The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1872-05-01


"GoRaoNs and ,hydras and chimeras
dire" so completely obscure the mental
vision of our neighbor, the Dispatch, that
it is impossible for it to see any object
without imagining it to be hideous delu-
sion, fraught with danger to its venerable
old fogyism. -......
"Fill our streets with negro policemen
and business would flee our city, The
only approach to filling our streets with
policemen was on certain memorable oc-
casion of which our neghbor, the Dispatch,
might truthtully say, when writing the
history of the ''war Of the mayors''--"all
of which saw, and part Of which was"
No political opponent Of the Dispatch
has ever attempted to fill the streets of
Richmond with policemen, white or color
ed; but our neighbor has apparently. a
lively recollection of the mischievous effect
of the experiment then tried, so DISASTROUS
ly to the business interes IS of our city.
And as to ''the tender mercies of plumber
ers, &C.," we put it to the Dispatch, and
challenge contradiction, that the municipal
government, which was displaced by means
of streets filled with policemen, admins
tered the financial and general affairs of
Richmond more economically and effective
iy, if not more honestly, than their sue
cessors can claim has been done by them
We do not propose to institute
q comparison between the effectiveness of
white as against colored men employed on
our police force,-but we must assert, that,
in. our opinion, other qualifications than
being adopts in ballot-box breaking, or in
timidating voters, should be required from
those who are supposed to be impartial
| guardians of peace and good order. Nor
can we understand the wide distinction
which our neighbor draws between colored
men as policemen and as occupying other
positions. Take for instance the unanimity
with which colored men have been placed
in responsible positions at the portals of
our legislative halls. So far from this
frightening away business, the lobby was
rarely if ever so active and prosperous.
i Then as delegates to the august body,
which is to ''fret and strut it's hour upon
the stage" at Cincinnati, colored men are
marvellous proper men to represent the
political party Of which the Dispatch is an
organ so necessary, in fact, that as one
of the faithful guardians of the new order
of things, that paper has, doubtless, paid
its quota Of the expenses of the mixed
delegation, which is to aid in the great
sore-head endeavor ''to beat Grant - and
in the words of the immortal poet, we
utter our surprise: aR Ef@l Ne
"Strange such difference there should be
.'Twixt tweedle-dum and tweedle-aee." 7Es q.
, However, we do not despair of the Dis
patch, for apparently dissatisfied with its
ignorance of political economy, it braces
its shattered nerves and Proposes to ask
. the JOURNAL for little information on
the subject"
! We are free to confess that in oul
"opinion the editor of that Ghis) paper
understands the fundamental principles
underlying and governing the great indus.
trial interests of our country sufficiently to
extricate the Dispatch from the mental
quag in which it founders, apparently in
spired with the sentiments expressed by a
similarly benghted writer: s ,s2E5l ..0-a
'IAet trade and commerce. art and learning die
But leave us still our old nobility
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THE DOLLY WARDEN Convention meets
to-day in Cincinnati. The Enquirer will
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receive special Geographic dispatches an
nouncing its prodigious magnitude and i'm
portance to the country, and will keep its
bulletin board constantly enliycned with
the news of what is transpiring. In the
mean time, Yesuyius is in state of spon-
taneous and lively activity, and the house
tops of Naples, if not its bulletin boards,
present an animated scene of anxious ex-
pectaton, if not of curious mental dubiety.
Poor Dolly Varden" had Dickens
known to what base uses she would have
come at last, he would have KILLED her
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