The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1880-08-14
An Appeal for Solid North. which
Ought to be an Appeal to virginians


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An Appeal for Solid North, which
Ought to be an Appeal to virginians
IN Unite.
TIE Cincinnati Commercial, leading Re
rrbl,csn journsl, published CT the very
dividing lire between the North ana Tue
son,h. and In a city which has recently
.o..r,e,ed railroad running straigh, south-
~.ra N chattanooga, has, donble.leaded,
an, so,,ow,ng outrageous attack upon the
.ousberu people In the form oil an appear
,or . so,id North. II such articles DO not
.nnv,nce the Democrats OF Virginia that IL
- ,so,r boundeu duty to unite upon the
rocn,ar ticket, then indeed they are blinded
by prejudice: ,,o.,,
Snail VIZ SURRENDER TO THE SOLID SOUTH
The solid South is the reorganized south
ern Conlederacy. slavery has disappeared.
Tn he mace are claims for damages Done
during the war, and demand Tor me ex-
nenditure OF the money OF tue na.ion III
local Jobs. We have the same o'u pIe,en
sions on the part OF the sou,nern ponu.
c,ans, that they are by divine risht tue fu'ers
OF this country. ...,a Tho,
They do not seem TO unoers'auu ,ha,
they got the worst OF the war; ~ ,ne, ia"
been conQucrors they cou'd not nav us-
sumed more duties in connection WIN Inc
Cnne,aj Government than they charge
themselves w,thal. II thousands had been
HANGED. and tens OF thousands had their
sst,,es cenfscated, the bitterness OF resent
ment could hardly have been greater tDan
!, 4. The magnanimity with which they
have been treated. aud which all TIE rest OF
,ha ,,orId recogpiZes as remarkable, they
do not appreciate. A..
They have the same old craze to boss the
whole country that they had wnen Bii'
English gave his name to scheme TO SWIM
die and bride the people Of Kansas to con-
sent 10 The adoption OF a fraudulent constr
tuition making II q slave State-tbe meanest
attempt ever made to extend slavery. Hav-
ing subjugated the majority OF the constitu'
tional voters in Mississippi and other south.
ern States, and thus secured solid basis OF
operations, they demand in the name OF tnc
Modification of the country the submission
OF the North, and act upon the presumption
that their sectionalism alone is true nation
atty.
Having before the war, with The aid OF
Bill English, attempted the nationaiiZa-
ton OF slavery, they now seek IN DIS name
and that of the first OF the Union generals
to yield the legitimate results OF inc war
10 convert the States that sustained Inc
Union into the political provinces OF Tue
solid South. In this they have tue ana OF
the Democratic party. WIN Tue so1u
South, wherein the Republican par'y j.
terrorjzed out of existence, and the Pocket
OF Indiana. where imported voters are WEI
coined and made current, and the European
citv ~ New York, with its surroundings,
there is a party snatching for power, ire
spectiye OF pubic policy or opinion, DEFY
ing all enlightenment, representing the re-
sentiments OF the South and the greed OF
the outs in the North. This is. we confess,
n combination that does not command our
confidence.
The latest news from Alabama Shows
how complete the southern arrangements
are TO make good the pledge OF Wade
HAMPTON that the South should give l3S
electoral votes for Hancock and English,
in yindication of the principles for wDlch
Stonewall jackson and Robert l.. Lee
fought.
The desperate attempt to overcome the
Republican majority in Maine, by forgery
and every form OF fraud, displays the style
in which the South Is TO be seconded in It's
raid on the presidency. The ding-doDg
about fraud in 1876, with pomp OF asser-
ton that such a thing must not occur
again, signifies that it is the purpose OF
the Democratic party to reap the reward
Of sucb elections as that In Alabama,
and swipdles like that in Maine, at all
hazards. They will have no more electo-
raj commissions or any form OF arbitration.
They propose to Judge and decide for them
selves. This is proclamation that they IN
tend TO take possession Of the Government
after going through the forms OF an elec-
ton, taking their own word for 1t that they
have won il. There couldn't be palmer
menace than this. It amounts to threat oil
civil war, and has the same place IN the con-
trovers,es of the dav that the threat OF dis
union had before the war.
Having both houses of Congress, certainly
they cannot be cheated. They have been
much troubled about returning boaros.
They have the great returning Doard.
Therefore their threatening i not only in-
solent-it is gratuitous, displaying an IRE.
sstlble misunderstanding tendency, ana
po,tentious development OF eyil propensity
Some good people seem 10 be OF opinion
that because the leaders OF the ma1orities IN
Congress have not been as fragrant as they
were expected TO be in deyilment, they
have given assurances OF future good be-
bayior. In truth, however, the evident
effort at restraint, and partial success, dis.
play only The discipline OF the party ana
the strength OF the deep purposes II mas
been necessary to disguise, and when
were once well stated by Mr.. Blackburn, OF
Kentucky, when he said The programme
was to wipe the last vestige OF war legisIa'
ton from the statute-books. That is to say,
the war should 90 for nothing in the laws
OF the land, and the inaienable rights OF the
beaten TO be the bosses should be estab-
lisbed.
We have had confidence in the superior
growth OF the States OF the North and
Northwest overcoming the feverish eXer-
tons of the South 10 resume mastery, but
we are confronted by the fact .bat in seye-
raj OF the southern States the census re-
turns have been deliberately padded Tor the
purpose OF holding their proportion OF
power in the electoral colleges and the
houses Of Congress unwisely augmented IN
the process of reconstruction.
Under all these circumstances 1t seems
to us of infuite consequence that the Re-
publicans should make their victories Ia the
free States-the phrase is as good and true
az ever it was-Overwhelming from ocean
to ocean. They can do this, and 1t is de-
uasudAi by the highest considerations Tor
the safety OF the country.
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The Census.
The census was not taken at ell 10 the
South in 1870; or rather. was so badly
taken that it was Of no value. During the