The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1871-03-11
THE WEATHER REPORT.
Congressional.


Committee of Privileges and Elections.
The change in the craftsmanship. of the
Committee on Foreign Relations was dis
cussed all day. ISL -. -s
MIR. Howe in answer to question, said it
was because Mr.. Sumner refused to have
social intercourse with the President or
Secretary of State. 49,.
The debate was entirely confined to the
Republicans and was bitter and personal.
Finally, at o'clock vote was reached,
and the action of the caucus appointing
and changing committees was confirmed.
This finally places Senator Cameron at
the head of the Committee Of Foreign At
fairs. 's.'i@a l"+
The Senate then went into Executive
session. ----.-----. -----------.-- --
The vote in the Senate ousting Mr.. Sum-
ner was 81 Republicans against 8 Demo-
Gratis. Not voting, % Republicans and 3
Democrats.
Rouse.-The bill repeating the tariff on
salt was loaded with amendments to kill it.
MIR. Kelley finally moved as an amend
ment the whole tariff bill, and demanded
it's reading. which will take two days.
After reading few minutes, the majority
conceded al adjournment to Monday. 49,.
Washington News.
WASHINGTON, March 10.-Geary has been
nominated for Judge Of the eastern dis
trict Of Texas, and 3. Fl. Blanchard post
master at New Orleans. ~. ~. .....- ,.
Senator Morton's Kuklux bill proposes
to transfer the jurisdiction Of cases of MUIR
der and other violence to the United States
courts, and to try them before juries in
which no person who cannot take the test
oath shall be allowed to sit, and to provide
sufficient number of troops to sustain all
-, fbo e la low,
| Mr.. Beck introduced his universal am
nesty bill in the House, and Farnsworth
supported it in an earnest speech. a.
The Senate confirmed the commissioners
upon "loyal" southern claims.
| The Outrage Committee reported this
| morning. In summing up they report that
| the KukluX does exist, is composed Of
| members of the Democratic or Conserva-
tive party, has political purpose, and has
sought to carry it out by murders, whip
ping, intimidation, and violence against its
| opponents. 1t binds its members to carry
| our DEGREES Of crime and protects them
| against conviction. The minority report is
| also quite long, and concludes thus: "The
| number of these outrages, detestable aud
wicked as they are, is nevertheless grossly
and wildly exaggerated and this no one
| can doubt who will examine the testimony,
and has had any knowledge Of the credu-
| lily and inaccuracy Of statements character
| istic of our well-meaning colored people,.
| North Carolina is one of the largest
States, terrtorially, in the Union, and is
! divided into 81 counties and contains nearly
| 100000 people,. No act OF laWlessness is
proven to have been committed excepting
| in one or the other of six, perhaps eight, of
these counties; and yet it is proposed to
employ violent and stringent measures of
| onorninp and rnprascinn m fhQ rQp1oinip n
| nine-tenths of u State, against which no
| breath of evidence or proof of lawlessness
has ever been adduced, but which, on the
contrary, exhibits condition Of quiet'a al
! most suggesting the insensibility of despair.
| What cause can be alleged? What qualti-
cation to the American people can be
urged for this renewed and wanton inva-
sion OF peaceful community? ....
| The statement that anarchy there exists
| is absurdy untrue, and the testimony now
laid before the Senate overwhelmingly es-
tabliShes its untruth. If aggressive laws
are to be enacted, let all disguise be cast
of, and the true reason ayowed. 1t will
not be less violent or wrong, but it will be
| fair-minded man. We confidently commit
the proofs contained in the testimony
now presented by the committee, and
aver that in the face of such wrongs as
have been Inflicted upon our unfortunate
and crushed people by the rulers placed
| over them, not by their own consent, but
| by the exercise of despotic powers by the
! Congress of the United States, 20 example
| of equal submissiyenesS and patient endur-
ance can be found in history as is now
presented by the people Of the Slate of
North Carolina. This is the truth in a nut
shell: that Holden and his official support
ers have failed to sustain themselves
by any means foul as well as fair in their
State. They have appealed to popular cleo
| tons, and have been rejected with some
Sthing near to unanimity by every taxpayer
| inthe State, and now Congress is asked to
/ step in and force North Carolina down
again under the feet of the Radical mas
! tiers, and we fear that Congress will attempt
| to do this unwise and wicked thing. Will
the people OF the North, free as yet, see this
thing done and sustainsfts prompterS? We
hope not. We pray not. When will the men
row in power learn the truth OF what tue
great statesman of our country said so
| wisely and well when similar attempts were
made to govern British India! 1t is the
| nature Of tyranny and rapacity never to
barn moderation from the i'll success OF
| first expressions. On the contrary, all men
thinking highly Of the methods dictated by
their mature, refer the Illustration OF
their desires to the want Of suffi-
! cient yigor. Then they redouble j the
efforts Of their impatient cruelty, which
producing, as they must produce, new dis.
APPOINTMENTS, they now are irritated
against the objects Of their rapacity, and
! their vague fury and malice fmplacable, be-
1 caI1se lInproyoked. recruiting and reintorc G.