Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-11-05

which ] can never forget and which con-
tanned lines like these;
Tear down the Haunting lie,
Half-mast the starry flag,
Insult no sunny sky
With hates polluted rag"
And the North applauded the sentiment,
because the law. ana the flag, and the
Constitution, which gave life to BOTH
then protected slavery. Well the dag
again protects slavery, and II protects II
where the master Is Alohammcdan
Maiay-where he Is not restrained by law
and public opinion, which always had It's
weight with the worst brute IN the South.
If Horace Greeley could so feel about the
flag i'm 1860. why so bitterly condemn At
kinson. Hoar. q id omne genus. in the
year Of grace, 1899? We disagree with
them, but the South has the right 20 do
so where the people Of the other sections
have not, and Mr. Mckinley least Of all.
The South upheld the old Constitution
as long as she could ut an arm. when
she WAS powercss she swallowed the new
one. but she claims the right 10 Doe glad
when the nation that crushed her returns
10 the cld faith. She believes in the flag
simply as the emblem OF q free people
and united countryside does not blindly
worship that or anything earthly.
In no sense which We are bound 70 sup
port does "thc flag float over two hems-
pheres." Let Mr.. Mckinley and his party
deceive whom they may, such rhOdomon-
tade as worldwide empire does not
dazzle the South AT the same time we
Of the South have no patience with those
wiz would cultivate virtue by The art OK
the hermit: who would keep Che nation
pure as the Turk keeps his women
clean-by giving us no opportunity to I'm.
The virtue OF uselessness never appealed
10 the robust Amorlcanim of this Sec
ton. We would take our own and hold II
against the word in arms. but We nave
10 can 90 make the world good. To adj
minister justly and 10 good parp0se what
has been committed TO us d. sacred
duty; but, while we have one of The poor
the ignorant. or unhappy with as. we
favor no blind crusade for the Malay
the Tagalo. or the unfit anywhere
This union of independent states was
never designed for "a mi sionary society
10 spread the gospel of political liberty
but the praciic1. ends OF good govern
lnent wherever our responsibility exists
g. q duty We owe ourselves far more
tbqn 10 any barbarian. brown or black,
of them an. But the boundary lines OF
thot responsibility are set by practical
craftsmanship and effective authority
rot by the waving Of "a hag amy more
than by the nuttering of a bloody shlIl'
We should be the h2pplcst ana most coh-
tented people i'm the world. because we
have many advantage over our rNA.s li
soil. situation, and the quality OF our
people This country should De the most
prosperous on the face OF the EARN
When II is not then the cause must Ie
I'm the visitation of Providence, lhe UNI
usual expenditures Of our government
or the sins Of its people.
The General Governm 1t may deprive
tho people of prosperity In a general way
by hampcring commerce, hurdenlhs eA-
changes. or spending more IMAM we can
nay. but il IS not the duty OF the cehIal
authority to produce pr -peiliy' except
bv allowing the people TO be prosperous
.e tho effect of their own civic virtues
and not by q flag that floats over Two
hcr1iephcres" We have bee IN haIu
circumstances several times "lthih
generation. because we were paylHs ui"
debts; because we had eN-Iat'suily
souandered the fruits OF our LABOR anu
because taxation was unequ"ily coil', ,.,,
We have risen i'm our might we nave
+oll,ed and voted and legislated, and what
God have we done? Why, "our Soilou7
dag floats over two heDisphcres.' ana
debt Of magnificent proportions Is grow
Two daily The West had morteageu llaelL
IN Europe. that her progress ana develop
ment might not be checked. as deeply as
she could. and the South had done '"e
- There came a time when Europe
doroonded the money of the East th't
nod endorsed our notes. and the Ed7t
c,,,,17 oot nav. therefore We We're calleu
tipon for cash. when we had 10 NOT.
Hard times I'm the South and West naue
hard times throughout the CouH'I!
want of one reacts on the Whole liiiIis
W. had the property but Europe wanted
en- ,none,- and our property went under
th. hammer We talked ana lt-"N 81" ava
voted. but no man was the richer, though
Ia ebould have been the wiser therefor
I,urone would not take our corn. ana
cotton and wheat. ard meat. so we hdu
no money. and we came 10 oeNeNe ,"',
Congress should help us hy some s'Il ol
legal presto change. Wei, thch. Cd .p7 i'
Furouo failed. There were fuInois Oh wa.
inc men who held our notes now Wanien
49, and they were glad TO exchange
with us. Now. we ere running on 81 '1S"
b,sis. we send very little interest % Eu-
rome where we once paid much, ana she
he buvine from MS more than she Sells us
for the first time I'm history We nave
made TWO exceptionally large crops, ava
il happened that Europe wanted eNcep-
tionally large quantities OF Ioou az ut
same time. England was our lii"N4i'"'
creditor. and she was feeding large arr
mics i'm The Soudan just at the time When
Australia and Russia suffered from
drought. So she sent home our notes
and took foodstuns in exchange.
Nov AN our whines. and growls, ana IN
vocations Of political help availed no.
thiue-the land and The man with the hoe
and plough have saved MS. Politics ga
not help us. Legislation did not hep us.
But work did. and industry, backed by
common sense. viii always save us az
pirch. because we have the country that
win make these bear fruit. But the Dem
ocrats did not-they had not the power to
do so. Tie Republicans did not, for they
have changed nothing since we were poor.
Nor is it the part of parties or govern
mont to help us, except 10y letting us
alone lust as much as possible Keep
"our glorious flag. the symbol Of liberty.
from floating over two many "hemi-
spheres" If we wish this prosperity 10
continue. Beware of the politician who
promises 90 make you prosperous by
LEGISLATION or Two hemisphere business
as YOU would a Quack who promised To
cure an your ailments with powder or
tho confidence man with his gold-brick-