The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-10-05
Centennial Dix wants Another War.

tehtenniai DIX wants Another war.
While Gen DIX was pouring out in Coop
er Institute, from n heart full of Il strange
and most unbecoming rancor, the fouest
a.persions upon Gov. TILDEN's public
and private character, Senator CoNKLISG
was uttering at Utica manly and sensible
rebuke of all such methods OF influencing
or attempting TO influence votes. The
Senator evidently looks forward to the
possibility, not to say probability, that Mr..
1ILDES may be the next President of the
United States; and he clearly does not
mean TO dishonor the State of New York
hy lending his name TO the idea that she
has furnished the country with n President
s'aned with personal faint such as Gen.
DIN seeks to fasten upon the Democratic
candidate.
Mr.. CoNKLTNG is not insensible TO the
chances that the electoral vote OF New
York will be given TO her present Gov
ernor; aud he does not choose to mar his
own official relations with the next Presi-
dent, or to rebuke the people or the State,
by denunclations of the personal character
of the man to whom they may give their
snnrages in numbers sufficient to make
him the choice Of this great State. 1t would
be useless to speculate uDon the causes that
have led Gen. DIX to very different line
vi conduct. His speech will only tend to
enhance the disgust which decent people
everywhere feel at the reiteration Of
the exploded calumuies that have been
mined ut Gov. Tu.DEN.
But there is one thing in Gen. DIx's
speech on which we are moved to express
greater astonishment than any that II IS
necessary to feel AT his personal vitupera-
lions. We mean his utterauces in regard
to the South; utteranccs which show his
evident desire to see another civil war;
ntteranccs of which man OF his years and
position should he ashamed. These are his
words. collatcd from the opening and close
Of his speech; abomiuable words, which
evince not only a bad spirit, but sheer IL
norance as well;
81 rejoice to see 20 strong representation o. our
ton m whatever portion OF the Tnlon heir lot has
neen cat are to pc nrmly mapt,inei ~ ne pesceia
ioed ~ fraud force; then ~ some more eciiye
ing southern Or thren everi privilege and rish,
which We mi ~ under the Constitution A. onz as thrj
submit TO Is requirements out II hey become faith.
lts u H. either ~ open r-sstance or ~ annuing any
must en rec n m he SANE WV a. ~ Al n,,een csr.
ago for tnr constitution aud the Union stand or
That the rights Of the colored people ar.
involved in this election. in the sense in
which Cen DIX meant TO be understood
sa gross misrepresentation, No doubt he
meant 10 give the negroes of the South to
understand that their constitutional rights
are now at issue; that il the Demo-
cratic party shall prevail, those rights
will be lost, until they are reinstated by
what he means as more elective
agency" which is, Of course, the sword.
rarpet-bag radical demagogues in
the South have maintained their po-
itical hold upon the negroes by making
Them believe that the preservation OF their
constitutional rights depends on the sue
ress OF the Republican party. But no ono
expected TO see man IN Gen. DIx's posi-
ZION stand up here in the city OF New York
and tell "our colored brethren " that their
constitutional rights are now to be main
tanned NJ tho ballot box, that they may
be overcome by force or fraud, and
that they may have 10 be maintained by "A
"mOre effective agency If Gen, DIX
does not know, he ought to have known
that all that the ballot box can do foi
the constitutional rights Of the nceroc.
was done long ago-done effectualy aud
forever; done 30 that the peaceful in
strumcntality Of law and iudicature, and
not the sword, l. all that is needfu to keen
them III the most absolute security. When
the constitutional amendments were
adopted, there remained nothing to be
Gone for the maintenance of the cOnstitu
tional rights Of the colored people, except
ing to secure their practical enjoyment,
when they are in any danger by the same
peaceful methods by which the practica
enjoyment Of the constitutional rights OF
Ill other citizens are secured; which is