The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1875-08-13
Their Day is Passed.

unon those very D2d men "he, h"''o
elevated to power by the war, seem 20 "
convinced that they can maintain tne't ~,
sitions only By keeping alive the sec''o"''
ha,reds engendcred by the war; =,
Such politicians, 1t may be a'wa's w.
eerred. are sure to make the war anu W,
alleged condition of public sentiment s''
socia, economy at the South the main 'heh'''
of their public barapgues. They cannon COW
6re ,hen,selyes to the discussion o! puoi'o
policy and public measures under cous'u '',a
ton: but they must reproduce 'ne fe'o"ee-
tions OF the past, rehash the accus''''on'
ooo,ns, ,bc South, and eudeavor further 10
;resne the minds of their hearers by 1m-
,n,;pr to southern people intentions that
are repulsiye 10 northern minds.
The sooner the northern people cut loose
from such men the sooner will there be peace
and harmony in the land.
OF the very Objectionable public men VINO
have done their best to keep alive sectional
hates we may mention Senator MoRroS'o OF
Indiana, and Senator boutwell,. of Massa-
chusetts, as probably the most InVeterate.
When we contemplate such men we wonder
how It is that they can so act as to bring
down upon themselves the unmitigated hate
Of a great and intelligent people-how they
can rs human beings reconcile it to them
selves so to outrage justice and human rea-
son as to make their deaths when they come
events for rejoicing in the hearts OF great
people. 1t is indeed strange. There was
no necessity for invoking such general de-
tes,atiop. aThcre is always ground OF nom
est motives, common fairness, and common
sense on which men who differ may stano ;
ard, standing there, entertain something l'he
mutual respect for one another. But when
. ma, casts aside reason and humani-
IL. and is guided wholly by vindicuVcness
and par,isan bigotry, he sacrifices the respect
of all good people. Now, in what other nght
than this can we view the conduct Oh BOUT
WELL: in what instance where the aouth
WAS under consideration has he exhibited
arv Abatement OF bis hatred, and Of his pur-
pose, as far Us he could, TO humiate the peo-
ole Of the South: He has made war Oh
women and children, and tXcrted ali his in
fuence aud ability to force social equality
between negroes and whites, while be him.
self has never IN hi. social relations permit
ted such equality. In 10 respect has Mr.
BouT WELL ever shown that he had ieeihS
towards the South not under the control OF
meau.spiIi,ed and malignant partisaory.
hoRToN has with equal perlinacity ana
more ability devoted himself to the WORE OF
nersecution and humiliation of southern peo'
nle. His latest attack upon them is inta-
nous. He accuses them OF medlntlng SUN
the breaking up of this Union, because Mr..
STEPHENS, OF Georgia, supports The views OF
States rights he himself sustained While a
Democrat. The Virginia resolutions OF >9S
and Mr.. MANSIONS Virginia address Of '99
were the acknowledged cxponen!s of State
rights as supported by the Democrats, and
The men who supported those resolutions
and lived at the tiue of their passage de-
dared that they were not hostile to the Fed
pIal Government, and contemplated neither
secession nor qualification. MIR. MADISON in
dignanty denied that they contemplated
either, or any violent remedy whatever. He
declared they meant nothing more than the
exercise of the rights under the Consttll-
ton: lie right to petition Congress and to
demonstrate. ana the right of two.,hirds Of
the States to call convention TO amend the
Constitution.
Does Mr.. STEPHENS mean anything more
than this: Did not the Indiana senator
b.p i,,,
tAiu.: Uuqucsl ionably. Does he, or any
ore, undertake TO say that this way of eXcr-
cs,nS State rights was "rebcliion Z" That
is what MORTON pretends to think Of it now !;
bu, Only as a trick of the huntQ the blood
hounds tcmper) Tor accusations against the
Stu,h, when he should be seeking how ne
nav best benefit the land and bring peace to
t.,at agonizcd nation which he has done SO
much 10 atflic'..
In proportion as men value the Union
slould they discountenance the labors Of
such men 10 set the sections against each
other. As they value peace should they con.
demn these breeders Of discord," who but
se k their own promotion by making their
uountry unhappy by destroying all rccipro.
cal good feeling amongst the sections and
rendering it impossible that there shall be
harmony in the measures for the promotion
OF tie general good and for the increase of
ihc force and dignity of the nation.
1t is time that the whole North should eX-
pei boutwell, and MORTON and their follow.
ers from the public councils. They are not
tit to be statesmen Of the Union. They are
ruthless and relentless prosecutors of the
South, and mere sectional pa-tisans. who seek
promotion by producing national discard
They do not ut all answer the requirements
of national craftsmanship, aud as the people
of the United States are anxious for re.
stored and peaceful Union, these yiciously.
ambitious persons should be Indignantly re
pudiaied
We think good test of the worth Of poll
ticaus would be the public opinion Of then
In different section from that in which they
live. The northern man for whom there i.
no respect in the South should not be per.
mitted to stay in the public councils, not be.
cause he has provoked the general detcsts-
ton of the South merely, but because he ii
is proved by that opinion of him to be unfit
to Judge or to legiSlate for the whole Union.
On the other hand, if there is man in the
South who is generally detested by the North
we are clearly OF opinion that ne should be
turned out and kept out Of the national coun-
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