The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1871-07-24
SectionaiiSn.

The hane Of the Republic Is sectior'ah E,,,.
- :. - Tho cnrse of States and all p'"u
cal bodies. Certainly no country ,n;s IN.
coed this for the excuses TO wiz" oIse-is
iurious passion-for 1t l. no." so.t;ons
carried. The State is divided 'n'o s,,h
80 tbose divided again. ana !ee
,,,d,od rnt,l II seems that there u oh's
sa,,nonv IN hostility and aggression OF To-
cslties upon one ano'he.'
W., gives these sectionalisms peculiar
..,iyi,v and an,mosity is our elective sys'
+o,n Aspirants for Office are too often
more ready to depend upon other means o.
elevation to office than their own mer's'
The great body OF the ambitious men KNOW
that If elections are based upon rear Ihet's
their chance OF success IS not good, anu
therefore they much prefer 10 rest 'nc''
chances upon sectional issue. n r'ei
divides a county. JONES, on the lett pahh'
thinks he cum beat any body on the lett oahh'
hut should he attempt to run against hohiS.
sos. who lives on the right bank, nc VIII NC
ho,,en So he TANKS ROBINSON by making
, .ec,;onaI Issue. Fellow-citiZens," says
no "tbe left side of the river has no lus''ee.
ait il ALWAYS left out. (rhis is mol MS rear
" objection. 1t is only JONES who has been
cleft out.) Let us assert our r'2h's' we
care not to be made slaves o'-he"el9 VI
..wood and drawers Of water-to tse p'o-
onle of the right bank. W nat IS II 'n1t
"makes them better than We! HOW Is II
n,bat ROBINSON has claims upon us as Ills
"vassals? People say he is wise. lcI ne
",s not as wise as SOLOMON by Jugi"l'
ais he so wise, or Is he 50 great 'o',
ave should be bis water-carrlerS. No .
"never, We are freemen; if we are not,
"wbat did our fathers gain by pourlns OUT
.tbcir blood like water upon the plains Oh
"York and all other plains? Rather let us
49, die than be so base as to submit 10 Tile
.claims Of men no better than ourselves
"to rule us and ride US, as Mr.. JEFFERSON
"said. booted and spurred by the grace OF
"Godw Clones forever.' "Llberty ano
independence forever" 'He That hshts
"not for the left bank is bastard ah''
unworthy of frecdom"' cry out the peo'
pie.
OF course JONES floats in upon the tlde
he raises. The rights Of the leit banK are
indicated, and the citizens Thereon are
regenerated and disenthralled."
Nipe-tenths OF the sectional quarr"is nave
no greater merit than this, and the poor
people are excited by the hypocritlcal &C.
clanaton Of >curvy oilice-huntcTs, and thus
communities are arrayed against one anoth'
er to CRAFTY the personal aspirations OF
men devoid alike Of merit ami honesty.
There is no greater evil in the country
nor are there greater enemies to publlc
peace aud the dignity and the honor OF the
State-whether we consider the States or
the Federal Government. The sectional
issue is the everlasting device OF unworthy
and unreliable people. II is the eNpcdient
to rob the Treasury in the appropriations
for public improvements. 1t is the base
strategem whereby men of contemplate
qualifications and INSCRIPTIONS consclenccs
are often put in responsible stations, from
which by the same means have been eX-
cluded men of undoubted honor and ca
pacity.
Would that the people could see the ruin
GUS effects of this wretched trick. They
are not ofIice-hunters. Why should they
permit themselves to be led into foolish Sec
tional excitement to crafty the vanity Of
men whose unworthineSS would exclude
them from office, and who can only creep
into it through the mean ways of sectional
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