The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1883-05-23
Waving the Bloody Shirt.

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men that he is absolutely incapable Of do
inc them Justice. lie deceivos himself
Ue Caters himself that he is very liberal
when he is vanished all over with a thick
Goa, O, prcjudice. Mr.. HALsTEAD, OF the
Cincinnati Commercial, Is not aware that
nc APPLIES one test TO the south and an
other 70 the North. He flatters himself
that he is n "maryellous proper man.
FAR above the low grounds Of section
al jealousy and hatred. He imagines
himself 70 he perfectly impartial in render
inc his judgments as TO mere sectional
Questions and differences. And yet to us
ne sbows the cloven foot frequently. Touch
b,s nberaliiy with the spear OF iTIURIEL
opd &; n once takes the shape OF sectional
is,n He Laws doSn one rule for EXON
federa,es and another rule for Union men
ono rulc for Ohio and another for Ken
tuckv. He denounccs the Democrats Of
Kentucky because they have never since
the war nominated FOR high office any man
who did not side with the South during
the war between the States, and then pro-
ceeds n, once to declare in the most solemn
manner that the northern people ought not
10 allow southern sympalhizerS to obtain
control Of the national Government Read
this:
"The Kentucky Democratic Convention
did no. i'm words wave the bloody shirt,
but it, action shows pretty concluslNely
that the garment i one OF the fundamental
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been since the war when 4 man who Ia
yorcd the Union side in the contest for the
destruction OF the Government could be
nominated for an important Office in that
state. This feature was again illustrated
at Louisville on Wednesday and Thurs
day
That is said in the way OF condemnation.
Now. read how the same paper, instead OF
condcmning the Republicans of the North
for the same sort of clannishness, declares
that il is their duty to prescribe southern
sympathizcrs. We quote again:
"The country cannot afford to close It's
ewes while the Democratic party, with the
unwilling and Of men at the North who
were on the side OF their country during
The darkest days in It's history, or would
boldly reaching for the hands OF the na-
tionai clock in order that they may turn
them back. When the party that
sought 10 destroy the Government now
seeks 70 control it. while worshipplng the
rebel bloody flag and prescribing those
who I'D not march under il Oradmire 1t, 1t
j. the duty Of patriots to stop and consider.
when the Democratic party South and
North turns it. face TO the future and its
back 10 the past, and exhibits that spirit OF
progress which under Republican rule has
made the country what il i. 1t viii he safe
10 close the pages i'm which the history OF
the Democratic party, and especially the
great big southern end OF that party, Is
written
Now. there's consistency for you. No
Kentucky Democrat has waved the bloody
shirt in fact. All that the Commercial
charges is that the Kentucky Democrats
always nominate southern men for Office.
And il actually has the face to call atten-
ton TO what it claims to have been a differ
ent course on the part Of northern men.
Ii says:
"While. therefore. Republicans have
practiced the doctrine Of letting by-goneS
the stained garment and put ii away, the
Democratic party keep it i'm convenient
place, and are inspired by the spirit that il
represented on the rebel side, rs they are
chiefly led by the men who represented the
anti-UniO side in the war;
This is utterly untrue. The northern
Republicans have never in a single in
stance done otherwise than as the Ken
lucky Democrats have done. They have al
WAYS nominated and elected TO every I'M
portant oflice-nay, to all offices without
eXccption-men who were on their side
during the war. "The time has not been
since the war I'VE quote the Commercials
own words when a man who favored " the
southern side could he nominated for the
lowest Office in Ohio, or any other Repub-
lican State. In the name Of common sense,
then, when and how have the Republicans
''practiced the doctrine Of letting by-gOneS
be by-gones"? When did they "fold up
the stained garment and put it away!
Are they not still "inSpired by the spirit"
they not chiefy-nay. entirely" led by
men who represented the Union side in the
war;?
The truth is that the Commercial is pro-
testing against human nature. The people
both of the North and Of the South natu-
rally prefer for Office the men who were
true TO their section. They vote for such
men without themselves being aware Of the
motive that impels them TO the act. There
is nothing wrong in il on either side so far
rs the mass OF the voters are concerned.
History will certainly class the southern
heroes among the men who have honOred
mankind. HAIsTEAD's bigotry is like the
bigotry which for so long refused in Eng
land TO see I'm the rebels OLIVER CROM-
WELL, JOHN HAMPDEN, and ALGERNON SYD-
NEY, the highest type of patriots. The
southern people are many OF them glad that
their cause was lost; but not one Of them
is ready TO cease his laudations OF LEE,
JACKSON, and JOHNSTON, or the humblest of
the priyates who made for those great SOL
diers an mdying reputation. The north.
ern people will continue to elect Union
men Governors, and the southern people
TO elect Coniederates Governors. Human
nature will be human nature.
For extremity Of political anguish we
may now look TO Democrats i'm the city of
Richmond. The Virginia Court Of Ap-
peais has Just OuSted the Democratic school