The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-11-30
Rirhmunn Dispatrb.
SATURDAY MORNING.. NOV. 50, 1881

u without the least hesitation. lMe IL no time
for demagoeues4 The people have other
things to think Of than their tricks and manou.
vr~s They know and feel the necessity of
shose changes, aud they Will not be deluded
by The appeals Of those who, heretofore, have
cd them into nothing bat error. They feel
saai . worse system OF Government than tina,
ter which we live conld hardly be devised,
"a they know that they were induced bv
s@-s sosues TO Insist upon i,s principal fea-
'1iS.% Let us cut loose from the Yankee sys
sssa, fos this Constitution Is emineatly Yankee
III All lie farts and all its bearings. 1t Ia 81 for
she latitude of New England, and for no other
hii,nds AZ far ~ we know. 1t Is eminently
ssa. for prcnd, high.spiriisd race of gentle
men SHAREHOLDERS, like the people Of Viz
einiA
We proved to indicate some OF the most oh
fashionable points First, Universal Suffrage
This 10 the mos, formidable instrument that ty.
ranny ever employed to enslave a free people
1t wss by methods analogous to il tha, Tibe-
s4us, the most crafty tyrant that ever existed.
sncceeded in crushing the better classes in
Rome, and in treading ont the has. spark OF
liberty that had been left unextinguisbed 10y
bis predecessor. ii Is by this means tina. IA
poieon III. has become the sole ruler ~
Frsncs. Bot for tie strongest proof cf
iD effects, lei Us look across the Potomac.
A year ago, tho Yankee nstion boosted that i.
~ss the fres,t in the world New, it crouches
III t., feef of a despotism stronger than that OF
h@.ssia, more debasing than that of Dahomev
And THE Ii the effect Of Universal Suffrage
AZ @dntry chIne first 10 be ruled by mob, ana
.He '.'b chose master who ruled them with d
= = ,ron Their example affords "a warning
sE-s~ AL time against Universal Suffrage
a'e'> las itsuod, and it never " i'll fail. 10
aa.~a =, = spoLsm.
.-'&i. e, us get nd OF TIE system Of elect;
II ~s"ss psss. officer by the people. Tn.s Is
~-.5seeI paIt VI tho sy etc HI Which leads to de--
. as5- Tue people become weariod with the
~'s@s;ibs succession of elections and al .aa
'''-' ~ attend the consequence IL, that lev
&-s~'@ ae1asosues coulter AL the ofiices. IN.
oinq's become Eudsauces under the contro, ol
s;.,@c into whose hands they fall. the systel.
81 7sscuon becomes n burden, aud the people,
5-Ilaaed And worried, are ready ~ give MP II.
'''sa- aise, GU condition OF being relieved from
AAe sroQDie. IL Operates badly i'll other re
sg-s.-s. The men who obtain Offices are net,
- 3o2ers.i, OF c4ass 70 deserve them Heuc,
e:aIeatiou, corruption, neglect OF dtiy, auu
-. I've evils that flow from mob government
Eye.y man in the State is eonyers.iIt with tue
"s;Eo Is difficulty OF collecting the full reve-
sue og sae countless The Sheriff il elected b,
N ptople-he goes around 10 collect the
aAas=~~as Id put OF by almost every ulan he
zlse.s, aud, unIess be be a person OF strong
fGsTs! courage, he dar. hot put the law il
roroe, :a., lie lose, In every instance, vote
- T'cas arising from this state Of things ART
eei5ofShle, are palpable, are almost univer
e>L .>cr are they lees felt in other particulars
az clerks of Virgins were, under the Ole
Constitution OF Virginia, the most remarka-
BE hody " public officers that ever existed
they were gentlemen Of high intelligence
tsreFf'.sr sound lawyers and thoroughly &c
eom,...t sd III their vocation. When the old
sSsteU, WAS changed, it was found that there
I'D eeer bu, one defalcaton among the whole
body of .hem from the time Of the revolution
u otni !" tho contrast now, when demagog1e
u, io drss dot know how TO write his name
gnas e,aGd fair chance, indeed DOS stand the
f,ites@ ci,ADce OF all others, Of being elected
Ha. .ao man had occasion 70 observe how
iaaed move lenien, the isdges and Justices now
~ thss hey formerly were 70 dolinoueuts
Aud, kx~ee knows, they were aiways too
i~u!sn; VIA, Is the cancel Why, is It now
sf,,os impossible 10 convict {. criminal upon
80, .Is.stest evidence 1t is because the Grim
.2-i has vote. We make no particular ain
r!pa, IoF so we believe that more than /. very
i--s K u, " officers would be swayed by such
81 9lgt'~ss = they were conscious OF 1, 10 them
svaTva- Ee; human nature IL weak, and iii
seFe~t Il "a apt to have its effect IN bias
slng Ike .i,.Imsnt Of the best of us Let IA 90
eatz ~ ia. aid Engiish rule. Let the Judge
hs ,..ael~p4t t, the ern,ine placed above sus
piejoR-
H. 'he .Gifi place, let ne have no more paid
rari3oes Aay who remembers tie old
aascL n la>.ices in any county, and will com
Iefe u viii lie successor of the present day
VIII rs - ( by the contrast Formerly, men OF
intelligence and standing filed the post. Their
decisions were received with respect, and VIZ
have high authority for saying fewer of them
were reversed by the Court Of Appeals than
those were of the Superior Courts. We will not
stop 10 point out the great change. And what
lie the csuse Of it ? The Justice. are elected
~ the People--ths people vote for the ,nost
popular man. for his popular qaslities--the
miserable pittance attached TO the office at
tracts every loafsr and drone who Is too law
20 earn a livelihood IL any other way. and
saeh persons are bHt too apt to succeed
through demagosue arts, over the best meu OF
county.
There arc other points 10 which we would
nllude. md we not already made this article
t"o long. But they will be easily understood
Lot us exercise the foul spirit Of Yanheeism
rom our institu'icns let us 60 back as nsar
IA. We can, to the old Constitution Of George
hason, or whoever drew up the Constitution
"f I'e-the most perfect form of government
he world ever cav. II was AN evil day foi
lrginia when she frs. departed from it.
s>Om that day to this every step in advance
has been plunge In the mire II there are
any members with weak knees, we assur.
'hvm they have nothing to fear. The people
"rs sor the change, aud tho dsmagogues they
t@i's osh'sd them whom they come mere osn
me- hunt them