The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1870-06-02
.T / , party Tyranny.

= remarkable fact "pFO"so A'A -
s,ssst ,es;sjatiors concerning the eaisot-box.
Wistthst congress Ii Iaovcd BY "a desire 70
, ~ the elective franchise frenn beeons
inc q farce and fraud J" Why, it WOMB !,
-, I've ;, .n,,ronria.e for the lion, the tiger, and
the woIf, to enter into treaty 70 p',s =,
end 10 murder and bloods'sed: Inc Jaws We:
80 ronoress for four years have oeen
sh.ne,i to silence the public voice and oyer
, ,.,s.s,,n and exclude from the public service
the talent, capacity, and worth Of the coun-
sry and submit the governments OF the
southern States, at least, to the hanas oi
mere plunderers and ignorant and neon
,,ots,t ncrsons-often criminals-such, Tor
;,stance. "a the Commissioner OF Roads IN
Albeuaarie, who has been publicly wnap-
nod for hog-stsaling. The elective ifah-
ch;se-s farce indeed !" t.;
Congress, for party purposes, takes pos
seEsion Of the ballot-box. Does any man
infer seos, chat that the purity OF elections
ia to be promoted? Do the members o.
Congress believe itH No; assuredly not TOT,
Mr. SaxRMAx declares that the object o.
sending Federal officers to look AFTER tine
bsllos-box Is aimed as the "repeaters, the
"open yioiators Of law, in the city OF Ne"
York; This is frank. But what WI WI
they do who appear at tho polls TO stop
this ? Who will undertake to say tnat tney
win interfere with "repeating" on inc
side Of the party which sends them 70
w.tehr Will they not, as partisans, iee'
that it is their duty to change the majority
If thew CAM It. is now on the wrong slde'
according to their ideas, and, being partis;' u
apnointecs under law framed for partl'
san purpose, they will altogether fail OF sne
object Of their appointment If they permi'
n,arty matters to remain as they now are IN
GothamI Had that city given Radical
majority of any number Of thousands would
any such measure have been aimed at IT,
repeating" or not.
Repeating" indeed! Your repe atne
is heterodoxy, my retreating is oftno-
dow So also must foreigners be GRIP
pled in their voting. Negroes must De
voted, and they may be transported from
one district to another, to vote. But the
adopsed citizens not voting to suit, they
must be made to conform to rigid and harsh
regulations, and the papers of thousands Oh
them must be cancelled
This whole matter Of interfering Win
the State elections and the State eiection
Laws is party matter, and designed TO
stifle the public voice. What of State au'
thority, however, does it leave to the States
Suppose that the voters will not submit 10
the authority of these men in the disguise
of public servants sent to insure party VIC
tories-why, then the bayonet is to be
called in. What life is left in the State
then? .....
We are amazed at the passive condition OF
the northern people while these cncroach-
ments are so steadily made. There is no
excuse for them. The States themselves
will administer the election laws with lar
more fairness and justice than will the
agents of the Federal Government. Every
body knows this. Even Congress knows
this but the State government will not do
what the ruling power in Congress wants
done. .r... ..
Certainly there must be limit to the des-
potism of numbers. Many tyrants never
hold power long. Their tyranny is imprac-
ticable. They must soon be overwhelmed
by public indignation, or must be swallowed
up in the more effective and fortunately the
more impartial despotism of one man.