Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-04-14
,Ehn Arrnnrnrnt-

7'1 the TdfOr o. the Dispatch:
Your faithful reprint OF the acts Of the
Government i'll reference to the tuir-
teenth and fifteenth amendments $50
called Of the Constitution entitle you to
the sincere thanks Of the pubic.
These fraudulent provisions by the
representatives of the northern section
OF the country cannot fail TO produce
lasting conviction on the minds Of the
people of the South of wanton disregard
of Justice toward them.
Reviewing these enactments OF law
penetrated under the solemn forms OF
public authority, present matter for most
serious consideration and must continue
TO do so while men have sense OF dis
elimination and interest in the ends Of
Justice.
Convictions of wrong, OF knavery, and
deception on the part of one section of
the people OF a common country toward
another establishes the most lncurable
repuGnance of which We are capable.
An honest difference may sometimes give
rise t. passion and hostility, that IN time
give way 10 restored friendship. but
even with brothers. established convic-
tions OF advantage and oppression are
the most enduring grounds OF dlspleasuIe
that often resolves us to an eternity OF
advancement, and wisely perhaps are
we made such, that for bad treatment,
nothing but sincere and just atonement
will make amends grateful TO us, or what
is more necessary acceptable to our
Maker Viii tue North ever do this !
Will they give us back the Constitution
as IL was. and as it was ours as well as
theirs
We have gone through fratricidal
war. The South has surrendered to
force OF circumstances, and has cried Out
enough. But they have not cried out
they were in the wrong This they will
meyer DO, though the North would have
them do so as paDacea to their uncom-
Portable reflections of the past. Eestitu-
ton will secure forgiveness, for the God
of Justice is with us, and is dearer to u
than the God of Battles. When lie IS
assured OF restored Constitution and
recompense for wrongs, lie will rekin-
die sentiments of brotherhood that are
not cheat and delusion, but that Will en-
dure.
What could exceed the infamy and
wrong OF Il people than the sad
ding on them bastard govern
ment, transforming their established
rights OF public law into measures
of bogus authority and degrading
to them, and claiming through sham
ceremony that their assent had been
given. Thus have our northern con
ouerors made Tor us u new Constitution,
avowing 1t to be our work as we'll as
theirs, to which they have traudulently
las YOU have shown proclaimed our con
sent. These very amendments stand IN
Judgment against them, aud will 50 con-
time. and they may as soon expect Oh a
lust God pardon before repentance, as
look for the southern whites to disown
sense of the deep injury and injustice to
them of these said amendments, or 10
forget the authors of the present race
troubles, that menace and imperll the
tranquility of the entire country, North
and south.
They undertook to make white folks
out of negroes, by despoiling the South
of its constitutional rights, and the folly
is coming home TO them.
When they have restored to us these
rights We will consult with them with
sincere concern for the best interests OF
all, and fraternally, too, for we can for
get the conflicts OF battle, which for the
time being impair the exercise OF dis
passionate Judgment. There was nc
battle or flow OF blood when these
amendments $50 called) were proclaim
ed, and hence the enormity and wicked
ness of them.
Let the nation revoke these acts and
restore to us, and to the North as well,
unsullied and mistaken, our once glorious
Constitution as it was. aud ask no more
TO be bound by the bastard thing th at II
now is. and reunion will take root moi
by the plans OF scheming politicians,
but under the sanction and favor OF the
searcher Of human hearts and enduring
DEGREES OF the final arbiter OF justice
among men. u