The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1869-12-29
4irIlutoltd Qispatth.
WEDNESDAY,. DECEMBER %, lS'
The Democratic Party.

with the Republican party. we nave never
counsclcd them TO do so. and therefore we
are not called upon to show. that these rea-
CONS arr insufficient. We have. however,
advised them that II would be best, for the
present ut least, TO avoid cntanglhG 'i''-
orccs with either the one or the olhcr "
thc partics into which the northern people
arc divided. Whoever will examine the
record Of the Democratic party oil the Nor'h
in a candid spirit must admit hal so iar Us
their acts are concerned they are 80 hostile
TO the southern people that they must be
accounted as truly the enemies OF what we
hold To Ne the real principles of the Federal
Government rs are the moderate hepuol'-
can. If anybody can see the practical dllief-
cncr between the maintenance OF the riSh'
Of the Federal Government to make wal
upon the states and the consolidation oo'-
trincs of the Republicans, his percep'Ne
powers are greater than ours.
Nv own county, which gives n Demo
cratic majority of three thousand, Sld
senator TurRMAN, the leader Of the Demo
crats in the United States Senate, IN" "'hcI
day. to Senator STEWART, OF Nevada, sem
.'lnorc soldiers to the war than your "l"'c
..St4ic.' This teaches us the dIicrcnce
between the Republicans and the Demo-
crafts Of the North. The Republicans told
II. beforehand that no state had Il ri"hl 10
>cccdc. and thNt il any one attempted 10 Sc
,c,r il world bc whipped back INTO the
Union: and they kept their word. Inc
democrats tod liz time and again that the!
believed in the resolutions OF Is ana ~
and would not allow uS to be whipped IL we
seeded and they did not keep their word.
ON the contrary, they boast of having done
more 10 ,ubiugate us than the Republicans.
The Republicans claim that the Natl"llai
Government is all-powcrful ; and act Np'o
their belief. The Democrats profess 10 be-
liryc in the rights Of the states, but thcy
always aid the Republicans when the pinch
comes. They advocate States rights, ana
vote and tight for consolidation, Just as they
advocate population privately and then de-
cert and vote against and dcnouncc the
NrSGr<s who take them At their word.
we are no MrNGEN.
Nero suffrage was forced upon IN"
southern people by the Democrats IN the
last House Of Representatives. Nh"h lhe
reconstruction measures were iFst ptol'o>co
tho Republicans had no more idca OF en-
t.ooclisin" the negroes than we had our
>,.Ivcs. But whilst one Of these measures
WAS under consideration, Il Radical pro-
wv nd. ~ an amendment tn the hllt. 10
confer the right Of suffrage upon the ne
,rocs. The moderate Republicans votcd
ro-,in.t this amendment and if the Demo
rra,s had voted with them it would not have
n.nn made u law. But tn" Democrats,
rgrino nothing for us. and wishing TO make
rapital for themselves nj home. voted Tor II.
The consequence was that when the phi
thus amended came up upon its passage
the whole Republican party Ill the House
voted for il and carried it. The Democrats
voted against il but ii was too late. The
mischief had been done. Can we rely upon
such allies?
Ali this does not prove that we can safely
unite with the Republicans. But 1t shows
that We should lean upon a broken reed II
VIZ trusted the northern Democrats. We
.hould rather refuse TO unite with either
l.arty rs at present constituted. We may
thus compel il Reorganization Of parties at
the North. The Democrats are so hated by
the northern people that the ~indignitieS
which have been visited upon Il heads
were due rather TO this feeling than to any
real hostility towards us. We suppose
there can be 10 doubt that Congress was
mrtlatcd more by a determination TO cir
cuinvcnt President JOHNSON and keep down
the so-callcd Copperheads than it was bya
desire to punish us when it entered upon
the work Of reconstruction upon the plan
of Triad. STEVENS. We have had 10 suffer
for the sins OF those who were supposed to
he recognized by lis rs our allies. Every
act of Mr.. JOHNSON intended for our benefit
resulted to our injury. Every act of the
northern Democrats intended to strengthen
their party hy making friends in the South
has only caused Congress to deal the more
har>hlv withus. And if to-day we were to
resist bv force those acts Of Congress which
the northern Democrats assure us are UNI
constitutional. and therefore not bindingin
law or morals. those same Democrats would
vote millions Of money and send thousands
" N'lllltlS ~ ph' u'"" 'N>NS ''"
causeless rebellion"
"'Give a dog a bad name and you may as
well kill him." The northern people will
not unite with a party calling itself ODE
morratic." They have the same sort OF
p%rriudicc against it that we have against
The rarpet-baggerS and scalawags. Not that
the masses of the party did not 90 hand m
hand with the Republicans throughout the
war. hut because a few en- ALLANDlG
HAM in Ohio, WALL in New JERSEY. FILL
MORE in New York. PIERCE in New Hamp-
shire. and other men of courageous hearts
and firm ncrvcs-stood out against an I'M
constitutional and uniustifiable war. We
rnn understand why southern men should
feel disposed to honor such men as
those we have named; and why they
might wish to unite with them, if they
had any party TO back them. But they
have no such party. They are Demo
Gratis in deed rs well rs in name
whilst nearly the entire body Of the party
thus called consists of consolidationists or
Republicans in principlc-men who believe
that secession was a damnable heresy /; that
the Federal Government not only had the
right but that it was its duty to compel the
southern people to return to their allegiance
TO that Government and that there is In
fact no limit to the powers Of said Govern
ment. We repeat, the northern people will
not sustain d party calling itself "Demo-
cratic" But we believe that if the Demo
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