The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1870-11-24
rr.. war Policy Wearing Ont.

The War Policy Wea1a.S -, Z,
:, q announced that General GRANT VIII,
;. nsa message. recommend universal am
na.tr He certainly ought to do 80, for ms
a,vr s,te. al we'll as that Of the nation ne
no,icy Of dIstrust and punishment has been
a;sastrous 30 the dominant party. Had
tbev adopted the opposite course OF trust us
and confidence, and restored personal
~;gh.s with a liberal hand, their position
hss,re the world would now be very differ.
ont and their strength in the south would
he r,ncb greater than it Ia. But now the
nonplar expression is so decidedly against
the policy Of vindictiveness ana distfan-
chisement that its abandonment Is become
matter O, necessity. while Its postpone
n,snt has so dissatisfied the people that the
government must lose all the advantages
an act of clemency FIVE years ago might
have secured. =,
The country cannot be at peace while
war measures prevail and as peace Is de-
mspded, those measures must be aban-
doned. Whether willingly or not, our
rulers are impressed with the fact.
Here in this part of the Union, whose
condition Is so little understood north oil
the PENNSYLVANIA line, we have the ultra
Radicals still seeking by trick and contri-
vance to control us--to get possession OF the
Offices and to handle the public moneys.
They are marshslling their negro witnesses
and shaping their testimony with view TO
reversing the judgment of the people
turning out those they elected and hlhng
their places with men who endeayored to
deprive the taxpayers and the responsible
part Of the community Of all rights, and
place the Government entirely in the
hands Of the negroes and the unprincl'
pled men who have been using them
for merely selfish purposes. No mat
ter what takes place elsewhere, these
impudent and untrustworthy people
will continue their scheming to get our Of
fees. The people despise them; but what
of that? To such persons the sweets OF Of
fee are sweetened by the modification 1t
gives the people to see them holding the
places of honor and emolument. Having
no sense of shame, no motive but selfish
ness, they continue to scheme and skirmsh
to get the handling of the moneys paid into
the treasury by an oppressed people. They
do not consider the state Of public opinion
elsewhere. Like the army worm, they are
intent upon their ravages. IF the whole
Union were to turn against them, as long
as they conceived that they had any chance
with Judge BOND or Judge UNDERWOOD
they would sue out writs and arraign our
citizens on charges of all sorts with the
view of upsetting the elections and having
the offices given to them by order OF the
court.
But while these mercenary invaders are
dead to the moral effect Unpopular changes
elsewhere, the law officers may not be obi
vious of the condition of public sentiment.
Judge BOND certainly is man Of legal at
tainments, and we can hardly suppose that
he will approve the irregular and outrage
Gus proceedings which are gotten up here
to stifle the voice of the people.
But the little knot of public disturbers
here must soon be shaken of, and the tide
in favor of the restoration of personal---very.
and general equality win become smooth
and steady. 1t cannot be resisted.