The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1880-11-04

the PEOPLE, earnestly hnu ttu's us.no ~ 80
iablsh cordial and friendly relations Will
the people Of the South. We cannot anofu
TO be esisanged from each other.
When we remember our prosperity 10
notion, is 1t not sad that we, VINO ougnt 70
regard each other as members OF one gIea.
family, should look upon eacn othes VII"
distrust and susptcionF
II has seemed 10 many OF us that oe!te.
tiay was dawnIng; that genue peace nho
indeed come to dwell with Us ana cannon
believe but that 1t Is so. we ought 10 oe
united and happy people. Let us eacn ao
our part 70 establish this much-to-oe-oe'
sired condition OF affairs. Truly yours,
Mrs. A. l.. LEWIS.
Defiance, o., October IA, 1880.
The third is from true southron. lie
speaks earnestly, as follows:
LEXINGTON, Mo-, October IA, 1880.
Editors Daily Dispatch, Richmond, Va.'
In the Kansas City Times Of this date
end an article copied from your paper tba'
so graphically describes my own views con-
corning the situation that take the iiperty
TO write you, and as a southern man tnahs
YOU over my own signature, Tor this
manly expression Of sentiments that shouia
be, n they are not, those OF every
true southern man. The SCUM ever
since the war has made every enort 10
conciiiate their so-called northern brethren.
She has extended her hand in hopes that
The northern brethren would grasp II, ana
the token OF fraternity between the states
be as a cement that would unite once more
In a real union these two great sections oil
the American Government. Every oner,
however, has heeD spurned; every ei1oIt
has failed, and the question now Is, Wbat
Is the duty OF the Soutb2 We answer, Let
the South take care OF herself and her own
interests; let her cease commercial relations
with cities OF the North who time after Time
prove themselves her enemies; who are
never real friends, but who nave, through
hypocritical smiles and false representa-
tions, persuaded the people OF the south TO
buy their wares and merchandise. what
need is there for the South TO buy OF Gin
cinnati. Chicago, Philadelphia, and others
Of hike ilk, when they have New Orleans,
Charleston, Richmond, Baltimore. st. Louis,
Louisville, and New York, from which to
make their purchases No other southern
man, with proper love for his own section
OF country, should leave dollar in Ohio's
great black mart, whose merchants and
tradesmen extort from the people OF the
South immense profits and accumulate
vast wealth, with which they purchase the
political dregs and slime OF the city that
majorities may be obtained TO inture ana
crush the South. II is time the people OF
the South should open their eyes to these
facts. Keep away from Cincinnati, away
from Chicago and Philadelphia; patroniZe
southern citizens or northern cities whose
actions prove them your friends. L have
written these pages hurriedly in hope
that the southern press may be induced
through your valuable paper 10 call the at
tention OF the people of The South to this
matter. You have the power. and now
that YOU have done all possible TO do TO
win the love OF the North, and they
only hate in return, compel them to feel
that "cotiOn IS king" again. Nothing so
distrcsses Yankee az a dram on bis
pocket. book, aud when you make them
know that YOU are in earnest, and That you
will no longer lick the hand that smiles you,
but turn the channels OF your trade in other
directions, YOU will touch the tendereSt
spOts in the nature of The animal.
Very truly yours,
J. u. CONNER, Lexington, Mo.
These will suffice for one day.
We would faiu hope that the desire for
protective tariff, which seems to be so gen.
eral a feeling in the northern States, had
something to do with the defeat OF General
HANCOCK. We dislike to believe that pre-
sidential election can be carried against any
man whom the South likes.