The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1868-05-28
Amnesty indeed!

m,o ,.,a r,,,nar and deceitfil Chicago
Convention adopted reso'"tioh i. ,..
mendine 3. the removal of the disquali' ~
"tions and restrictions imposed upon 'ns
",o,e rehels in the same measure as she'f
.sn;r;f of loyalty aoM direct, and as may
az ~ oo,s;sseat soith the safety Of the loyal
20 neonas." What does this meant Simply
that the disabilities shall be removed from
al, those q rebels - who shall turn Radical
and vote the Radical ticket This is the
sort Of ssloyalty" these Chicago partisans
mean-this the test Of "safety of the
loyal people which they propose to exact !
It is proffered bargain and sale, by which
q man shall sell his soul as we'll as his body
by which he shall sell himself to the devil
for the merest temporary qualification.
And yet the New York Times (Radical)
considers this the best feature in the plat
form Of the Radicals What detestable
thing il is when an unblushing proposal
to men to dishonor themselves for con-
sideration is its most commendable provi-
sion
How base-born and base-bred must be the
southern man who could buy relief from
Radical tyranny by self-degradation; and
how infamous in history will be the repu-
tation of party which essays tocontinue its
domination by trading upon the sufferings
and disabilities of helpless people-en-
deavoring to take advantage of the sitna-
ton of those oppressed people by protfering
votes and office MS compensation for self
degradation This proposition of bestlai
party should, receive for answer from the
whole South the words Of the venerable
WIrcHER: "The Radicals may take my pro-
"perty, they may kill me and cut me in
"pieces, hut they never can degrade me-"
The man who buys vote and an Office
by turning Radical is q double-dyed traitor.
He is traitor to his country and his
Creator. He goes over to party which is
disloyal to the Constitution, to the best IN
terests of the nation, and to humanity. 10
oppose that party is to be loyal to the coun-
try and to the solemn obligations to the
Supreme Being. Some persons of facile
dispositions and accommodating logic may
argue with themselves that to accept the
proffered bride will be the best way OF con-
ouering the Radicals but the man VINO
acts upon such an idea takes a leap into
that deep-down gulf of prostitution ana
dishonor from which resurrection ID the
forlornest Of hopes.
The insertion of this plank in the Radl-
cal platform is an evidence of weakness ana
desperation. 1t is found necessary to buy
ND southern whites. 1t is discovered that
the Radical party in the South is too exclu-
sively black-that such black exclusiveness
is damaging to the Radical cause at the
North-in the view of prominent Radical
Congressman, that if more whites are not
induced to join the Radicals, and herd
with the negroes, war OF races ID una
yoidable. Potent reasons for the attempt to
corrupt and dehase the whites !! But they
are at the same time equally potent as rea-
sons why the whites should not yield their
high and honorable position of loyalty to
the Constitution, to civilization, and to the
welfare and peace of the whole nation.
With Radical reconstruction there can be
no peace-no prosperity-no restoration OF
harmony-no restoration of industry-no
restoration of good government and public
order and dignity. To acquiesce in it is to
be faithless to NIL we hold dear on earth
TO be treacherous to euery duty to God and
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