The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1867-03-26

h,,ns nm combinations agains the S0u'n
~ rsrnetuate a grinding oppression Q.
those States known as southern S's'e.. =
/. far more likely that that secs'on ~nio"
al, rredominate in the representative go
.arnr,ent Of the Union will be In sympa-
~. Nth than that IL will be adverse to the
South. III,
sncb indeed, are the social and politi-
"a, revo,utions to occur in the course OF
~. ron;d settlement Of the immense area
soverned by the Federal authority that the
1re.ent division Of parties-the present
policies, issues, and antagonisms, consi-
dered as active and as controlling the
Government-will be at an end, and become
merely historical. The great element Of
the old divisions and the present inequali-
ties and prosecutions was slavery and is
the freedman. The event soon to occur
takes him out Of the arena and takes out
Of Radicalism its chief source of vitality.
It takes out of politics the only cohesive
power which at present holds together
northeastern and northwestern Radical
ism. In the matter Of office and govern
ment dispensations the great West will
soon be unwilling to divide with that sec
ton of the Union which has heretofore
been the recipient Of the lions share OF
these benefits. We may hope that upon
the measure of force exerted on the South
now there will be even rejection in the
Northwest favorable to the South +; for the
most monstrous proposition Of the age is
the forcing Of negro suffrage upon CON-
munities where the negro. so late slave,
and unprepared for its exercise, is in nu-
merical superiority by the representatives
of northern States who refuse to permit
negro suffrage notwithstanding the black
men within their territory are as one in five
hundred or thousand!
Ireland and England are old nations
their islands are bounded by the sea, and
incapable of expansion. They are of diff
ferent religions. Have been for centuries
enemies. No new populations can come
in to revolutionize their relations. They
must remain as they are until some foreign
war or domestic CONFUSION breaks the
chains of Ireland by breaking the power
of England. God forbid there should be
more than one Ireland! Let us hope that
that Ireland may at no remote day be
free and "contented."
With these views, it seems to us we
have no cause for dependency. 1t is true
the new internal, social, and political con-
dition of the southern populations is not
yet fully understood, and anxiety with re-
gard to the future is very natural. But
with reference to the status Of the south
ern States in the Union there should be
both hope and cheerfulness. The Union
cannot long exist in its present state. If
the States are restored to equality, the
southern States, through new combinations
and powers referred to in this article, will
acquire both consideration and justice.
Should the Union terminate in the empire,
with one man at its head (Which we now
see no reason to anticipate for a long time
to Gomez, the southern States will be as
we'll off as any of the States. The one
man administration will be good or bad all
over. So that our people may make the
sacrifice they are now compelled to make
with very good grace, looking beyond
the dark clouds of the day to the brighter
time which even now begins to give cheer
full signs of its dawning.