The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1879-12-31
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"WEDNESDAY .DECEk8ER 81. 1915 a


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SECTIONAL
ss$:s The Chicago Times Is An able PAPER l s.s
csitnr;a,a are written with unusual care. "
q. however, animated BY sectional preia'
d,ces. end imagines that It sees ia gu - 70
other Journals though these faults are iis
own reflected back upon II, but which it sis
unable TO recognize as It's Own. IL IS these
y,re,nd;ces which induce It to call the Kicl,r
moni Dispatch can organ Of tsie como
South party in one PARAGRAPH, ana 10 an
other TO charge us with being !" unable 70
soc things po,itical except through the Pc
collar ane,tacles y OF g the South" This u
fits way Of charging Us with seetfona'isfn !.
+. makes these remarks dpropos OF our
statement that we preferred Mr. sHsRxAS !
IN Mr.. BLAINE for President because stbe
former was az Ohio man, whose stare
bordered upon the South, and whose sur
roundings would therefore be apt 70 cause
him 10 be better disposed to the South tn nan
Mr.. BLAINE would be, who is Maine map.
The Times gravely tells US
"The South y has nothing more 70 expect
from Sherman than from Blaine: Mr. sner,
man does not approve OF tue ponsioai
methods Of the Solid-South party any nVIe
than does Mr. Blaine, and ne would NOT DC
at all more likely to bestoW polillcai iavoIs
upon those who habitually think ol tuem-
selves collectively as a separate peop'e'
called sthe South and OF the american na.
ton as a foreign nation. II Mr.. Sherman
were President, he would De as iikety 90
RIaine TO distribute the spoils among nls
own nartisans ia the southern States, ana
as unlikely to bestow fsyors upon bis poiit-
zeal opponents who call themselves 'tDe
South" s. a.ttt
We beg leave 10 say that no one would
rejoice more than we IL the country couie
be rid Of all sectional parties. We don't
care a straw for the patronage OF any adj
ministratIon. We are totally Indifferent as
TO what either Mr.. BLAINE or Mr.. SHERMAN
thinks OF "the political methods OF the
solid-south party" Whatever this may
mean. Either may dispose OF the offices as
he will IL he will only do simple justice TO
the South.
Undoubtedly it is deplorable that any
part Of the people OF this country
should habitually think OF themselves
collectively as separate people" But
whose fault is 1t that such Is the case? The
yery phrase OF the "the solid South " was
coined by our enemies--yes, our enemies;
for It cannot be denied that those men are
our enemies who circulate all sorts OF false
hoods and exaggerate the few crimes COM
mitted in this section OF the country for the
purpose Of securing offices for themselves
and their friends. The bloody shirt has
been waved high in every political campaign
that has taken place in the North since the
surrender OF General LEE. There has been
no time when the Republicans did not deem
the deeds OF the "rebels" the strongest
card which they could play. This fact shows
what party and what section are RESPONSE
Bile for "scctionaIism." We have been
ytlsfed, libelIcd, traduced, and wronged in
various ways, until we are compelled TO IN
ouire concerning every candidate for high
office in that section whether he is friendly
or uniriendly to the South. And when in
self.defence we make the inquiry-when we
are compelIed by circumstances to try to
ascertain whether we are to be again SUB"
iected to TRADE OF traduction, we are told
that we are the sectionalists 1t is the lamb
that has muddied the stream. Thus inius-
tice and wrong force us to be curious as to
who is next 10 open bis batteries upon us in
the North, and yet when we express pre-
ference for the man who will she'll us least,
we are blamed for having any choice in the
matter. ~c....,, -.lr !
The Times does not know how glad the
white people Of the South would be to see
the voters Of this country dlvideiupon some
question which would not constrain them
all to be on one side. But the line OF cleay-
age In the political as in the material world
Is the line OF least resistance; and the
northern people have shown by their con-
duct for many years that 1t is easier to array
them against the South than for or against
any governmental measure proposed by
either Democrats or Republicans. 1t IS
greatly to their diseredit that this should
be the case, and greatly to our discomfort.
But it is adding injury to both insult and
injury when the southern people are held re-
sponsible for q sectional feeling which they
had no voluntary part in creating, and which
they more than all the other people il the
land are anxious and interested to have come
to an end. Our anxiety for peace constrains
us to ask whether Mr.. BLAINE or ldr. SHER-
MAN will be more likely to graft us that
boon; and then we are denounced because
we prefer the man of peace. We long to
see man elected who will put an end to
sectionalis,n; but when we ask for such a
man we are proclaimed to be sectionalists.
Can injustice further goP
Weare perfectly willing to admit that the
Times is not conscious OF its inyeterate and
unjustifable preiudices. OF course not;
or it would at once rid itself OF them. No
more are most OF the people Of the North.
They have skinned the southern eel until
they think it ought to be fond of the opera.
ton, aud they give it fresh blow'when'
ever it squirms.
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A liberal Democrat, when asked his -Opin
ion about Maine, said: 81 don't see why
the Republicans should, complain. The!
have lived on Democratic blunders for years
and the supply seems to be yineXhaastible.'
Boston Transcript Republican,.
Not the least danger to tue Democrats
involved In Governor GARcELoN's course
On the contrary, the holder and the NOR
unscrupulous his acts and mieh, the NOR
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