The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1871-09-06
A Riohtaous Judgment.

The Philadelphia telegraph is paper
which has been decidedly Republican, ye'
not Radical. 1t has exhibited no "soutn
ern svmpathies," as understood IN thes'
days. Yet it has been generally conslae
rate while yielding no ground 10 VIVA. IL
has regarded Us views opposed 10 us pon.i
cal philosophy. Therefore when we see IL
its columns an editorial leader such as thai
we quote below, we cannot ta'l 10 pt
cleercd with the impression that the north
crn mind is rapidly being relieved from ln'
binding mists OF passion, and enlightened
by the clear light of justice and truth.
PHILADELPHIA has number Of descend
ant, Of the noble society winch susta'ne'
with their money and their blood the re'o
luton of '76, and afterwards gathered
around the Cabinet OF WASHINGTON anC
Adorned and illumined the social phase O
the infant Republic, which 1t Is more thai
Measure now to mingle and converse
with. They are 80 just. so liberal, so grace
ful in their generous, refined, and just SEN
timents and ideas. But it cannot be denied
that an element of peculiar nature ol th''
great city has leavened with its enthusiasm
large part of the population, ana lha'
from the fermentation OF that lcaVen mas
been engendercd a lumcntable amount OF
most unjust feeling towards the S"u'h'
We have suffered no little from the poison
thus infused into the national blood.
Therefore we very reasonably look upon
the manifestation of feeling OF alarm 1T
the arbitrary measures Of the Government
towards the South from Il Republican OF
philadelphia with especial satisfaction.
We admire the (rankue>s and the force OF
the objections made by prominent Jour-
nal there to the rbitrary aud unwhrranlcu
measures of the Government towards the
Soutb, Some of the bittcre-t rcproachcS
AGAINST the South have come from phlla-
dclpha, and we have been Judged with es-
nccinl severity by that city which the South
s,,nportcd for Il halt Il century before The
war with remarkable libcrality. The ema-
nation of something like fairness and JUS
,ice from that community Is for these con-
sjdcrations especially agreeable.
No wonder that northern people are De-
coming alarmed. What has become OF
liberty and constitutional government II
party may use the judiciary and military
force OF the nation to keep itself III power,
us we see now in the use that IS maze Oh
that palpaby unconstitutional measure
the kukluy law? But let the reader see
wha. IN intelligent Republican Jourh'ls'
of philndclphir has to say upon this mo-
mentous question::
MARTIAL Law HALT J"
1t is announced that, in accoruance WI.
the advice Of Senator SCOTT, Tue IteS'uel
is about to issue q procla matlon uecllilhs
martial law in the State of Soulh Cafoina
a preliminary proclamation VIII ne issue.
calling upon all armed anu uissu;;sS, a.,
bands to diSpcrse or SURRENDER "ltn Viii, 'n'i 10y !,
DAYS. after which martial law VIII DC Gu
forced. Il state reduced to mlltary pro
vince. and citIzeus arrested Will De "ltnou
the protection of their own laws.
Rut for the circumstantil aud sem-oth
ciuI nature of the announcement, we SHOULD
not accept such mistake us possible. i
seem. however, to be part of the pol'tica
nropramme of u few desperate lenders q
The BUTLER, CAMERON, and CHANDLER
school, and is the leeler of popular t"rbear,
nnce to decide whether entire political sub
L.
the North. Instead of aiming 10 strengthen
t e Republican party by II wise and just
.,"lereuce to the convictions Of sincere anC
D triutlc men, the political desperadoes
Mnn assume TO WELD the destiny Of lht
party have resolved that the rude. nakeC
exercise Of more than questionable force
shall be resorted to, and we are about t.
have the experimental lnstalment given il
South Carolina.
We do not question that there are dis
turbing elements In the Palmetto State
The embers OF rebellion stu slumber Their
to some extent; but to assume that the dis
orders there are wholly or even mani
chargeable to The rebellious element is
serious mistake; and, what is more. tn
intelligence of the whole country, Nortl
and South, appreciates and acknowledge
the fact. We know that Senator SCOTT is
sincere man, but he is OF all men Of his posi-
ton the least fitted for the task assigned
him. An honest. uuSophisticated pollllca
accident, bred and trained to the must
labyrinths Of Coke upon Littleton, and
stranger to The ways of the ruling element
foisted upon South Carol ma and othe
States, he knows as little as possible {
what he advises. He doubtless had a mu
titude of witnesses to prove all that h
reports, and we m st accord him the credi
OF believing what he reports; put the fire
intercourse now between the two sec
lions has ditfused throughout the Who'll
country the almost universal conviction
that the South will have peace just as sool
as amnesty comes and Congl essional vic
lence ends. There is not an intelligen
business man in this city who does no
know that Senator SCoTT's multitudes Q
witnesses could at any time be doubled
quadrupied, or increased in any otha
mathematical proposition, to prove that b,
was taken in the act OF highway robbery
burglary, adultery, murder, arson, or any
other crime while in South Carolina, ant
the expense of the operation would b.
within the means Of any one who coult
earn or steal q ten.dollar bill.
This is sad picture, but faithful one
and it Is the one material fact that Senator
SCOTT has overlooked. He was selected fol
purpose, because he knows little OF men
could be readily imposed upon by manu-
factured terrors and testimony, and be.
cause his honesty would not be questioned
He seems to have fully ulled the bill, and
ne returns SO wrought upon by unscrnpu-
iuus adventures ana ignorant, dcluded,
and cilaracterless blacks, that he wunld
blot out Il sovereign State, Deliberate its
civil powers ana laws, and cnnsign it TO the
bitter, disturbing, aud eYer-dangerous rule
Of the sword.
We do not stand, in any sense, isolated