The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1879-11-21
The Nexs Preside

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The Next Pressd lent.
-. ..,.,,,e ~ che United Stress are
- ~ readv 10 .talk about natiop al politics
an" there Is no local sn Jiect up for
.s,,cussion which they deem, OF supremc.
sn,nortance. One election OF President IS
hardly over before our nc.st intelligent peo-
n,e begin TO speculate az to the next sir-
rinians are said to ba peculiarly sona Of
politics; but we dosas that they devote
more time, oe more words, TO them ts =, Tue
neon,e Of any other Of tho Atlantic states.
En,h,rg s,ncerns a uaaa more Guam tne
manner In which he Is governed. NO
thing else has kept the South esck IN the
rsee for wealth, population, and prosperity,
=, n,nch as the outrageous iaws whEh
frau the earliest Gays OF our conntry,s ass-
sarv to now have aeen enacted by the u cue
IA, Government Ger the bene6t OF the north
ern section Of the Union High tarss 10
nro,ect New England manufacturing estaD-
l;sbnaents: buauties to New England fisn-
ermeu; exemption OF New England wealth.
from taxation, and the placing OF all Tue
bnrdens of the Goyerament upon ether sec
sions the taxing of tobacco until It has De-
come question Of time only as TO when the
entire tebscco-manuiacturinS eusincss OF
the country will pass into the hands
az the wealthy nonopo!ists OF the North
il being simply. Impossible Tor even
the most enierprising OF young men 20
eomnete successfully with capitalists,
when the former are totally unable 10
nav a tax OF from one to two hundred dor
lars = boc,head for all the tobacco winch
.hev purchase TO be manufactured into any
OF the forms 10 which 1t IS consume l.
However. we did not intend when we De-
gan this article to run OF into dlsqalsi-
tion mon the injustice with which the
South has always been treated, but to write
NOON the subject OF the next presidency.
Here is thoughtful extract FROM the Dan
willie Post. 1t is speaking OF the tact that
the next presidential election VIII turn
upoa the vote OF New York and Indiana.
We quote: !,
ais not O. Republics not any form OF
covernment-in imminent danger OF ITS lie
and liberties when ITS destinles are maze
m hanp unon such narrow shred as
shat? The fates of great rulers anu OF
great nations have been decided by SIN
gle battle, but the precise location OF that
battle, with all the advantages ana oisad-
Yantages Of position to each conteholns
army. was never distinctly marked one
year in advance OF the impending conflict.
: But IN this case. and full year IN ad-
- vance OF the battle, both OF the contend
ing Darties OF the country have the heid
of final struggle fully mapped out, and are
already placing their guns and Dattallons
in positiou for the onset. 1t IS simply
question to be decided by the party having
the heaviest artillery and the greatest COM
mand OF troops, and it is not difficult FOR
even an ordinary observer TO point OUT on
which side Of the contendng forces that
superior strength exists ut this stage OF Inc
canvass.
at is not too late. however. for the De-
mocrats OF the country to profit by the OBJ
servation and experience OF the past, and
the plain facts OF the case, rs presented by
the present situation. 1t should be under
stood ut once that because the South can
cast 1873 electoral votes, and cast them all
for the Democratic ticket, it cannot elect
President and Vice.pIesident in 1880. And
they must also remember that 4 united South
cannot best united North in war or in
peace. and that, if we are to win the victory
in 1880, we must shape our conduct so as
to win the requisite number OF votes at the
North. We do not think we can do that
unless we are very prudent in our manner
OF dealing with the delicate question, and
more reserved in our choice of our candi-
dates for the presidency. In our view OF
the question, to see southern newspapers
and southern politicians constantly step
ping TO the front to designate and cham
pion cur ticket for 1880, is absurd and re-
pulsive to the popular sentiment of the
country, and can only bring upon us as
sured defeat and humiliation. We carry
1873 electoral votes in our breeches-pocket.
but we do not bold the votes OF New YORK
and Indiana on the same terms"
The Post does not deny the right OF any,
body to champion the candidacy OF his
iavorite, but merely suggests that it is bad
policy for southerners to show to the North
that the nomination Of any particular indi-
vidual would be particularly gratifying to
us OF this section, and especially that it Is
unwise to insist upon the nomination OF
southern candidate. In this latter view we
fully concur. Whilst We shall not, unless
it become necessary, say a word against any
given candidate, we will say that to noml-
nate a southerner is to invite defeat. He
would be held up to the northern people us
the candidate Of the "Confederate briga-
diers," and his nomination would be pro-
nounced defiance OF the Union sentiment
OF the North and challenge to the people
of that section to form solid North to bght
against q solid South.
It is O striking fact to which the Post
calls attentiou-that the two battle-telds
upon which the contest is to be decided are
known beforehand, and that this knowledge
will cause the chiefs Of the contending
armies to rally oil the forces at their COM
mand to those important points. Under the
circumstances, 1t would be inexcusable in the
friends OF free government, as we hold that
the Democrats are in peculiar sense, to
run any risks that can possibly be avoided,
or to take chances where they may command
certainties.
IT
THE EXTRA SEsSIoN.-We are glad to see
that the New York World declares that the
new jury law alone sis worth the cost OF
the whole extra session." That is Just
what we think OF it, But the World does