The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1875-08-27

s,,;.ors Dispotch: Ia yop 4 issue Of the
,od' tnssant Is an editorial n,dtled 9. Coneili-
ss;nn.n To a northern mari who has visited !
corr CITY, admired its beautiful streets aud |
aud experienced the free.
and generous courtesy Of its citi.
zens. this article Ia donhly suggestive. First,
p,easingly suggestive OF q desire 90 the part
Of a large proportion of the intelligent citi.
gems OF the South to meet those OF the Nortb
ON some common ground Of mutual conf 4
dence aud good will. Secondly, Patntut'y
suggestive alike Of the disHeuity Of Judging
from another mans standpoint, sud OF the
lack OF knowledge prevailing In The opposed
sections of the country regarding each othel.
st appears TO us that if copciiatiou 10
reatay des,red, and we believe 1t y, that all
who desire It should remembeS tGst IA The
heat OF passionate strife both parties com.
mitted acts that The other can scafcedy lor-
give. As an illustration: There are tnoC-
sands In the North who remember with
bitterness past all expression their experience
as prisoners OF war; on the other hand, there
are thousands in the South whom wounded
pride, loss of property, wounds, and defeat
have equally embittered- Time IS the great
healer; but 1t ia very poor surgery that
probes the wound as rapidly as IL
closes. 1t therefore appears to us as
very poor policy and exceedingly bad
taste to invite Mr.. Davis, who is believed
BY thousands ut the North to have peen
largely responsible for the war, to address
meeting Of any kind in the interests OF con.
eiliation. We do not believe that Wendeli
Ph,llips would be received a. an apostle OF
Deace in the Gulf States. Too many ideas
are associated with the names Of the promi-
nent actors 10 the war, beth North and South,
that are repusiye TO a large number OF their
former enemies, to make them OF any value
whatever as promoters of good will at the
present time. Least of all will the people OF
the TWO sections trust the stranded pollti-
clans of the North or South. Thousands Of
northern soldiers would have listened 10
General Lee who would boot Mr.. Davis in
Eae streets.
IF cancellation is desired it Is time the two
sections stopped applying eplthets of abuse
unfortunately to the North or South. We
have O somewhat extended acquaintance
with the United States from Maine to CALI
fornia. We have met good men and bad
men; noble, generous men; and "plca-
yunish" men; good-natured Doors and &C.
complshed roscas; more or less of all kinds
wherever We have beer. It Is an unWar-
rauted assumption that because man first
drew breath on one side or the other of the
Potomac or Ohio be is necessarily of any
particular stamp. We have seen the best
New England stock traDsplanted TO Georgia,
and producing q contemplate, staggering
braggart, who, returning to the home Of bis
fathers, disguised every relative be had and
znisrepresented the South.
Another obstacle 10 Cancellation is the ig.
noraDce of the two sections regarding the
politics Of the other. We believe that q
majority of the people North and South are
agreed upon the main points involved to-day
in national issues. To q person outside OF
politics the two parties, in the main, repre-
sent the intelligent portion, trying to act for
itself with seine degree Of independence, ar
rayed against the ignorant portion maDipu'
lated by leaders. In the South the Republi-
can party, composed largely Of negroes, is
manipulated by few designing leaders,
while the intelligent portion Of the commu.
nifty know the negro too well to place any
confidence in such party or organization.
In the North the Democratic party en-
braces the great mob Of ignorance, with
here and there brilliant exceptions. The
northern Republican ut present bias got to
either vote with his party, not vote at all !;
or, what often amounts TO the same thing,
vote with the Democrats, by which be
South there are immense Plumbers 10 q SINH
lar dilemma. The fact is the country is get
ting TO be party-rdden to such an extent
that an independent voter is becoming rare
specimen North or South. We believe that
there is rapidly Increasing desire on the
part of many men at the North, of both par.
ties, that one Of the conventions for the NOM
ination Of q presidential candidate may
have Sufficient sense to name a states
man who will neither represent the radical
Republicans nor the John Morrisey Demo.
crats-a man whose name is suggestive
neither Of battles nor war measures; r man
whom oil self.respecting supporters of good
government, both North and South, can sup
port, not because he Is called Republican or
Democrat, but because be is worthy of the
votes OF an intelligent and free people.
Along such path lies the road to concil.
iation and not in calling each other traitors
or towards, like two boys who have had
their fight standing on opposite sides of the
gutter indulging in the pastime of throwing
mud and making faces at each other.
Yours in haste,
A NORTHERN REPUBLICANS.