The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1870-04-04
The Two Principles.

,cacc Ono is here in the South repre-
scented by the partisans Of the nltra-~a'
raytv. and the other by the Conservative
rcorlc-thosc of intelligence and expo
r;cncc: those who ere DESTROYS OF soo0
government, administered wisely ana non
estlv: those who know that without 'hi'
c.,vr,nmco. there can ne no confidence, n'
cntcrnr;sc. no hopeful industry, no pros
n,r;,v. The former party is represented
here nv the men who desired 10 Gluten al
,hr ,uglic Offices Of the State by imposing
mon o.fice-holders the iron-clad OATH
,,,;eb wou,d have excluded all but them
solves. and have forced the leopio OF flrgl'
MO to ray taxes to be employed in paying
salaries to men whom they distrustcd and
dctestcd.
These proscriptire persons, whose pro-
-. ;:;:ons all tended to keep themselves IL
rover. have been untiring and incessant il
their tricks and strategcms to worry tho
r,ov!c Of Nicgn;a-to increase then
penalties, to prolong their submission tt
military government and continue thu
lclrlcsSncss OF the State, while they, Ike
Unsuitable lccches, sucked her life blood
Al 10 turn of the question OF restoration
have they failed to exert all their influence
ia hear burthcns and distressc6 upon Ut
with view to their own advantage. With
ont scrurlc and without honor, they have
sIan;icrcd us without limit, save the ex-
haus,ion Of their own genius for IN
y,ntion. Into m;lIcwed cars y in Wash
ing:nn have they 70. near five years poured
their invented lies and their cunning sus-
crst!ons. And we have suffered nca!cna-
by, mentally aud physically. The CO.
rle have been worried Hoping to-day,
Responding tomorrow, and despalrlng
next day-:o be again encouraged TO hope,
and anon reduced again to despair.
At last Virginia is admitted tc reprcsen-
tntion in Congress, which the reconstruct
ton laws declare to be the act oil res!ora-
;.on-shc enabling act, which places her
upon q fccting Of equality with New York
or any other State, and We are ut rest, conf
dent that the faith Of the United States
would at least be 80 far preserved rs to in
sure 10 LIZ the rcaccajlc exercise Of the
+; .ht to restore our civil local government.
ia.tw counted without the host. The cormo-
rants, the birds aud hcnsts of passage and
d prcv, who came here like the locusts OF
E.yI;, to cat our substance, are still On
tie alert, watching Ike lynxes for any
l3op-ho1c that hi 5ht be left open in which
they might enter, and pillage and rob, and
again cot The country inturmoil and anxiety
We he'd yain3Ttsupposcd that they would lei
lis alo"c. and that the final action Of Con
crc-a was indeed final, and that there was
uu end Of all obstruction and delay OF tht
Reorganization Of order, peace. and pros
l.r;;;. at home. We are undcceiycd By thu
Oxen Resistance to the State authority, ant
.n aprcal to Federal bayonets and Fedora
courts. Thus the principle Of war agair
c-cc;s itself upon PROSTATE State aTtho
1ity--sceking to hold Office in defiance o
State law aud State Constitutional Constr
tn;ion recognized and approved by Con
rreSs itsclf-a Constitution which pointed
out the way for the protection Of TIC c!tl
zen against unconstitutional acts OF til
Legislature. But the war party-thc part.
Of indispensable hunger for the substanc
Of people who dctest it-naturally turne
to the bayonet and to partisan Fedora
Judge without Jurisdiction to silence tina
Constitution, to silence the law and til
State, and strengthen the hold of the lcechc
upon thc public treasure.
The result we have seen. We have see
how ruthless il rowGr-how hayonetS, tina
ne restrained while the State authority
openly resisted in three counties Of th
Slute by cclo:ed people, arc brought out
shining aud bristling, to support rcsistanc
to the same authority by that party whicI
has so long struggled to iniict pains an
penalties upon our people. All the time
is the State that suffers. She calls in vail
for help when she needs it for the pre-
rcIvaton Of order: but when she does nc
need il, anl can herself maintain her au
tilori:y against rioters, the bayonct, wit
"lcc"ity, appears in the arena to put dow
the State and protect those rcbcllin
against her law.
Thus We have still to fight the old fgl
We, for awhile longer. What VirginiaI
have to consider is that there is still in t.!
field tie party which has so long worric
them, and kept peace f:om our bordcrs-tl
party tAa; cnIcayored to prolong their su,
tc'iass, t!,at its followers might live uro
the hard earnings of our people, wroug'
in the midst Of sorrow and calamity.
All, it is still the old issue between til
people who are incompetent and those VII
are competent; those to be trusted an
those not 10 be; those WHO are responsible
aud those who are not those who hay
everything at stake and those who hav
nothing; those who are doomed to live i
their native State and those who may fe
away with the morning wind! The pcopl
Of Virginia have already been brought I
the field on this issue, and will not be want
ing in resolution and strength to fight III
fight over again.
We al know what the stake is. Th
happiness, prosperity, and dignity of til
State-that il the peril. If the party O
persecution and war gets this State undo
control, farewell to all the physical growtl