The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1884-02-01
Which Ia the Sectional party9

Is Il impossible TO open the eyes OF ths
northern people To the real state OF thng'
existing In this country? Can they not On
made to see that there is no solid soutt
except in their own imaginations, and ne
sccsionalism except amongst themselves
This subject was recalled to our mind by
the following little paragraph In the Cor
louisville Gazette:
"a prominent western Democrat wants
Hon, John s. Barbour as chairman OF the
National Democratic Committee. A moro
suitable man could not have been proposed
80 far az capability Is concerned, hut he 4
from the South, and consequently viii
not do.v
What a comment upon the stalwar'
clamor about solid SOUTH" What
stronger proof could be adduced to show
that II Is the North and not the South that
is solid? Any northern Democrat what.
ever might be proposed for the chairman
shin OF the Democratic Congressional Com
mittee, or the Democratic National Com
mittee-not the same committee by any
means--aDd nobody would so much as
think Of Directing TO him because he was
a northern man. Not single person In
any southern State would be expected to
raise that objection. Why notY Because
the South has no prejudices against north
erners. II is always the hostile North that
has to be placated-never the long-sufier-
ing South. IL Is the northern people that
are solid against every southern man or
southern mcasure--nor the southern people
that are solid against northern men or
northern measures.
So as TO the two highest offices OF the
National Government. The people OF six
teen States are disiranchised by the preiu-
dices OF the people Of the rest OF the States.
There is no man in all the South whose
prejudices are expected to induce him to
vote against n candidate because he is o
northern man. But alas. how different in
the northern section, where, it is estima-
ted by the Democrats and admitted by the
Republicans that In presidential election
men enough in every State would vote
against any southern candidate because he
was q southern man to:insure the electoral
vote OF every State in that section for the
Republican party!
But, strangest OF all, the subjects OF these
belated sectional preiudices against the
South are the very northern voters that
will vote against any southern candidate.
The men who charge the South with being
"solid," and clamor for Federal interven-
ton in the affairs Of the southern States are
the very men who are themselves the guilty
cause Of all the sectionalism that now sur
wives in the Union, north or south. But
for their malignant persecution of the
southern people, there would now be no
as between the sections, no
South solid for the Democratic party, and
no North solid for the Republican party.
Peace. prosperity, and patriotism would be
the property OF both sections, and strife,
adversely, and sectionalism unknown.
The success OF the Democratic party in J
the presidential election Of this year will
natlouaism for sectlonalism and
patriotism for partisanism in the admins
traticn OF the Federal Government. 1t
will restore peace to the whole land, and
bury forever the memories OF the late war |
between the States. CHARLES SUMMERS
battle-cry was, "Slavery is sectional, free
lom national" To-day the battle-cry OF
III true patriots ought to be. 1.-THE Repub-
lean party is sectional, the Democratic par
" national"