The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1871-03-21
,o all Things letter from
,udyc conway on sSntner"
-,rs-ic Defends fa's Propos"t LOT
mo Recognition OF Tho S"ushcr"
.,ufcIcracS.
.l. E,j.to,. Of the Tribune

- "a, Editor ~ the LT3r!he'
$3.50. \nd now comes Wendell Phillips
,,,,,,rSlS tho killing Of every White
.. IN The south aS the final ana onsv
.>,,.,orv solution OF the YeNed qncS'lon
reconstruction.
~. wears ago. when The SCUM faa won
.,,a,2,cudrncr in the lield, and Tor all
....,,r, VI war WAS separate power, i
XII IN Congress n proposition To recog-
..' hnr1s = separate 7>pl1tJC0i power also,
,N,.r If which wanld have been 10
..,. u rlrar road for Us and Tor her IN all
,...,1ucnt times and tranSactlohs-ln peace
VOL ~ in war. She wanted nothing bet
20 qud WAS ready 10 accept II, conscious
stuil import. II would have secured
,,' naiinnalily of the North from the mo-
,.'r NJ II, achievement. and the brave
~.,,,n would have been left 10 stand or fall
...,,r nor own exclusive capacltlcS--ioreVer
thereafter dcharrcd from asserting STATUS
IN ,h,. Federal Union. Then. II tue war
III cone ON. il would have been not 10 re-
,..rC - the South lis Federal power, but
war between any other Two indepen-
I.rt states. Or, If peace mad been pro.
,-.;iuca AS much tavored), the way would
}.rr hr,u open for negotiation anu recon-
..r,,,.,inu uuon satisfactory terms.
nr.r instead of this Obvious and honorable
...tDod Of dcalngwith the subject. policy
A., ,,Ilr>upd the object OF which was 10 SUI
climate the south indirectly TO the au-
..,rli, Of the North. under the form Of the
...au-ta treat her Is conquered pro-
,.4r,, while pretending 10 recognize her as
an i,Irlral part, according 70 the principles
a.; the Federal system.
the iu>uIEiciency of this trick-to say no.
Thin. Of IL dIShoneSty-to secure the end
,urd at. VAS apparent 10 lis from the out
,iiy,u the electoral power belonging
:. The several states of the South-power
....,..,.,,lly conceded in acknowledging the
.>...rurr - Federal SlatrS-and nothing
....iI pr conceived. cOntrlved, or invented,
,sm,h would lie competent TO permanently
subordinate. them i'll the Government OF the
Union. You might dictate their local gov
rrmcntS; You might force Them 10 assem-
=, amendments ii the Federal ConStltu-
ton: Won might dl>iranci!lSe Inc whlte
,..nI,la;ious and rive suffrage 10 the blacks;
,.t such measures would have only tenn
,.,r.,tS effect. In the emf the white men
WuId control The electoral power OF the
~,.;c>, and that would be sure TO do its
work III the government of The nation.
For expressing such views | was set upon
:, IN ally of the rebels, and pursued by
Iyr generous Republican brethren as pa
r',. might be hy the all-wiSe, all-holy, and
respectable BrahminS of India.
We are now beginning to see the end.
Tine sets all things even. Gen. Butler de-
r.llr> - serve on the committee TO spy out
,u- kuE!uN--perhap> Tor fear they may
lu,,t and serve him up some tine morning
i,r breakfast. Further Congress legislation
on The subject is dropped. Reconstruction
j finished. The southern States are all
BACK in The Union. Yet nobody in the
North feels comfortable except Nallandig-
ham and the Democracy. Wendell Phil
li,i- hastcn> 10 the rescue with the only re-
manlng remedy. VIZ: TO Kill every white
.u!u III the south which, with ali die re-
,I,rrl, ! think might be found, after all,
,Ilt,. n impracticaUlc as amy OF the other
,Npvuirnf, which have been tried.
In the late war the South fought against
lrutc iorce-not brains. She was oycrborne
n the field by the strength Of her enemies.
Zig will reap the fruits of great victory
t.om their stupidity. Let the South move
50 The front. The Future is hers!
MARTIN +. CONWAY.
Washington. Narch IL, 1871.