The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1870-01-05
Major Kelly S'Amuse.

Perhaps it would not do TO say 20, yet we
are inclined to think that the good people q
fredericksburg have been feeding and
uateriay Major KELLY very literally
during tie holidays. We didn't know the
Major had talent for fun-makipg; but
he stands at the head Of jolly iokcrs. lie
voici:
1.-THE BATTLE OF TIE sHoE's' AND 'cR's.
"The Richmond Enquirer ought not to
have shocked our nerTcs ea il did by prov
Ing that Congress had absolutely demanded
tho iron-ciad oath at the hands Of the
| Georgia LEGISLATURE and that, too, by sim
plv inecr,irg n naughty little. nor IN
stead Of ga 'or' in the tail Of the pro-
posed oath. Had il been tie Veg that
| thus tautalixed lis by holding out the pre-
monit;on that We too should no longer in
dulge in the cniovmcnts OF that highly
prized aeat in our own State Legislature we
would 10; have been in the least aurprisea !;
but We never expected such treatment at
the hands Of one q the Bourhons! We de-
:ermiuol, however, no. To take tho haq@t,,
rer's ipse di.it in the matter. 30 VIC read
,he Georcia oath Nv the right flank and lett
flank; from the end 10 the oe8'nh1hS Una
from the beginning to the end. we rrA1 Il
crosa~ upside down and light SIDE up,
and we carne 70 the conclusion no: 10 give
M the pleasures Of delegate upon any tach
rendering Q: tie verde, b. the LA4S3ttr.
Of course we expected that tic FhD
would cpcp its big owes when wc took The
swallow, an,; that it would affect shrnS on
TWO Of the ehp,!lders. but we determined
not to mind that.
"IIar;nn become . convert tothe opinion
that the oath was not quite az hi&2A AZ We
Efquircr had painted It, We were IN 'Ne
exc. frame o. mind 10 be cline" il our
faith, and was wide awake for further lliu-
mination Of rlinG. And sure enough, up
walks the Richmond Utspat:h right to our
aid, and 10: only brushes away every cob
web Of doubt, but annihilntcs every pre-
:cncc If boas;ed grammatical construction,
upon the broad and stable ground that C"n-
gress doesn't ino,c the difference bctecstn
nor and .or,' liurra Tor the D:rpa;c!.
We wouldn't hare dared to creek our fin
GER ut Tie grammar Of Congress, hu! the
dispatch enjoys that luxury without; let OF
hindraucc.
AM, then, toe, tie EnfujrtT, 10
strengthen liz crldition md 70 brighton til
still more, put q nasty l,.!c seN!co!on tc-
fore The nor" which wGs brin2ing OF It's
artillery to blank range, bu; tho 'DjSpotch
kicks oat tho semicDlon With vcbcncucc
that does our very heart qo9a. Congress
ulan, most Of thcu,' says the D-pGtch,
sknov no more about sercc!on8 ands COM
mas ,haD Daniel O'Conuvll's w"sherwoman
knows abou: hypo.hcnuscs and pNralIelo-
grams Il would, continues She D1SPdtch,
i,e strict construction With q vengeance that
4 little round do: whose meaning Is I'M
known 20 congressman Ubonld knock every
Democrat OF, of the Georgia Legislature.
owe tlwNyG appreciated the McDmoud
Dispatch, md believed that il could scarcely
err where grammatical construction WIS the
roint under dispute; hui We will 20 little
beyond that ID cur preaou; locurt frame CT
mind. The dispatch il iuiasliGlc, but in
fulliblc only ii It's Crsmnar, ana liable 10
The errors Of the race when j! undertakes
new movements in politics, which tide Us
high Up On the bauh !"
VIC are GLAD to learn that tho Democrats
Of Georgia are NJ practical as Major Kelly.
On Monday dispatch was rccoiTcl from
Governor Bullock, Of Georgia, By proni-
ncut senator in Washington, il which lie
states that there will certainly be q quorum
If the Legislature Of that state present On
the l0;h instant, and that the passsgc OF
The fifteenth amendment will be one Of tho
first acts after tho body is organized. lie
says there will be no trouble, ana that no
Government troops will be needed.