The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1866-08-21

TIKI PurApErrTrA PLarF"RM.-With cxcsr-
ti"ns In one az two points In ia" resolutions winch
were offered by Mr.. Cowau. We can give our com
mendaiiUn and hearty approval 10 them. and only
trust that the North viii BE- 10 perform the
promises they hold ont the South will b" 10 ac-
knowledge her Willingness 10 give up slavery, &c
which Willingness tho resolutions DECLARE " H.
miaytoa ~ a. DiIpntcls.
We conclude. therefore, that there is nothing #
prfuciaff in the declaration OF the Philadelphia
Convention which the South may not h"norably
accent: and that il TIL. theory of III" power 81
States shall prove Il tyranny and yoke too grey
Gus 10 be- borne, the time Will come when people
enough and states enough may chaic under the
chain to Ike the breaking sure.
Ia Il word, the South may deny that tins declara-
ton cmbolics the true theory Of the CONSTITUTIONS
and may affirm that great safeguard OF freedom Is
swept away, while i agrees that rather IMAM en-
durc greater evils She accepts this theory Tor TIE
future .
The substantial matter i. that convention Of
The ablcst and hes. men Of the North has declared
that the southern States are entitled Ia every right
which the northern States claim, that they should
al once be admitted Ia fn participation IN I'd.
Government, and their exclusion y iawlcss ana
revolutionary. II they shall be able TO establish
that by the popular vote in the next elections tie
philaiaIuhia Convention will be entitled 10 the
uuiying gratitude OF the South. If not, we are
certainly no worse off than bciore.-l'tterSb"rg
iii,I.
That ,tcadfast friend OF the South, the Baltimore
Gdsatt, says:
Reluctantly accept In" Philadelphia platform,
others Indignantly reject II. Say" one cNilailcohs
declaration, there Is nothing III me p'SiaI"'lHn
of Principles to which the south cannot honestly
agree About mere phrdseoioSy We Will not caHll
AT a time like this. We have too much at stake 10
be- able toutiord To quarrel about unpleasant words
III" pcopl,, Of the south have been deprived since
the conc tusiun Of the war al their most important
political rights. Their industrial and social sys
tcms have been wholly disorganiz"d. They nave
been governed III great part by martial law: lhey
are denied hearing or representation IN me ma
| tionai councils. A Federal Bureau has been con
,tantiy mrddling with the affairs and business "i
private citizens and thousands of ral@cious Co
vcrnment agents have been hourly lieyins on me
To achieve indepcndeucc, the Southern people
are now incapable Of successfully asserting
any right whatsoever. The North Is al this
| moment the arbiter Of their fate. In the North
there are two parties, each having the power TO
affect largely, for good or cyl the iorta1s OF Inc
the President. The Democratic party proper can
do nothing alone. Very many OF its leaders, in
avowcd convictions, deserted it at the beginning Of
the war, and il has since maintained only tmid
and intellectual struggle for supremacy: IL Is NAM
ties, tina, the South has, AT present nothing TO ex.
pect but the Inauguration OF the congressional or
the Presidential policy. The one, in defiance
Of the Constitution and the rights Of the PEG
pie looks to the dsfranchisement of thousands
Of the whites and the enfranc hisement Of The
blacks in the South and to the esta9iisninism,
as will enable northern Radicals 10 rule ana
represent II. The other contemp!ates the restora,
ton of the Constitution, the instant recognition OF
the clear rights Of the southern people, anu opens
a way that leads clearly and quickly towards or,
der aw, and civil liberty. Now, We have chahsed
none of our convictions concerning the cause or
the conduct OF the war, nor have we altered any
OF the deliberate opinions We have formed ia
reference TO many individuals, of whom not lew
wrr. in the Philadelphia Convention. Nor Is IL
necessary that we, or any other southern man,
should make any retrsction or apology before ne
can consistently and honestly labor for the sue
cess of the work which that Convention has IN
suguratcd We live in new time and are con.
.rrn,ed with new issues, and nothing short OF
madness could now prevent the South and me
Democratic party from doing their utcrm"st To Sc
cure speedy and overwhelming triumph lor the
Candidates Who stand on the Philadelphia plat
form.