The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1878-10-01
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m lsts M period 81 ths l,pIiticsl
ss,Iseriv ss;1S flIe fines d hi nos. &c the
s q ~ nm Srfi fanss5 hos been OUT
and dYisg hard elding ifofgy ealsso
year Ilstfe iittse lae alsilea stsses sen 4 !:
abe has passed ont 81 aadtcaL hands from sn ll
Asol March next, ati but sor This t'reeii.
back Hnoyenent the Republican party yFoula
.Iasfy ina wursufrft cannot last Itniess anew
iiense al power is fnrnishe Tor the time
heinz by unexpected and uncalled-for
sissf,es.E IL III well TO consider what these
iss,ies' are md how they affect the country.
The so,lth and West buy. mora than they
sell, and are drained Of their money.
They are alike In this respect. fney nave
taken steps TO remedy this In the increase
III raner.money, and the Democratic party
.as n whole and portion Of the western Re-
.pnblieans ARE united for this object, aud
the end would be attained without the aid
|of a single Greenbacke so-called. Bot un-
fortunately. the Democratic party like other
parties before fiji cannot bear prosperity.
a large portion Of ita have rushed off to
form Il new and short-ltYed existence, and
have thrown away the advantages OF the
mast and the hopeful pros pect OF the future.
They disrupt their own party, and by so
doing the Radical party again carry the
elections, and probably the next President
will be again Of that party-all owing to the
short-sighted folly Of desertiou OF their
principles at the moment when concert OF
action was absolutely necessary for success.
B To many Of the people of Virginia this
election may seem no more than the aSpira-
tions OF ofice-seekers, and the final results
are not thought Of beyond the excitement
OF the campaign. Since the war the Demo-
Gratis Tor Conservatiyes) have ruled this
State, and until the past year party lines
were very apparent. In Louisiana and
South Carolina the whites have been under
tbe woke OF the blacks, aided by Federal
bayonets. Are the people Of these Suites silly
enough to divide among themselves and put
their States again in the hands OF their OPP
pressors? They feel too keenly the burdens
they have borne for many years to do this,
but the other southern States are doing 1T
for them. They are dividing families, and
neighborhoods, and counties, and cities,
and States; !. and the result is very apparent.
]" a divided house connot stand" and by
thus doing they put the Radicals again into
power in these States, and possibly in others,
and it may be many years before the whites
will gain control OF these States. Laws
NAV be enacted which will put into power
the carpet-baggers, and, not profting by
the lessons OF the past. the southern States
may all undergo the experiences OF the past,
or even worse.
Let the Radical sections Of the Union sepa-
rate on the financial question; but the Vir-
ginia, like the Tennessee, Democracy
should declare that no just reasons exist for
abandoning their party and by the disrup-
ton strengthen their opponents. Will the
Conservatives OF Virginia throw away their
opportunities, and, under the excitement OF
the moment, divide their own household
and help to put the Radicals again into pos
session OF the House Of Representatives !?
Let every one consider carefully what he
loses by abandoning his party at a time
WhenShis services are most needed.
'f G.. r. G..