The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-05-03
The f,nboden Letter.

GINA In expressing
tainly cannot concur hi'
pn, General IMsopEN goes further s'ian
to,ance OF himself, and makes an attack upot
the Democrats OIL the ground that thes
a,one will differ with him. These no e"'
..fossil remains" "who have been .''
"gulphed In the political commissions OF ,",
"past ten years, and will hardly ever ~ w." I've
"up again except as cui1oS'''~ i'm.
" sharks teeth and bones they ARE ..''"'"e
",be tunnel under Church Hill Inc "e'''
eral thinks that our objection 10 HIS
hid" tends to assign lis to pace ''',ons'
this "po,i,icaI dfbrls." A yer! n'i" i"'e'
,,,saed for differing with him. win i"'i'
ruth than lies in his comparison, we h''!
COW that in adherinS to the pot'cv ht
esno,,ses he will be buried under the EARN
that Il taken out Of the Church Hill tunnel,
and that as that earth will probably remain
where il Is placed, he will not he cX'
humed in lifetime.
Had General IMBoDES confined hi'lseh |"
the brief platform he started with; had ne
rested his cause upon the sro'ind-Nlz., hts'
"to reform the gross abuses that ten ortwelve
"vears Of absolute control of the Federal Gor'
aernment has engendercd in the kepnoli'''''
aparty and secondly, to iuauSuratc ne"
"era of goodwill and harmony between the
stately discordant sections by cm'odyihg
forgiveness Of past differences in general am
"pesty," he would have no opposi1'oh'
but when he went further, and advised the
selection Of somebody especially well known
to the negro familiar to the negro cur J
for his zeal az m aboltioni>t at time when
the negro "with bated breath, in The quar-
ter's cabin, years ago." discussed the posi-
biIities of emancipation" he made great
mistake Let II be remembered that all this
has reached the public eye with the Approve
ton of General IMBoDES. II tnt"mS Inc h''
gro that at least General lMeobES r"iH'asr>
his vote so important that he ADVISES th'
nomination of man famous a~ an abolition
LAT and friend of the negro when he wa 4
slave; that the white man must sink all sen
sibility, all resentment, on the score OIL the
zeal Of such man, so injurious to the rights
and peace of the South; and that me "hi'e
man will concur in such al act OF Srt-ronucm-
nation d conciliate the negro. Could there hr
ANYTHING more like establishment Amt the
world would be informed of ii all.
Now, we HAD come to the point Of giving
up old preiudices far enough to exclude the
p,St with regard to all men who now stand
upon the ground of the Constitution, equality
Of the states. and honest administration OF
the Government. But when man Is 10 De
hunted up, especially on the ground OF his
action and policy in times past. that changes
the question altogether. If man is chosen
because he is acceptable 10 the negroes on
account of the past, does it not follow that
he must he offensive to the whites: III Is
folly to bring up such al issue: but how is
ii to be ignored by the whites and recognized
by the blacksY That would indeed involve
all the whites as participants in trick to de-
lude the negro-one disgmcetul to the
whites.
The illusions of General IMBoDES TO what
be considers the schemes to win the negro
votes in this State do not affect lis in any
manner. We never took part in any mere
eXpedient to lure the negro 10 the side we
supported With regard to the WALKER
movement. it was prompted by an earnest
desire to satisfy the Federal Government that |
the people of Virginia were not impractica-
BILE, and were not determined to vote alone
for those conspicuous in the resistance OF
~ .
large body OF whites who favored conjunc-
ton with the Liberal Republicans who re-
commended general amnesty and reunion, ,ts
do the Liberal Republicans now. The ne
gro was but fly in the mail coach. Much
encouragement was properly given to those
negroes who joined the Liberal movement III
the face of threats and peril; for the negroes
have been tyrannical and brutally inclined
to all of their color who went over to the
whites.
But all that has nothing to do with the
question raised by the General. Nor does
he propose to '.exalt " the negro while hu-
initiating the whites. As we SAID yesterday
he nor none who act with him can oIt-bld
the ultra Radicals, who are ready 10 "sce
him and 90 him better" to the extent Of
complete determination with the negro: for
the Baltimore american declares that the
name achite il played out, and no man now
boasts of his being uHite. General lMBobES,
then, in nominating Il man because ne
qras an abolitiontst in order 10 win the negro
vote, would humiate the whites and inil to
win the negro. Bad enough to fail i'll
scheme untainted und untarnishcd by suspl-
cIon or bending low; but to fail thus would
be an insupportsble modification.
Suppose there have been schemes to win
the negro vote, as charged by General M
sopEN; what have they achieved: Abso-
lutely nothing. The negro preachers and
the carpet-baggers own the negroes at pres
emit. AN acts of kindness from the whites
are treated by them as designing. Ii ollI
scruples rs TO the propriety of eleclioneerins
with the colored people were out of the way,
Al mere matter Of policy we should be op-
posed to ii. We know the negro too well
for that. He will never change his party re-
lstions until the party to which he has sold
himself body and soul is dead. Then the
party associations and lines will be broken
up, and the negro will then be free. lie will
then be found OH all sides, and parties viii
cease to be divided upon color.
General IMBoDEs has not more liberal OF
lust view of the rights and interests of negroes
than we have. But we cannot go with him in
humbline the Caucasian to the African.