The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1874-08-05
A Change of View-The South.

The leaders of public opinion in tbs North
have found that they must take new view
O! southern affairs. We say the leaders OF
pubic opinion; for the leading newspapers
OF the North having changed their opinions
and described the South with some regard
10 her real situation, we think we may use
the term "ieaders Of public opinion" We
may specify the New York Tribune, tue
Times, the Springfield Republican, the Chi
ca-o Times, the Cincinnati Commercial, and
mlpv Others. Even the Washington Repu0.
Ian. the Administration organ, coniesses
1 1T the South is in very tad condition
from tue misgoyerument of ignorant anu
corrupt persons who haze been forclbly
placed in power.
9 Ii adds that a different state things might
have happened if the people OF the South
had Joined the Republican party, and therein
shows It's ignorance.
The people Of the South could not hon
cs,ly have changed their opinions, and had
tbev dishonesty become Republicans they
would have bedh detected in their dishon-
esty and would have done nothing towards
making IN impression upon the negro mlnd
which was prejudiced against them. 1he
negroes will not make any concessions u
the whites, and where they have the power
will either elect a negro or, what is worse,
a lleceiving carpet-bagger or sca'aWag. line
short and the long OF it is, That the kepuo'
ljeans have essayed to nullify the laws of the
Creator and force equality where it was i'm
possible. That is the point.
Had the number of negroes in the South
been few, the measures Of reconstruction
would have been very different. The ballot
"sor the protection Of the negroes" would
never have been thought Of Blu! their mum
Der being large, the corrupt and treacherou:
politicians counted the votes that might be
gained BY the party in power by giving the
negro the ballot. Hence the right Of suf
tIage was given to many hundreds Of thou
slnds of incompetent persons - person;
known to be incompetent, aud thus elevated
to The privileges Of citizens for base pur
pose.
In this way we see how very corrupt ant
vicious men have not hesitated to sacritir,
their country for sordid purpose.
The object Of this article was merely to in
froduce the following striking remarks from
the Chicago Tribune, one Of the most pro
nounced of Republican papers:
"The newspapers which are still busy in
SURPRISING the rebellion and abolishine
slavery, are in ecstacies over the White
League Of the South. They use it as the old
gentleman with story about gun used his
foot. He would stamp on the floor, start up,
aad say: 9Th, eh, what's that-a gun!
Well, speaking OF guns reminds me- etc. So
the truly loyal editor writes w bite League,
looks at il, and shrieks in print, White
League! An, traitors. Here, helpl Save
the Republic! Stuff the ballot-boxes again !;
back up the carpet-baggers; help the rogues !;
help them, Or that dreadful, dlsloyal league
viii destroy the glorious Union, the blood
sealed greenback, and the ransomed coored
brother, by actually establishing honest gov
ernment In tine South! LISA frightful pros
pect. The shrieking Journalists sketch 1t
again and again. The raw-head.and.bloody-
bones story has fearful fascination to them.
They are half persuaded that they believe
what they write.n
Aud again:
oThe fact Is that the white southerne.s
have borne Insult and outrage long and pa.
tienray. Natahs ntQta1adfs. Chicago would
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