The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1875-07-07
The South and Rebellion.

Tho New York Herald is ever re-cook'ng
It's rsgout-reproducng Its rambling specu'
,atious and undigested reflections ABOUT poi'-
tics and peoples. 1t has patent ar''c'e Oh
+be snh;ec. Of the Fourth of July, in winch
we t;nd deal of assumption and inditferent
logic not calculated to enIighten anybody OF
IN subserye the ends of justice, Among
other things, it assumes that the soutn hao
been always inclined to the revolutiona.'
snirit. and therefore great celebrator Oh 'pe
Fourth of July; that the North, having seen
and felt the bad effects Of rebellion nSs w9'
ito former admiration for it. but 'hae aoe
South still retains her feeling OF sy"t"'h'
for revolution.
The Herald is wrong. The South was
not peculiarly fond Of rebellion. Inc SCUM
uas the really conservative section OF the
Union. She resisted the disorganiz'ng ten
denotes of northern RepubIicanism because
they threatened the integrity of the conserVa'
tive institutions Of the land and the Cohs'i'
tuition. aud because she thought her honor
at stake. The South was not that sympa'
thizer with rebellion in other lauds "hEo
The North has always appeared to he. sne
never sent money, she meyer sent sh'Ps' "
help along rebels. Some OF her people en-
listed In the expedition to conquer Cuea
hut that was different affair from the erdi
nary rebe,iops Of other lands. : Isl. .
We remember but one foreign rebellion
which was generally appiauded the eou'n
It was that in 1880, in which CHARLES 4. o
France was dethroned and Louis PatLLlFPE
installed in his place. 1t was not that !"
understood very clearly that affair, or were
thoroughly enlisted in 1t; But LApAYETr
was with the insurgents, and him we IDOL
lied. 1t was on his account that '"
huzzaed over the expulsion of CHARLES
Richmond was Illuminated, and so wer'
other southern cities. That was the iurtues
we ever went. When the general uprising
took place on the continent In lo4S, tne
South was quite serene and undisturoed
The fact is, the South has been always con
seryatiye, and the rebellions in 'AS were yer.
much doyetaiIed with the horrors OF Fourer
Ism, infidelity, &c. She took the Alarm ah'
apprehended that the world would be n
better. IL so WELL of by defeating the the'
Governments IL the wild ones Of the com
munists and others were to be installed II
their stead.
Therefore the South has not been the blin'
advocate OF all robelions. 1t was the Nort
that was crazy over the general rebellion o
74s, and she seems to be rs enthusiastic o'el
the rigid government Of the Germany o
King WILLIAM as she was over the upris'n.
there to put down the princes. In
South was not the sympathlzer ior
merly, nor Is she now. We thinl
nobody here will thank the Herald 70
what it says on this point. The South is ant
has been conservative. Her sympathies viii
any struggles in foreign lands are Tor IN
principles that arc the object Of the strus
Cling and oppressed-not out OF blind partl
sanry. She celebrated the Fourth in eXeul
plifcaton of her devotion 10 the principle
of government which were at the root of tn
republican system. Any apparent coid
ness with which she now regards the da,
il because those principles have been out
ragged and are now in disgrace. When they
are again exalted to their proper place, a
they should be, the South will be proud Il
hail the day with her former enthusiasm
and to celebrate it Ia q worthy msnner.
The South is the conservative part Of this
Union, and 1t Is gross libel upon her to say
that she ha, favored rebellion in other lands
merely for her love Of rebellion. ALI thai
the Herald says on this point is mere