The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1871-09-21

! can never lose Gnelrs powers uNtl tuS Wu0io
people of America are robbed OF their lb-
must support each other, or meet one CONF
mon fate" And again: The gentleman
was afraid the State governments will be
jabolished. But. sir, their existence does
1 not depend, upon the laws Of the United
4 States. Congress can no more abolish the
State governments than it can dissolve the
1 Union" -. g,-gs..s,
And is it not ominous of changes III the
| womb of perhaps a not distant future that
under Radical administration not only are
these invasions Of the. rights of States and
OF individuals the common events Of each
passing day, but that the military force Is
4 everywhere superseding the reign of law
!. among the people? by design they are
made more and more familiar with the idea
:, Of the habitual use of the army Of the
United States in the ordinary operations OF
the Government, and in the language and
acts Of such as support its authority. Last
year, you will remember, one OF the chief
cities OF the Union saw her polls sur
rounded by Federal soldiers and marines
against the will of State Executive and
the great city of New York was on election
/ day in the full military occupation of the
! Federal forces, equally against the will of
the State Executive. Nay, theg President
I primary political movements in his own
party, as was lately witnessed in the city of
New Orleans, when Radical Convention,
supposed to be unfriendly to his ambition,
was dispersed by the United States soldiery,
controlled by his own brother u-law, with
cannon and naitratIleuSes. Military move
ments i'll force support the raids of revenue
/ officers against unlicensed dtstilers, with
out the slightest warrant to be found for it
bnf, f1,n xJ,o
law. But when, in the past year, certain
negroes in unlawful, possession (under the
action. Of the Freedmen's Bureau) Of
lands in Virginia resisted Judgment
in eiectment OF one of the State courts
with force too strong for the sheriff
Ito subdue, and the Governor Of the
State, under a joiut resolution of the Lpgis-
lature, had obtained from the commander
of the district small detachment of SOL
J dierS to assist him, the President, being in
formed of their presence, ordered them to-
be Withdrawn, and treated 4 civil request
for IN explanation with the silence OF con-
tempt; showing clearly that ii is not in be-
half OF law and order, but only at the be-
hest Of party, that even the constitutional
powers of that functionary can be called
into action. Popular discomfort, provoked
by insolence and outrage which human
patience cannot bear, is seized as the oc-
casion for the sweeping exercise of the
military arm, as we witness in North
Carolina at this hour. Men of all classes
and conditions iu large part of that State,
even ministers Of the Gospel, the sick,
the aged, and intirm, are seized on war;
rants under the kuklUL law, signed often
with the marks insteal of the names OF
those who issue them, and hurried of sud-
denly, "undcr strong escorts of United
States troops" their families unprovided
Tor and their crops left exposed and In de-
fault of heavy bail are crowded into moi
some and filthy jails, where they have to
endure the pangS of thirst and hunger, or
are bailed to appear for trial at distant
court, where the judge informs the grand
jury that "thcSe laws oppress nobody.
They arc Intended neither to disturb nor
affect any person who is not IN enemy to
the peace and quiet of the State, and who
is not himself lawless."
Turning TO the internal condition of orr
, own beloved State, we see much TO excite
, our gratitude and inspire. Us with hope.
The laws OF our own making are purely ad:
miniStcred and faithfully executed her
puDlc revenues are honestly applied, and
, quiet and order reign throughout her Dor
derS. Yet 1T cannot be denied that taxa.
+ tion presses with heavy weight upon ou1
, impoverished people. The suffering thus
cntailel is apt to eDgcnder popular discon.
, tent, and no arts will be omitted by Il false
,, and INSCRIPTIONS adversary 10 loment and
increase it. The funding bill is made 9
point of attack. BY public resolution
these Radicals "siucerely deplore the
UNJUST and oppressive legislation enacted
by our late Legislature, and earnestly
, enjoin upon all good citizens the necessity
of supporting such men for the next Legis.
lature rs will labor for the welfare of the
white people, irrespective of class" But i
censure be due for this mode Of attempting
to reSuscitate the public credit, on whose
shoulders should it fall The journal o.
the House OF Delegates shows that Of the
,, 120 votes cast on the passage Of the bill only
tharty-seuen Conservative members voted
for it, while forty-taco voted against it, and
!, that OF the f0rty-ta1o Radical votes cast
every vote was for the bill, and not
one against it. The Senate journal
shows strteen Conservative votes for the
: bill and nine against it, and nine Radical
votes fer it and one against it; or, to take
another view of it, while IN the two Houses
.tfty.ORe Conservative votes out Of q total
OF mnety1fue voted against it, every Radi-
cal vo.e-to wit, tttiy-oae, was cast i'll its
favor, except that OF the colored Senator
from Cumberland, who stood out from his
party and voted against it. 1t is thus clear
that the Radical party i'll the Legislature
had it in their power to pass or reject the
bill, and that they chose to pass it. Again,
one.fi fifth of the net revenue of the State,
including the whole capiration tax, amount
ing, in the aggregate, to nearly $780,
600, is, by the act OF the last session,
set aside for free-school purposes. 1t
is the black Radical population whose
condition is supposed to necessitate this ex-
penditure, to defray which they contribute
almost nothing. Add to this the local
taxes for public free schools, and school OF:
1icers and teachers, schOUl-houses and
school books, made free.Wil offering, in a
time of great public distress, to elevate and
educate not only white, but black children
who would else be destitute OF tue nc'
ccssary means, and it will be appa-
rent how much this complaint of class
which it proceeds. But another pres:
sure upon our resources is too SEN
sibly felt to be omitted in this connec.
tion. Township treasurers, supervisors,
clerks, assessors, collectors, commissioners
of roads, and others, Tin addition to the
county officers formerly held to be all.su1h-
cient,5 accumulate load Of local expense
which Radical Constitution renders ne
cessary, to say nothing of the expense and
! intolerable annoyance of electlDg them all.
We have no general statistics on tins sub
ject, but a simple sum in arithmetic. ap-
piled to q single county or city, and then
extended to all the counties and cities of
the State, would farther demonstrate the
weight under which the State is staggering.
| But no matter what there may be that is
painful and burdensome in our situation,
would it not be intensified thousand-lold
should we suffer our State to sink under
carpet-bag and negro rule? Look at the
| States subjected to that most unbearable