The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1879-02-22
!. cod Knows which was Riaht.

somewhere In one VI stiS osA
erected i monument, having upon- IL Ing
laboye.auoted words, to the memory OF TWO
;aona who were killed, the one Ia the Con-
sef,erate army aud the other In the Federal
army. II calls che feeling which actaated
tie father sentimentalisrn," and declares
lar itself that it Is g not willing to admit by
any legislative action or official ntteranee
that there IS any question whatever VINO or
which side was right in the controversy
which ended in the suppression OF the re-
bei,ion and establishment OF the Unlou.,>
IT 1sato be noted that this sort OF talk Is
almost exclusively confined to the northern
section OF the Union. 1t is not often that
southern man INDUCES in any furious
nrotestations on.this subject. He is so per-
Yectiy certain that the cause OF the south
WINS the cause Of constitutional liberty that
he does not feel, and does not affect TO feel,
that there can be any doubt as to what the
verdict OF posserity vii! be, as to the just
ness OF the mlost cause" What those peo-
nie who are separated from US by dis
/ lance say as to the late struggle
will. we may be confident be said
hereafter By those Of our own countrymen
who shall be separated from US By the pass
| are of time. HAMPDEE, and SYDNEY, ano
RUSSELL, were "traitors" III their DAY
| but their names are bonored in the England
| OF to-day. We need not mention GEORGE
WASHINGTON, THOMAS JEFFERSON, john
ADAMS. and the rest Of the "rebels" OF
| IT7G, Tner names. too, are hOn0rea IN the
land wherein they were once pilloried as
"traltors." The southern man, how
ever, is not apt to trouble himself
| even about these heroes. He needs
| no encouragement which he cannot lind IN
the list of worthless OF bis OWE day and sec
ton. LEE, and JACKSON, and HILL, and
| PRICE, and hundreds OF others, are among the
names "that were not born to die" Why
should he worry himself9 He does not.
And. as we have said, be makes few or no
protestat,ons as regards either them or their
cause. The northern people, on the con-
trary, are continually declaring that the
South was in tue wrong in the recent
civil war, and that this fact must not and
shall not be forgotten. They are like per-
sons who are not assured OF their position
| in society, but who are continually telling
other persons how unassaiab!e their social
| record is. They are like those coored peo-
ple who are etcrnally demanding laws
which shall secure for them the society OF
white people, whilst The whites hold them in
derision. Do not let it he forgotten that these
northern people have the ear OF the world.
Southern books and papers rarely reach
Europe, or, at any rate, comparatively lew
of them. The public opinion Of the world
is to be made up, or has been made up, upon
evidence furnished principally by northern
writers. II. under these circumstances, the
cause of the South has been by that opinion
decided to be the righteous cause, what
hone can there he for reversal Of this opin-
ion in the future?
Again: There has from the beginning e:s-
listed a most extraordinary state OF things in
this country. II may lie exaggeration to
say that there has been no time from
1861 to 1879 when minority OF the
white men in the United States did
not think that the southern people were
in the right il the principles set forth by
the revolutionary fathers were the true
principles OF republican governments; but
there must be thousands OF men in every
northern State who feel as conscious Of this
fact ss they uV vf their own existence. IL
Is their presence that keeps the Tribune,
GARRISON, WENDELL PHILLIPS, and the rest
OF the {. narrow minded blockheads 4" all the
time in dread of the confession by their own
ccuntrymen chat it was the men OF the
South and not those OF the North who
fought for the cause OF all mankind. We
OF the South are not at all alarmed as to the
verdict either Of our own countrymen Of
the future or OF the people of the world at
large. We are clad in impenetrable armor,
whereas. our conquerors seem to be il NOR
tai terror OF the "pitiless pclting" of the
storm OF public opinion. Pray be easy,
Mr.. REID. You shall not be hanged.