The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1873-07-31

tions-tbe poor and submissive r nnaa
Their revolt agaihst the laws Of cn "sro.
man takes the. cowardly form Of perseeut anu
the humble child OF toll. And to thu ug
manly persecution and this groyelliny 10 ue'
gramme are the good people Of yiryin;mi ~
yised by our political adyerzaries. do ID 10.
doubt orfear the response which the pc a 10,
give to the insulting invocation. WIN
THE PRINCIPLES or TIE REpuBLrcAs p,p,v
AssAILABLE. w.
Such are the sentiments of our crs,,
on the leading subjects Of noaonnf;,ar @t'y
citizenship. They are seIEeYidentJv s, aii
and the Republican party cannot he coc 5ts.'
ted on the score 0fits principles. Thesa a.%
unassallable. They are embodied in ,hn.o
amendments of the National Constjt,,rion
which are the latest expression Of the vo,,a
of the whole American people. Thew vD ,rs
engrafted upon the laws and constitution ' y,
all the States. They stand as the sun, n, y,
decree of the people of the United S,a,a'
They are made part Of the conscience or ~,
people Of every State. They are fixed WV ."'
changeable, eternal facts. '''
Even our political adyersarics have pom
dered them the homage of their apDrorol ty
having accepted" them in 1863 and s.!
having stolen and promulgated them Us tbe,r
own in 1872. '
As political parties derive their chief i
not their only, merit from the prirri,ia'
which they honestly maintain, it would .een'
that the Republican party bud concIusiya
right to the support Of the Virginia people
whose ancient motto, through mauy gioriou'
years, was "prncipes, not men,"
... HOW ABOUT IT'S MEMBERSHIP?
But our political adversaries. at f,ult in
finding any Legitimate objection to the Re-.
publican party, make opposition to Us On
somewhat tastIdIous ground. Their ubicc.
ton is to the personnel OF our organization
Their indictment against our party i. rha, if
is composed of ignorant negroes and non.
natives, whom they call carpet. bageers, and
tue whites who dare to advocate Republican
principles in company with the colorcd p4o.
pie.
THE CARPET-BAGGERs.
[ have no apology for those oiticeholdcr.
whose only tenure of residence in the Stale
has been their tenure of office. Unoues.
tionably we had too many of this sort du.
ring the period of reconstruction. But they
are gone; and those non-nativeS who remain
rightly claim to have become accmatizcd
and donicilated. They are able to plead
the five years. Statute OF Limitations to any
Indictment which may be brought against
them for vagransy and, as Eiryinian., We
are bound to sustain the plea for we our.
selves arc the most universal c.rpet-ag.cy>
in the known world. Our best Young men
have gone abroad since the war in search of
employment, and by no people have they
been received with more generous hO>p.
tality than by the people OF the North, TO
whom they have borne letters ofintroduction
from OUT much-abIsed carpet-baogcrS at
home. II we look as far north as Boston
we shall find that an alldacious carpe,.bag-
ging Virginian there has had himself elected
TO Congress from the very precincts Of IA
neuil Hall. If we look into the hail, Of
Congress we shall discover that c;lrpet-hg.
ginG Virginians have been sent there by nom
constituencies from every point
in the compass of this broad Onion. For
the sake, therefore, of the host Of carpet.
bagging Virginians who are scattered all
over the world we must exercise some in.
diligence towards the non.nativcs who have
cast in their fortunes with our good old
Commonwealth, and take care rot to make
Virginia, the only State in the Union and
ONLY country in The world except China and
JAPAN. notably inhospitable and repclhn, to
strangers.
TIE NEGROES ALL REPUBLICANS.
But how shall meet the other objection
of our opponents, who complain that the
negroes flock in mass to our party and make
up the majority of its membership: l. The
mere fact of humble station Il sufficient OBJ
lection to the man in Il land OF free lu.titu-
tons !? Is it wealth and erudition alone
that make the citizen here: Has il ceased
TO be true that {" lr0rth makes the man and
want of it the fellow" Is it what mln
has, or what he IS, that gives him title 10
consideration in this age and country?
Study the character Of the laborng pOpu-
lation all over the world. and where will
Iaboring class anywhere he found 30 cXe!n-
plary in their conduct or so elevated III tbelr
all things considered, as the negro
population of Virginia? When p"opi" Of
such approved character flock in body 10 a
political party is that an argument against
chat party or for it?
What would have become Of all the great
reforms OF history If they could have been
put down on account Of the social position
JfI those who Engaged in them: IL Is The
rule with deep reforms that they are rejected
by pampercd aristocrats and pedanlIc rahhS,
and accepted only by the humble in station.
HUMBLE STATION NO OBJECTION TO THE MAN OK
His CAUSE.
Christianity itself would have persisted III
its infancy If il had depended Oh the learned
and exalted for the acceptance OF IL Simple
tenets. Were It's doctrines the less righteous
because their only supporters were h>heI'
men, tent-makers, and unlettered poor peo-
pie? Was it an argument against tHclF
purity or against the benctccnce OF me
Christian di>penSation that they were r..
iected by the educated and Influential ana
accepted only by tue humble ana 'o"h'
To the eye of the Pharisce and s1ducee tl!e
followers Of the Man Of Sorrow were inlI',
itely more despicable than the hhmble't o.
the men with us, black or white, who auN"
cate those doctrines which sun up IN i IT,
stored Union anu loyal Virginia.
1t is i credit to our party that the p''f'
humble. helpless members of society nc,iE
to its side, and seek there that relief lfoW
misfortune and aid in distress which tue!
are hopeless of obtaining from any ol'IeI
source. | always feel a sense Of pr'de WncA
1 hear the Republican party denounced ~
negro party, because the denunea'ieh ln'
plies that the down.trodden negro mah 'o"n'
up to it as his friend aud beneiactor' IL
the glory of our party that the laborins c'aN
everywhere leans upon it, and upon Il 'iont,
for support. That the poor clns 10 !. ~
their weakness and the rich eScne" " u
their power is 4 pregnant arguments 10 -
honor and their dlsbonor. H..
Oh, what shame upon the Con'er'a'hS
party of Virginia does the isct proclaim
that it has driven the negroes i'll pooy 'ioI
its protection that 1t is bounding them Ip'y
their chosen refuge with all the venom
race-hatred; aud that it Is aSsali'ng tn.h
friends, because they are their trencS, "N'
all the enginery Of political and SOCIAL n"
Soripfion