The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1868-07-20
Radical Falsehoods.

A party which owes it's existence TO lgno-
rance and malignity must die AZ coon as inc
light of knowledge falls upon the minds o.
its supporters and kindly feeling Is sun
s.ituted for hatred. The northern people
never would have sustained the kad'c"'
party in its misdeeds had they not been
blinded nv malice and ignorance. knowing
personally but little of the southern Peo,
ple. they were the victims of the malignah'
falsehoods which unprincipled politician.
seeking place and power circulated amons''
them. New York city has never Sie''.' ~
these base preiudices, nor believed these
silly stories, because her streets are ai""ye
fpl| of southern men. Vermont lies hidden
IN her cold northern den, and lends will
ing ear to the most extravagant stories that
nalicnitv and ignorance can invent. Wis
consin and Minnesota will credit stories
which Ohio would not listen to for mo-
ment.
7, is already evident tina. the Radicals
intend 10 elect GRANT upon n false issue'
lie is to be chosen, if ut all, by peopie
whose ewes are closed to the light OF tru'h'
md who will not even so much "a hear the
facts upon which their verdict ought 10 oe-
rend. The southern people are to he repre-
scented az unrepentant rebels SEEKING sui
n dissolution of the Union. They are
alrendv charged with meditating all sorts
of deeds of violence. They are to he Sian
dercd and vilhed as no other people ever
were before. The most innocent remarks
NJ opr orators are to he tortured into trea-
sonable utterances. If one of them e1-
presses n hope that we are to be delivered
from tyranny and oppression next Novem-
Der, his speech is interpreted to mean
that we expect the northern Democrats
TO come down with men and arms 70
assist in the overthrow of the recon-
structed State governments and the
Staying Of the negroes. If northern
Democrat gives expression to any feeling OF
sympathy with us in our dreadful condition
he is denounced rs Copperhead and an
enemy of the "best government the world
over saw" There is no device so e1ecrable
that the Radicals will not employ it to &C
complish their purpose of retaining power
and administering the Government so as to
enrich themselves. There is no falsebood
50 black and base that they will not utter
it if thereby they may keep their hands in
Al
Radical papers will he full Of the most ex-
citing and exasperating accounts of the
words and deeds Of the southern people
that envy, hatred, malice, and all unchari-
tabencss" can possibly concoct. We are
to be slandcred that Radicalien may thrive.
We are to be vilificd that FoRNEY, BUTLER,
and the rest of the ignoble crowd OF I'M
principlcd partisans who are now running
the country may not be driven from the
high places Of the Government. II Gene
raj GRANT is elected President he will owe
his election to the fact that the northern
ueople are in utter ignorance as to the real
state Of things in the South.
II would he useless Tor the southern pa
pcrs to undertake to deny the falSehoodf
circulated in regard to our people. Our
nanerg have few or no readers in the north
crn States. There seems, indeed, to be no
way in which this great wrong can be en-
tirely rightcd. Perhaps something might
be done by sending large number of our
most efficient speakers to canvass thoroughly
the northern States, and assist in opening
the eyes of those deuded fanatics. We
suggest this plan to the Democrats of the
North for their consideration. 1t is the
only one we can think of by which they
might in some measure counterfeit the evil
effect of Radical falsehoods concerning our
peoDlc.