The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-04-22
Craw-FiShing.

I We suspected the other day that the ultra
RadicalG1ant party would attempt flank
movement in their southern policy with the
view Of taking the inside track Of the Libe-
rails by ..letting up" on the South. But
General GRANTS message to Congress ABOUT
kuklux rather discourages this idea. Is 1t
decided bv the utras that it will be better for
them to depend upon the issues OF the war
and the prejudiceS against the South than to
give them up in this presidential campaign:
II would seem 50. The way is being paved
for this device.
The message Of General GRANT Is said to
| adduce testimony mostly oral except that
derived from ex-Attorney-Gene AKERMAN's
| report. The message involves more than
fiye-sixths of the entire white population Of
South Carolina in conspiracy against the
negroes and perjury. Now, that is very
good campaign document to begin with.
The policy of pcrsecution-the flaming OF
the embers of sectional hate and yindictive-
ncss-the exciting of distrust and suspicion
of the southern peorle-sets of boldly with
this message of the man who said "let US
have peace" So we may expect to see the
northern white race again called upon to put
down their own race at the South that negro
Radicalism and barbarsm may flourish over
them.
Already havsthe Liberals been denounced
us sympathizers with rebels, and Mr.. GREE
LEY, the head Of the movement, is charged
with conspiracy in behalf of the leaders Of
rebellion. The unprircipled Journals and
leaders Of the corrupt Radicals are giving
out the war cry of TRAITORS" against the
Liberals, and declaring that the "life Of the
nation" is not yet safe, and that the battle
for it has to be fought over again.
So we take it that the South Is again to be
torn and outraged in the fight in order that
the Radical party may, If possible, hold the
power it has abused, and keep the public
treasury, which they have piundered.
But will this trick succeed? We hardly
think it can. There has been too much
time for cooling since the war. The office
holders themselves can have no anger to.
IllC Soutlis ANC ID AuiloSoADlOs Ivy
know how false their accusations are, and
they cannot excite in their own hearts anger
| on account of what they know does not ex.
list. Yet they would foment passion and
hate which they cannot feel in the breasts Of
the people against their innocent victims
They have but one motive, and that is public
plumber. . .
1t would be most wonderful if the deceit.
full, corrupt, unnatural, and inhuman prac.
tees Of this party can longer prevail in CON
tinuing power in their hands. The people
are not all office-holders, and those whose
minds are not deluded by avarice and sor.
didness can hardly be perpetlully aggravated
into passion against their own race because
of the SANDERS and crueties of the Radical
party. Nature reyolts at the idea; and Radi.
calism commits a great blunder in continu-
ing to press their old tricks. If they fail,
they will fail fatally and finally. The odium
that will cling to the name of party that
has trimphed by cherishing civil discord,
sowing discussion and hate, and destroying
the peace of the nation. will never be eradi-
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