The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1866-02-26
Mr.. Botts.

This Eentleman 10 out in z~s xsrr
Saturday In long letter. Aioi MI ,.,,,
letters are long, which makes them M" - =. s,:
dreaded bv the printers. THIS ae''es = "
tifv nj. latest freak, which - an as'einps "
nrs.,r ~, what government we have, ana 20
rednce his suffering fellow.citixens oack 10 the
,,,,.r n.r,lvsis from which they are emerging.
Tn ,hi. last chapter from his store-house OF
.,cceniricities and follies, he undertakes to
nnset everybody and everything save himself
and those who agree with him, and these he
a essssssoring to set up. He would have US
believe that the Borrs.concurring population
number $1,000! If Mr.. Boris will but
strike or all the cyphers, he will find the
remainder not to be much under the full
strsugth Of his reinforcements. Mr.. Boris
career illustrates the natural order OF the
frog. In early life this amphibian has long
tail, but as he grows older 1t gradually iais
away until there is nothing left OF II. But
whatever that is, according to ms present
views. he and II should become the constituency
and the government legislative, Judiciai, ana
executiye. with Federal Senators and Repre-
.entatiyes TO boot If this be allowed, Mr..
Rorrs IL contented; if not, he warns all,
rebels and what not, to "STAND FROM
as we infer, that "there'n be the devil 10
pay!"
Mr.. Borrs declares the whole State Govern
ment disloyal and illegal on the ground una
the nardons of Mr. JOHNSON are invalid, those
~, Rave them not having been convicted be-
fore being pardoned. He would thus compel
the millions who have been engaged in the
late struggle 10 be tried and pardoned before
s,, @In GOV
harvest that would be for Lawyers, Clerks,
etc., He might as we'll throw the whoie ma.
ton into chancery, and there Keep them until
death Meantime the State, snail we caii
it,-The- State of Boris would be regnant.-
What \ paradise
Unfortunately for Mr. BORIS, such lawyers
as President JOHNSON, Mr.. SEWARD, and Mr..
SPEED, are against him, and their smallest word
Is worth more than his last volume of Labor
Lost" Every pardon contains the whole case
Of confession of guilt along with pardon: the
former being the condition precedent to the
latter. But what is the use OF talk ABOUT TINS
If ANYBODY ever questioned the validity OF
these pardons, all his doubts are now dismissed
by Mr.. BorTs's unerring judgment-on the
wrong side! That proves their incontesti'
bility.
With no unkind personal sentiment to"aros
Mr. Boris, we have regarded him Us prone u
mistaken impulses. Even now, when he might
do some good he cuts himself OF from all
opportunity; separating himself from the
more influential and sensible Of the small
party that sustained him. He is ever illus
trating the fable Of the dog who lost the sub
stance by catching at the shadow. He is like
a naval ram without rudder; with capacity,
but no power to direct 1t. ..-
Let us, however, congratulate Mr.. BoTTs
upon taking his stand at least upon oRe OF the
firm and immutable principles Of constitu-
tional government; upon that one which de-
clares that taxation and representation must
20 together! BY one cause and another he is
now in a state of isolation-a community OF
himself-and he is not represented! There
fore he is right TO repudiate the burthens i'm
posed by a body in which he has no voice.
Give Mr.. BORIS a seat. Fiat justitta.