The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1874-08-10
me rl, Electaons-The Civil Righ Y . Blu.

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,rhe res,,lts OF the recent elections N tne
son,t mus. have some influence upon tne
nsi;cy OF 81 both the Republican and tue
4 nsnn,cra,ic parties, and apon the con duct
of the various aspirants for the Office o.
President, These results mean that tn e.
southern states, all but two Of them WI,
.ust d solid vote against any candidate LOT
the presidency who is in favor OF tue GIVE.
rights BIZ. 1t has hitherto seemed " az 70
almost Impossible TO open the eyes VI Wv
northern people. to the state OF ,ee'ns
i anonrsi the whites OF the South on TINS su u,u
yact The letters and votes o. oeua'o's
n.awsInw and LEWIS and other decided
RepublIcans in Congress were treated ~ 1 Jug
,hu,Iiiions OF prejudice. The fact that every
Visenian in Congress, whether Consef'a-
rive or Republican, namely, LEWIS, JOHN I'm
.rros sr.sn, Smith, BowEs, WHITEHEAD,
HARRIS, THOMAS, and HUTTON vo'eo
AGAINST The ciyi!-rights bill in whatever
shape 1t presented itself 10, and tna' IL re-
ee;yed no votes from this State except 1hose
OF two carpet.baggers, sTowELL and fLATT'
who have none Of the feelings OF the south'
ern map, and cannot even understand mucn
less sympa,hize with him in bis bitter hostii''
" to social equality with the negro mace no
impression upon our northern ielloW.ci'l-
ms. They have few negroes amongst them
and cannot be seriously annoyed by these.
Whilst rather opposed to any such measure
rs the one in question, our northern "breth-
rem have no doubt thought it would prove
q rod with which to punish the southern
people for their rebellion against tue
Government. The impression was general,
also. that it was necessary to pass it in order
10 prevent the negroes from deserting the
Republican party. The white Republicans
were omitted from the calculation altogether.
Senator MORTON, the leader of The Republl-
can party, and who is not only the soldest
but also the most dangerous man IN
that party, and the one who makes up the
issues upon which il does battle with the
Democrats, evidently thought when he made
bis late speecb giving the keynote to the next
presidential campaign. that the civ'l.risbts
bill would prove TO be source Of strength
in the South. Of all the northern leaders,
General GRANT is almost the only one whose
record is not blurred by his courseupon this
question.
But the southern people have spoken, and
they are almost unanimous in their opposi.
tion to this hateful measure. What shall be
done now2 Will MOTION and CoNELlsG,
and the rest Of the leaders of the Republic
can party, retrace their steps and acknoWl-
edge their error? Will Congress at its next
session pass the civil-rights bill, as up to this
time It has been supposed that body would !?
Will General GRANT now show his band:
t)s,8iiI he veto the bill in case it passes? All
these interrogatories must have practical an-
sxers IN short time; and upon these prac-
teal answers will hinge the result of the
next presidential election aud the fate Of the
country. We are inclined to hope that Con.
gress may conclude TO let the civil-rights bill
alone, and try to do something for the bcne-
ct Of the white people OF the South. we
hope also aud believe that General GRANT
will be strengthened in bis purpose to veto
that bill if it should be passed by Congress.
It would, however, be strange and un-
expected result if the Republican party were
forced by the unpopularty Of the civil-rights
bill to drop all Of their prominent candidates
for the succession and renOminate General
GRANT. At present almost The entire Re-
publican party OF the North is opposed to
electing GRANT to serve third term. WILL
SON, ColrAx, CosKLIsG, Morton, SHERMAN,
EpMuNps, and all the rest of the aspirants,
are of course opposed to third term, be-
cause they iall want first term, whilst the
northern misses are afraid that third term
might lead TO life-estate in the presidential
Office. But necessity may compel the Repub-
lican party to drop all the blatant negrophi-
lists and run GRANT, who has never distin-
guiSled himself as a partisan of sAABo's.
In fact, there are so many possibilities in
the case-so many new phases that parties
may assume as a consequence of the disas-
trous defeat Of The Radicals in North Caro-
lima and Tennessee that speculation might
be INDUCED in to any extent. Let US hope
for the best, and next November do what we
can in Virginia to assist in the buryipg of the
civil-rights bill.
DR.. Strlbling's Successor.