The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1877-07-12

i(1AV. the meellnR aQloHIESus WlkEOuI III
stFieting tie deleSsaatssss or expressing pre-
ference. Tf5..f al !MneU
1o1 A letter fr,om Yankee Allan:.2 =" ~,
IS FARavrLLE, Vk..,, July 10, 1877.
Editors Daily, Dispatch s:r4T ,a,.,olt SIT,
In yssterday,s, wing & an editorial With
the appropriate heading for q Whg, artI7
tcle--"YEaS. NATURAL, BUT ABSURD It
seems, / have given mortal offence to thlat
administrator organ. because ! cannot
endorse a,poliey which Ignores such native
southern Republicans as Or. E., q. Smith,
D. G. Carr, and r. a. Young, who live ,in
the only district which gave Mr. Hayes .
majority, but rewards, as 81 in the; case q the
postmaster at Petersburg, one Of those who
doubtless Joined the Wing in its opposi-
ton to the election. OF MI. Hayes, and in
its subsequent cry Of ssStop thief - during
the sessions, OF the, Electoral Com mission.
That I may, not be, misunderstoo God; desire
through your columns to correct heIerro-
neoius impression the editorial, referred to-
is calculated to createw7-;Yiz., that nam ops
posed to the ,ohole policy OF Cancellation
foreshadowed, by the President, 1.-The
very item in your paper from which
the WIG takes its, text said that I fully en-
dorsed the withdrawal Of troops. and its
consequent restoration OF constitutional
government; but in the hungry eyes OF the
fIWkig that seems to be small desideratum
COMPARED to the Federal flesh-pots, in Pc
tersburg.i .; From che date Of the Constitu-
tionaal. Convention OF 1867 to the present
time f,think !. have worked not less effect
iyety than the Whiq in denouncing the ,un-
lust discrimination sought to be made by
some members of my party against, the
wealth and intelligence OF the South, and
the {. very natural but absurd, position OF
that paper will be partly seen if its editors
viii examine the issue Of eight years ago
to-day and its files for three months previ-
GUS to that date, and see the different light
in. which that paper then regarded the OBJ
feet Of its present spleen. t.,,r:. ai,;.;.sJ
: AZ that time, writing OF me, The Wing
said: !" He deserves honorable mention for
the valuable services rendered" now he Is
a distinguished English carpet Dagger"
Then paid about $40 a year taxes, now l
paw ten times that amount; then was an
Dagger. II never could conceive until now
WHY the Whiq was so, bitterly opposed to
General Bradley r.. johnson that it sup
ported an independent candidate. for 1.-THE
Senate against him; but / see the light now:
they thought; him a. carpet-bagger.G Will,
that paper please enligbten me as to what
course i must pursue to become again enti-
tied to honorable mention. at:its hands, and
thus avert the exile with which! it threatens
mt? For it says, speaking Of us carpet
basgers: -, This, policy was intended to get
rid OF them.nr And may + be allowed to
remain until can disposeof my zeal estate,
sell, out over, one hundred bogsheadS Gof
tobacco / have on hand get rid OF myIhank
stocks, my insurance stock, and have anew
bank director elected in my place? "Let
not the, soul Of Mr.. Allan be troubled, "isays
the. Whig. But sirs,,.it cannot be other
wise il I am to be driven off with an empty
carpet-bag, when all these possessions would
fiji several trunks If I could only be per-
mitted to gather them up. But, sirs. while
I want no Federal Office in Virginia, and.
never, held one, still i, 1 have expressed
&c great and do, feel most " cordial dis
gust" at that insult to the Republican party
OF the South which, in placing Mr.. Key in
the position he holds, virtually declared that
in the estimation Of Mr. Hayes such men as
Judge Hughes, General -Wiekham, Judge
Riyes, Judge Settle. General Longstreet, and
Others, were lacking in the essentials to
proper representation OF southern interests;
and that, too, when South Carolina, Loufsi-
ana and Florida had each and all OF them
done so much to place Mr.. Hayes in the
white House. -..I-.believe"i dogma Of
Democracy that $50 the. ;yiotors belong the
spoils." so that what am blamed for is not
forgetting the lesson my political opponents
taught me-, Tile disgust feel is not so
much in seeing some :oi,, my. friends snoTed
as it ii In witnessing the, pitiable spectacle
of men ,Who profess to ,haYe honestly dill,
Sered With me! III, ,peIitics,t and who; boldly
charged a great theft ON. Mr.. Hayes and ,his
friends now rushing to w ashingto on, patting
him on the bach, and saying, g Divide the
spoils with lis and we VIII say no more
about it, It has been asserted BY the DEM
ocratic press Of. the country that air. Hayes
was NOT elected to- the presidency. = IT, that
be true then a, minority o. the American
people believe his title to BE not merely
Tainted, but, stepped ia. fraud. ;, II hon
estly elected, common. ), gratitude de-
mands recognition Of the southern
element which contributed to that
honest election II placed in y power, by.
fraud there is Nhonor. among thieves.
and it ought surely to prevail, in, this case.
The highway-robb bier would divide bis .spoils
with Che partner in gnilt who watched TO-
give. warning OF approaching police, and
not with the policeman who pursued him.:
unless he made ihimief accessory by taking
"a part as hush-mOney. o..t,.'n-.g - -,
id conclusion, The, Wing, says I have mis-.
represented this. district for. some years in
the Senate. The Farmvile Mercury, says :;
]" However we may differ with MIR. Allan
politically, we have pleasure In. testifving
that he has patrioticaIly bored for the good
of the State, without regard to party con-;
siGerations, except SO far. as national ques-i
tions were involved . And Mr.. Haayes's
policy is toget rid OF u.s. 800. st.:t,.s
Yours truly, :. 3 !, EDGAR ALLAN,
.Ilal!IwneFsab or Bennitf. .h59a5sl
siEdltors tks ,.s .g.t aa 1i,.
It.s'Wiii be 9 source Of. qualification TO-
learn from q pilgrim 10 the Holy, Land, q
Methodist minister Or Southern Italy, ,ReY.
IT. Gay, thdt; the editor OF the New, York
Herald, MIR. Rennitt is safe. In describ-
ing Bis trip from Rome me to Cairo, an. his,
.compdgnonS da togage, III the columns Of.
10 Ciuiita Euangeticd, Of Naples, Mr.. Gay
ID y, ii, ! "a. i; q