The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1871-06-10
>rr. Greeley and the South

Tho philosopher OF the
..nnad home, and is publishing MS letters
s"'m ,,c south. probably written out from
,',D,, votes made while on the wing. MIR. GREE
wv is very strange man. He is the rares'
compound of folly and good sense Sn,
ness. and philanthropy run mad OF al. 'he
nrominent men Of the times. lie n'S "vu VIZ
much good, and fully as much evil ia '''
day. ,.;s,;c He
Ills lc.tcrs are quite charactefis''c' Nv
saws much that is just. fair, ana i"'
,nd tb;s ;s mi>cd in with Illogical coneiu-
si,ns and = good deal that Is hardly ABOVE
,,ore t,rad!lr. lie says now ana 'ne,l
t,,rcs TINT show his Kindness OF heart, ana
+hnso arc married by partisan strategy
sandwichcd between the fhr sentences
H. is like drunken man, whose sincere
;ntcntion is to plumb the centre OF the
nath. but whose Keeling brain staggerS his
body first 10 the left and then to the rlsa',
marking winding way III spite OF his nom
cS, cnacayor TO be perpendicular and
straight in his line Of march
MIR. GREELEY thinks we have no cope OF
the revival of slavery; but AS that might
be regarded a onccSsion damaging 10 lte-
publican policy, which ever assumes lie
necessity OF keeping the South under re-
straint to prevent ii from attempting 10
carry out some bad purpose. he ADDS tAa'
no i confident that "two-thirdS oil the
men, with ninc-tcnthS Of the women o.
the south. "who formerly composed the
.layeholdinc caste. would this day give
half their houses and lands 10 have their
slaves back again" And so he does IN
several ways compensate himself lor gcner-
Gus concessions by impcaching the motives
and purposes Of southern people. As
there can never be 4 restoration OF negro
slavery in this country, one would think
that no friend Of the southern people
would attempt to damage them III the cStl-
nation of the inhabitants Of another section
of the Union by charging them with dis
position to reGslabliSh slavery, If they had
the power.
Would il not be fairer and more true to
say that, in view OF the everlasting a&ita-
ton of false pllilanthropiStS and kna'l>h
politicans which slavery would reproduce,
the southern people would not he willing
to restore slavery: 1t made hell upon
earth in this country, and we are sati>ned
the southern people have no desire to re-
establish it. Take Virginia for example
She would long ago have abolished SLAYER!
had the abolitioniSts let her alone. In ~
the measure of prospective abolition was
lost by one vote. The popular mind was
.,o,3;r, +o,5;,p to,yor5S ahDlition as a mea-
sleauliy tchdihS lo"a'uS "'''.i''t - 'IN"
sure oil pupllc eApeolenc4, SLAVERY
regarded as physical e'li - wen 80
source oil national disturbance Vi 'ne mo-.
threatening cnAi'''r1 1'"' -.
went 10 WORK 10 hc'' -, az" 'l
the "hoie Procec"lH5' "A ''o'':
ton, III which 'ile'o "''' al ','>,' ,,','.,>
slaughter Vi Niais "ni''S' '"'.'" 90,
matter, anu NOBODY altci"aiu> "''o'i''oN
to move the question III virginia icsiSi'
ton.
Again, Mr.. GREELEY Wits '"us'
ME thev l'ne southern pe"i'eI talIi
sini IL aui ,ho,,, hol;o,.. it> ,r,rti,l
a.Snrrinn wos ,nwisc and incypedrut.
T1cy hold that they should lave made
their late struggle in the Union, not against
hCuhusr ahe ~ u our s.o,eSi ' do, .,,'.s
Of the Federal Constitution. not in resist
ance TO its authority. They purpose TO re-
new the fight. ou3 not WIN gun ara sabre.
thro,,c,, dier;;onS the nowrr they Iysi =,
r,.he}, through war"
We cannot sep what inference can be
dro,,.r f.n,n ,h;s so,.o that vo homo t.
a-,,,I:,, ,ho ri-h. r. so.ossi,, t,ro,,,.h T., |
..;,, H.,h;,,, oo,,11 ho
nora a,s,rd rho no,,h.rn Dprnnrrats
n1,,.. ,,no,;,o,,.,,. nonioa ,h.. r;obt AZ
,aaas.;o,, trh,,. s,'l.o .,r1 co,,,h. ooo;r.,
,,s Eror ,lasn i, ,,.rrn.t .,m,.,h,. with
~ aeriod Tho rioht If St,tc r. saceda and
asserted the ou;hor;tv q; the Federal Gov
ernment to farce = seccdinc State hack info
.ba Union Northnrr D.m,cr,ts have
,l,,,,,, -, ,,.,l
we have never known them to take ground |
in favor Of State remedies for infringement |