The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1869-01-05

expended upon northern rivers oscontempt-
ible magnitude compare With Die Misais-
sippi. The HudsoaRi hsa Probably
two millions Of FEDERAL money expended
upon Il. Without psrticuinrizing nume-
rous others, vetnsy say that out Of some
six millions per snnum voted for three
years past to improvements, oil savs q tes'
thousands ,oeut to tts Improvement Of north 1sr
en- ,,spers and hasbws. These improve
usnts were partly for national defence dug
In sss,,ess degree for. local benefit, the so~
yesusnens booking is the consequent IN
crease Of prediction Tor Its reward through
increased rerenue-just as 1t would be by
,eanr;us the ;ncomparabls fertile lands Of
the Mississippi to tillage and production.
Where Is the improperly Of this appli-
cation from Louisiana? Does it deserve to
be met with uphrsiding a1 ,eesss~7sE
Secondly. Then as 10 this /: A people who
own lands have the right TO sell or not, and
generally the reasons governing the holding
and the ellingsre good, becsuseland- holders
are the most intelligent part Of communi-
tiea,-at lesst southern 5comnunities-and
know their interests at least as well as other
people. At5all events, it is their right to
hold them, and the sbuse Of them for their
policy, Whatever it be, runs not in the line
of order or conservatism. But who pro
poses to buy these submerged landsS Are
they the objective, point Of speculation 7
who wants to buy, little farms cut out Of
large Submerged plantations b 1s that idea
even mooted in louisiana Can large
sugar plantation, with its richest lands on
the river front, be. SO disp osed Of Docs
any man, who knows anything Of sugar
planting and the plantations believe 1sf -
No, this is all fudge. Louisianians are
poor, and their necessities will force them
to sell to anybody--eome whence he may
who offers price that comes sufficiently
near the mean between nothing and the
intrinsic value to be acceded to by Q
people whose condition is pitisble. 1t is
General GRANT did speak
as he is Representative he should endorse,
as 1t were, the charge that Louisianians 70
charge which of course involves the South)
are 50 preiudiced against northern people
that they won's sell land to them. Because
shus q misrepresentation Of the true feel.
inps Of the South-g gotten up for party
efect-gains responsibility and force, and
assists to prolong discord and retsrd emf.
grafton to the South !; both Of ao'ssch etscts
are d;saStro sls to the nation.
The South is ready, as is Louisiana, We
know, to hail with welcome the northern
people OF any other people who come with
money to buy property and settle amongst
them. The trouble is that they don't
come-or, at least, In such numbers as would
afford us material relief. We have no idea
that they are now knocking for admission
into Louisiana to become oqoners of sub
merged lands, and citizens OF sucha naottled
and capricious government as 7aoao aoeighs
doom the prosperity of that State like a
plague. The northern people are rather
too wise for that! III
Then, why should the Louisianians be up
braided? Their misfortunes should shield
them FROM consciousness, even were they
10 some extent amenable to censure in the
particulars above referred to-. 4a
Thirdly and lastly, we do not admit that
General GRANT said what is attributed to
him; but whether he did or not, the occa-
sion is fitting one for the reflections we
have INDUCED. If he is properly quoted
ne has been misled, and has uttered opin-
ons which are not consistent with his pro-
yramme Of sspeace." A complete restora-
ion of this Union is only to be achieved
1pon the basis Of sincerity and fairness.
Injustice and ~reorimination will keep the
sections, in feeling, as wide apart as the
poles. and will ever require the sword to
hold them together. The boundaries may
,eem seem perfect, while within all is hollow
INST as il is with the keel of a long-wr ecked
vessel. whose outside is complete while Its
interior is ihoneycombed by the worms OF