The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1870-10-17
HOW the Radicals Succeed.


Tho announcement OF the defeat Of Mr..
Scsrscx, of Ohio. the chairman OF the most
important committee in the House of Re-
representatives., the most distinguished cham
MON of a tariff for protecting American man.
ufactureS, and the best dehater among the
Republicans OF that body, was immediately
followed by the statement that the election
of tho successful candidate would he con-
tested in the House. The result, II Is easy
to predict, in case the Republicans have, rs
they will almost certainly have, majority
in that body They have hitherto mani
tested an utter disregard even OF the l''-
prictics and decencics ofpublic life II" 'SPoS-
ing of contested election cases. bei''.'
elected by maioriticS of thousands, nave
been made to surrender Their seats 10 TIC
men who were defeated by these 'uil''''S'
u,,n, tiles. Vile rarpct-haGScrS an" sca'"-
wars who had been rcpudlated ov the
voters have been admitted TO seats IN de-
tjancc of Justice, Of precedent, ana oil law,
and in disregard Of even decent respect
f,r nubIic opinion. so invariably has >uch
lrcn the case that for Rcpuhilcan TO
claim the seat of Democrat Is considered
equivalent TO Il certificate Of election. The
Republicans confidently expect their party
associate 70 he admitted into the House,
and the few Democrats who arc allowed to
hold seats therein, after clustering little.
quietly acquie>ce in each new outrage rs IL
il were Il matter of course and thing not
worth talking about. So, we repeat, we
NAV unhesitatingly assume that the Hon.
LEWIS u. CAMPBELL will be llnscated, ana
the Hon. ROBERT c. SCHESCK assigned 10 his
place in the next House, unless. indeed, rs
We do not anticipate, the Democrats shall
have majority i'll that body.
This. however, is not the only string
which the Radicals have to their bow. II
they cannot succeed III one way they can IN
another. The General Government has be-
gun the work Of supervising the elections.
The tir>t blow was struck upon the wedge
in Philadelphia last Tuesday. 1t VIII soon
he driven up TO the head. We referred to
this outrage in our lust issue. rs one OF the
cnormitv OF which the northern people dd
not seem 70 he sensible. 1t is true. some OF
Inc Ial1iS ti"'S'e ''SN''
against such 4 uSurpation of power 10y the
National Government: but unless the ma
iuriiy of the voters are intelligent enough
II understand the nature OF such wrongs,
and the general public sensible and patriotic
enough TO unite As one man in resisting
thcm. there can be no reasonable cNpecta-
ton of their suppression orprevention. So
iag from this beng the case, the Republic
cans actually rejoice over and Justify this
interference, and proclaim that they hope
thus 10 defeat the Democratic candidates.
General CANDY. in his correspondence last
spring with Governor WALLER, was COM
PEELED to admit that he could lind nothing
either in the Federal Constitution or in the
Federal laws which would Justify him III
employing the Federal forces even To pre-
serve the peace in this State, unless he had
previously been called upon by the state
authorities to do 50: and the people of the
whole country. many Republicans a> well
as AL the Democrats and Conservatives.
conceded that Gov. WALLER had done al the
states good service in thus recalling to the
attention OF Gen. CANDY and Gen. GRANT the
limitations imposed by the Constitution
upon the powers ofthe Federal Government.
But all is now changed. Federal bayonet>
stand hy It the elections for congressman,
and guard the interests Of the incumbentS
"i The Federal offices, whilst fools applaud
The act. and i'll thus applauding acknow
ledge themselves TO be slaves n well. Oi
.,ljia,.~ ,inns will in
tcrfcrc with the dcpo>iting or the counting
of the ballots this year. and perhaps not
next Year. Yet Il is easy for rejecting men
/, forcscc that il will not be many years be-
{ ore yotin. III this country VIII be ;iS great Il
farce ~ it recently was III France, where,
with balot-boxeS guarded by soldiers, mil
lions of men voted to continue in Office and
TO increase the powers of a ruler whom, as
soon as they felt tree to do so, they declared
hy words and acts they feared and hated.
This wear soldiers are stationed near the
polls, merely to preserve the peace. Next
wear they will stand around the ballot-boX.
The next they will guard scoundrclS who
will .'count in" Radical candidates and
"count out" Democratic ones. And finally
they will, Sin the Interests of order and
good government" see that none hut Rad
zeal ballots are cast. The transition from
Tree government to deSpotism is easy and
natural, as the experience of the world has
often proved. " Eternal vigilance is the
price of liberty
such is the Radical programme. Their
success in following it need not be doubted.
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