Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1884-12-05
snd ssimus q the consedsrasy in II
Stead y snd adds:

snd snimus q the confedsrasy in IT.
Stead, y end adds:
II cannot be denied that they (southcrn
men] hive q far greater capacity for ruling
or misruhne than we can pretend 10 claim.
Ircasrd the revolution By which the thir.
stensh, fourteenth. and fifteenth amend
ments a. the Constitution were practically
nullifcd throughout the South. In the face
OF national power, In defiance OF the almost
universal scnsim Mt Of tho North, as the
most bril'isnt feat 81 politicsl strategy
witch the worb has ever kncwn. can.
not approve the means by which u
was accomplished, and cal, but re,
gard the end In view with nnmiiigntea
ahhorrtncc; but the skill, courage. ana
audaci,y Of the men who, 10 the very nour
Of defeat, organized this marvellous rfSo.
luton. and accomplished IL IN TIE 'ace OF
overwhelming odds, command my uniim-
tied admiration. Hardly nitn OF on,
population, overwhelming by unlawful
mefbods go notorious as not 20 admit OF
denial and 80 Asgrant in their character a.
10 Kermit only OF the justification openly
and boastf,iIiy put forth OF an inherent
RIGHT 10 rule--canno. but receive the adj
miratlop OF the cool observer Of the present.
rs ~ VIII UUuVuUttUtF NWaeNh tb' ott'f'|
sstonisbment OF the student OF the future.
This Is certainly an ingenious way OF
putting the matter. II appeals TO both
northern pride and northern passion. II
Is In the nature OF a taunt that ten years
ago would have raised q tremendous howl.
Now, however, 1t falls like wet blanket.
and Is met with cod facts and equally cold
philosophy. In reply. the. Advertiser
quotes TouRoEE against ToUhoEE, and he
is presented with this proposition:
Five years ago, discussing this subject.
he fTourgee1 wrote IN support OF ma
tionai educational system, because the ma.
ton cannot afford that Its voters remain In
ignorance. Educate the voter was his
cry then. The North knew the Ignorance
and the temperament OF the black msn
when II gave him the ballot, and what the
Judge now styles brilliant feat Of politi-
cal strategy was only. as he formerly saw
and acknow lodged, something that was In
evitable from the nature and circumstances
Of those concerned"
The Boston Herald also takes up the
Judges letter, declares II Is the wall OF u
defeated partisan, not the opinion OF po-
litical student or q careful observer, and
fires this shot:
The fact remains that the Republican
party has held power for twenty years since
The black man became free. III II is not re-
sponsible for his condition to-day, certainly
u has done little 10 change IL. That IL loves
the coIored people with n disinterested
affection IL wouldn't presume 10 claim. The
remedy for the state Of things Mr.. Blaine
and judge Tourgee assert the existence OF
II has not tried to apply. Certainly the
Democratic party can do no less. Let us
see what II will do.
To the Herald we would say that the
Democrats OF the South will continue 20 do
as they have been doing. They will give
the negro employment by which he may
earn an honest living, and they will educate
him for the duties and responsibilities OF
citizenship. All sentiment aside, they can
not as a question Of policy do less. To
Judge TouRGEE we would say the revolu.
ton be speaks OF is but another illustration
of the truth OF the doctrine Of the survival
OF The fittest. That law Is as fixed In poll
tics as it Is in anything else. No one knows
this better than does Judge T0URGEE. He
recognized the fact in the opinion the Ad-
uertiser quotes against him.