Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1884-08-10


South, however much 1; may have ridi
euled our farming operations, we assert
without fear Of contradiction, that 1t Ia,
not done justice 20 our watermelons. Il
has Systematically ignored the Hanover
county watermelon. and for no other req
son, we suspect, than that the most popu
lar watermelon raised IN that historic couD.
~ Is named after o well-known Conied
crate general. II has allowed its prejudices
| 10 warp It's judgment as watermelon ex-
| pert, although it Is well established that
| the particular watermelon referred TO is so
thoroughly reconstructed that 1t can be
| eaten by "the man and the brother" with
| impuuity, and is eaten by him in spite Of
the shotgun policy.
Again, the journal wants it understood
that Mr.. BLAINE does not edit the Journal,
and that II is not resronsible for Mr.. LOGAN.
We sincerely hope that the J0urndt-for
with all its faults we love 1t still. on ac-
seriously imagine that we entertained any
such ideas. Had we thought that Mr.
BLAINE edited il we could not have given
il credit for the fairness II sometimes ex-
hibits. Had we thought it was responsible
for MIR. LoGAN's utterances we would have
wept scalding tears for its printers and
proof.
But, seriously speaking. Our contempo-
rary asks, "Wbat does the Dispatch mean
by the miserable tyranny Of the Radical
paftyi" and adds
"Thcn turns the Dispatch upon us and
asks us what we mean by waving the
bloody shirt and trying 10 excite sectional
prejudice II lit is noD we are moi trying to
pave the way for another presidential
steal? Good gracious! We are not
waving the bloody shirt We had no
hand In The doingS 1T Copiah or at Dan
vile. We do rot belong 10 any company
of Kuklux or Of Red Shirts. We, never
threatened nervous darby with death il
be came 10 the polls. We 'waye' nothing
even before our indisciminating con-
temporary except the charter OF our llbrr-
ties and the doctrine OF equal rights und)r
the law."
Journals statement that it had no hand in
the doings at Copiah and Danville, we
don't know so much about that. II the
negro had not been melted sgainst his best
friends by the teachings and the emissaries
OF the party the Journal represents and
upho.ds there would not bave been any
doings at Copiah and Danville. None
deplore such affairs more than we do. but
the evidence shows eonclusively that the
troubles both at Dsnville and Copiah were
started In the interest OF the Radical
party, and for the purpose OF keeping alive
sectional feeling. II not, why dld Mr..
sBsRNAN's investigation end in such fiz-
zlel II not, why did Mr.. SHERMAN declare
In language more emphatic than paria-
mentary that he was tired of the whole
business.
Second, as 10 what the Dispatch means
"by the miserable tyranny Of the Radical
party" we would ask the Journal II itever
heard OF the thousands OF internal-revenue
spies and informers who infest the South.
and who constitute nothing more nor less
than Radical political machine Has it, we
ask, kept up with the Investigations OF ITS
own party into the Matchmaking and op-
preston prasticed by the United States
ieputy msrshals In the South? Does
( forget that remnant OF the &C.
nus carpet-bagger still fingers in our
nidsti Ii Il ignorant OF the fact that for
years these classes had the negro bound |
hand and foot and worked systematically to |
ncite Ill feeling between the races?
Third, rs to what the Journal implies by |
the statement that il never threatened nery- !
Gus darky with death ii be came to the polls,
that is bosb, and our esteemed contempt |
rsry ought to know it. Whatever may be |
said OF the southern people they are not |
fools.
In concluding, the Journal says 4
"There ia one fact Which in our hope |
FITNESS for the reconstruction Of the South |
hes given us pause. The Richmond DIS |
patch has recently been enlarged, its typo
graphical appearance very much improved. |
10 is evident that, its doctrines notwth. |
Standing, II is popular and prosperous.
Now. what are we TO think! III 10 repre-
sents, a. It's growth indicates, the senti-
ment Of the South, when Is that section
ever to have n free vote and fair count,
and when are the principles Of genuine
Jeffersonian Democracy ever again there to
prsvailf Our instinct Is to congratulate |
the Dispotch upon its obvious advance
ment, but when this Is proof Of such utter
alienation OF Its constituency from the fun
dsmsntal theory Of democratic and repub-
lean institutions, our professional feeling
y nearly subordinated TO our regard for the
general welfare"
This 10 really 50 nice and seemingly so
sincere, that our enlarged charity dictates
hat We should pause also. And we would
except that, having given specimens OF the
JovrnSss faeetonsnsss and "ugllneSs,"
w fesl in duty bound 10 give an example
Of its csndor. In another article the Jour
&oi srys:
"The negroes al the South have pro.
grcssed wonderfully In education and in
'elligencc since their liberation aud enlran.
chiseme1t."
on course tie Jcvrnoi intends this as an
acknowledgment Of what the southern peo-
pie have done for the negro. Whatever OF
and enlightenment he possesses
be owes 70 the white Democratic taxpayers
II the South, and not TO the Republican
,erly. In support Of this last assertion,
nd OF what We imagine the journal IN.
ends to convey, We republlsh the follow
ng paragraph from the Boston Herald,
Independent Republican:
Dut the majority roi the negroesl made the
isccvery 10 The carpetbsg era that they re-
uiIe further education to Gt them for the
isher duties OF citizenship. And here the .
republicans have been more frequently
srelict tbsn in any other matter. Twenty
ears have passed since emancipation. Re- I
nbiitan Presidents have urged, aud Re. ,
ubhcsn conventions promised, national /,
The white people and colored
ecp!e OF the South have Joined with the
iucationists OF the North Ia asking for IL. c
nd yet not dollar has a Republican Con. 1
Tess voted 10 ut for usefulness and intelli-
mt self-dlrection the great mass OF slmos.
rbsrous ignorance which II added 70 the
rfsge.
The southern whites are spending mil. \
ms Of dollars annually to educate aud en- :
hten the negroes. JOHNNY CRAPEAu, d
me agsin. 4