The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1856-07-24
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9Ae Dtaek eueJscs.
70 eenase havins senAsnsd - H. 3 Naval
$1,000 vh,cA occurred under The Naval Re.
sorn M end The Hsuss net having YET paassd
Dc aenass bni providing remeqy for cficess =
vAo- l,,uut,es vas dose blythe lie Naval Board
ana 4. n psobabfsy not bstng abls y spars time
son xeneas ard Frssdsa, for any sssh sah3eesn
I. uere shsa probahls shaa Congress win sdjousn
vstheut redssssing he gigantic injustice asd op.
prees,ou which characterized the sction Of ne Ma
vel Board
rhs negro subject b too important and ensross-
u. "a pmit any attention to the interests Of white
msn. Gallant ofsicsrs Of the Navy, who have
ssrved their country faithfully In every cline,
soms Of them veterans Of the last war. with the
,ears a cruel wounds stii upon their bodies. and
Who aIded By their labor and tfes blood TO achieve
for America that naval renown which h her crest.
est pride . martial people. are thrust aside for
negroes the imagined suf,erfnss Of the well fed
and eonssused blacks being Of far importance.
ia the eyes Of Congress. than the real grievances
and wrongs Of white patriots, gentlemea and off,
csrsl The prospect now IL, that In order 70 give
the demagogues Of the House Of Representatives
who have been In session eight months without
performing single act Of public advantage, sum
eisut time to make up their short comngs, the two
hundred naval ofiicen, with Stewart and Maury At
their head, win be deprived Of al chance Of jus-
tice, while the families of many Of them, and those
most deserving persons, must not only share the
bitter modification of their gallant husbands, but
suffer from sheer want.
This Il only one specimen Of the manner in which
Congress legsstes for negroes, to the exclusion o.
white men. Well Is the party now dominant In
the House styled Black Republican. Black Il their
only wear. Hung be the heavens In black, their
only motto. The twenty millions Of white men,
the descendants Of the brave revolutionary fathers
the chosen people whom Heaven has placed here
- the pioneers OF civil and religious liberty. are
not deemed worthy . moments consideration -
6hem and Japhst are forgotten, and Ham has be-
come the lion Of the day. The South are kept In
perpetual turmoil about Ham by the aggressive
demonstrations Of the North, whilst in the North
Ham 10 welcomed ~ man and . brother, as he
winds bis way by the underground railroad, "steal
ing and giving odours" 1t Is not the fault Of the
South that this subject is perpetualiy agitated,
subject more dangerous to the peace and union OF
this country than any other. The South asks only
for repose and security; 1t would willingly till the
soil in quiet and silence, without ever utiering .
word about slavery, II its adversaries would per-
init it. But that is not their temper their poll.
cy. They live upon the agitation of that topic
They grow rich, 60 to Congress, build up newspa
pers, and run for the Presidency, on that hobby.
Take 1t away and their vocation's gone, and with
1t their bread and butter. The interests of the
whole white race of the Republic must be neg
lected, and onehalf the country kept in eternal
disquiet and discontent,-not to help the black
race, but TO enable white demagogues to ride into
power upon black shoulders. 4