Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1892-06-15
WEDNESDAY. JUNE 10. 1872
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The Republican party has, as we argued
yesterday, once more declared itself to be
sectional party. Its appeals to the north
ern people AS set forth IN that plank of
Their national platform which we repub-
lished and called attention 20 yesterday
testify abundantly that whatever may be
che condition OF the northern mind the
leaders of the Republican party hope TO
make capital out OF those appeals. We
trust that they may be disappointed. The
northern people have. ii seems 20 us. too
many interests in the South for them TO be
indifferent to the preparation by the he
publican party of wrongs which wouid
damage those interests. Above all. the
intermingling of the people of the two sec
tions for the last twenty-five years has
been very different from the restricted IN
tercourse between the two sections which.
owing 10 the existence Of slavery, obtained
In an.e-belum DAYS. We would like 70
hope that there ore few States in the North
which could be carried 10y the Republicans
moon the issue rendered by them in the
sectional resolutions of the Minneapolis
convention. Slavery Is gone and nobody
desires its return. Nothing is left where
with IL ought TO he possible TO engender
sectional prejudices. such as prevailed be-
fore the war. The northern people are
Immensely wealthy. They cannot possibly
envy us and our little ewe-lamb."
We would fam hope that Massachusetts,.
PENNSYLVANIA. Ohio. and Illinois, which
are Republican States. are at the same
time indisposed TO raise any new sectional
issues, whether in the shape of revamped
force bill or in any other form. Give
The devil his due" Nevertheless we must
befy the worst they can do. Certainly we
ran give no such credit TO the Republican
leaders and mahgnants who prepared the
plank of the Minneapolis platform which
We quoted yesterday.
Let us pause TO give TO the great 81 En-
Sire State " the credit of having done more
against a new force bill than any other
State. For wears the Republicans had
control Of the New York Legislature. and
refused TO allow the large Democratic
majority in that State to be duly repre-
kented either in that body or in the
national House Of Representatives. Last
wear the Democrats secured the control of
the Legislature. and redistricted the State
80 ne to providef for fair representation of
the Democrats IN both houses OF the New
York Legislature as well as in the national
House Of Representatives. So that if the
Republicans should follow up the Minnea-
polls platform, and make desperate effort
70 enlist once more the sectional feelings
- -. b.. nd ha z
State OF New York now stands erect III the
Democratic column, and will exercise her
Immense strength III the endeayor to put
IN end TO sectional strife Let us ali be
ready and willing and proud to render to
the foremost State In the Union the honor
bf having saved the southern people from
Further oppression and wrong-that is TO
eay. of course, if the result of this falls
elections shall prove that sectionalIsm is
hi an end and that no new force bill
bangs over our head.
Upon the Republican malignsrts in New
York must be charged the discredit of
having tried TO perpetuate Republican rule
In that State by unconstitutional measures.
They iled ingloriously, but they have
not abandoned the hope Of inducing the
courts of justice to pronounce unconstitu-
tional the laws redistricting that State for
the election Of q State Legislature and for
members of the national House of Repre-
tentatives. When We seek TO find bright
place in the record of the Republican
party We fail III our quest. 1t is the Demo-
cratic party OF none that Will keep the
South free from letters.