Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-02-13
WEDNESDAY. FEBRUARY 10, 1889.


The defeat OF Mr. CLEyELAND was de
plorsbe calamity. II he had been rejected
The wa,ers Of the bloOdy-shlrt would by
that TACT hsve bsen convinced that their occn-
ration wss zone, and before the end OF MS
four years term the country would nave
been freed from the influence OF sectional
pFejndiees and war passions. a union OF
hearts and a union Of hands" would have
followed the "uuion ~ lakes and the union
OF lands" secured by the war And "a
peace hsth her victories no less renowned
Than War" the victory for patriotism would
have been Is rrea, IN the latter case a. In the
fsrmer. The people OF The two sections
would have learned to respect and admire
ali their counirymen.
1t would seem now that the war cannot
end unti the war party Is dead and buried.
The prevalence OF sectional prciudices cam
not be prevented until the party ts destroyed
which has lived upon those preludices Tor
thirty years or more. The Republican party
hes no good reason for its present existence.
When The war between the states came to an
end that party ought 10 have disap-
peared. lis work was done. IL should
have given way to a national party. But
unfortunately It wss led ny such an ungoy'
ernable. interruptions. and unpatriOtic gang
that It's existence was perpetuated a. means
Of putting those unpatFioiie men into Office,
and Glng their pockets with money. The
thirteenth, fourteenth, and fifteenth amend
rnents were proposed 10 the several states
not a. union measures but a. disunlOn mes-
sures-that is. not 10 bring the southern
States back into the Union, but 10 keep them
out OF It. Those amendments were supposed
10 be equal to the task OF disgusting the
southern people with the restored Union and
keepinc them ia a condition Of chronic tur-
bueuce that would react upon the northern
people snd keep them In 80 bad a humor
with their southern brethren az would for
years insure the control Of the sword and
the purse by the Republican mallgnants and
sectiODalisls.
But the southern people "accepted the
situatiou." They ratified under dure" all
three Of the Objectionable amendments,
hoping thus to escape further persecution.
They were doomed, however, to be dissp-
pointed. The sectional party continued iis
war upon them, aud even now still carries
on the wicked work. The election Of HAIR
RIsoN has apparently revived their conf
dence in the ability Of sectional preiudlces
and war passions TO make the North solid
for the sectional party. Even the Chicago
Tribune. the leading Journal Of the great
Northwest, and published IN a city whose
papers ought to De cosmopolitan in their
views OIL all questions, makes the follow
In threat 70 commenting upon Governor
LExs recent Interview with reporter for
the New York lIcrsld:
eli the News and Courier or Governor
Lee fancirs that the President l. not gons
10 enforce national rule let them wait and
see. General Harrison already has had some
conspiruous experience in enforcing II mn
shat section aud was quite successful, so FAR
as biz parl Of the work was concerned.
Whatever the cotton South may do With The
rsce problem. or however much the Bour-
bons NAV resort 10 fraud IN their county aud
municipal elections. unfortunately these con-
siderations are outside the possibility OF The
AdmInistration's Interference, but that see
ton may rest assured that the l;Vpubliceu
Admin istration IL going to enforce the ma
tfonal laws. that 1t will not rest unti every
man, black or Whit, votes for congressman
a. he pleasss and has his vote honestly
counted, snd that the stealing Of Hepublicaa
seats in Congress vii ne stepped. Further
than that General Harrison has no power 10
CO."
Fine language that. II means that
~G6nera" HARRISON has whipped tho
South once and is going to do it again. But
we beg leave 20 remind The Tribune that
General" IILRRIsoN cut very poor figure
in the war upon the South compared with
that cut by General GRANT, sud that Gene.
IAl GRANT found It impossible to compel tho
southern people 10 Weld 10 Hegro rule. Our
Chicago contemporary will perhaps not be
surprised 10 learn that the southern people
prefer white soldiers 70 negro tax.eaters aud
negro rulers. They would rather have every
county and town aud city crowded with the
bows in blue than to submit 10 being gOy-
erned by the brother IN black"