The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-08-27

.oyneuscs which may De lIcuiieu III W.
forcement of the act relative to the ris ~ y.
,t;zens 70 vote. of February 2Sth, 1871 n
any acts at,endatory thereof, huee .nusaw.'
bro hundred thousand dollars: M1leoIei'
# is a fact that five bureaus o! the =" III &c
nartment alone have, in the iast SIX 1sas,
according to their own aotnlssi"h, suia; ~
SUI. .,o amount Of sl32, 900 000 and spent it
all in ways Congress knows notlllils apoul'
Wien an account was called for in Congress
+ was said the money had been mixed up
with the regular appropriations so thai tue!
c,,,d not hr se1nrlted: that there was not
clerical forct, in the Department to do II Dut
that the money certainly went To f'y oepl,
Of the United States. DID ~ ana ""o'
debts? ,e,.,ro
Now. it is plain that the right OF sllili'l2e
i of the essence Of free republican So'ein II
mciit. and that State deprived OF the pow
TO control it ctises to he state, ana nIilhs
into q dependent cofrmunlt!
on the government which uShrl's anu tun.
troll. it for her; and such Is the ciia''i.tci
and extent of the Grant Radical usurLallon.
Snair does not allow more than an alltlslol
to that other atfUtfousact OF usulpaflOh Oh .,Ic
Grant Radical party. IAN act to enforce tue
provisions of the fourteenth amendment;
and for other purposes" approved ny CRAM
April 90. 1911 and passed at his persona, III,
stance and Importantly, alter Congress il'u
declared that no more political leelslatloh WAS
needed for the country, and was about 10 ao-
iourn. tt gives the President power 10 tfcaI
any political scuffle between two or more
persons in a township or county as al ohshec
against the United States; to pronounce
what is an unlawful political combination
against their authority to declare c9uhties,
districts. and States 10 be in rebellion; 10
suspend the writ Ct hnbedS corpus III such
instances without application TO congress :
and TO break. sword i'll hand, INTO otalc
lijol liz trar df>yi that the stAfe does iot OF
cannot protect itself against uo!Hcstic flo-
lence or maintain peace within her Dofucls.
Yet there is provision in the Constitutlon
tint such step shall never lie taken Dut OIL
application of the State by Its Legislature or
EXecutive-a provision which Mr. Justice
Story yainly supposed "takes away every
pretcxt for intcrmeddlinS with the dolneStlc
concerns of any State under color OF pr0teCl-
ing it from domestic violence" n vast poo.
of criminal and civil jurisdiction Is vested en-
cl,siyey in the Federal courts under TINS Ia";
Bv it, authority Federal nlarshals, supporter
bv the Federal soldiery, ride the co'lntr!
armed with blank warrants. and arrest whom
they will terror drives thh people from
their homes, and even from their stare:
numbers arc hurried to distant Jalls, the'l
families unproyided for. and Their crops en-
posed partisan judges ana plf'nt ]'irieS cor
Wet without Scrllplc, sometimes OIL tue lllse
plea of guilty wrung from helpless lear !:
and numbers now groaIl IN northern pel'-
tautiarics under these false and oppressive
sentences. beyond the aid or sympathy OF
friends.
we desire that our canvassers will take
these laws along with them, and read ana
explain them to the people. They carry
their own commentary with thcln. NO bet"
fer doctlut hts are needed or can he had. 10
those we especially appeal who revere the
timc-hcnorhd doctrines Of the rights OF Inc
States. lhpft iilai come tine-God sehu
it-wlcn we will cease 10 speak WIN DAtcn
breath Of the "powcrS Of lOcaI SeIf-"overl'
ment." and in the language of free.
men assert the sovereign rights OF the States.
THERE IL natural reelection of popular opln-
ion from violent extremes. Only IL"
months elapsed between the time when tue
people of England were receiving IN sia'lSh
submission from Parliament, from the bench
from the pulpit, the doctrine OF passive
obedience and non-resiStancc 10 the power
of her Kings and the time when her constr
tuition was placed by the revolution IL the
firm basis of temperate and regulated tree
dom, where it has rested ever since. Com
pare the depression Of Spirit with which our
own people permitted negro convention 10
frame for them scheme OF polllical cllSlale-
Incnt and the grand rcaellon or loo9, u!
which they threw it of. This State rights
doctrine is true and whatever else may
rcrishi truth is iudestructihlc. Though
Sown now in di>honor, let liz live in the
faith of it, joyful resurrection.
Some good people disqulet their souls be-
cause of certain Incorporate expressions sild
to have been used by Mr.. Greeley about the
South in the heat of sectional controversy,
and repel with distrust the alliance OF HIM
self and his friends who have abandoned The
victorious and triumphant Radical party
and cast i'm their lot with our party-the op-
position. But ought the bitter words OF
hIr. Greeley to weigh in the scale of judy
ment against the positive acts OF his rival
his established acts of venality, corruption,
and oppression? The declaration avowed by
the Liberals ut Cincinnati, and affirmed by
the Democracy at Baltimore, contains all that
hear, c,n desire for the country. May we
not trust men who stake their political for
tune, upon rcdreming their pledges! Have
they abandoned one party and Joined another
merely TO continue the same course OF policy,
or. with thorough change of men and the
junction of Il party superior III numbers and
mower, must they not come necessarily into a
change of system? We hail with satisfac-
ton single converts to our side why not
welcome them when they come to us by
troops and hattalions? Shall there be no
turning and bringing forth works meet for
rcnentance save in the domain OF religion. or
ore charity and mutual forgiveness of injuries
TO lie tolerated no where else? But say that
these men are us selfish, designing, and false
as SUSPICION can paint them. Can we do
without their aid? 1t is more than dozen
years since the Democracy controlled the
ballot in a presidential election. In TALL these
weary wears they have sought to overcome
the Radical party by direct assault. yet each
wear has seen them more firmly entrenched
in power If we can conquer by dividing.
dorS NOT the lowest prudrpce teach that we
should avail ourselves of their discussions
The greatest good Is not often attainable ut
once; gradually The why may be cleared Tor
building up anew the ediflec Of peace. pros
pelity. order, and law. But we feel that
such iistrust is atlronting to them and un.
worthy of ourselves. The con' lotion Is com.
mon to both that the States must be restored
to equality in the Union, and that it is a cor.
rupt and wicked Government Which still eX.
cludes those of the South and still labors to
fan the expiring flames of war seven years
after war has ceased; that the prosecutions
and military draggonadcs of Grant in the
South disgrace civilized age: that the civil
service should he purified and reformed land
tl,nt II D1nSidnnt runnin.r he E0Ynrnmnnt rs