The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1877-05-10
Iowa Leads.


can" or "Democrat,' or "Whig," cannot
induce sensible voters to ally themselves
with a party. Nor will people leave an ola
party to Join new unless there DC some
reason which they esteem good ohereu ioi
the change. No more will they remain IN
marty because OF It's name il there be another
whose ur;nciplcs more strongly commend 1t
TO them.
W. are not by any means confident that
VIC arc soon 10 have division oil the voters
hv new party lines. Mr.. HAYES has no5
manifested any anxiety TO be rid OF the kc-
,nb,ican party What he has done that
WAS RIGHT and proper and prai>ewortty may
he followed by acts Of which the friends OF
the true principles OF the Government cam
not approve. We are AS yet at sea. we
must necessarily await the developments of
RI, future. Nevertheless. the Republicans
oy Iowa have issued call for State Con-
yrntion. in which call may he found the nu-
clcus OF platform fora new antl-AdmlnlStra-
ton Republican party. The Convention Is
"a be held June 18th. and is to nominate cam
di6atcs for Governor. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS,
Superintendent OF Public Instruction, ana
Judge OF the Supreme Court. 1t Is noto-
ricus that he Republicans OF Iowa are dlS-
satisfied with Mr.. HAYEs'S policy II any
reuuhlcanS in the Union are. The call III
question emphasizes the points wherein the
Republicans OF that State propose 10 anta%o-
niGc the Presidents policy. 1t reads:
We invite all to unite with us in the
convention and the campaign who oelcNe
II, the StcadfaSt and unwaverin9 principles
o: right. liberty, and justice, as eNemp!l-
lied in the past record and platforms OF inc
Republican party from its birth, when II
h.ran its uncomprom>ing crusade upon
human slavery. until the last Shacklc fell,
nrd I'm, slave became a man endowed by
This rartv with all the rights his former
,n1<irr possesses, and in which he must be
protected IT any cost Il: who believe in cher
i>hin~ with pride undated its devotion to
lie cause Of LOYALTY against treason, anu
who can never forget the services OF the
I3yal blue, though ioreiving the rebel gray;
Who believe that the United States OF
America is Il nation, ana not merely
confederation of States; who believe IN
the strict and vigorous enforcement
OF the constitutional amendments, both H.
letter and spirit, for the absolute ana com
p!ctc protection OF all-!he weak rs well as
tie Strong-in every right'of suffrage. citl-
2nnShip. liberty. and equality: who believe
the majority should rule, and deprccate all
attempts at political terrorism, and intlmi-
d,tion. and all political or official liberation
Herewith: who believe that Ignorance and
vice 90 hand-and-hand, and who, therefore.
desire 70 see our free schools nurturCd and
fostered as the best safeguards of the ma
TONS life: who believe that until these ends
are accomplished. and these rights guaran-
teed and secured 10 the inmate OF the low
hest hovel in Inc land aS well as the inhab-
liant OF the paatial abode, the work OF the
Republican party is not yet accomplished.
Those are pretty plain intimations that
Mr.. HAYEs's policy does no. suit the Repub-
licans OF Iowa; and they furnish good
basis for new party, suppoSing that Mr.
HAYES intends to adhere to the policy which
he has thus far pursued. Mr.. HAYES is a
firm friend OF the public schools, and Of
course will not allow his opponents to put
him in antasoni>m to them; but as to the
remainder OF the Iowa platform, he ought
to eschew it. 1t is all based upon the fun
damental error that the backwoods State OF
Iowa and the far-eastcrn State OF Maine
have the right through the Govern
ment at Washington TO dictate the poll
cy OF the southern States, and. Of course,
OF all the States. 1t assumes that the
several States may be forced by the Fed
eral Government to "protect" their citi-
Zens in whatever rights belong to them. 1t
assumes that there are still loyal party and
"treason party in this country-a base
falsehood which must be abandoned. It
would wipe out all State lines upon the
preteXt that "this is nation 1t would
ill the southern States with spies, inform
ers, and tools OF the Federal power upon
the assumption that the amendments :" are
TO be enforced; " as ii they were OF more
value than all the rest OF the Constitution.
We in the South ask not the privilege OF
seeing that the citizens OF Massachusetts are
protected in their rights. We leave
them as we leave the citizens Of Canada.
TO the protection of their governments.
And we VIII never willingly tolerate the
interference OF the Federal Government in
our domestic affairs. II few men in New
York take possession OF that city and rule
the others, we consider it none OF our bust
ness. We do not propose to 60 upon cru
SADIE throughout the courItry to ascertain
the States in which "the majority" bear
rule. Nor do we intend to allow the inter-
meddling Iowan or Yankee to come upon a
like GRAND to our section. In brief, the
southern people utterly rcpudiate the Iowa
platform, and will support no Administers
ton which holds to the doctrine that the
Federal Government has the right to inter-
fere in the domestic concerns OF the several
States. And we put all the States upon u
perfect equality, claiming 30 rights for our
own States which we are not willing to &C
cord to every state in the Union.
Just here is where we fear Mr.. HAYES
will separate from the friends of consttu-
tional government. Ii he does, and follows
the lead of Iowa, his Administration will
be failure. The truth cannot longer be
hidden from the northern people; and they
will four years hence put The seal of their
condemnation upon all consolidationist doc
trines. Home rule is free government. Gov
ernment from Washington is despotism.
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A Veteran.
Mr. DEGREES, the new Superintendent OF
the Public. Printing, ut Washington, will