The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1880-08-17
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The Cincinnati Commercial, which mas
become shamefuly unjust 10 It's area'meo'
Of the southern people, says:
"The greenback campaien In Alabama Is
valuable for the proof II furnishes that w
Marty can exist IN the south tnat W nay
way opposes itself TO the Demoera''c VT
ganization."
And then Il goeson to argue that no mat
ter what Reorganization OF parties might
take place In the North, or however remote
from any OF the old war-issues these might
no mon which new parties divided, they
would all be subjected in the South 10 the
same persecution.
This sort OF talk Is untrue. The southern
people have been ready for ten years 10 d.
vide upon poItico-economical questions as
soon as the opportunity should be Afforded
to them to do so. They are better informed
on those questions than the northern peo-
pIe. II was for this reason that the Green
hackers made no headway In Alabama uu-
ring the late election campaign. The same
was the case in Virginia two years ago.
Not one single Democratic congressman be-
came convert 10 the foolish and ludicrous
doctrines OF the Greenbackers. Yet there
never under the sun were held fairer cleo
tions than those in Virginia between the
Greenbackers and the Democrats. The
siI!v Republican negroes voted the Green-
back ticket in 1878, Just as they voted the
Readiuster ticket in 1879, and will vote the
Republican ticket this year, (the Resdlust-
ers, however, claim large negro following
even this year.l But the voters OF Virginia
who are qualified by intelligence to vote
had and have very little sympathy with the
lunatics who believe in iat money.
The Commercial may rest In the assurance
that not all OF the southern people are in
favor OF ga tariff for revenue only" There
are 10 this city many hundreds OF voters
who would always act with the friends OF
protective tariff II they could do so with a
due regard to other and higher considcra-
tons. Eliminate the sectional question
! from politics, and the South would divide
! lust as the North is divided into two great
parties, each able TO command the respect
of the other, and to protect lis own inter-
e,ts at the balot-boX and everywhere else.
We of the South are ready for that sort OF
division any day and every day OF the year.
We have been ready for ii for ten years.
| But there has been no craftsmanship In
the North. A contemplate partisan spirit
and dsgraceful disposition to libel
| and SANDER the South have rendered
a solid South necessity even at
this late day. That solidity cannot he
! broken up until the southern people feel
that they are the equals in every respect oil
the northern people not in their own esti-
nation of course, for they know this full
well, but in the minds OF their northern
feIlow-cilizens. They want the northern
people to realize that Virginia has every
right which Massachusetts has, and will be
content with nothing less. We OF the South
are not busybodies nor Intermediates with
the affairs Of other people, and we don't
intend to act with any party whose leaders
are both busybodies and OfficiOus intermed'
oilers with the affairs Of every southern
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