The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1852-05-24
MR.. McpONALD AND JUSTICE.

The author Of the article signed "Jusuce'
in our issue of Saturday, informed one OF the
editors of this paper, that that gen'e"'""
member of the church. we eef'"'N''
no suspicion of the feet, until we "e'e '"'
,nads ow.re of IL. Had we been so, we shouiu'
in all probability, have made no fehaihs Win
regard to his very extraordinary cohouc''-
Since we are in for il, however, we cannot a'-
so,d ,r let our own part in the affair so with
out vindication.
MIR. Mcdonald, we learn from the public
nr;nts. took occasion, in the House, not only
TO denounce the gathering at the Governors
house, but to endeavor to mplicate this whole
community in it. Was that the part of a chris
tian Did he not know, that had the affair
been even such as is represented, the people
of this city, generally, were not responsible for
it? Was it doing unto others even as he
would that others should do unto him Is
not charity one of the cardinal virtues And
did Mr.. Med. manifest any charity upon this
occasion? Did he not show a disposition to
condemn, without examination, which was al
together opposite TO christian charity!
We will 60 further. and ask, might he not
have been mistaken in denouncing the whole
city of Richmond for the act ola few boys 3
From what occurred on Saturday night, we
are TO presume that he is, at least, not infalli-
BILE. May he not have been deceived in the
first instance, as he most undoubtedly was in
the last 2 And it now being perfectly appa-
rent that he ,cds mistaken in the last, does it
not become him to ONE forward and say that
there may have been probability Of his hav-
ing been deceived in the first He has done,
however, nothing Of the kind. There stand
his denuncialions of Richmond, as they were
uttered, not retracted TO the extent of a single
syllable, though VIGOROUSLY false, not sostened
to the degree of shade, though he must have
learned, from the expeIence of the far-famed
Saturday night, to disrust his own opinions.
We know nothing of MIR. Mods education,
or Of The other ct ceteras, which his euogist
brings in, we think, somewhat unnecessarily.
All We can say is, that we are sorry to see ac-
guirements (f he has them) devoted to so poor
apurpose.
But "slang! sIangn' 1t is slang to tell
the truth with regard to member of the Leg
islature! Butt is of course no "slang" when
a member of the Legislature utters a Islander
upon a whole city! But perhaps "Justce"
Is right. Il all things which we hear, and
some of which we mean TO publish, be true,
the truth is thing which most OF our legisla-
tors must dread above all others. Dread it, or
not, we shall let the world see what sort of peo-
pie they are who undertake 10 villify this COM
munity.
1t is precisely because we take no part in
politics, that we feel ourselves bound to inves-
tigate every thing which may have tendency
to degrade this city and its population. We
promised our citizens, when we began, always
TO have an eye to their interest, and we have
endeavored to keep our word. He must be but
poor pattern of man, who cannot see any
thing but through the spectacles of party
Our people have been slandered, and we have
assisted in exposing the slanderer; that is all