Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-10-16
Sectionalism.

In the name Of common sense what
sort of seetionalism is it that the
Richmond Dispatch is chargeable with?
Ia IL sectionalism " for us to warn
our people against the Vaccinations Of
SHERMAN, FORAKER, HALsTEAD
ACo.y Is il sectionalism " for us
to point ont to Virginia the dangers that
would environ her in the near future II
she should endorse JOHN SHrRMAN's
mad scheme OF depriving the southern
States Of between thirty and forty OF
their representatives in Congress9
IL IL /" sectionalism " for us to
inform the people Of the North that
they can never dissolve the solid South
by employing such methods as have
characterized the Ohio campaign this
wear? Is it sectionalism for us to say
that kindness will go farther than I'M
kjndnessg Is il - sectionalism " for us
to say that so long rs the people OF this
section are vilifed. libelled, and SIAN
dered, by the northern leaders of the
Republican party, so long will they be
compelled to subordinate all other ques-
tons to the one all-important question
Of selfprotection?
Does anybody for one moment i'm
sgine that any virginian will be inhu-
eng. by the result of the recent Ohio
elections to vote the Republican ticket
at the approaching election9 Is it not
perfectly certain that the effect will be
just the reverse Of the one supposed?
III the Democrats had carried Ohio last
Tuesday, the voters Of Virginia might
have found in that fact reason for
hoping that war issues had ceased to
influence the minds Of the people Of
that State, and might have con-
cluded to vote the Republican
ticket here for the reason that
we were no longer threatened !
with unfriendly legislation by Con-
gress. But as it is, how can any Vir-
gilman fail to vote the Democratic
ticket, when he knows that the national
Democratic party is all that stands be-
tween him and unjust, oppressive, and
wrongful legislation when he knows
that . Republican in the North is a
member Of party that lives upon ILL
will, sectional strife, and constant
misunderstanding between the people
Of the North and the people Of the
South?
The Republican party is a sectional
party. The Democratic party is ma
tional party. The Republican party
began its career in control of the Fede-
raj Government as war party. When
the war between the States ended, the
Republican party ought to have died.
II is not fit to direct legislation in peace
times. 1t is not fit to devise measures
tending to build up country, however
successful may have been its measures
for destroying the Southern Confederacy.
Senator VOORHEES, or any other north
ern Democrat would probably make pre-
cisely the same sort Of speech, if not
the same speech, in Richmond, Charles
ton, Atlanta, or New Orleans, that he
would make in Indianapolis, or New
York, or Philadelphia, OF Boston. But
SHERMAN, or HoAR. or MILLER, or
any other northern Republican speaker,
would either change his tune entirely
when he spoke in the South from what
Il was when he spoke in the North, or
else he would drive off from his party
every white southron that heard him.
Seciionalism indeed. Why, we
hste it. We would rejoice to see tue
thing itself dead, and the word pass out
Of use. II affords us no pleasure to tell
our people Of the threats held over their
heads by the FoRAKERs and SHEER
MANS CT the North. Heaven speed the
day when no such duty shall be i'm
posed upon US.
In the mean time LET the people OF
Virginia stand together in supporting
their allies Of the national Democratic
party. Elect FIrz LEE as your answer
to FoRAKER's threats.
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