The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1867-10-28
Rifllmond nispatrh.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. 2s, 1867
The Extremity Of Radicalism.

The anti Slavery Standard is the organ
Of that advanced Radicalism which en-
v;es the fame of the worst Of the French
revolutionists, and would inaugnrate
reign of terror in this country like that
which caused the guillotine to work night
and. day in Paris. It hugely admires
CRoMwELL's policy in Ireland, and would
fain see it put into practice in the south
ern States Of this Union. Defeat does
not wither nor "custom stale the inf
mite variety" Of its measures for the de-
graduation of the southern people. The
results of the recent elections in the
northern States evidently appear to
many Of the more conservative Re-
publcans cas- Alps on Alps" which
it will be impossible to overcome
without much of prudence and good
Judgment in dealing with the South. Not
so with the Standard and it's tribe. They
would put on snow shoes, and set out for
the most inaccessible heights Of Radical
ism. They learn from these results les
son which no one else can cduce from
them-to wit that Congress has dealt too
gently with the South; and they propose
TO profit by it. "Rebcls" in this region
will be amazed to learn that "the con-
serutiue Republican policy has been tested
and is failure" We have had a taste OF
this conservatism " in Virginia, and cspe-
cially in Richmond, during the past week.
We feel that the Standard is right as to
the failure, but as to the &" conservatism"
we can't see it. However, let us proceed
with the Standards remedy for this great
evil. 1t is as follows:
..It will not DE enough TO simply gain the or
raniZation of State governments III the South
upon the basis of the present congressional
plan and then withdraw the military protec-
ton OF the Federal ARM and leave the recent
ly cmancipated, ltudless blacks TO the chances
OF an unequal struggle with the rebellIous
white land monopolists Of that section OF the
country The hMckS IF he Sondh are entitled 10
h9m,st.nds on The soil ,cLich Their nnTcquttcd labor
ia past ysurs has 1,nd for nanny times ocer. They
have not only earned title to such home
steads. but it will presently be seen that a
limited footol aciH b. ubSoluteiy indispensable to
auti1stain their I,pttical freedom. Those i'm.
mensc undivided estates are, by the laws OF
Government. They are no" IN posses
sion Of their present occupants only by
the trcachery and bad faith of the usurper
Of the White House. 1t remains, there
fore, 4 d,dy # Congress b"M IL dcpoSe Jotn
SON ami IN dSDpSseSS The rehcliious 0ccupantS Of thu
kurge Maded estptcS fraudulcntly conveyed 1c
them by the traitor President Next, 10 pro
vide for the division of those estates, ana tc
guarantee homeste of forty acres each 10
the now dependent landless blacks and loyal
poor whites, and also TO pre- empt similar
claims in favor of the soldiers Of the Union
army. Such a contiscation and dis tribution OF
the southern lands which are rlghtfully the
property of the Federal Government, If par
celed out and sold 1T merely nominal rates,
would put an immense sum in the National
Treasury ; end forever reputation schemes
and if combined with wise educational sys-
tenn would secure the freedom and indepen-
dcncc Of the blacks and the poor whites
make welcome provision for Il deserving sol
dlcry, &c.
There's courage for you. So quietly
and peaccably do we demean ourselves
that the plunderers actually propose to
take all of our lands from uS-the only
thing left by the war-not because of any
thing we have done; not because the
southern States have gone against the Ra-
ideals, for it is well known that these have
all been carried by the negroes; but be-
cansc Ohio has elected a Democratic lie
gislature and Pennsylvania Democratic
Judge!