The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1882-05-30

| erTfI A ryIr on NATIONAL QOEsiioNs-A
TIpIyy FOR REVENUE oNLY-wHAT REPRE-
SENTATIVE MEN OF NINE STATES HAVE TO
| SAY.
NEW York. MAY 20.-The Times prints
fifty answers TO the following questions
addressed 10 one hundred editors oil Demo-
cratic newspapers at eounty-seats In Ala
hama. Arkansas. Florida, Georgia, Louisi-
ana, Mississippi, North Carolina, south
Carolina, and Texas:
LIST. Is the policy Of the Democratic party
managers in harmony with the general sen.
timent OF the people Of your districtl II
that policy excites any dissatisfaction Is
II chiefly directed against principles or per-
sons sustained by party leaders,
I'd. How do your people regard the adj
ministration OF President Arthur
Sd. Is there in your neighborhood any
decided expression Of opinion I'm regard TO
the tariff II so, what Is Its extent and
nature!
The Times summarizes answers to the
first question as follows: That the South Is
still solid in its afllliation with the Demo-
cratic party may be laid down as made alb
solutely certain by the observations. The
masses still look to the Democracy as up
holding their best interests, material and
political. On national issues the people
are a unit. Perhaps one fourth OF the let
tiers speak OF dissatisfaction with the meth
DDS OF leaders, but the writers are
careful TO state that the people
are i'm full harmony with the party
principles, and will forget all To-
cal differences in defending them.
Only in two responses TO the first clause Of
the question Is the answer made "Not en-
tirely So" On local issues, in two or three
States legislation is not entirely satisfactory
TO the whole Of the party-as, for example,
the stock law in South Carolina and the
prohibition law in North Carolina have d-
yided the party; but this division is State
matter, and would be lost sight OF in
considering national issue. They
oppose Republicans is seeking an
alliance with the colored man, and
putting him I'm power over them.
They assert that the ignorance OF that
race units it for control, and it, supremacy
would annihiate all hope Of prosperity
OF replies to the second question the Times
says in all letters references TO the hopes Of
the South from Gar6eld's Administration
seem like wall. The people, however,
trusted that President Arthur would carry
out the policy OF his predecessor; but dis
appointment has followed, and more than
half OF the letters speak OF him rs n mar
row partisan, seeking only the interests OF
his party-as one from whom nothing
beneficial TO the South can come. APP
pointments 10 Office in the South as rule
are great cause OF disafection, and
are regarded as showing that Arthur is
not friendly disposed. From the three
States OF Mississippi, Louisiana and Ar
kansas only come expressions OF praise,
and these are almost entirely due TO the
Mississippi-levee proclamation. and even
these are generally mingled with words OF
distrIst. Answers TO the third question
show that with one or two exceptions little
discussion Of the tariff is reported among
the people. Many writers say that the qucs-
ton j. not understood by the masses. One
says that they have no conception Of what
tariff" means. The truth appears to be
that they are too busy 10 take any interest
in the matter, and being chiefly agricultu-
rists the subject naturally attracts much
less attention than in other sections OF the
country. About thirty letters say that
where there is any discussion at all the
feeling is in favor Of tariff for revenue
only, with such incidental protection as
would naturally follow.