The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1873-07-23
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"What could be more absurd than for o
number of Americans to assemble, as a
number did on the Fourth of July instant
at Vienna, and laud this land of outrages,
wrongs, expressions, and injustice IN every
form, as land of freedom and the nope
of the oppressed of all climes? Whom
do these people hope to deceive? Is there
in the world an intelligent man who does
not know that the South was conquered
by force of mere numbers. and made to
live under government which her people
had almost unanimously renounced !
What sort Of liberty is that? !? And what
is there to boast of? Conquer all the
world if you will and can, gentlemen. but
pray do not imagine that to be ruled by
military governor is the highest sort OF
personal liberty. ."--Dispotch.
The usual calm good sense and cheerful
tone of The Dispatch is broken into this
morning by the above outburst. Is it the
hot weather, or bad digestion, or some
terrible but intermittent mental malady
which breaks forth in that usually sober
and discreet Journal? II does not disturb
as for we know it is only passing cloud
upon the serene face of our esteemed con-
temporary. 1t is only a fit, or rather a
mere cramp, or jerk of the editorial tenn
per, sanity enough usually, but tried past
endurance by the bad proof-reading, illegi-
BILE manuscript, cheap advice from people
who don't read the paper, and the
jealousy it feels of the fire-eating fedts
of The Wing and Enquirer. We
know it will pass away and
the old sunny cheerfulness come again.
There will be no loss of appetite and no
sleepless nights over the woes Of the
'Sunny South" But we only object to
this kind of talk because vicious north
ern papers will make it textto harangue
their readers for month to come. 1t is
quite enough to prove the arrant disloy-
atty of The Dispatch, known everywhere
as respectable and able representative
paper of the South. Inferrentially it will
be held to involve the numerous readers
of the dispatch in the same serious
charge. The Northern people good, quiet.
credulous folks-will swallow it all because
they see only the thoughtless words, empty
and meaningless here, but full of vicious po-
tency there. Thus the idle words of an edi-
tor in pet, may prejudice the state and the
whole South, by drawing away population
and preventing the investment of capital. We
therefore assure our readers that the above
is mere harmless bit Of nonsense, like the
little outbursts of spoiled child against
its too indulgcnt mother. Our govern
ment is not all it should be, but it as
impartial as between the people Of the
different sections. A citizen Of Virginia
has the same privileges as a citizen Of
Massachusetts,. The soldier who served
in the Confederate army, has all the
privileges that the one who served under
the Federal flag enjoys. This every sensi-
Die man as sensible of, and the men who
did the fighting in the Confederate ranks,
generally, are the first to acknowledge
it. They leave grumbling, whining,
and fault-finding to the ''home
guard" and those who brought on
contest in which they found it conve-
nient to take no part. 1t is just to
say of the great body of the Confederate
soldiery that they are quietly acquiescent in
the present state of things, and are working
vigorously to recuperate and improve the
state. These are the men who will be
found first to welcome Northern people to
come here. Nor will they seek to impose
the degrading condition Of silence in politi-
cal matters as means of securing social
recognition. They are too chiyalrous and
soldierly to stoop to such contemplate
means of securing unity Of sentiment.
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