The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1876-08-14

MONDAY =. .........AUGUsTs Ii, 1876.
Accepting the Situation.
The men who propose to nominate BEAST
BUTLER for Congress are OF the kind who
swear that the people Of the South have not
in good faith accepted the situation, nor &C
guessed In the results Of the war, nor per-
mitted the war-iever to end, though the war |
itself ended eleven years ago. We would
like to ask these admirers Of the most hate
full character that the "rebellion brought
to light whether the war can end in the
South before it ends in the North Isa
northern constituency to be applauded for
electing to Congress the man whose name is
the synonym OF dishonor and bestiality, and
southern constituency to be condemned
for e,ecting 10 the same body q gentleman
OF honesty, probity, and!a high sense OF
honor, merely because this gentleman OF I'M
impeachable character and standing was an
officer in the Confederate States army?
General GARFIELD, General DIX, and
others, who are better known as politicians
than rs soldiers, are now engaged in rally
ing To the standard OF HAYES and WHEELER
the soldiers who served in the Federal
army during the war. They are trying to
rally them as soldiers, rs survivors OF the
war. Is that the way i'll which the northern
peoplcs accept the situation! Is that the
way in which they acquicsce in the results
OF the war? Is the war to be forgotten
-, hat tho rnSplts NJ
the war: Are the interests OF the negroes the
only interests TO be looked after! Are the
constitutional amendments and reconstruc-
ton measures the exclusive property OF car
pet-baggers, scalawags, and negroes? Were
the southern States g admitted to represen-
tation'' in Congress in good faith? Are we
to accept as parts Of the Federal Constitu-
ton amendments which the Republican
party declares were forced upon rs and rat
flied BY our State Legislatures under COM
pulsion, and yet the northern people are
TO respect our part or the rcconstruc-
ton measures no more than i! they
had never been adopted? Is comfy one
sided: Is good faith confined to the southern
section OF the Union? II we were admitted
to representation in good faith, then we must
be allowed to send to Congress representative
men-men who have some sympathy with
us. some interest in the community, and
some reputation for honesty and honor
The negroes arc not capable Of represent.
ing lis. 1t were an impossibility. II we arc
to be represented at all, it must be by men OF
the dominant and superior race. Ii, on the
other hand, the northern people desire TO
see in Congress nobody that is not either
carpct-baggcr, or q negro, or scalaWag,
let them cease talking about accepting th'
situation. They are the parties guilty o.
keeping up in time OF peace the proscrip-
tons OF Il time OF war; not we. They arr
the men who arc not willing TO forget and
forgive.
Another result OF the war ought to b'
thu. Il negro should be considered no better
than Il white man. But our northern breth
rcn are not by any means prepared to &C
ccpt this result. They sit down quietly il
their homes, contingencies, banks, ant
workshops, and without utterins protcs
allow thousands OF white men in factories
foundries, workshops, and even in Govern
mcnt navy-YardS and armores, to bt
marched up to the polls and compelled t'
vote for the Republican candidates. They
allow every white man in Yankee land to b'
treated Just rs his employer thinks fit tt
treat him in this matter Of voting. Indeed
the white man in any part Of the country
may be maltrcated, prescribed, cast on
from society, and converted into beggar
for daring TO vote the Democratic ticket
and yet he will find no sympathizers be
tween the Potomac and the Aroostooh. liz
will hear OF 10 acts OF Congress being
passed for his protection. Hc will not BIZ
honored by one single speech in his behal
from anybody in the Republican party o
the North. Is that sort OF neglect OF theil
own race an evidence that the northern PEG
pie have accepted the situation in good
faith, or that they acquiescc in the results O.
the war?
The fact is that the southern people are
much more nearly reconstructed y than
the northern. Like the wolf in the fable
the northern Republicans complain that WI
are muddying the stream, though they art
below us. They wish not exactly to eat u!
up, rs the wolf did its victim, but to devoul
our substance in the form Of taxes paid t
them lis officers OF the Government.
The country must see TO it that the mex
President shall be Il man who has accepted
the situation; who is rs ready to do justice
to the white man as to the negro; who il
willing to see both the North and the soutl
represented in Congress by their represen
tative men, whether these wore in the late
war the blue or tho gray; whose interest il
will be us President, not to stir up strife
between the sections, but to do all he car
towards enabling the country to enter upon
career OF peace, prosperity, and happl
ness.
The Enemies Of the Country.
We said on Saturday that there was !
Marty in this country who ought to bt