The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1880-08-10
"a ,ne War over


IS Is the War overp
whcn we read the terrific dsnuncSassSns
=, rebels and rrbe, sympathizers witch
sossdays abound In the Rcpublscsa pa
pers q the North, we imagine hM our
de,r,v.be,oved bre,hrea q that section have
sorso,,cu the surrcwder at APvoma'iox
.cour,bouse, aud are ssmly OF tac pehei
that JUpAI EARLY Is within tea miles OF
,he csp,,si at Washington, OF perhaps
sbouder,rr at Its gates. When we reao U"
snes. s.me papers tAat the thirteenth, foui7
,.er,h and fftecsAh amendments to the
reder,, CONSTITUTION constituted treaty
Of pcsce between the two sections
which we OF the South have wicked'y
violated. we might we'll expect that tne
uext ea,e from Boston, or Chicago, or New
York. OF Cincinnati, would bring the
,id,ues that an ayenging army was march,
inc southwards TO the relief OF the men
whose rights were intended to be secured
nv these amendments. Whea we read Ten
ersI BaNxs's speech in Cbicago, ana Gene
20, t,Aey1s1jp,s New York speech OF last
Friday night, We seem to see those TWO
doughty knights once more upon the war
path, bent upon again Furnishing the unre-
pcutant rebels OF this unfortunate portion
OF our common country. The war appears
IN be st,,i raging, and General GRANT 10 De
,hc sunpressor OF new rebellion among
the same old rebels.
But when we again pick up these same
s,.,warf Republican journals OF the North,
and find that column after column IS oe-
voted TO the vilification and traduct'on
of one OF the Federal heroes OF Gettys'
burg: when we see that one OF the Union
generals whose career during the war be-
tween the Ststes made him the most uni
formiy successful OF all the generals on MS
side spoken OF as traitor and conspirator
against MIR, LINCOLN whilst the latter was
President OF the United States; when we
learn that HANCOCK outswears "our army
i'm Flanders and manifested during that
war no more respect for common soldier
than BEN. BUr.ER has for West-Pointer,
or Senator CONELING for President HAYES;
when we are told that the superb
military chieftain whom General MCCLEL-
Ian would fain have placed high upon the
roll OF fame disdained to allow his COM
mand TO aid in winning certain great
battle because all the credit Of the victory
would rebound TO Phil. SHERIDAN;-we
say, when all these incontrovertibie facts
or assertions are passing before our eyes,
we know that the long contest must be over
4 o. alsq the nOrfhprn neODit
would rise as one man TO bury beneath their
indignation the slanderels and libellers OF
the one model soldier whom the war
brought into the worlds notice north OF
MASON and DIxoN's line.
Think O! il. Isn't it incredible that the
poor, despistd rebels should be defending
the name and fame OF the peerless HANCOCK!
Isn't It beyond belief that the patriotic SOL
d.ers who fought under Pennsylvania
most distinguished son should sit still IN
their seats, whether in Chicago or Boston,
and hear their favorte hero blasted with the
breath of slanders No, not blasted; for, as
Sir WALTER SCOTT says,
The 6rmer he roots him the ruder 1t blows"
and all these libes and ISLANDERS but cause
him to have deeper hold upon the hearts
OF bis admitting couutrymen. Those peo-
pie, however, who wink at these ISLANDERS
and libels, and do not permit it to be known
that they condemn General HAN00CK's VIII
fiers, are no better than the most guilty OF
these traducers OF great hero. willing
to wound, and yet afraid to STRIKE" they
make themselves participants in the guilt OF
those whose consciences and associations
have not taught them that they disgrace
themselves rather than the object OF their
hatred when they bring these UNANIMOUSLY
false charges against such man as WIN
FIELD SCOTT HANCOCK.
Fellow.citizens Of the North, how would
YOU have liked to read the charges OF which
we speak in southern journals if General
HANCOCK had happened TO be Republican
and to be nominated for President by the
Republican party?
Oh, reform it altogether. You do not
yourselves believe that General GRANT was
truer to his section, or his superiors, than
General HANCOCK.