The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1874-10-17
Rnunsrg Commentary apcn Mrs
0rr's Lust Letter. @
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RicBMoND. September 20, ioss =.

nnunsnr commentary apen Mrs
Orr,s Last Letter.
For the Dispatch
R,caNosp. September %, 1874.
uy eonId believe In the capacity OF orot.
,,arv men Il, govern themselves might looR
, , something OF Mr.. Orr's hope TO tbe
Formation OF a new national party coRapoSseu
~ ali the hest elements In The country. but
~, moose such party formed. and at htst OF
strong, reliable material, how nng "oum :.
retain It's puritss As soon as 1t oeesuie aP
,,.ren, that this party had obtained OF "ou.e
!aet,,oin tho reins Of power, ali that-armY %
,,nsernnu]o,,s adventures whe are uttefi!
,Sas,;,nie Of poIitical principle ana nearly as
s,ssf;t,1te of nny other principle would IN
ssantiv enrol, under the new MANNERS. Inefe
= no nnlti,udes now in America WHO are De-
rocrats or Republicans according as tney
deem il to their pecasniasy interests 10 the
nne or the other and this infamous class
bring evil and eorrapttsn into every organ!-
zation with which they are connected. Such
procedure on the par of the lower classes IS
but tbinIy veiied-sometimes open; but
those of higher station aud greater iDteili'
gence. of whom there are not q fewtnow 10
Congress. obey the instigations OF their own
unaiioyed scldsbness under bypocrlticai
pretence OF desiring reform and OF being
shocked at the corruption Of their late asso'
ciates. These men, however, except "hen
rema, kably foresishted, are never louno
heading 8 new movement; they 1oilo" III
the wake. They leave the Work 10 otnels,
but come in for share OF wbaeeVerspoii
they can reach, such as fat oMces ana inc
like. Moreover, wherever there Is cnspge
of party, though the incoming is q vast I'M
proyement on the oing-comparatlVely
pure, indeed still il is not as uprisnt, pro
badly. as the old psrty was at It's birth
for men, having grown accustomed 10
corruption, do not now oemana as
strict rule of integrity as formerly. FlrsI
setting the seal Of their adherence on all
devia,ions from public honor, they nave sue,
sequently, in succession, "endured ana
(. pitied," and it is TO be certainly anticipa-
ted that the "embrace" will eventually fol-
low. We have made haste too rapidly in
this country, and "nufta ocsteg.d relroT
sum" is as applicable 10 every step OF our
downward course as it is to any step tend
ing toward usurpalion. Small, compara-
rjyely feeble. republics may perhaps fulfil the
ends for which they were created, but great
national strength seems fatal to true repub.
licanism. The country will either be split
off into sections, or the Government become
in some form Capitalization. 1t Is not easy
consistently 10 prevent sooner or later in all
REPUBLICS u 81 stem of universal suffrage, and
as soon as that aim Of the Ignorant masses,
and not less of the vicious, time-serViDg
demagogucS, is accomplished, liberty has re-
ceiyed mortal wound, and the result is
only question Of time.
In hoping for redemption of the country
through the agency Of the great, honest, ma
tional party there IS one ardor.checklng
fact which seems to have been diSregarded
by Mr.. Orr and others, but which must for
many wears he taken into consideration in all
general political calculations. / mesp the
intense hatred existing between North and
South-the former malignant, the latter re-
sentfuI. There is no Use denying this, for it
is true. There may be many individual eX.
ceptions, but between the two peoples there
is no love lost. With large numbers this ba-
tired is so strong as to warp Judgment, per-
vert sense of right, and blind those under
its influence to what are plainly their best
Interests. The North will not forgive the
South Tor having mortified its vanity,
keeping it at bay for four long years. com.
peing the exercise Of its utmost power and
the gathering of recruits from every part Of
Europe. The South is bitterly indignant
that it has experienced absolutely no magma.
nimity at the hands of its conqueror. In
suited, oppressed, bound down, she&as been
the victim of uneXampled meanness and
spite, because her enemy wishes to degrade
her, and is furious because he can only hate
where he would give bis soul to scorn. The
soldiers who fought have little of this feeling
toward each other, but among civilians the
supply seems well-nigh inexhaustible, and
Tnalevolent politicians will keep it alive as
long as possible. 1t is so potent that, skill
fully manipulated by the INSCRIPTIONS, it
will disintegrate any national party that
might otherwise be formed in the Union at
any time tor many long years. And it. is
great mistake to deem this luminosity to-
ward us is confined to the Republicans Of
the North. Sinceth war have seen some
thing of northern men ia their own homes,
and know that many of our bitterest toes
are Democrats, who vote with us only be-
cnuse they cannot vote with the Republic
cans, who care little tor oursutferinss, and are
willing to make Use OF, the conquered rebels
for their own selfish purposes, uniDfluenced
by single kind and generous motive. The
future, think, when present political lines
shall have become irremediably broken, is
far more likely to see the parties defined by
sharp geographical features than by any
others; and If such, indeed, prove the case,
eventually there will be desperate struggle
at the bsitot box or in the tield-pcrhaps
both between North and East on the
one hand, and West ana South on
the other. The respective interests
OF these sections are irreconcilably conflict
ing, and many of the people begin to see it.
Numbers among western men do not hesitate
oil 10 hos, into 70
are closely allied much more nearly identi-
cal than those Of East and West,-and that
If we of tbc South had fous ht in the Union.
had not raised tue standard OF revolt against
- the old hag"-we should certainly have
had the sympathy OF large portion Of the
Northwest, and the active assistance of not a
few OF its people. They are greatly dis
gusted at the course Of the East te%ard
them snee the war, and a fel-
Sow feeling mikes them binder to
us, and better able to appreciate the sriey.
ances which led Ills 10 secession. This,dissat.
istied and disgusted feeling on their part is
far from lessening; Che contrary, indeed, isl
true
Having now 6uisbed this division of my
subject, at greater length than had foreseen,
chiefly because undue haste has preNeated
Inc from condecsinS as much asE could wish,
shall next proceed to consider the third.
term question. Then Jew thoughts on the
most judicious eot.r.e fox the souehern Stases
On the Immediate. future will coaclude ny
Lax upon the patience Of the reader. WLR.
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