The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1870-05-25
The Underwood Party.

A6 olllAS4 "SS<l CA W.
GsoRag CHxnooN refused to SURRENDER
- the Office Of Mayer because JeHs uNpER'
,xoop was Judge Of the United States Dfs.
frict Court Of this State. If that court hho
been presided over by an upright, nohes',
honorable, learned lawyer ehAAoy.
would never have engaged IN the ooh's,s
with Mayor EILYsoS which cansees NJ; ~ ,n ,,
trouble and expense to the people Q. hlcn-
,nond CuaaooN presumed upon UNDER
,r.or,s known characteristics. lie knew
th,t IIspEawoop would decide in his favor.
TsprRwoop did decide the case in his favor
and, the election being but short Tune OF
refused to allow an appeal to be mace 70
the United States Supreme Court ca'e.i-
latinr that before Mr.. CHASE couid get tne
COCO in hand CHAHooS would have used the
patronage of the office to such an extent
az TO have made his election pos
s;ble. in case all the colored voters
adhered to him. But ELLysoN was
not to put down by UNDERWORLD
tactics. He knew from advice furnished by
the best of lawyers that UNDERWOOD had
,,surped Jurisdiction that his so-called IN.
junction was nothing worth; that his wriis
of assistance were ofNo more value than sc
much waste paper /; and that the trembling,
guilty partisan who had dragged the ermlne
of Justice in the cesspool OF Chahoonisin
and Radicalism, and then absconded lncon'
tinently with the evidences Of his guilt
hansin. to his robes, would not dare to pro-
woke contest with the lawful authorities
of this city. So knowing, ELLYsoN refused
to obey the orders of this unjust judge, and
finally triumphed over the enemies OF peace
and order. ,f> .-..i-
CuAHooS. however, is not satisfied witt
his inglorious failure. lie and his partisans
here and in Washington have passed 4 bill
through one House Of Congress which will
probably be passed by the other this week,
giving to UNDERWOOD jurisdiction even in
cases of contested elections in this city
Yes, they have thus confessed that they
knew he had no jurisdiction when nc
usurped it last March.
People of Richmond! Trampled down,
troddcn under foot, cheated out OF your
rights, ruled by men who took the iron-clad
OaIN, your SUpSldllCc liph1 sVo w
feed these cormorants, will you submit to
this last and greatest iudignity of having
JOHN c. UNDERWOOD to elect all your city
officers? Or. if you must submit to it, at
least do not elect to office by your votes the
men who have thus forced you to drink
from this bitter cup Of humiliation. Donot
vote for any man who had u hand in this
Ubiquitous proceeding. Do not counte'
nance such wickedness us these dia-
bolical attempts to rob you OF your
dearest rights: but elect the Conserva-
tive ticket-mcn who have the will and
the power to defend your rights to the
last extremity-men who will carry the new
law. as they carried the old infnmy of UN-
pERwooD, before the Supreme Court of the
United States, aud have it pronounced by
that august tribunal Il sinking mass of un-
constitutional Legislative tinkerng; not law
at all. So shall the UNDERWOOD party be again
defeated, and CHAHooN be again remanded
to the shades of private life, whence he would
never have emerged if he had waited to be
called thence by the people Of this city o.
glorious memories.
Down with UNDERWOOD and CHAHooN!