The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1871-09-06
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: 49,. ~,oo,,on. The ablest Republican
4 w sa In Congress have recoraeu tn9n
ses.e.n1 ,,ratast against this violent exercise
s9 es.h;.r 20 mower. Many Of them declared
~. ~ ~ W eonferring the war authority upon
.,i o. as deadly assault upon Inc
HheIties of the people, but there were Jew
wbo dreamed that, upon hasty reporC
made ND from testimony furnished TO ofuer
bv the most shameless political bumners,
the President would venture to exercise
such delicate and questionable preroRa-
tive. In support OF this view stands nearly
every Republican from the South who has
anv Reputation to sustain. Even in South
Carolina her Senators-one native, the
other q resident long before the war, and
both earnest Republicans-demanded am
nesty as the open way to peace IN the
South, but they were disregarGed because
small politicians feared that their occupa-
ton would be gone if there would be no
waves Of discord and violence to bear them
up above their natural notbiugness.
South Carolina has been oyerrun oy cur
pet-baggers, adventures, and tnie'es' uh"
I'LL she is hopelesslv crippled, and her peo-
DIe eXasDerated beyond measure. MORE
taxes are due and collectable this year IMAM
were collected in any eight years oe,ore
the war. Offices have been multiplied by
swarms, and filed mostly with 1ugitl'es,
rebel camp-followers, prison brds, ahu
spoilSmen OF every shade and type anu 10,
day hundreds of thousands OF acres OF lanu
are condemned to be sold under the nalh'
mer of the tax-gatherer, and none put pun
derers can become purchasers. Ihey can
buy and roy with the plumber that maze
the sacrifice Of the peoples property ne
cessity. That these multiplied ana a9pall-
| ing wrongs have ut times endangered llIe
puplic peace is probable, but to heclare
martial law is only to fan the emoers OF VIZ
ience and widen the estrangetneIit, DC.
tween the divided parties. Inc aDieI'
and most patriotic men OF Inc MI N
aud the few honest men IN power III
me ~outh unite in tcstltyIng tnaC ahi-
nestv and strict non-ntervenblon ny Cou-
gress are the only sources "h'ch can "igs
Deac~ to the South, and the nat'on VIII holi
the President to strict and tear1ut ac-
countubllify for any extreme measure ne
nav adoDt. South Carolina once under
m lrt,al law, the adventures in The other
southern States will demand the same Vlo-
lent proceedings to save them from lncTltcd
overthrow, and before we reach tue Ihres-
hold of the Presidential election every state
that was inrebe!lion will be returned TO the
government of the sword and the Will Oh
the military commander. he VINO dreams
that the nation can sustain such mea'
sr,res is fool or knave, or both, and the
President would do well to pause before
declaring his distrust of the country by ac-
cepting The overthrow Of civil authority as
necessary to the maintenance OF his powers,
or to the political success of his adnlnistra-
ton. Let him call Halt" before ne Is
engulled in the macl from of sectional stfl'e
Ivy the folly OF leaders who never bad, ana
never can have. the confidence OF the Amer
lean people-lhe great tribunal ny Willct
the President is soon to be judged. Lei
us have peace -