New-York tribune., 1876-04-22
THE PEOPLES CANVASS.
VIEWS OF A VIRGINIA PLANTER.
RrcoycILIATIoY THAT WILL BE vITAL-rHE NEFD
OF A TuIHD PATTY.

OF A Third PATTY.
TO ire Editor Of The JrtbHHG
SrR: A constant reader and sincere aoI'rer
., Tup ry,.rryE virginia planter and former slave
holder with 10 official connection win pubic GIaS' ana
WHO deplorps the smallest indication OF The return oi
ctoo discorG desires to express what be believes 10
no tina fen Of the cl1ss whch be belongs Id feer
ence 20 The present political status oI tie ccnhhy'
am conyiuced that the reasons for eoral retnn OF
the South 70 tfe ion have never been iulF
by the North, and thst proper presentation vi NV"
would do Iauch 20 remove ths want Of confidence IN
Southern loyalty, arising from the IacG taI Iho
tou ~ the Union WIS accomplished by the force OF arms
THAT ts disirust g. !ss Is sufficiently evinced by 1lo
wildcat reyuIson Of feeling the North, which followed
t,,a ,repiug Of n. sectional discussion in Con-
cross by Mr Blaine, and the indlsereet 0,'N"
Rights utterances of Southern remeSel'"iNe'
Tho North think does not sufficiently reinempef eh'
the doctrine Of tns right Of secession Is s completely eH
rloael IN the Southern mind as would be bubble from
the blow of y siedgchammer aud that ll the S'aeo ol
ts var aro dead bevOni tie possibility OF revival
Slavery ha. been swept out Of existence hnd now that
the millions Of property involved N It are lost anu we
have learned TO adapt ours Ives to the new hGu9tf
system there IS probably not rational Den. ID S's
South VINO would desire To revive H. The dGcte OF the
right of secession and the complete soyerety oi tie
States took sronz hold IN the Southern mind not only
because many Of Us believed that ii bad BEEN handed
down 10 as by Oi tue fathers OF the C0hstlhi0l
but because We believed that n extended shield OF pro
lection over the institution Of slavery uon Wch ce
pended oar social organization, our properly aDd ~ We
thoueb our safety Int when the fortunes OF war dc
thor,vse that toe was abandoned Without regret
Subject races llko tho Irish and Poles haze nHits
to recover tie dominion o OpprsssOrs alieE Ia fah ana
blood to csrape lost natona'ity to D. fe5ioIet put
what tic South fought f0Fi5 irreYocabr sonf aAa o9'
voice or an viii ever te raised 10 rstoIe "h' '.'
beer, lost We have not now pc Of IN am 10 "' NJ
cou,plisned outside tie Uniou md Why may not theh'
tho once alieraed members o comnon household Si"Au
,oge,b p aon N their "Rathors" louo, and rcneW tbe
vo - aud bonds ~ n commoo bro ncrl0odi WIN "fh-
tty of interest with homOgeDe'Hs white race WIN T"
iarrng hiverses Of religious '.it-"hat tnen' u the
only bar 10 union OF the two SECTIONS cele'ied N'
tho affections Of united poop"i While ino htst iba
cations OF a viilsipn of political feeling toward ie eih
v,.ro ,o.nf,.ted In the North, when the Democratic
rarty with when the South is iden;he stood 1ron
platram of inl ton in Ohio, 1t was not un'h Inc
meeting Of Congress that elimination AMI re''"1-
p,tinu began We believe that he solid farmers
and planters % Virginia, at least with their recent *
p,rierca OF Confederate money arc not wiihnS 10 f
the hazard OF bastard currency which IFS most oair
advocates now would Dc the first to condemn 6t wcmd
hs with 10y tho earliest day II which t1e monetary
tTgnSic OF The country could rest upon TIE 0hS
sound basis, OF gold aad silver.
While believe thai considerable portion ~ me
people Of the souh bs bgoaght 10 Tie support oi
measures, anl unlimited negro -ti'-e
which evop in Virginia sends to Legislature bar
barlans who can neither read nor write, there are
mary Of us who are convinced mat the Democratic
marty fals 10 mot fuy ihe needs " our -oeo,, Hd
thai II s'oud give way 20 p1!V VI - ~ rion.
wouid represent ihe moderate views or but "tt W
INA /, uot y,sLisi o. tba part, is sufficiently eyncd
very naule hs been discarded, AMI CONS 'fVaufr sun
tiiu;ed 40 iuogc u epnsuuAnco Nith ne h'ler''s
views of our Itsie. have not alleG To tesushh9 -
flc ''It amyIF niuge lOT'oh 'l ns i % @ - g H.
fhe Democratic party Is iiebilned "lt ING 'h oi ne
war und eN icnt Nith Opl"SilNh 20 lts T'u'.
aurr aui know the lnposSlDilli %, ~ Hl.I" ,y
enduring ~ long as any dishhsi oi ~" 9"''H
cNts I'm the Northern mind. POworics- n w7 are {"
form new party which VIII fully meet the nee S-ities
of our position aud command the confidence ana shpi"t
OF lho whole country, we have sought t"e OILY
friendly s!lauec winch is available to us, ami
VIII await IN The future me-" mIng,Ss%, s,g',r,
OF the CONSERVATIVES both seeticns We 9esnowedsc
U & o il II, he in 'i.,oGs - tie snr
cc.5 oi the Democracy n the nest Pes haI c"1to,1
H. dS,cgf "A tIc -u'crss ol sdci man "a, DustoW
Ij,b a.. ms, or ChisfJusucr waite "e would tleh pa
t,lt lstile s,ut not bo wItnhcli ana iilar polil
ca 10 ton Usscd On bate and ~" snn"stu d d,o'..
10 's. iin, .' i .i 10 ne - ,,,. ~
l. s . d,trrniuai r part ol the Srrtl' 40 itct Us
a. eu nlos, ant tIc lccnns wnch would "o -eh'r'''
would survive for gene alton 20 COME an "''ld not
be Jess niurioas 1 Hc bee; Interests oi the country
tsu u declaration hy the Government that We &c
hr aer To- bc regarded aliens in the common house
hold %. iar nation.
In 1s rc-sus. Without any claim OF authority what
belle, 10 5e the feelings ana opinions 0i very large
lun,. ity OF tao solid farmers AMI planters oi virginia
WHO wore earnest advocates OF Secession AMI arl'nt sup
l .cl of tns wag aul now stu -ins under ian'-
I lficu, 90 a.d l9 tlr prodlrLyn "elh 90 t"c
-. ,,ntr NAV. hoped throGrh fhr ihOustnd' ih tAr
No,l who a,e reached hy Inh TRIBUNE "a uirf t'' -
slaA-. taat thetg ts p ielu. uh'phS 80 N"r' a'dhs
al, e. Nayufc lnp.ttr ru,ra.i i.1n ANA uJt 80 , "F
p.iic. alm WL,rl Viii U,t rebound 1" t-c iO., t'o
i,r.s,c.Iti, aud happiness ol our common Goa ..t.
tihoiNA PLANTER.