The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1868-07-30
THURSDAY ~. ~. July 80, 1868.
General lfRlasr,s Platform.

! him the f0Vorlte candidate on the Demo-
cratic ticket, North and South. Every
where we can see evidences that his brave
words have aroused the people to sense of
their danger and to the Importance Of show
ing courageous and unhinching front to
the common enemy of the country and the
Democratic party. These are, indeed, revo-
lutionary times, and call for revolutionary
heroes-men of nerve, backbone, and ply
sical courage. Whoever hopes to deceive
the northern people, and make them believe
that it is only an ordinary presidential cleo
ton, pays but poor compliment to their
powers Of perception, and marks himself as
unit to be q. leader of any party. There
was evidently q faction Of the Democratic
party at the North which hoped to do this
thing; but BLAIR's letter has rendered it
impossible for them to deceive themselves
much longer They will wake up and trim
their lamps soon.s coda slgav>, a5oz
In proof thatthe issue tendered by Gen
eral BLAIR is also offered by the Democrats
1 throughout the North, we present the fol-
lowing extracts. Hon. WILLIAM B. REED,
of Philadelphia, in replyzto an invitation
to be present at the late tremendous ratif-
cation meeting in Baltimore, said, among
other good things: . ...
eBut, gentlemen, depend upon it, the
limit Of endurance has been reached. The
white Democratic Commonwealth of Penn
sylvania, which has made every President
from Washington to Lincoln, is stirred to
| its centre. 1t Graves the chance of pro-
claiming that 1t aoiH not recognise the
! equality, here or elsewhere, of an alien and
| otfensiue race !; that it will maintain the
public faith by restoring the aohite man to
his due poSition-and that proclamation,
be assured, it will make at the election in
the coming autumn"
The Nc,oark IN. J.) Journal says:
"The Democracy are committed to the
overthrow of all their schemes Of recon-
struction, and if allowed to succeed in the
approaching canvass will leave not one
stone upon another of the diabolical sys-
TEN with which they have attempted to re-
place the constitutional government Of
the Union. 1t is plank of the Democratic
platform that the reconstruction acts are
unconstitutional, null, and void. The De-
moeracy is pledged to restore and maintain
1.-THE Constitution of the United States, and
whatever it finds there legitimately it will
enforce at all hazards with oil the power Of
the nation. Whatever laws the supreme
judiciary shall decide are without constitu-
tional authority will be swept away at all
hazards, and woe to the party or men who
dare to defy or dispute the recorded will Of
the people," y ..H'@.a-.'
Hon. GEORGE PUGH, Of Ohio, formerly a
United States senator, and still q leading
Democrat, said at the ratification meeting
in Cincinnati: a.
"But what has Mr.. Blair said to them ?
He has said that these bogus State govern
ments are unconstitutional. They are. He
I has stated that they are outrages upon the
people of these States. They are. He says
they ought to be abolished. They ought to
be, and they will be. Loud cheers.] He
has said that the whole power Of the Co.
vernment, the President, with the army
and navy, is bound to restore to the people
of those States true representation in the
| Government. And so the President is. The
Constitution says that he shall do 50. 1t is
the duty of this Congress to do so; and 1t is
our duty to see it done, my fellow-citizens.
"Now, I say, with MIR. Blair, that such
conduct is Infamous; such State govern
ments must be overthroWn they must have
the power of choosing their own officers.
The Offices of senators and representatives
from those States, who are to sit with our
| hQ n those "
are in truth the white people of those
States. say that no white people will sub
NIT to such degradation as has been put
upon the southern people. | say, further
more, that they ought not to submit. Gene
raj Grant may say "let us have peace !"
down to his dying breath, and there never
will be any peace, there never can be any
4 peace, while by this violent, lawless, and
outrageous act the white race has been
1 trampled under the foot of the black.
The way to have peace is to have JUS
tice. The way to have peace is to 60 back
| to the way of the Constitution. AS L said,
there is no end of the war, and there will
be no end of the war; there will be no
Union; there will be no liberty I; there will
be no prosperity, until this Republican
Congress, and all who support it's policy,
are swept from power, and swept away for
ever" Tremendous cheering.l
That is really refreshing after all the
milk and water that We have had from the
New York World. But the World is no
longer on the list of the timorous mortals
who stand and shrink, and fear to launch
away. It says: -ra-.- ..s- .. r.
"Why should reconstruction be more
sacred than anything else The Radicals
have derided, and spat upon, and dlsre-
parded the wise and benefcent Federal
Constitution, and made it thing Of no ac-
count and yet a whisper against this pre-
cious Africanizing scheme of reconstruc-
ton of theirs is met by whirlwind offran-
tic excavations. To shut off all inquiry
into its merits they bawl that it is q, fixed
fact. and appeal to the cowardice of the
people not to disturb it. Why should not it
be disturbed if it is wrong? ~ .t..- -
"We are not going to allow our adverse
ries to succeed by excluding and dlsfran-
chising voters, or refusing to count their
votes. We understand too well that the
preponderance Of physical strength. is on
the side of the actual majority-not- with
what disfranchising Rump may choose to
declare such-to submit tamely to anything
but fair treatment" ,....s~,.... -nl
"Radicalism has disregarded the Consti-
tuition for the sake Of reconstruction, and
Democracy purposes to disregard recon
gtruction for the sake of the Constitution"
"Ihese pretended State governments of
the South are upheld alone by military vio-
lence, and any creditor whom they may en-