The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1870-08-15
500 49,, RepublicanisIia.

Southern Republicanism.
w. ,s,,;.o, marty in Congress attehhp'e'
- establish the performance on ,n.a. POI :. :.
~ tne south By laso. They estapusieu p -,
~ naners by law; they eniranGh'seu 60. =,
~ -, End snd placed great part OF the "h'te
o. - ACKNOWLEDGMENT. Their whole pom
o "n" ros distrust and punishment OF .n'
,,h;tes. pet.ing and favoring the blacks
For the purpose of pushing this poncy TN ,'
Constitution was rash'y ana huifle" "r,
amended, laws harsh and offensive we, me.'
passed, and sharp aud suspicious 'h'l,'"l
government was kept over the so,thefi
whites. The worst construction was p''ce'
anon every accident or personal co,i's'ol -
in,nre the whites and excuse the afoi
trarv government kept over them anu .,''
negro was taken under protection on en'
pro,,nd that the intelligent and orderly peo'
ME of the South would not be Just 10 Nun
He was fed, clothed, and Sheltered WINE
tho whites were tainted by the accusation
tho, their lawlcssness and cruelty compeheo
tho government to take charge of the ne
gro. feed him, garrison nm, anu Note
him
Never was there more fraudulent pre-.
text never a greater wrong inflicted upon
the public character of 4 people who, fol
their regard for law, and their fair and I'M
martial administration OF justice, has no SUI
perior on this earth.
But such deceitful policy, such wrong
could not triumph, and it now appears tc
its authors that they have failed.
The Ecenng Journal Of this city has be-
come the object of extreme Radical malie
nity because it has exposed the bad effects
of this ultra-Radcal policy, and separated
from some of the vilest emissaries. In its edi-
torial of Friday that paper tells the truth
in this manner:
"Tbe weakness of the Republican party
in the South, as shown since 1t has been
forced to rely upon its own resources Is
due-first, to its poverty secondly, 10 IL,
appropriately with the white race ana
thirdly. to the extreme measures insisted
upon by the intolerant and proscriptive ia
natics or selfish and intriguing oftice-seekerS,
who have seized the leadership in most OF
the States, and who have undertaken TO en-
force their most distasteful northern no.
tons, and compel the people OF the South
to accept them. together withtheir unpopii-
lar apostles
The Journal declares that there are
JONAS in the Republican party of the
South that would sink any ship, and in
Weighs against the longer pursuit OF Sys-
tenn of prescription that has brought defeat
upon the party.
The New York Times, commenting upon
the recent views of the Journal, admits
their correctness, and concurs in one point
made by the Journal, most emphatically, as
follows:
"The majority in Congress have erred
as the Radical State Journal of Virginia
has declared-in cultiyating only the color
ed vote. ard in alternating the resident
white votes
And the Times calls on the leaders to
reform things altogether. 1t concludes
thus:
cit is incumbent upon the Republican
Committee so to shape the campaign at the
South as to mitigate the odium which rash
local legislation has created, and to redeem
the party from the diScredit that is incurred
when adventures like Whittemore are ac-
corded prominence in State Convention.
These things may not affect the result ut he
North. But they affect directly and unta-
yorably the prospect of the party i'll every
southern State. The wisdom OF recon-
struction will best be yindicatcd by bring
iup the communities which are the subjects
of it into harmony with the ideas on which
that policy rests. To render this possible.
Mr.. Wilson and his fellow managers must
exert their influence to restrain sectional
hate and prescription, and to purge the Re-
publican party of the faint derived from
the plumbers and misconduct of southern
Legislatures"
The never-failing device of hunting up
the escape. goat" is here repeated. The
evil was in Congress and congressional sell
fisbness. Had Congress thought more OF
the country than the Republican party-a
mere war party, without any principics-it
might have restored union upon the liberal
basis of trusting the people Of the South
and the equality of the States promptly
and without delay. That would have heal
ed dissensions, erased sectional issues, and
reestablished peace and prosperity i'll the
land. Southern people would have been
at liberty to consult policy and sympathy
in allying themselves with national politics,
whereas they have, by pressure from with
out, under the stress of offensive imputa-
tons upon their honor in the very laws OF
the land, and under the weight of disfran-
chisement and the heavy hand of Govern.
ment oppression, been driven together. and
per force, banded together, for their own dc.
fence and protection. Wise mtn would have
foreseen the consequence, and avoided it
Bitter partisans, fattening OH Government
spoils, were blind, and were fixing theil
triggers only with the view Of perpetuatine
their hold on the power and perquisites o.
Office. They suffered neither wisdom mol
humanity to counsel them, but, like beasts
of prey, seized their victims with violence
and ferocity. And so 1t is no wonder ono
of the ablest Republicans papers in tho
United States should now call upon the re
publican managers to "restran sectional
"hate and prescription, and to purge the
Republican party OF the faint derived
"from the plumbers and misconduct o
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