The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1866-02-10
The Poor South. VIII it not D'er =,

The Poor South. " - -. ,a,d ont
The body of the late Con'eoei :, fs,rfn,
IN state. still rights the So" go mil the
,avsrs,ries 1t cannot be nv .;noo,.s.
:. crowner.s quest has set'ieo WY M, those
ton IF name, house, ana u's'o1! ,,or !,
,.no view The body are apF"h. a,rnr
Ther see a spasm, a t"i'eh Vi h"ei
terror .o oxe wiuks--"it'l come 10
OF :. .,,o, a>claim and as 1t would by
i'1' 10 70 interfere with verdict ana
az 80 The dead must have thrust III the
;nsu,ar. or else III the pericardium. They are
ever determined 10 make sure of him, ana ever
determine that he is not yet made sure Of
Congress has been daily, for two solid
months. hammering away upon IL 10
make the revival OF the Confcdera'y
\ matter altogether out OF tn" a"''
ton while grass grows or water runs
Ii seems as far off now as when !. oesi''
from the completion OF its WORK ih'|'
gagged in this enterprise are 'oh'i"''"
will NOT do merely TO pass certain resolutions
and laws declaring the Confeo'fa's o''o-
and depriying il OF the means OF resistance
uniting into the Constitution clauses against
secession, against slavery, against the pay
men. of the rebel debt, SC. The hayward
South might kick up a shindy in spite OF these.
Therefore 10 clnch the nail, the South must
tsclf renouncc all power, all pretcnSion, all
intention that can in any way be detrimental
10 the Union, or that can in any way excite
tho fear of CARL ScHrNSER, STEVENS, and their
followers And this wholesale remuneration
- they propose TO require of all the Southern
States In this they pay those States COM
pliment for the possession Of good faith OF
which they hardly suspect themselves.
One of the latest OF these propositions comes
from Mr.. WILSON, the kind and liberal col
league of Mr. SIMMER. Like another Commis-
sioner LIN, lie says
..Ief these words. or words 10 the same
effect be incorporated in the Constitution oil
the United States:
United States or any State for or on account
of the emancipation of any slave or slaves, OF
for or on account of any debt contracted or
incurred III ald oil fcDeiiioh asaihst 'i'
National Government.
LET the Confederate States be required, as
4 condition precedent 10 their ADMISSION INTO
these chambers, 10 adopt II.
That certainly ought 10 fix the ooonra'e
States which are so troublesome. however
much these persons may abuse them, 'heS
appear 10 believe that there is nothing SO
strong rs their own plishted faith, and m~
they must have.
VIII this satisfy them1 Will they not still
these people" thcyn say, by and by, but
what will their children do? Aye, there's the
rub" And they will deliberate within them
selves TO see what may lie done 10 transfer the
pledge from sire 10 son through all time. II
ought TO be done, or these great and good men
will. like MACBETH, sleep no more
"If the assassination
Gould trammel up the consequence,
this blow
"Mieht be the be-all and the dali here.
I" But here upon this bank and shoal OF time
is "consummation deyoutly 10 be wished.
.But in these cases
I'VE still have Judgment here that we but teach
"Bloody instructions, which, being taught, return
ITO plague the inventor.
Though these quotations are apt 10 the pur.
port and intent, and their sequence with refe-
renee 10 these persons still there is something
more oil the ludicrous in the never-dying fears
excited by the dead South-thc gunpowder
South, which has met them so boldly i'll the
connects, ard has fought them 50 stoutly-no,
not them they never went 10 the feId-but
they heard OF that: and that was enough
They have no idea Of trusting him at all. Like
the Iilliputians they have tied him down
with innumera bly, crossed cobwebs, and climb
ing up his sides with ladder, they peep over
his chin 10 see if he be dead indeed. Like Sir
JONI FALsrAEF, OF chivalrous memory, they
would like 10 make sure OF him BOUNDS
lam afraid OF this gunpowder Percy, though
"he be dead. How if he should counterfeit,
"too and rise? am afraid he would prove
"the better counterfeit. Therefore I'll make
"him sure. Therefore, sirrah, stab
",bing him. with n new wound i'll your thigh
come you along with me-
And so they 60 on-turning about the corpse
TO see if il be dead and trying and stabbing ii
10 make sure that il shall be dead, or that if ii
wakes TO life, il shall not rise.
What is the use of all this? Do these men .
take us 10 be dogs' Could they not try some |
thing OF the expedients suggested by hu.
manity and history-nay, common sensef
Can they not try at least the moderate mea-
sures of President JOHNSON? Are fealty and
loyalty 10 be inspired by insult and cruelty |
Is devotion 10 the law TO be imbued along
with the law that conveys suspicion and dis
trust and exacts under duress pledges that
insinuate treachery? Will the majority III
Congress ever learn wisdomr