The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1871-04-05
Observation-Disclosures D. Ao'i'
r,,ufs Of Mr.. B,air'- speech ON
Monday.


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-, r~rsrnt ciamorers for kuSluX lcSiSa-
.,,, llr next discussed the causes inducing
49,, ,nw crusade against the South. and
r.pd chem 10 be. first. the imperative ne
,.,, 10 prevent the absolute destruction
.Gr Radical partyl Of diStracting the at
.sr,i,n oC the people from the cry OF reve-
,,,,n rrfnrm and relief Of taxation: second,
shs desire Of the carpot-bacgers and scala
nscs, whom the people had succeeded in
,hrowinc %. 10 regain their opportunities
FIR punder and oppression aud third, the
Hr.rn 10 keep Grant in perpetual power.
I,w easy il is for the unScrupulous men
wn, have fattened on the niser!cs of the
...,tncrn people to manufacture these sto-
-,.,. - outrage MIR. Blair we'll showed. He
l,,-Iy established that Radicals were the
r,.1 mrractratorS Of disorder by the record
p. their apprehension and conviction.
! marked sensation was created when he
,,n,srtNct! a manifesto written by senator
p,,l and Judge Reid. of North Carolina,
Jarsn.. the Presidential canvass Of 1868,
md addressed 10 the negroes OF North
rra1ua. advising them IN burn the farms
. y,lq;r, VINO DISCHARGED them from their
.a-,,lpyla"nt. Mr.. Pool was evidently dis.
,."r.,ry,..d. and Strovc hard to escape from
MS exposure, but his denial of the con-
.,rrr,i6u which was placed upon his pro-
anr,lau was very lame. Mr.. Blair nailed
N,> denial AZ once by the proofs that. st the
time, no one thought Of putting any other
n.arin. upon that address, which was
,wTrhcr corrohoratcd by the confession cf
.I:yars n. EroeS that they had been inst gated
H. huru farms 10y Gov. Holden. From the
testimony 81 the negroes themselves Mr..
Ra;r also showed that the Loyal Leagues
were the ayst secret societies in the South
oil ha
u,u,s Of gho>tly paraphernalia to work
upon heir SuperStitious imaginations. were
thor. sworn 10 vote the Radical ticket,
Tpon The question Of the constitution.
f'!-y III the reconstruction acts Mr.. Blair
made ni- Radical listeners vince as he re-
r.g;rt the devices to which they had re-
rsrf.I ~ prevent The judgment of the SUI
rrrme court being passed upon their ieSl>-
hfi0N in this respect, even TO the extent OF
ro,tpouing the consideration OF the ierger
ease, out Of which they had made so much
political capital. By that tribunal.
The opposition Of the Democratic party
10 these measures, he said, was an opposi-
lion hv constitutional means. and no covert
design OF ovcrthrowing them by force was
entertained was charged by the Radl-
,..ti> The whole meaning OF the expression
ii The f}TndheHd letter that the army must
undo i, work Of uSurpatlon WAS simply
That Ia. army must be withdrawn. when
Iar yarYet-bag governments would fall of
themselves.
ytr. Blair then entered into An elaborate
l,y!~w OF the condition of the various
safes of the South under Radical rule,
drawing Il truthful picture Of the fearful
rain. anarchy. Generalization, and corlup-
lion runnjn. riot in that afflicted section,
and sustaining his assertions ny quotations
lon i,adicaI sources. including numerous
Radical u!iGt>. Mr. Morton gave the other
div. with great clee, what he called pho
tuZvaph Of the Democratic Legislature OF
Kentucky. Mr.. Blair, rs counter picture,
gave 10 day photograph Of the Radical
legislature Of South Carolina-all blacks
Ait thirteen. Nineteen only of the blacks
can read and write, and the whole crew
ul.ulv sell thrirvotc TO the highest bidder,
md rryrl in all the luXurle- of the day. it
the expense OF the taxpayers OF The state.
Each black legislator has Il page for his own
U>c.
Mr. Blair also drew little photograph of
the Radical Governor Yarmouth, OF Louis
lana, who went from Missouri ragged and
naked. and now lives in pal .ce and isrolling
IN wealth. Several Of the Radical Senators
cudcayorcd TO break the force of Mr.. Blair's
remarks. but they were all igno,niniously
WuI>tCd. The tables are At last turned.
Instead Of the offensive war which for 80
ION. the Radicals have been waging on the
Democratic party, they are now put on the
defensive. and are hard quito il, indeed, to
devise excuses for the network Of ylllainy
and wrong which, under their auspices,
Families through the whole South. Mr..
sherman maze an open confession to-day
that the South Carolina Legislature was a
Standing shame 10 him and his party, and,
IN his distress, piteou>ly appealed 10 Dir.
bisi Tor the remedy.
MIR. General Ames. who elected the Ic-
-.>ltturc which elected him, not even a
voter IN the state. and then signed his own
commission IL senator, cndcavored TO run
d nit with Mr.. Blair, in which he was igno-
miniously worsted. The keen blade of ar
clmemt and reason welded by Mr.. Blair
@rokc through his feeble parry and came
down on his dcfencelesS head with terri
tie sweep. The galleries iuhumanly laugh
I'd ii his discontinue the men who voted
Inn Into the seat, TO which he has no shit
duw Of right, hung their heads with shame,
Il, w.Il they might, and with Il sense Of pub
H. humiliation the nliscalled Senator of Il
nuf,i" state took his seat, with no one to
colnm,erate his painful and notifying de-
feat Washington Patriot.
POINTS OF Mr. DUKES SPEECH ON MONDAY.
Mr.. Duke, Of Virginia, was recognized,
and addressed the House in opposition TO
the bill. He started out with the PROPOSE
ton that if there was one feature OF the
Constitution that stood out more prOml-
nenty than another it was the perfect equal
!ty Of the States. Yet, he said, the object
OF this till was TO render the southern
States inferior TO the others. He referred
10 the fact that Dir. Hoar, Of Massachusetts,,
had, in his speech the other day, the temer-
IL! 10 refer 10 the Declaration of fndepend-
ercc in support Of this bill. He read from
that declaration the charges made against
Hing George, and said that this bill pro-
posed 10 do all that there was charged, and
more.
He said that the other side had laid all
Inv stress upon the preamble to the Copsti-
lI1lon, as though it was al Of that instru-
M"ut With them the preamble WAS the
'td Testament, While the three last amend
lH"H'> We're The Gospel OF the new dispen-
&0lOn, While the other portions Of the Con-
-liltion were considered as Of no accou unit.
lie called the attention Of the gentleman
rom Massachusetts to the remarks of
Fisher Amcs, OF Massachusetts, on the
adoption OF the tenth amendment against
Gsurpatlon Of power, and said if he had
sud It the gentleman from Massachusetts
would have cried "trcasOn but if the
words ot Fisher 4ames were treason to Mas
sachusetts men they could make the most
Of il. 7
lie then produced statement, which he
'ald he had made UP from The records Of
,nat STATE, showing the extent of crime in
Nassachusett. and Mr.. Buffers district,
Hhowlng Total in the state of AZ, 900 ar
rests, OF which upwards of 1000 were for
"EHhccS against morality, decency, and
CHASTITY while in the Essex district there
we're over 5000 arrests, Of which 20 were