Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-08-14
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Indeed would it seem that the death
Of GRANT has made it clear that the
American Union is one and indivisible,
and that there is union of hearts and
union Of hands. Each day brings US
some recognition Of this fact that is a
singing rebuke to the fast dwindling
band of malignants. For instance,
the Hartford CowdDt, which is edited
by United States senator, and is or
thodox Republican or nothing, has this
to say in commenting on the patriotic
and national feeling the southern people
displayed in connection with the death
of and burial Of GRANT:
"We are one people, North and
South. The old root Of bitterness is
now, thank God, only remembrance.
The Union is infinitely stronger in 1885
than it was in 1865 or in l855--or in
1875, for that matter. The flag is as
dear in South Carolina and Georgia and
Louisiana as it is in Connecticut. We
are one people. Shame and confusion
and utter failure TO the unworthy
American, North or South, who in |
this new day, and with Grants words
TO Buckner before his eyes, seeks to re-
kindle the embers Of old strife"
After that what can the Stalwart Fu-
ries-the Chicago Tribune, the Cincin-
natl Commercial Gazette, and the New
York Tribune-do but turn and rend
one another! Certainly it would appear
that there is nothing more to be made
out Of charging the South with disloy-
atty; certainly it would appear that it
would be a waste Of time to attempt
again to fire the northern heart. But
the Courdnt only realizes what was a
fact over decade ago, that 90 the flag
is as dear in South Carolina and Geor-
gia and Louisiana as it is in Connecti-
cut" When the southern people
accepted the results Of the war they
accepted them fully and went to work
IN good faith to make the Union strong
or than it had ever been. That this
was not clear to the fair-minded north
ern people long since is due to the Re-
publican leaders alone-due to the
BLAINEs, the LoGANs, the REDS, the
HALsTEADs, the BoUTELLEs, ct id
omne genus. And the time will come
when so much will be generally admit
ted, and these men will be universally
reprobated, as they deserve to be. In
fact, the verdict that the American
people will give regarding their conduct
Is already shaping itself. The Boston
Herald says this state of feeling-the
feeling that the country il united
"brings naturally to mind similar
state Of sentiment that prevailed in
Massachusetts ten years earlier. 1t
grew out Of the celebration of the ma
tionsl anniversary that attended the
opening of the war for American indie I
pendence in our State" !
The Herald then recalls the efforts of
General BARTLETT in the interest of
reconciliation, and continues
I" Ii seemed for time as if the de- }
sired reconciliation was with us perma- {
nently effected. The manner in which 6
II was disturbed before a year had q
passed is equally matter Of history.
Personal ambition was at the root of
this. Mr.. James G.. Blaine, who at
first had seemed to fall into the general
acclaim Of revived patriotism, found his v
own aspiration to be President stand
ing IN the way OF it. He surveyed
the political field, and came away from
his study with the conclusion that v
there was one more President in the 4
bloody shirt He did not reach the b
goal OF his desire. The nomination of t
his party was denied him. But he did
succeed in warming to life again much /
OF the old prejudice. He did succeed |
IN lighting anew the fires Of sectional a
hatred. He stopped and he set back .
the good work Of reconciliation between
the North and South. Massachusetts, +,
did not aid him in it. She was too \
fresh from the recollection of those =
days at Lexington and at Concord and :
at Bunker Hill to admit Of the possi- /;
billity of this. But he played upon the
passions of many men in other quarters,
and he gave the signal for many wears
more of embittered strife between the (,
sections. Again and again he eagerly
sought to crafty his darling aim, as its
result always, il is most gratifying now
70 remember, only to encounter de- : :
feat !
True. And now what do yirginiaus !;
say TO voting with the party whose h
northern allies worship at the feet of u
JAMES G. BLAINEs What do Viz 4
ginians say 30 voting with the party 9
whose success would encourage the :,
northern apostles Of hate to attempt to !
undo all in the way Of reconciliation d
that has marked the three eventual e
weeks that have just passed, and which v
was the elimination Of the work of p
years?