The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1866-11-29
The DrsrArcH Is not suspended on
Sunt cf the holiday. II viii make it,
)6pearance tomorrow morning.
on Amnesty and sufif,

3r06lCy On amnesty dIiO SAHuBc
Mr.. HORACE GREELxY, about to take >
long Journey In the western States, leaves
his "contribution to the general mass 9!
suggestion . touching the true BASIS o'
restoration win the shape Of . letter. Tnis
he laws down to be "nniversai amnesty
and impartial suffrage" He says:
ar ,rn., .,,r srea. differences are to be COM
,,o.a, .nS snSed By no Erudging, higgling com.
nronisa-no peanut dicker. AZ - essehuai 10
H. Mor,h that the South should be thoroughly
ira that her principal body Of agricul
snu u.yIshorers-her peasant cultivators--should
live and labor In contentmcnt. based on perfect
trn.t that their rights OF Person and proper
r15re and invioiato a. those Of the proudest
magnate In the laud. There IL no northern, no
southern interest In the premises, but \ COM
mon interest OF the whole American people"
We have no doubt that Mr.. GREELEY Is
very sincere in his views. He goes fur
Their, and declares that he is for universal
amnesty" 50 far as immunity from fear
"of punishment or conHscation is con-
"cerned, even though impartial suffrage
"should for the present be resisted and
defeated" At one time he was in favor
of the trial Of "JrFrERsoN DAVIS" but
now he thinks It would result In more evil
than good, and Is In favor Of treating him
precisely as thousands Of others are treat
ed, as he L. "neither better nor worse"
than they are.
With regard to suffrage, he would favor
q poll-tax suffrage, allowing none to vote
who did not pay it, but he is decidedly OPP
posed to an Intelligence basis for SUI
frage. He would not exclude people who
cannot read and write until they have the
opportunity of learning to do so. He would
not put out peoples eyes and then punish
them because they were blind. But
should Mr.. GREELEY expect or require
man who Is blind to see u After common
schools are established in the South, and
after 1876, he is willing to see it provided
that no one shall vote who cannot read
So that when the evil is lessened he would
apply his remedy; but now, when the
blacks are Just out of slavery, with none
of the qualifications that make men intel
Igent voters, he scouts all protection, all
restrictions against utter ignorance and in
capacity! Very bad practice, DR.. GREE
LEY! The Philosopher we think good
man, but a poor guide. He is indeed
blind, and while he should not be punished
for being SO, certainly no one should be
punished by being forced to follow him.
Nevertheless, Mr.. GREELEY speaks with
great earnestness on the subject, and really
appears to contemplate the rejection of
universal suffrage by the South with much
concern on account of the South. He con-
tends that it would be indeed the interest
of the South to restore peace and order by
relieving the colored race from all politi-
cal disabilities. He confesses that to force
the South to this would "be of little value
"while resisted by strong majority of
"the dominant caste there" He thinks
each section, would gain by universal am
nesty and impartial suffrage. But much
as he would regret it, should the South
reject it. and the North force it upon the
South, he should stand by his own people
1.-THE North because he holds it as ga
moral obligation resulting from the war
"that we 1.-THE North shall guarantee their
1.-THE black's) absolute, perfect freedom"
Notwithstanding our friend GREELEY is
so frank and SO solicitous for our well-being,
when it comes to an issue, no matter which
side is wrong, he Is always found with the
Radicals. He thus, however, concludes:
"If the adjustment urge should ulti-
mately fail, and in the mutations OF party as,
Cendancy the Rebels should be let up and
the Blacks be Kept down, shall regret 1t as
much for the sake OF the South as OF the
North; and shall feel that the blame does
not all attach TO the South" ar|} &
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