he could not credit
it, No tale OF cruelty could be too strong
for his palate. His great revenge found
stomach for them all. And not one word
did he ever write from southern point OF
view. Hopelessly sectional in his preiudices