The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1869-09-24
A wav TO Real Peace.

MT. SUMNER. III his SPceSh VI -
The chair as President Of the Republican
state Convention Of Massachusetts,, made
an elaborate specch.--Mr. SUMNER always
makes elaborate speechos-in the course OF
which he lifted up his voice with the follow
ing plant:
"The information from the eX-rebsl
States is mos. painfnl. Old rebels are crawl
inc from hiding-places to resume their
former rule, and what rule? Such as
might be expected from the representatives
Of slavery"
There is some mistake in this information.
Mr.. SUMNER is unnecessarily cricvcd. The
cold rebels" are not in office, and the
larger number of them are not seeking 10
return to political life. Nor, indeed. IS
there disposition to replace them in prom'-
nent positions-not that we doubt or dis
trust them, but that we here recognize the
proprietv of bringing forward new men,
who can more readily accommodate them
selves to the new order Of our political sys-
TEN. and who, not having been actors in the
sectional party strife prior to the war, VIII
the more readily permit the past to die out.
and address their minds and efforts towards
repairine the disasters OF the war--rcbuild-
ing the fortunes and promoting the power
OF the nation.
The wiser part Of the men advanced IN
life in the South recognize this policyas best.
Rut il is no less important ut the North.
Not until such firc-brands rs Mr.. SUMNER
such repositories ofethe malice and venom
Of past hatrcdS as hc-arc left at home, and
the deliberations of the National Congress
are relieved from the fcrocious sectional AMI
mosities which he and his brothers i'll fanati-
cism love to display, will there be peace and
harmony in the Union.
Both sections, for the common welfare OF
the nation. should agree not to send to Con-
crcss. nor to put in controlling positions,
men famous for their eladiatorial exploits in
the sectional wars on the floors of Congress.
There will he little Roadway in the only SORT
Of restoration which we should set any
great value upon-thc restoration OF mar
monv and national patriotisnl-as long a.
these men from the different sections meet
in council.
Mr.. SUMNER has done more than any
living man to cngcndcr sectional hatrcdS,
and he. of all men in the Union, should he
banishcd. by the public judgment. from the
hall which he has helped 50 much to con-
vert into the arena of violent passions and
personal insults. The South never had
man like Mr.. SUMNER-nevcr one so dclibe-
ratcly venomous, and necessarily and al
most exclusively devoted TO sectional agita-
ton and bitterness. She had decidedly sec
tional and southern men. They were inn
pulsvc but generous. Their passions were
easily aroused, but were not OF that INDY
ing and cver-incrcaSing sort that springs
from the ranking poison which turks in the
heart Of the bigot and the fanatic. They
were delighted with moments Of relaxation
from evaporation, they rioted III the lucid
intervals of good feeling and good fellow
ship. and had the drum called to arms in
the midst of either their imprisoned de-
bates or festive revclry they would have
been first in the field to defend the national
rights and honor. Not so he who gloats
over the work of offence, who beholds with
delight the ranking wounds and the vio-
lent passions his poisoned arrows have
given and his agitations have aroused.
But the South is tired Of strife. True, she
is defeated; but ii is not her nature to trca-
sure malice and foment ill-will. She has no
wish to prolong discOrd and to perpctuatc
alienation. She does not desire to see the
old antagonists again pittcd against one
another in the halls Of Congress or any
where else. 1t is essential TO the national
peace and harmony that they should not he.
The war was an inevitable event in the
history of the nation. Mr.. SEWARD philo-
Sophcallv pronounced it necessity. upon
the ground that no nation ever gave COM
pcte proof of its force and consistency
until it successfully resisted the tendency to
disintegration or disruption. The South
fought upon a principlc-upon point Of
honor. 1t was defeated, and accepted the
result as the decision against them of
the question ut issue. In this light they
are all now Americans and "loyalists,'
or, rather, faithful citiZens,--thc more
republican phrase-and should be so re-
Gordcd. But will Mr.. SUMNER ever so con-
slider them? Never. He has sworn in his
heart eternal hatred to the South, and is
therefore an unfit representative Of the na-
tona! character and interests. There will
be no rest from sectional irritation as long
as the bitter sectionaliSts from South or
North are sent to Washington to govern the
country. Death will remove them in time !;
but we could hope that even the remnant
of their days may not be employed in
marrins the public peace as well as their
own