The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1880-11-10
Tnat New Southern Party


WHY should It be thought strange thing
hat southern men should propose to con-
tinue 10 stand by The Democrats OF the
North Why should they refuse to form
new sectional party confined to the SouihS
Because southern men are not so blind TO
their own interests as to undertake to stand
up. unsupported from without, against the
immense power al the North. They are not
so foolish as to imagine that they alone caa
extert from the victorious section copces-
stons which they aud their millions Of allies
IN that section have not been aide 70 secure
by their combined efforts.
Some OF our hot-blcoded southrons pro.
pose to hold together the 100 soutAern
votes In tic National House Of Representa-
tives, and thus dictate terms 70 the two par
ties Of the NORTH; and to take the same
course with the electoral votes OF the South.
Observe, u yea please, that this PROPOSE
ton sssemcs tsst these very Democrats
with whom we would 40 longer keep up
our alliance are wholly governed by prin-
cipac, and are SO patriotic and scshoroughly
convinced that the Democratic rolicy is the
best for the country, Chat they will perse>
we're w. hopeless contest with the trt~
umphsut 5.cpuslicaUs OF the North, notwttt-
standing thst tbek southern comrades WA
have deserted them and grounded tkSir
arms. Tfis proposition credits the very
uort,pern Democrats whom II would tarD
over 90 the teWter mercies OF the sialwarts
OF tiyeW section with a courage and hope
ruiaess under defeat watch the southern
Democrats orc called upon not 10 manifest;
with teive vpselfshly devoted to princ-
pies wkick the southerw Democrats are ex.
pected selfsblg TO su,vender TO ccnsidera-
tions Of q serdid Dauure; with q willing
ness TO be cstspaws which no party Of men
that ever existed basever shown, and which
no party Of men ever will show. The
norttseia Democrats are not idiots. There
fore we may rest assured that they will not
play the rsle which this proposition assigns
TO them.
Let us not ferget that there are more
Democratic voters in the North than in the
South. II grs@tude will not coustrain us,
Get selfishness compel us, 10 stand by our
friends OF the North. For what reason are
the Democrats OF The North prescribed at
home? For none other than that they are
charged with being too friendly TO the
southern men who now propose to desert |
them. Why are Mr.. THURMAN, Mr.. EATON, |
Mr.. WALLACE, and Mr.. RANDOLPH to cease |
after the ath OF March next TO represent |
Ohio, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, and New |
Jersey in the United States Senate? For |
no other reason than that they have sacri-
feed their high positions to their devotion to
the principles professed by those soutbei IN
men who now propose 10 desert them. The
Republicans OF Ohio would have been glad
to bave kept Mr.. THURMAN in the United
States Senate IL only he would have con-
scented to forswear bis allegiance TO the
doctrines taught by JEFFERSON. MADISON,
MONROE, and other WORTHLESS OF his native
State, and join in the uuholy war made
upon the southern people by the Republic
can party. He falls martyr to his deyo-
ton 10 the truth. lie is 40 longer to be a
senator because he preferred to be right
rather than TO be scaator- !
Suppose the gallant Democrats in the pre-
sent Congress, so many OF whom have been a
voted out OF the next Congress because t
they are our Friends, should accept the stu :
alton rs these unwisc southerners propose {
10 make 1t, and, ceasing 80 battle for the '
South, should unite with the Republicans Z
TO pass such measures as their constituents a
seem to desire 10 have passed for the recon- q
aud government of the southern 0
States: what, then, would these uugrateful
soulhrons have to say for themselves or for n
the policy which they now advocate? Who p
wouh stand between US and the scorchi1g u
flames OF Radical hate, Radical malignIty, e
Radical greed, Radical love of rule, negro ',
ascendency every where in the South, and a q
new era OF carpet-baggersm and scalawag- t.
isms c.
And then, after all, the wbele scheme OF
q new southern party would fail inglOri- q
o1sly, as ii ought 10 fail if there be graft p
tude or good faith south OF Mason and DIX 81
eS's line. There are thousands and tens s,
Of thousands Of voters in every southern d.
State who will never consent TO desert their m
Of the North because they are not d.
rs strong as our and their Radical, emies VI
There would, therefore, be a strong Demo b
cratic party kept up in every southern
State I'm spite OF all that its opponents q
could do, and dhe whole OF the South 81
would be divided, as Virginia is now o,
divided, into three parties instead OF %
we. Parties Cannot be improvised- Par d,
les casa0t be manufactured ready for CO
l,e. Thore must be demand for pGrty eli
,efore 1t exn amount to much. There is no pr
all fer any more parties in the bedesined to
,suth st t&,s time. We shall prove oas- ST;
elsee ~ Snwise as ungreteful il we undes- pa
axe to eat assse from the only party in the 20
nSsn that can save our prosecuted section
RON fate worse than that of Ireland. s6o,
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The Solid South.