Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1884-09-23
TUESDAY. SEPTEMBER %. 1884.
The Party of Hate.

The Party Of Hate.
A party that lives only on the memories
Of the past may be a harmless one, or u
may he q harmful one. BIT a party that
lives by lIbelling It's opponents, by vitupe-
ration. by exciting snimosl,ies which have
no foundation In facts, and by appealing to
base prejudices, Is always and everywhere
IN enemy 10 peace and order. II Is deplo'
rabIe that the northern people should che
rish low prejudices towards their brethren
otihe South. II is poor compliment to the
intelligence Of our northern brethren that
they have not yet realized tina, the South Is
as patriotic as the North. But these must bc
facts, or else the Republican party would
not year after year formulate creed In
which falsehoods concerning this section
Of the Union are embalmed for the con-
sideration and study and contradiction OF
future generations. The northern peo-
pie, OF ut least large number OF
them. must exceedingly dislike, not
TO say hate. the people OF the late
Confederate States, or the party organs
Of the Republicans would not expect to
make party capital by u,tering such false
hoods as are contained in n late telegram OF
Mr.. MuRAT HALsTEAD, sent by HIM from
New York city TO his paper in Cincinnati,
and by that means scattered broadcast
throughout the State Of Ohio, and also TO a
number Of persons in States adjoining Ohio.
We quote from that false telegram as fol-
lows:
"Tbere could be no such thing as Demo-
cratic economy, for an administration OF
the Democracy would necessarily mean an
extension OF pensions to Confederates
and compensation for slaves TO begin With.
and the Reorganization Of the Supreme
Court, that Confederate revolution might
he bad under eforms of law. This would
be tho conquest OF the North"
There areten Republican candidates rum
ming for Congress IN Virginia. Which one
Of them will endorse the foregoing libel !
Will MIR. MAYO. Mr.. LIBBEY, Mr.. HUBARD,
Mr.. BRADY, MIR. MORRIS, Mr.. BAILEY, Mr..
YosT.--will any one Of these candidates re-
peat upon the stump. and In the hearing
OF the voters OF Virginia, the falseboods
above quoted, upon which even such leading
northern Republicans as Mr.. HALsTEAD rely
rs the best method Of carrying the great
State Of Ohio for the Republican party on
the 14th OF next month"; AS that day
approaches, the Republicans become more
and more desperate. by the way. such Ut
terances prove that the Republicans OF
Ohio consider themselves in a strait, as
otherwise II is to be hoped that they would
not be 20 insensible to shame and so reck-
less concerning the truth as to indulge in
totally unfounded libels. We have asked
whether any Of the Republican candidates
for Congress in Virginia would endorse
Mr.. HAI.sTEAD's libels; but we need not
have asked such question. On the stump
no nan not fool would place himself in a
position where he could be proved by the
record to be guilty OF wilful. deliberate,
falsehood. And this Is Just
what Mr.. HALsTEAD's assertion is.
Think OF it. How could Confederate
soldiers be pensioned or the emancipated
slaves be paid for by the Democrats in the
event Of CLEvELAND's election? Read the
Constitution Of the United States and then
answer. That Constitution provides as
follows:
"Nei,ber the United States. nor any State,
shall assume or pay any debt or obligation
incurred in aid OF insurrection or rebellion
against the United States. or any claim for
The loss or emancipation OF any slaves but
all such debts. obligations, aud claims, shall
DC held illegal and void"
There 10 the law OF the land. Surprising
that the Democrats were such knaves or
fools rs to be willing to introduce into Con-
gress a bill to pension Confederate soldiers,
or bill to pay for the slaves emancipated
by Mr.. LINCOLN, how would they proceed
10 accomplish either Of these objects? BY
an amendment to the Constitution? How
would they induce the Legislatures of
three fourtbs of the States to strike the
ab0ve-quotec provision from the Constitu.
tions Or, snpposing that the southern
Democrats were so unwise as to favor
either Of the propositions named, where is
the man living north Of Mason aud DxoN's
line that could be induced to support either
OF these schemes
But II Is not the individual men who
bping these charges that can be punished
for their crime against their southern breth-
rtn and their country. The Republican
party Is the guilty offender. The party of
hate must be buried. II must be hidden
from the eyes Of men. 1. must leave the
earth. II must be put down before this
Union can be one in every feeling and hope
and desire. Twenty years after the
war ended which aroused the sectional AMI
moslties to which The Republicans are still
appealing as an electioneeripg scheme, the
war party still fights for existence. Itystill
claims place amongst the living things OF
the present day. Its hates, its libels. its
animosities, its SANDERS, lis denunciations,
its falsehoods, still cumber the ground. On
the 4th Of November the people OF vir-
gina win have the opportunity to do their
part OF the work Of eonsigning the worst
party that ever cursed this country TO an
ignominious tomb, where, as the famous
Asa HrYTT once said, cit will never hear
the resurrection gum"