The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1871-08-16
r.,ro pennb,ican Authorities

hosween the gigors ana opp', hv mart,
s;.rarv martial power (sharpeaeu;a me-, - sno;,.
olla s. md the hunger for ofilclal spo ,,a
rp,, ~ CO.. .a.nrrence to the true p''n',p'o'
anu Va. ,,;o,nism, which guarantee 'fee
OF repu n "nuality to the people and tn
States. rot. ,,,ormed;ate condi
49,. hss been prolonged by the spirit
w.. and love Of plumber. The party u
LIVER as CARL ScHuEz, the Repubi'ca'
Senator from Missouri, justly says, use
,hese oppres.ions--these distrancn'se
ments''-to keep down the party Oppose
70 Il. And yet it boasts oil hep ,.,.:''
nr;nc,n,es while imposing disani''Vles
nh;cb the Missouri Senator justly oe
ro,,nces rs aptagopistic to repubIcah
ism" The policy OF excepting down t"'
nos;,,on by thus disabling it Is backed D!
,t,n ,nfamous kuklux measures intended e
lite the northern mind against the Sour
- ha;ro disorderly and lawless, and at TIT
some time to fill the minds OF the Sou.ncii
-. with "wholesome Alarm IA
pof r. the most distinguished Journalist
r,he Radical party styles it, ana 'n'im!
" .n thom from making opposition to The
Government, which, uDaei 'n' AuNi'H
low holds them and all 'hei PelSo'ia'
";,,h,s in the hollow OF its ha'id' us Is
called republccnism. "h"I m'cAery
son,,or scHURz, after remark'ns that
&c ACKNOWLEDGMENT is used by one party 10
keep the ether down." adds very peru
nep,ly. "that the most unscrupu'o"S po",
6. t,c;nns-uuder such circumstances oeehy
..tbe naost useful-soon become '"Jtuemto'.
That this is so, all men must sec. oeno''
the confession of Mr.. ROBERT W. HUGHES
in his letter published in yesterdays ms
,n,ch. This letter is bitter reprooi OF Tue
Administration and it's advisors Tor Tue IT,
nroacb brought upon the Republican par'!
nv the kind of men put into the Feoe'a'
offices in Virginia. We may well unoe''
stand the depth of the disgust LOT 'l''''
which fills Mr.. HUGHEs's beart wheh' uFo"
the eve of the Presidential campaign he
nuhliclv declares that they have brought
"odium" upon the Republican cause
"among the white population OF 'ne
estate" and overwhelmed with oD-
loouy" the friends Of Republican "mea'
sures.~ He declares that the otJecllonaoie
manner in which the Federal Officers in Nlr-
yinia have been filed is attributable 10
"Rins /" in Washington who have " lnl>icd
the Administration" He says they 40
"not understand the temper OF the peopN
of Virginia, and are very Indifferent poll
.ticjaus." He thinks he secs too o'teh
the exhibition Of can unworthy personal
selfshness" among these people.
MIR. HUGHES, long politician, Is a eau
tious and reticent gentleman-a good STRAIT
egist, in party sense. These declarations
ony PARTIALLY disclose the deep loathlhS'
which from our knowledge of the man We
beiyc to lie at the bottom Of them.
But Senator SEIZURE gives the true eXpIa-
nation of the moral condition OF the Official
character of Federal officer not only i'll VIZ
gipia, but everywhere in the Union.
The Republican acknowledgements and
disabilities and imputatons of dlsloyally
upon the South-desigued by the Republl-
cans to put down any party opposed 10
them-makes "thc most unscrupulous, Us
Senator ScHURz says, "most useful )" De-
cause honest men will not become the tools
of oppression for a purpose wearing the
cloak of hypocrisy. The unscrupuious'>
being sthe most useful" Of course " BE-
come the most influential" with Inc GOV
eminent. What MIR. HUGHES discovers III
Virginia is the legitimate result of Repub
lican measures. We heartily sympathlzt
with him in his loathing OF the creatures
that are born of Radical persecution and
ruthlessuess. The samples displayed IL
Virginia prevail everywhere we believe
Virginia has the best of them. Senator
scHyRz's logic is conclusive.
MIR, HUGHES is clear and cogent writer
He never fails at least to give plausible
appearance to the worst case. But what ;
great error he commits in assuming thai
Democrats in their new departure pay
homage to Republican principles, and tina
they or, indeed, any body of men declare
adhes ion to Republican principles 10y sub
hitting to the constitutional amendments
They are simply acknowledged as facts q,
acknowledgment that no more commit
those who make it to the propriety Or Jus
tice of the amendments themselves tina
did the submission of Virginia to the part
ton of her territory indicate her ackno"
ledsmeut of the justice and constitution
ality of that enormous outrage.
Nor is it logical in Mr.. HUGHES to inf
that the enforcement of Republican mea
ures is their triumphant vlndication. III
force Of the bay onet is unanswerable an
irresistible; but such enforcement rs
achieves Is not sustained by the logic of tt
Constitution and the laws-the logic Nj
HUGHES used to deal in so ably when Il
prominent journalistic defender of Dem
cratic principles. These principles are n
very fond of the bayonet. We much pr
fer Senator SEIZURES logic to that Of Nj
HUGHES on this subject. The Senator b.
no such conviction as that which max,
enforcement" Of disabilities and IL
placing under the ban of whole States
suspects, o triumphant vindication of the
justice. No, no; injustice has been Il
often enforced by power to allow any sue
assumption to be set down as logic.
We never belonged to the Democrat
party, and have had no extravagant respe
for it. but We may demonstrate against tt
sweeping contempt with which NJ
HudHEs disposes Of it when he declar
that that party has been for "twenty yea
In minority, and that ''the people hayer
G,,n1 liz,