The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1875-07-16
The New Issue.

II six years ago, or five, or iour, vi 'h''|'
,,,o so,rhar, nosp,e could have induced their
- ,r,born b,c,hrcn to drop negro'suhfage
hills necro-eouality bills, clVll'r'ghts o'''s'
and all other measures when nao 'e"u'De'
70 keen up bad blood between the two races
- Tho Soutb. aud 70 keep a majority OF the
n,r,her, voters banded together as against
80 there would have been great rJoiclng
south of the Potomac. We suffered because
the northern people were eternaiiy punish
ing us By outrageous laws for some supposI'
dtious wrong which we had done to the ne
croes. We would have agreed to divide on
snv other issue. But strange to say, DO"
that there ia a prospect of new division OF
parties, and upon new question, some OIL
our southern friends express great resreI at
the fact. The editor of the Petersburg Ae'cS
Is one Of them. He says:
nIt is now manifest that the currency
question Is TO he the leading, II not me cop'
railing issue in the next presidential catn-
! n,ion. Il has already taken deep root ~ Tue
minds Of the northern and western pipe's
and noliticians, and at the Soulh II !. ,a
| Ieomipg up as the leading topic Oh u,s.u Us
sion. This, we think, is to be utePy *.
pretted, especially by the DemocIa'Ic p' d;s
of the country, for II VIII so o''oe aou VS.
| tract our forces that We do not see noS va
tory will be possible "a against ua.,,o H. =.
desperate foe like the Repuoi'cin p".N No. w.
hardly possible that we can car! e'tn., - wa
York or Pennsylvania on sucn an 'ssue' ' auh
~ a. NOT Gee how we can dispense with
..osa twn great States and succeed, even u
nc sre strong enough to carry tne .nIee
,r.,, states Of Ohio, Illinois, and INDIANA
, Snn,e ne orr friends. however, are conhacna
onou,h IN believe otherwise, ana say tua' re
,;n tho race without any ana lrohi tue
e Sorth s,mrly by the overwhelming strehs'n
r.S,ch ,r. will pain from the NORTHWEST VI
~, a,,,rsrcv niIestion. We hope lhey NAY
w. ha mistaken. for We consider the success
" n S,ho Democratic party in 1876 as paramount
~ ,ha cause and all other considerations
whatever"
II Is not at all certain that we could carry
New York or Pennsylvania upon any issue.
Il is, on the contrary, altogether poss'o'e'
MT TO saw probable, that the Republ'cans
will carry Ohio this fall, and so pave inc
wav 10 success in the presidential election OF
next wear, New York and Pcnnsy wanna
being amongst the States that they VIII carry.
If the Republicans succeed upon the o'u
issues that have divided parties ever since
the war. woe be to the South for ano'ller
four years. But if they 60 into the nsnV
ION the currency issue, and even oe'eat
their opponents upon it. there will be no
nuastion rs between the North and the South
involved, and so we shall escape the horrors
o. congressional legislation against the South.
For instance, BEAST BUTLER, and Judge
KELLY, and WENDELL PHILLIPS would be on
the side of the South and West on the cur
r,ncy question. SO would, perhaps, halt the
negroes. How much better would that not be
than fighting the old battles of reconstruct
ton, civil rights, g., over again! For our
pIrt, we have no fears of fight upon any
anew issue that it is proper for parties 10
divide upon. Give us new dividing line.
We want to get rid of the prolonged contest
that we have had upon the color line. Lei
US have peace"