The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1864-01-27
VOL .xAvI.


A Treatise On Lincolnss lGeesage.
4 fticnd has laid before us q copy q NJ fAstyo-
poltson Record, Of New York, Deeeabes loth. Il
contaias . scathins review Of Lineeln's late mss-
saec, and fur the amusement Of cur readers We
copy sone Of In passages. u is siaeuissly hold
talk, and singmiasiy eosnd, scuthcsH, and ssalr-
Riahts In It's doctrines. Where public j0urnat
holds such sensiments, and is ssprrd, Il u clear
that there are many more Ia the community Nfo
agree with them:
But tlscrc l., perhaps, nothing In tue document
that IL marked Nv more bruzrn Sudacfty than the
manner In which he refers To the pardoeing power
with which he claims to be- constituti0haily In
vested. u q the despots claim II u put forth In
the spirit Of man who Is so used 70 The exercise
Of arbitrary power thai he acts and Speaks upon
the presumption that he IL addressing nation Of
slaves. Ne, who enteted upon the dnties Of his
office "Wth bated breath and whispering istlsnhle
ness'--he, the fourth or hfth rate iawyer-and II
there was lever rate than that, he might fnd
place under 1.-THE, the hack politician of a Sec
mai, factious party, presends 10 tell the freemrn
Of this country that he will pardon them Ii they
bind themselves by oath that no american citt-
zen could take without thereby ignoring his Ow n
manhood ant snklng himself To the lowest level
Of political degradation and .debasement. 81
have" he says, "fkoa9M fl 10 issue u prsclama-
ion, copy of which il herewith transmitted, -
and then he adds:
"On examinaoion of. this proclamation II will APP
pear tas Is bellevedl Thar nathtsg fs attempted he
yond what il amply justi6ed ythe CONSTITUTION.
True, the form Of oath IL given, hll no man il
coerced to take it. The man IL only promised
pardon in case he voluntarily takes it.''
The low cunniag by which a prerDgative Of the
Presidential Office Is converted into the of
ensIaving the tree white men of this country, and
forcing them to submit To constitutional violations
is worthy of the de xterous jugg'ery Of The political
mountebank who, II justice has not fed the land,
will yet receive his deserts at its outraged and In
suited tribunal The American citizen Is told that
''nofhing Is attempted by Mr.. Lincoln beyond what
Is ampl, justified by the Constitution and after
the conditions. of the oath proposed, he is in
formed that man Is coarced to take il. But mark
what follows: "The man Is only promised a pardon
In case be voluntarily takes the oath.' A pardon
from whati From the penalties incurred by the
crime Of exercising his right, an American citi-
A@n, Of critcising, and ccnsurng, and denouncug
the unconstitu'i' nal and despo'ic course Of the
We have said that the policy of the Administra-
ton Is The policy OF ths factiOus minority OF The
men who have denounced the Constitu ion as ga
league with death and covenant with he'll" and
one Of the proposu suionspreseEted In the procama-
nation appendedto the message Is another added
the mauy proofs of this fact which are contained
in that document. This proposition IL to the effect
that wherever a number of persons, nC1 less than
tenth in number of the votes cast, in Arkansas,
Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Tennessee, M
bama. Georgia, Florida, South Carolina, and North
Carolina, at the Presidential election in the year Of
said and not having once violated 1t, &C., Sc,
shall re- establish State Government, which shall
he republican, and In no wise tuntraveuing said
oath, shall be recognized as the true Government
OF the State and the State shall receive hereunder
the benefit of the constitutional provision which
declares thai 1.-THE United States shall guarantee tn
every State in this Uuion republican form Of
Government, and shall protect each of them against
Invasion on application of the Legislature, or of
the Executive when the Legislature cannot be
convened, against domestic VioIe ce.'
