The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-03-18
The New Dispensatioll.


physical developments, sectional power aho
,bc security of privater rights. The present
y,a,c is one Of violence and discomfort incom
patibIe with harmony, peace, and tho mShcs'
success. The nation cannot stand this CON
d,tion. II il he not ended in the peaccin'
course of things, it must end in CONFUSION :
how and in what way we do mol prcSu.i'' -
say, but VIC only know that. rcacc'uhs u
ronyulsivcly, the present state OF discoh'en'
and outrageous inequality between '"' SUI
tlons must be rcvol'ltnn'zed. ,
Had General GRANT had only very ilI''c
wisdom. or had hc possessed enough Vi i''
t;tude and good faith 10 have followed the
.ens;h,c 1nlicv TO which he had pledged hi1i-
self. the present state of confusion dlstr''s''
and discomfort, would have been nearly II not
ouite ended by this time: but he had neither
wisdom nor good faith. lie discarded his
own opinions and broke faith with his wisest'
safest advisers, and took to his confidence
and friendship the most unscrupulous ana
sordid men in the land. He repudlat"d his
peace policy and proceeded to build his adj
ADMINISTRATION and his hopes upon the bitter
reuds of the country and the persecution OF the
southern people rs distrtiSted and refractory
race. He has contrived through his emIssl'
rics and his ruthless rrtiS,ns In Congress I"
keep the cmhcrs Of strife alive, ana 10 pro-
long the griefs of the South as well as to
inname the passions Of the North; and now
he is candidate for reelection. and MS
chances rest entirely upon the maintenance
Of this state Of national Immature and antago-
uism-this barbarolls condition Of things. Ii
hc is reelected the restoration of harmon!
will be still further postponed, ms it hat
already been by his administration.
But however postponed, it should he II
source of consolation to the nation to feel
that it cannot be permanently withheld from
Is. There is in the steady growth OF the
power of the nation--in the expansion OF
,ha, power md its translation to a new area
quite enough to assure us of this. We all
know that if power continues to r'sd" III
that little sl.acc cast Of the Hudson river. and
if the lcaycn with which it has lcavcned
much Of the section of the West continues
TO exert lis full force there can be no lbe-
ralty, no fair dealing, no equality. among the
States in this Union. We al know that III
that case great portion Of this Union will
hc continued in the state of humiliation and
oppression in which it has been placed by ia
naticism. combined with the knarrry "t >or-
did politicians and hcarllc>s IaltiSan>.
But we have a perfect conviction that that
little space cast of the Hudson will not retain
its power, and that the eaven which that lit
lie space has sent out to lcayen the North
west and West will he exhausted and cease to
lc:,vcD the lump. We have this deep convic-
ton. which is the most pleasant thing i'll our
hearts. We are deeply grateful TO provi-
deuce for it.
And why have we this conviction: Be
cause we believe the Young giant ofthe great
West will lm a stranger to the bigotry and
hypocrisy Of the ruthless power which has
brought misery upon the naton-wretched-
ness upon the only land which has in any
respect been at all comparable to Paradise in
our day. Why should this young giant have
any sympathy with Furitani>m: His genius
is utterly opposed to the narrow. selfish. cold
hearted principles and motives of that source
Of greater evils to man than any other. Iie
never would have been found cooperating
with Pllrtanism had il not been for slavery.
II was slavery that banded hiW with the cru
oh.
ton in the way of reconciliation in 1861,
which forced war and all its blood and tears
upon the nation.
But the war is over. and slavery has been
abolished. What, then, is left for the plat
form for the young, and bright, and generous
West to stand upon, with the unfecling, en-
acting. higotcd PuritanI Nothing. As soon AS
the fog and poisonous miasm with which the
cunning politicians have filled the atmos-
phcre have cleared away the liberal and fair
minded in all parts Of this Union will tear
themselves away from fanaticism and hypoc-
risy. Why should the power which rests in
the strong arms and stout and generous hearts
of Young country feel the need Of such
trick and Discrimination and fraud as are in
dispensable to the rule Of that people which
is, by itself, in dead minority in the land :
Were such auXiliaries congenial with the
temper of the great body of the people of the
West and middle States they would be repli-
dated as supererogatory. But there is no
congeniality in these sections, which will
eoon f,Ga no,tro1 IF not;op,l 1outinr
with these detestable agencies.
The new dispcnsation is not far off. The
new apportionment of representation shows
that the sceptrc is passing from the hands
which so long have welded it. The great
question for fanaticism and hypocrisy is dead
There is no barrier between the Northwest
and West and the South. Their trade and
intercourse in every way is entirely recipro
cal. They will live in harmony. The last
ground of sectional alliance between the
Northeast and the West is gone-washed
away, never to be restored; and the destiny
Of the nation is never more TO he reNed by
it. Questions arising under the new situl,
ton will be settled upon the basis of the pub
lie interest, justice, and equality. We shall
have union, contentment, rapid develop
ment, and constantly increasing national
strength, in place of persecution, sectional
hate, discomfort, and that weakness which
arises from distrust and alienation of people
from one another and from their Govern.
ment.
This reyolution-this happy change i'll the
state of the Union and the relation Of the
sections towards one another -nmy not be as