The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1871-04-28
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tho South are about TO DC
The pa They are TO I've s'".
inves'ls" The commissioners tha' art
th'"" -, nv Congress, after the manner "
SEM cont ont by the French Revoin.'o"-
arv Assembly. TO report upon .he DE- are
aud LOYALTY of the rural por"''''om snd
s,,n tn come amongst us. Ihes W.
NV, ,rhot the southern people have 'o' sur
WV ,,hom thew associate with, VIVA. ~
!,>,,r Of Republicans, how man! n.y.
mon they kill before breakfast, "he'u' ~
r;,,d are eaten raw or COOKED. "''"'
- short. everything that the sont her" peo'
.,,o do. or think. or hope for. II tue patch
numpina apparatus the coinn,s, $50.
nrmc with them can force all 'h'S '"'o' '''''
ton out Of them.
W. AFRO 70 have, besides the Congress
s;,nal inqui>itors. the correspondents .,
,,nwsnaners. all prying and pumping ana
writing down everything they see anu near
and w., snprehend much more. The Ne"
York Tribune announces corps oil iet'el-
writer's. sent broadcast over the SCUM 10
HINT I'D similar Information to that tor
which the Congressional commissioners
Will come amongst us. We publish tll's
morning letter from Virginia from one oil
the Trab,.ne's inquisitors. There seems 10
be no attempt to prove that Virginia
is assassinating Union men, or III
state of rebellion" The letter Is
% fair as we could expect. The
writer does not seem to think we love MS
people. but publishes nothing worse thah
the >,orv told by another writer for the
Tribune Of one-armed Federal soluier NV
ing in Virginia who says the Virginia laoleS
do not visit his wife ! Thatsa hard case
lint rs Senator SHERMAN said to Senator
blair. "WhalS the remedy Inc case
hardly comes under the kukluS law. Lei
the one.armed man be consoled by the
knowledge that great many Virginia ram
lies are not visited by Virginia ladies. This
oue-armed case is certainly no example
But suppose the indisposition here to asso'
ciate with strangers was as great rs the mos.
prevaricating and ultra carpet-baggcr couio
represent it to be, will the policy oil Con-
crcss make things bctter-cause our people
10 be more kindly disposed and more social
and hospitable towards those VINO come
from the section whose representatives I'D
Congress are. upon false and malicious sIah-
ders. Suhiectlng us to harsh laws ana Sys.
trm of espionage, and newS-gatherlng anu
1alc.beariny that is causcless, OFFENSIVE
oyerbearng, and inconsistent WIN the
spirit of Republican government!
How is it that our northern tellow-cltl'
zens seem to have blotted out all history Of
the former social condition and relations Of
the States? They seem to consider the
southern people as one Of whom they have
never known anyihing-as strangers, whose
peculiaritics and public character they
know nothing about. They forget that
these people We're the cOuntrymen OF the
greatest of American statesmen, and thai
they have participated i'll all the glorious
achievements Of The nation. They forget
that the southern people are as highly en-
lowed with the moral perceptions of right
and Justice as any people that ever lived on
earth: and above all. they forget that since
the war, under circumstances more pro-
yukny and trying than ever any nation had
10 struggle with, they have displayed 4 de-
gree of selt-possession and seli-restraint I'M
equaled in the history of the world. They
forget al this, and are sending out commit
We are not barbarians!
All this obliyiOusness Of what should not
be forgotten, and what is patent to the
world, is the fAult-nay, it is the crime-oi
the North. 1t has been the source Of
trouble and modification TO us; it Is An
injury and disgrace to the nation.
The people have fallen down, and allowed
the unprincipled politicians and very vul-
gar men in power TO hector over and rule
them--to excite discord between the sec
ti"n>--to poison the northern mind against
the southern people-and in order to OPP
pless those people and silence their voice
in the public elections, to pass laws which
surrender the liberties OF the nation to the
discretion OF President GRANT.
But let the partiSans come and go. We
are without remedy. The southern people
should act like men, AMI he guilty Of no
tolies. They should preserve their calm.
ness and their prudence-make no long
speeches speak of things as they are
plainly and frankly discussing no theories
and entering into no arguments with the
interrogators. Let them draw their own
deductions and tell their own stories.
Above all, we are sure the southern people
will never forget the cardinal principle Of
their domestic life, and will remember the
stranger within their gates. Ii that frank
hess and honor and freedom from vanity
which have distinguished the southern
character be maintained, we shall not SUI
fer 10y the inquisition; but from Il measure
intended for our harm it will be changed IT,
one for our advantage.