The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1871-07-31

A Hint TO THE WIsE.-Wc notice that I;
slcputation from Boston is now in Phla
delphia making arrangements for the ccc
bration of the Centennial. We would su-
uest one alteration to our Philadelphij
friends, without which their efforts to show
their hospitality on that occasion will pro-
badly prove abortivc, at least so far Is olll
southern brethren are concerned. We nj
iniaee ,t2.ldh@fnGe Hail OF all cxtrancouS mat
ter. except the relics properly pertaining
to the Revolutionary struggle and its close
At present the apartment Is crowded will
relics of later date, especially with por,
traits OF and tributes 10 known leaders in
the late war, many of them of purely local
celebrity, and the portraits, utterly value
less as works OF art, offered in many cases
~ advertisements by the artists. God tor
bid that wc would counsel any word or
act which would lessen the honor due IL
hose who gave their lives to preserve ollr
liberty; but there Is Il lifting time and
place for all things. There Is no danger
that they will suffer from want of reverence
among Us. In an historic as well aS H,thcti
light, the old hall should br kept intaci--;
sign and reminder Of tn" epoch 10 which
alone it bclongS.-Nc,U York T7ju,c.
This is all right. But it is cdilyiny to OBJ.
serve how the rhilanlhropiSlS accommo.
date the application Of their views 10 prac-
teal concerns. Now, here is GREELEY,
who, in the matter of this jubilee. We be-
lieVe sincerely desires 10 put away the me-
mentoes of iraternal strife, and hold on ouly
TO those which are considered dear alike to
North and South. The motive at the bot
tom is good-it looks to the preservation OF
harmony and the amcloration of sectional
prcjudiceS.
But Observe: in accommodating this SELL
tlmcnt-whlch is indeed very propcr-there
n0thtny lost. There is nothing lost TO
party and nothing in the way of money.
Inc Indulgence OF the superb sentiments of
humanity and liberality is upon the most
economical scale. There is nothing what
ever lost Ivy it. Who wouldn't unbind his
soul and let loose his heartstrinos in love
ana anity and concord where it thus costs
not cent.
bat 0dSerte again: II not only costs no.
'hlhg, but 1t is fine speculation. The
great jubilee itself is an invention for De-
cuhiary advantage. 70 crowd out the
southrons by making Independence
Hall offensive TO them would be damaging
10 the scheme and diminish the amount of
It's benehcent results. Southrons are noto-
riously liberal and free-handed in the ex-
pendlture of money. They are especially
desired TO be present on the occasion. Man
TO man the projectors of the jubilee nc
doubt prefer southern men to those from
the North. Therefore these poor southern
men ought not to be driven of by anything
that may offend their sensibilities. On no
humanity, philanthrophy, and brotherl!
affection forbid it. And to back these comes
avarice, whose love of gain in this case Il
In entire sympathy with the better dlsposl
tionS.
One would think such properly human
sentiments could hardly exist in the breast
of men who would sacrifice them to an,
thing How strange it does seem, then, /,
see the very men who maintain them advo
eating the Radical measures for the oppres
sion of the South, and for continuing thu
sectionalism and discomfort which have
cursed this land. This very Tribune is the
the advocate of the kuklux measure, which
is based upon falsehood, and gives to thu
Federal Executive a power that may be EN-
ployed to silence the southern white vott
and secure the reelection OF the President
That measure is hostiteto every sentiment
sustained In the above extract from The
Tribune. 1t tends to widen the breach be
tween the sections, by distrust, by monopo
iy Of the offices, and by inflaming one sec
tIon against another. But that measur,
WAS one which secured party advantage
and is therefore opprooed. And SO is tn,
idea OF showing much genial kind feelin;
for the South and putting away things OF
fensye to southern people ut the Phladel
phia jubilee also approved. Because that
LOO, IL beneficial in making money to tht