- hpn hnu .s.r:fH mir nln
serted To the fullest extent. Here hnve
tenth of the voting population empowered and au
thorixed by an irresponsible dictator, by msn
who las usurPed power To create new State Gov
erHmeRts and to overthrow those already existing
And this is, according to NJ. Lincoln, in conso
nance with that article OF the Constitution which
provides that every State in the Union shall he
guar ranteed a republican form Of government. A
republican form Of 3vernment, in which one tenth
of the voting population are empowered to change
the Constitution and organization of the Stat-
Government! What though tie other n ne tenit.s
are opposed TO lbe policy aud measures OF the
naming tenth Are not mnorilies all powerful,
and Is not this the reign of a minority President,
VI the man who Is really treating the Constitution
in accordance with the wishes OF those poitica!
incendiaries, WendelI Phillips, Ltnyd Garrison,
Beecher, Cheevef, and their Abolition confreres
BY means Of this minority policy, what is to
prevent the mere creatures OF the Administration
from carrying into effect the nefarious de signs OF
the Executive against state righs!. The history
of The reeeht elections shows hew easy II is f.r a
OF the people expressed through the ballot box.
Five thousand Government officials sent into any
of the Southern States, with the aid of the sol
dftrs' vote, would he sufficient to accomplish any
change contemplated by the powers that BE- In
fact, military occupation of any Southern State Ia
all that Is necessary to the success Of this infa
nous conspiracy against its sovereignty and right
Aud this scheme is to be carried iho operation inr
the special benefit Of the negro, aud to the preju
dice of the white owner Of the soi for II must not
be forgotten that the negro is the chief object of
fhepoliciiude and affection of the Washington des-
potisin.
White men have no rights in this country when
eyer aud wherever those rights conflict with The
plans of the Washington aufocracy. What matters
il that seven ar eight hundred thousand have been
killed or MANNED in this Ambition war: What
matters il mat desitutiGn and mOurping have been
brought into thousands OF once happy homes =
What matters that labor IL oppressed and ground
to the earth by excessive taxation? What matters
il that the commerce of the country is paraiyZed;
that large portion OF its surface is laid waste by.
the ravages Of war: What matters it that ruin and
drsoation have fallen upon thriving towns and
villages: Of What account are all these items in
comparison with the one great oblact-the freedom
Of the negro? Let commerce suffer, let labor stag
ger under the burden of taxes, let the widows aud
the orphans 60 ho1eless and starving through our
Streets let white men be crpted into tie ranks
of DEATH is not this war fr the ehfianchisement
of race that Mr.. Lincoln once told certain Chi
cagO delegation could not exist IN state OF free
society without Injury TO the white man, and must
In consequence be sent off to some Utopia for the
cOiored people, which Ia to be found In Central
America, s or elsewhere" Oh! what grand, what
successful bit was made for Puritanism In politics
and religion, and for the whole tribe Of shodiy
when The negro got astride of the white nlan-what
grand thing Il was that the people easily
eulied By those tricksers, those gamblers in hui
man life. who are now riding roughshod over the /
PROSTATE form of popular freedom, sweeping away
the bulwarks raised by the great men OF the revO-
luton around the Temple of Liberty.
But we have already dweit too long on. .this last
10 NJ ~ nd mi
To conclusion, with the intention, however, Of |
referring TO 1t again at some future time,
Tho amnesty which is offered to the Conf',de- |,
rates under certain rank, In official and military
life ia too absurd 70 be worthy of even passing
notice To offer pardon 10 men who have shown |
their ability to maintain their position, &vhO are
thoroughly united, who are urged by every con- |
sideration 10 persevere In the determination with |
which they set out, Is prep0sterOus In this highest
degree. The Southern people are fighting in q |
lust cause as they are fighting against usurpaiioE
and cOn6scaton ind for freedom and State rights
They are hg,stlng to preserve their land against |
the fate Of lreiand and Poland. They are fighting
seainst Q power thar has trampied every prinei |
pie Of law and constitutional authority under |
foot. They are fighting for their homee, for |
their dearest rights. They are now fighting /
thu battles OF the Revolution over again; and |
II they fail, then the history OF ireland |
will be repeated on their own soil, and the future
viii have another chapter oe wrongs aud outraxes
to place upon record But So long as they are l
united and actuated by the spirit which they have
thus tar exhibited, they cannot be suhjugated. and
we trust they never will be-. Whatever doubts |
ilISht be entertained in regard to the justice Of
their cause. there can be none now. Others NAV |