The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-05-09
The Prudent Policy.

III
,,,... ora . number of very ih''"s
gentlemen who very mich '"r'' .,,,,.rr
Sanknsss about the situation :" W, ,ta,
n''s ,so nov, presidency. They suggest t'''
a"' 49,, not to whisper certain 'ac'S' T..
49,. ~ hoard at the North and "p'a! no"
'". ~ ,>,ans Thus 1t is not well I" say
,,a, democratic nominee w"u'o ~ ''n'''
a,n, 70 a defeat Of justice ana hai7uoh!
'''y ,,s election of Grant, because t'lst
avid ret TO the ears Of the Democrats OF
w. Worth who would think It very nansh'!
If rs And then, again. We OF the s"u'"
mnst not speak above our breath so'''' sup
1.-Two c.rr,rY. for that would al once
alarm every northern man. filing MS '"'''''
...;,, caor of new rebellion under Gchei'u
c,,,,rv If ,be white bat, and cause ht1'hs
on, Of fleets and the ordering OF he" eon-
.er;p,,ou by the Government to save "'he '''e
of the nation"
First, then, let us say that we think that
I, Is GOOD policy tc let the Democratic party
narticularly and the world in general uhoet-
stand that we here in the South will iook
uDon the nomination Of Democratic candl-
date AZ fatal to our hopes of changing the
national Administration and reforming tue
Government. correcting its abuses, ana e''''-
ishiug Justice and impartiality in place OF
persecution and sectional oppression. II that
be understood, the fact may exert all III
fuence.
II Is due to franknesS and honesty that we
should speak out plainly and loudly on TINS
vital point. If the northern Democrats, IN
the face of this plain talk, should determine
10 make nomination, they will only initiate
the DOG fn the fable that bit at the shadow
and lost the substance, or that other dog IN
the maneer that would not let the cow eat
the food which he could not. BY such an
act of folly the Democrats would only invoke
upon their heads the wrath of the whole ma
ton for frustrating the highest hopes and the
brightest opportunity for restoring peace and
harmony to the land. They could never
recover from the condemnation they would
thus bring upon themselves. Whereas If
they yield to the dictates Of common sense
and patriotism, and oppose no obstacle to the
triumph of good feeling, liberty, and equality
Of States and sections, they will deserve well
of the country, and pave the way for future
movements under favorable circumstances.
We know enough Of the Democrats to know
tina, they are neither fools nor traitors, and
that they will readily have discovered ul this
before they are told of it, and that the plain.
outright talk about it can do no harm.
Second-Is any man so blind as not to see
that the friends of nominee are always glad
to hear of reinforcements in his support:
Will any man who is friend of GREELEY
leave him because the South goes for him:
Assuredly not If Mr.. GREELEY is so weak
at the North--if his supporters are so easily
turned IRON him--aS to make it perilous to
his cause for the southern people to be kindly
disposed towards him, then he could not he
elected At all, and should not have been nom-
mated.
But it il a great mistake to suppose that
the northern friends of Mr.. GREELEY are I'M
like the supporters of other men. They are
glad to hear that the South is i'll favor Of him.
They know that he has never sacrificed any
principle Of his for southern fayor-that he
has displayed no desire to win southern good
opinion inconsistent with that kindness and
charity, that worldwide human sympathy,
which has always marked his character. And
knowing this, how could the responsive i'm
pulses of good feeling in the southern heart
prejudice Mr.. GREELEY in northern eStima-
ton? Not bit of it. Believe it not.
Besides, it Is excessively prudish to urge
us to forego the public declaration of facts
which the northern people know as well rs
We do. They are the smartest people i'll the
world. They understand why we of the
South are Won to Mr.. GREELEY. They
know that 1t is in accordance with natu-
ial and generous impulses that we should
be kindly disposed towards him, and
they furthermore know the southern
people we'll enough to know that they are
not false to those natural and generous inn
pulses. Knowing all this and looking ahead,
will any man say that Mr.. GREELEY's friends
Ill DTluRluR Nto uot Sou1le rs ttpSA
certainty upon the grateful and generous
dispositions of the southern people-that
they did not set them down as certain for
Mr.. GREELEY We might, Indeed, feel
offended if they had not. How very idle,
then, to assert that q manifestation in the
South of a determination to support him
will injure him in the North!
Away with prudishness and nonsense
We stand in front Of the exigency; the
bright sunlight shows the way Of relief from
bondage-the way for the restoration OF
peace and liberty to the hnd-and he that
doubts Is blind-he that dallies dreamer.
The defeat of the Liberal ticket will be the
triumph off6esDolicy Of pains and penalties;
the keeping nearly half the Union under the
hovnnof r. Won dofaat fha humane md inst