Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-03-29
Sectonalism.


N the war upon the South which our
northern brethren have kept up so long Is
ever 10 come 10 an end, II will be because
ignorance OF the real condition OF things IN
the South will have given place TO sccura'e
knowledge on the subject. We cannot ex-
peet by merely observing silence to inform
or northern brethren in the premises, ana
until they are informed they will trouble US.
II will require a constant presentation OF the
facts for some time TO come TO enable us 10
rsln victory over their indisposition TO
look al things as they really exist here. We
cannot lie down until the storm blows over.
IL will never blow over unless we OF the
Soath in one way and another convince the
northern people that we do the best we can ia
Jegisiatine for the negro. We need not fat
ter ourselves that when we bury our heads
in the sand we have concealed ourselves from
our enemies.
There Is in the North much better feel
ing towards the South than there wastwenty
years ag0-yastly better. This improved
state OF mind is due to better acquaintance
with the southern people. For this better
acquaintance there are various causes. one
is intercourse between the northern and the
southern people. Another Is the candor
with which such men as General WADE
HAMPTON, Senator MORGAN, and other south
ern leaders have spoken out and made
known the impossibility that the southern
people shall ever consent 10 the Africaniza-
ton OF this beautiful region and the destTuc-
lion OF The civilization OF the noblest people
that ever lived upon the globe.
"Truth is mighty and will prevail"
There is no government in the world strong
enough to make such people as those who
inhabit the southern United States submit to
the rule OF the negro. The Government OF
this country may be strong enough to re-
store the condition OF things which obtained
I'm reconstruction days. IL may station SOL
diers in the South, and so mistreat her peo-
pie as to compel them TO seek homes where
there Is no negro problem to besolved. But
no power on earth can compel them to live
in states differed and governed by An in
ierior race.
We notice that some OF our contempora-
RES bold that all we have got to do IN order
to be allowed to live in peace is to "let on "
that there is no negro problem. We must
"play" that the fear of negro rule has dis
appeared from the land, as children play that
the schoolmastcI has gone away and left
them free TO use their time as they choose.
We have said that the Federal Govern
rBent has the power to rule the South by
means OF its army. But a country cannot be
partly slave and partly free. The hsyonet
that rules the southern States in one decade
will rule all the States In the next decade.
There are numbers OF northern people who
know this. Therefore II we convince them
that we are in earnest in our determination
not to be ruled by negroes they will think
twice before they undertake 10 establish
bayonet rule here. Our earnestness will Sc
cure a hearing for us. and a bearing under
such circumstances will result in athorough
conviction on the part Of the northern pso-
pie that the only solution o! the SOUTH
ern. problem that IL possible is the
solution which the southern people will reach
uuirammeled by outside interference. Let
us say, by the way, that the Prohibitionists
In the South have done good work In this
connection. They have assured the north
ern Prohibitionists that though they (tbe
southern Prohibitionists) are as earnest in
their opposition TO liquor-selling rs are the
northern Prohibitionists, yet they cannot
permit even that cause 10 induce them to
break ranks aud cease their efforts for the
preservation Of good government in the
southern States. And this assurance has
reached class OF the northern people who
could have been reached in no other way
the very class, too, that were most preju-
diced against the southern people.
We would by no means advise anybody to
use harsh words In presenting this matter
10 the northern people. The plain truth Is
much more effective than bitter epithets.
We need not fear to tell exactly what our
real condition ia nor to make known how we
propose to Tuie our own States.