Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1892-09-27
qhe Two Parties.

The Republican party is sectional. Inc
Democratic party is national lie pres
ence here few days ago OF General ADLAi
y srrxvxsoS. the Democratic party's
nominee for yice-President OF tho united
states reminds us that his opponent
wHrrrLAw REID, of New York. belongs 70
the gang Of rebellion-howlers' and would
70 he c;onld induce the voters OF the North
% divide ON lines that ought TO have dis
appeared from the sight OF all lovers OF
their country twenty years ago.
General STEVENSON came to the Souih
,v1,h no rpproaches on his lips Tor his
sontbern brethren. He came hither rs an
Illinois man to speak TO Virginians. lie
came from the West to address face 10 race
southern people. He came to advocate
,evenue reform. He came 20 oppose and
doropnce the force bill. He came TO speak
20 southern men az TO brethren upon
whatever politico-economica issues divlde
the people Of the United States into two
Great parties. He came with heart which
embraces the whole country. He came, IN
a word. as a patriot. Read the reports Oh
his speeches in North Carolina and 'ir-
einia. and you will find that he said IN them
nothing which he might not have said In
Chicago OF Boston.
Contrast with this conduct OF General
srEyKSsoS's the speeches which WHIrELAw
REID recently made. In those speeches,
or perhaps we ought to say in that speech
Mr.. REID endeavored to excite the section
al preiudices Of the northern people by
ouoting from the Confederate Constitu-
ton its provision forbidding any customs
duties 10 be levied for the purpose OF pro-
tectlng American industries, or, as the
Democrats would phrase it. forbidding
Congress TO take money ont of one mans
pocket for the purpose Of putting 1t into
another mans pocket Mr.. REID went
further, and spoke Of the Democrats as
advocates Of JEFF. DAvIs's politlco-econo-
mlcal doctrines. Mr. REID spoke. IN fact,
as an enemy Of the union of his country
and chose to try 10 iniure the country
by arousing sectional animosities in the
hearts of his hearers.
These two men-ADLAT STEVENSON and
WmIELAw REID-stand, we repeat, for the
two great parties Of the country. Inc
one party spreads over the wide ex-
panse of the Union and has within
its folds a majority OF the white voters
of the North and nearly all the white
voters of the South. The other party has
in the South no followers, or scarcely any,
except ignorant negroes. The Republican
party could not carry even the northern
States of New York, New Jersey, Connectl-
cut. PENNSYLVANIA. Ohio. Illinois, and lndi-
ana If the negro voters should at any time
take it into their heads to vote the Demo
cratic ticket. We might say that the
southern peoples chains IN reconstruction
DAYS were forged by ignorant negroes and
malignant whites and put upon our wrists
10y the Republican party. Democratic
speaker has no occasion to say one word
that would be offensive to northern au-
d.ence. A Republican speaker would not
ulfl the expectations of his hearers II he
should fail 60 talk about "rebels," the
rebellion" and JET. DAVIS.
Let the true people Of Virginia ponder
these facts and vote as their consciences
tell them they ought to vote. Let ali third
parties be mustered out Of service "
for the present. The people are going to
choose as between CLEVELAND and HARM-
son. and it is folly for any little body Of
voters TO parade themselves before the
public as a party having any strength that
entities them to claim the power to elect
even one elector of President and Vice
President Of the United States. We are
sure that the people Of Virginia will not
be amongst the voters who will throw
away their votes upon any self-styled can
didate