The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1871-06-03
f2l .b7!, 602 ii
From the New York Times.1
Is Rebellion Dsado

There Is one fact in connection with the
| Stumpng tour of Jefferson Davis which
| the public would do we'll to observe, and
| it is this: the sentiments which Davis
expresses are everywhere received by the
| southern people with boundlcSs applause.
He is not man uttering opinions held
| only hv himself, or By a small faction.
1t is useless to disguise the truth that
| be is the only Democratic politician who
has as yet struck Il chord to which the
southern people respond, The tempo
rizing policy Of the northern democrats
is odouS TO the southern mind. jeff.
| Davis alone gives it what it ncetls-strong
talk about the revival of the lost cause. 1t
IS a very unpleasant fact TO face, but it is
better to face it now than after Demo-
cratic President had been placed iu the
White House under false pretenres. At
Atlanta the people who welcomed Davis
told him that the principles which he had
upheld "will. III fullness Of time. assert
their supremacy over wrong and tyranny"
| And then 4 verse OF well-kn0wn song
about the Confederate lag was recitcd, and
there WAS great applause, and one gentle
man proposed "three thousand cheers for
the hero the hero being the man who
| ran away in woman'S cl0tieS-and so the
game went on.
In reply to all this, Davis told his audi.
|
| would 20 sounding down to future ages"
and their children would "ri>e up and imi-
tate the virtues of their foretatherS." He
gave them to understand that the present
Government is one Of tyranny and wrong.
But, he added, u despair not of your hb-
crty.' The day would come when they
would hold the balance OF power" land
in that hour their power would be great
and their success would be great" estate
sovereignty must again be restored, or else
tic Republic of America il & failure" lie:
our readers who are inclined to believe that
secession doctrines arc dead and buried read
the following additions! passage from Mr.
DAyis's speech:
u am not Of those who accept the situ-
ation.' ! accept nothing. These cant
| phrases that we hear SO much Of about ac-
ccpting the situation,' AID about our rights
| having been submitted TO the arhitramC!lt
ut the sword are but the excuses of cow
ards. [Applau>c.] 1 admit that power
prevails over truth; l admit that that
power is so great that it would be folly to
resist it, and therefore / AM III favor, my
self, Of being acquiescent, and | advise
you to the same course but | do
not admit that our rights have ever
been submitted to the arDitramcnt OF the
sword. Who has the power to submit your
| liberties to the arbitramcnt of battle? You
never delegated that power to your repre-
scntativeS. |, as your Executive, never
claimed it, and never, dying or living, will
admit ii. [ApplauSc.] And then, my
| friends, about this much-talkcd-of subject
Of accepting the situation.' You arc not
called upon to acknowledge that you have
| done wrong unless you feel it. | don't be-
cvc did any wrong, and therefore don't
| acknowledge it,"
! While speeches Of this kind are being
made daily by Jctl. Davis, and received with
bursts applause, it sounds little strange
to hear Mir. Horace Greeley talking Of the
"ncw cru' dawning at the South. The
editor of the Golden Age hints that Mr..
Greeley may bring back with him ga popu-
lar nomination To the Presidency of the
United States" That, We may he sure,
is not the motive fer Mr.. Greeley'S
speeches; but ussureIiy those speeches
| are arriving ut M unfortunate moment.
They seem TO show that either JEFF. Davis
or Mr.. Greeley msapprchends the temper
of the southern people. We have Davis
making sedtious haran@ues, and Mr..
Greeley declaring that all is peace. Both
cannot be right. Perhaps after all, Mr..
Davis knows his audience best, and ut any
rate it Will be safe to conclude that his in
ilammatory speeches are not made without
! due calculation Of the effect they are likely
| to produce on the southern people.