Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1884-09-03
WEDNESDAY. :. SEPTEMBER 5, 1884.
Sectional,sm.

when the people OF Virginia find their
own fellow-citisens joining in a crusade
against them, and trying to aid in the per-
pct,isiion OF the rule Of q sectional party.
repeating the phases Of those sectionalists.
and glorying In libclling their mother
state-we say when the people Of Virginia
see these signs OF the times, ss they see
them now, they are not likely 70 abandon
the old Democratic party which through
evil snd through GOOD report has stood up
in defence OF the southern people, and
sheltered them from wrongs and outrages
iunamerahle which would otherwise have
been their portion.
JoHy SHERnAS. ~ ELIZA PISKsroS no
forieiy-JoRr SHERMAN. who stood sponsor
for the senatorial investigation OF the Dan
vile riot-JoHS SHERMAN, who for thirty
yesrs has fat;cned upon SANDER and kept
Dis place In tho public councils Of the ma
ton by traducing and maligning men the
latohets Of whose shoes he is not worthy TO
unloose, john SHERMAN, who has made
. fortune counted by hundreds OF
thousands Of dollars whilst pretend.
ing TO serve bis country, this JOIN sHER-
MAN made speech at Ashland,
Ohio. last Saturday. in which. as ususl. he
arraigned the people OF the South for
crimes. and hsd the impudence even 10
refer TO the Dsnville riot. OF course he
SAID nothing new. The southern people
have become accustomed TO a quadrennlal
skiuning by sHch men ~ SHERMAN and the
malignants whom lie represents, and can
sford TO laugh to scorn Nil their efforts to
srray the northern Democrats against the
true men OF the South. 1t can't be done.
suEExAy, however, is unlike the Ma
boneites in that he does not denounce the
Democrats Of his own State as deliberate
murderers, but recognizes them rs beingas
good citizens as even the Republicans.
This Is not much. TO be sure. but it's
something. and 1t Is TO his credit.
Who In Virginia will Join this sectional
Republican partyi Who here will by
uniting With II endorse the ISLANDERS and
libels OF which Virginia and Virginisns
have for the last year been made the vic
timsi
-Four years ago MALONE and all bis fol-
lowers claimed 10 be Democrats. They
voted for General HANCOCK. Did they de-
ceive your VIII you lie deceived again |
Will you follow them into the Re-
publican party! Are you ready to
strike hands with SHERNAE, COSKLING, |
CHANDLER, Arthur, CoN0ER, HoLR, ED- |
nrsDs, DAWES, and the rest Of the Repub-
hoens who trsduce your own flesh and
Noodi Were you . Democrat in 1880,
fighting these open enemies Of your own
brethren, and yet are you now Radical
Republican, supporting BLAINE and en-
couraeins such men ~ SHERMAN to put
your own people under the ban!
No. The South is "soIid" and Will re-
main solid so long n she 10 the subject OF |
Republican vituperation and the object of |
sectional hostility. Her people would be |
CHAD to divide upon questions OF economies |
II only they could do so without thereby en-
dorsing the libels and ISLANDERS OF which |
they In common with their brethren Of this |
Hptire section are the wronged, long-suiler.
ing victims. But they are not allowed to
10 so. Facing such charges they stand
necessarily "ilke q stone wall"