The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1880-09-10

matters tEifatufOE w w" 49," 49,
time beisg short, ] did put a quesucn. ,, on
this cccssIon. o6ex----.-~-,s,,...ms.'....s. 49,
"Yos say there is os mucn outelNess
here as 10 Massachusetts,; how does u MAT
@ynere Is as much bitterness here as
nerhans In any part Of New England, bun
that bitterness Is not what II was Few
yews ago. II occasion Offers | will intre-
dire You TO a man who cannot SPEAK oil the
south or the war without flying into pas
sion."
"what does he say
ooh. he SAYS that the South " rebeNious
ne Il eyer was: that It h absurd Tor the
rebels to nominate a Union soldier Ike
Hancock; they have tried everybody else,
and now they try him; 1t is ridiculous
dodge,v and so on.
"W'hat is his feeling toward northern
Democrats"
NV acquaintance laughed outright rs be
replied "He hates them ten times worse
than he does the rebels. Whyy Because
they are traitors now. or they were curing
the war. IL is amusing TO hear him declare
that whenever certain Democrat OF TINS
town met him with n smirk on his face ana
a CHEEKY good-morning he knew that the
Union army had met reverse, ana the more
bland this Democrat was the bigger the
Federal defeat"
"Why is il that have encountered none
OF this bitternessi Are people on their
guardi"
"Not at all, guess. Few know anything
about YOU; fewer still have any mixing
OF the purpose Of your visit to New Eng
Ind"
"Is it likely that this bitterness will con-
tinuef"
.. Among q certain class, yes. i baye
uniformly voted with the Republicans; at
the next election I may vote for Hancock.
Rut | take q number OF papers and read
both sides, while the great bulk OF country
people take their county paper, ana posi-
bly the Weekly Times or Tribune OF New
York, and get their opinions from them.
Travel New England over. you will hear
no more bitterness and no other bitterness
than YOU see in the stalwart papers.
Sooner or later the bloody shirt will wear
out, Just as all other shirts wear OUTFLOW
long first don't pretend 10 say; but, for
nv part, am tired Of ii, and so are many
others. We want new issue, q fresh de-
parture, and 1t comes with poor grace from
Mr.. Garfield, who got himself into hot
water few years ago by opposing the use
of troops at the polls, or some such mea-
sure, to be preaching rebellion at this time.
or course the country will be safe under
Hancock-no one but madman can doubt
IT'D
He hit the nail on the head. II l should
ply all Yankeeland with questions-if by
accident or design | could hear the most
secret confab of the most radical Republi-
can conclave-I should still learn nothing
that the papers did not teach us years ago.
Meeting at various times with Republican
editors i'm their sanctUms, found them Just
rs polite and oblging as the Democratic
editors with whom / have been thrown.
They get very mad and say very abusive
things when they sit down to write. and so
does a lawyer for a very small fee. The
Jury is amazed at so much oratorical pork
for shilling. SO with the great party lead
ers, only they are more cool about it.. The
game is too big to be risked by loss OF
temper. On the stump, OF course, they
rave over the wrongs about TO be inflicted
upon the dear people. AS to consequences,
what gambler stops TO think of his own or
bis opponents family when heavy stakes
are on the table!
Indulge me Just here in few reflections.
A defeated candidate for the Legislature is
for some weeks OF opinion that republican
institutions are a failure that society is on
the eve OF dissolution, and that the universe
is a fraud. lie is generally mistaken. Great
statesmen and even great editors die, yet
the old world. machine creaks along much
as ii did before. Except as clew to the
result of the next election, what the North
thinks and feels about US is matter of tri
ding consequence. Your rich neighbours
sympathy is never strong enough to make
YOU as rich as he is. Read Baeehot'S little
book, "Physics and Politics." you can get
the Humboldt edition for fifteen cents,) and
YOU will see that war, terrible as it is, has
been the chief factor in the advancement of
mankind. Disastrous as was our late Sec
tional conflict, aud barbarous as were many
OF the features OF reconstruction, the les
sons taught by these Affections will not be
complete till we have learned to do pre-
cisely what the Yankees had to do when
they landed on these bleak shores. Heine
could not embrace the excellent man, who
"straightway to help him began" when he
was in trouble; for be himself was "that
excellent man." 1t is indeed swinsh
adage, but one the South needs most to take
to heart--rOot hog or die.
Lebanon boasts common 800 yards wide
and "a mile long, another illustration OF the
fact that New Enganders are not so greedy
about land as we had supposed. IL is the
residence OF DR.. Sweet, the famous bone
setter, who has an infirmary here, to which
patients from all parts Of the country re-
sort. A family from South Carolina has re-
Gently settled about mile from the village.
| have been very curious to ascertain from
some of them why they selected this Out-of-
the-way spot for their home, but hot or
rainy days and cold nights have prevented
me from calling on them. Lebanon grum-
bles. at is dead place." says the gradu-
ate OF Yale. ave ought to have cheese
factory or creamery" says the merchant.
In former years much cheese was shipped
from here to the South. :" graded school
is sadly needed" says lady. eyes" re-
forts her husband, Z" but the itch men would
oppose It," "The town hail ought TO be
removed from the common-it is an eye
sore" &c. Even in YaakeesDd there are
troubles.
OF the Two cemeteries the new is TO me
much the more interesting. In the old one
YOU will see Governor TrunibuIPs tomb,
which is as much neglected as the resi-, and
You will read inscriptions in Latin and Egg
fish on slabs so old that they are literally
dropping to pieces. You will also see
heads of cherubs. craven by rustic artist,
which are so comical in expression that
you Involuntary burst into a fit OF laugh
ter. Aa antiquarian would reyel in this
old buiying-ground. The new cemetery,
which is less neglected than the old.