The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1871-09-08
q3irI1mond nispatfh
SEPTEMBER 8, Isl
What the South Needs

y,rE Tribune, IN an e'"p'',
ne NJ" n.,rcs 70 tell what the Sour"
,,nnls OF course all who nhuc' , S'r,
visionary philosophy OF 'oa' . ''a from,
u.nn,an newspaper c"n'' ",''.> ,,nn,d fol-
rn.d,rg of the Article what "o"' VOID .,
T,,e,o,d Of bread a sion" u,n,
n ~" .nr,cnt. And WHIST do W" n',". az ~
i'sh j -. nnr lands surveyed ""d '',o ." w.
we "an' our i|"" 49, ! e., the surplus over
SQUARES and sofa III. "a, ourselves. II
~, above what we want 10. ,, t,o ca.
=" ,hn o,a story-the cha7'a'a'' NV" ,-,or.
,, con;ng 10 heal What 'n's 49, ~,
poth,nc about. AS we'll sena am'n ~, so ~
NOM 30, 6. medicine man." with ms saw
'''o a,nrnmcn,s. paint. and ton-'othS'
W. rrcfcr him decidedly. E'S o'io'i Jus
,.>,,,atious would be diversion 10 o'0'
- ,ho "medicine man" and Dir. GREE
Wv we're TO present themselves 10 Us AZ 'ne
same lime. we should undouhieu!! '"hI '"'
.,,,oa,c,,c man" TO our society, ana le'
;o., Mr. GREELEY. We should Like 'n"'
medicine man" rs The r'sh''u' hei, "
long line Of lords OF this sol, ana MOI" CON,
,,,sra ,,,t, the most learned doctor
an,nt things upon which he is just as ".s'
~ NJ. GREELEY. in soite oil all tha' III
knows about farming"
W. were surprised that the 1r'o"ne NV
not udyi,ed The South, aft.' sq"dffn3 "'e''
Ionds. to SOW them down IN To"1 ''"is
Tn.t would have been truly hd0tc"' pc
.or,..,i,n. eoual 10 the advice 10 80
Wcsi." .,o
>ow. we can tell the Tribune what me
co,,,h needs: II needs to be LET Alone
Th,t's what it needs. III the 1rfo""e WA
mind its own affairs, ana prevail upon 'De
Government to permit us to manage our
oa.n local state and municipal cohee' n>'
without the everlasting interference from
Wash nrron, i, Will DO The best thing IL eau
f,r i,sr,, and for IL. We Will soon hr'hE
orr matters 70 the condition OF entlrc orus'
srH successful progress" Tut us upon
an ruqaliiy with the States ana people o'
,hr Nyrtn, pol ticaly, and "c VIII 'ahe
cuc Of ourselves, and preserve better o'de'
tnau i maintained at the North, and MAXI
the best possible disposition OF our lail">.
In our mj.lortuncs it is one oi the naIa
g., /, ials to lac su jrctcd to The imper''heh'
SUGGESTIONS Of people who assume 10 hh'"
,p.,4. than We do, and undertake Pa''"H'
iy,.sh 10 in tluct us. Without u.kln
49,. n MIR, GhHrLEY, in the Eame oi all
,,st * rcas nabic, how can we be taught
by ~ h It visionary:
ct lacts speak for themselves. 'lmmeui'
a..lv alter The war thousands OF nofthei
r,c...Ic who sneered 1t our agriculture, anu
vino xprc ambitious to become southern
planters and TO initiate the prorcrhially I'M
...},.u,.a and noble bearing OF those men,
r,ru~ >uu,liwardly and went into the cult
yllou Of cotton with the labor OF freed
,nnu. Some rented, Others III quc>ilona"!c
ln4!c- got possession OF tine estates ana
r,;.r,lrk.d fuIl If none in the enterprise Ci
b-cym.u. l,uriShinga and lor"Iy cotton !i'N-
i.rs What was the rtsa!,? VI st dlsis-
t,ou-. II the truth could be gotten at, we
have not doubt it would appear that IL
t,.t wild enterprise millions OF dollars were
los w lie advruiuicrS.
We know of some cases Of very heavy
lo,>,s, HAT excited The sympathy OF all &C
6uaiird with the circumstances In the
GIih here we wanted these men TO su :
rc.d, anI we're Cricyrd at their failure
I:lil WHIST was the lesson? 1t was severe,
ana it warned such v!ionarics as those OF
the I!1j,Me against conGemning the econo
lAy Of tie South, OF which they kno"
notati-.
Let us alone, gcntlcmen-ye I'7b"ncS
and 80 u3vty schcmcrs. Let US alone, a!d
al VII % well.