The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-01-26
Morton Sounds the Keynote.

Morton SOUNDS liio N>"
perhars the most unscrupuio"s Ili', III
.ha Tinted States Senate Is OLIVER < MoH-
II. &c tho man whom the President
,1,,;e,bts to honor. and who, because he has
no conscientious suuples, is relied upon to
manufacture the capital with which to peat
the Democrats. He stands up in his place IN
tho Senate and utters the most atrocioas
co,unnies upon the people Of the southern
States and the Democratic party wlti'ou. d
thought rs to whether they arc true or 1aise,
or whether his hearers know him to ne o
calrmuiator or not. lie puts forth bold as
scr,ions in the place Of arguments on consul
tu,;onal questions, and makes points tra'
would disgrace him rs lawyer II NJ "ei'
capab,e Of being disgraccd. lie seems 10 u
a. destitute Of all sense OF honor ~ ptAS'
Brr1,En himself. His speech i'll the Sctta"
r, Tuesday last--a sketch Of which we pub
lished Yesterday gives, rs senator THUR
MAN said in replying to him, the keynote l'
,hc time which is to be played by his fol-
lowers in the ensuing presidential canvass.
Il i the old, old story Of southern outi7@cS
upon negroes, carpct-bagscrs, and scalawags,
who are known to MORTON us the only truly
,oyal peoplc in the South, and whose wronSS
cry TO Heaven for redress, they being
the witnesses. SO we may expect the hn-
klux Committee to brin; in before long
report setting forth just such "facts" a.
MoKroS will need in order to prove his as
scrtions to be true. FoESEy, too, and all tht
rest of the mcrcenaiy tribe of editors who
are afraid of losing their offices. will repro
d,ice these startling L" facts for the dcicct'-
ton Of the inscriptions mcn VINO kho"
how false thcy are, and for the inilucnciESo OF
the poor dupcs among the horI!lcrh 'o'crf
who are once more to nc marched up to the
ls,llot-box TO signify their hatred to Gre
bells" "kuklux," and such like people, by
casting their votes for MoRToN's friend and
patron GRANT.
This is dcploraflc state of things. There
is no parallel to it in history. The country
is ruled through its fears and its ignorance.
We of the South can do nothing. We cal
Only hope for better day. 1t does seem rs
if the passions aroused Ivy the war ought to
have subsidized before now. But they have
no.. Aud the reason is that there are ST.
laany people even in the North who kno"
that in The late war the South fought for the
true principles of constitutional liberty and
the North against them. GREELEY and othc,
honest Republicans, who have no knowledge
Of constitutions and laws except such a.
they have picked up i'll newspapers. and
who believe that the Constitution was
never even strained, much less de-
siroyed. by Mr.. LINCOLN, arc in fl
yor Of universal amnesty. They have 1T
doubts. They are satisfied with the war and
with its results. But those men who know
how they have wrongcd the southern people,
and imposed upon their own. will never b.
ready 10 forgive lis for having had the right
side in tie war. The wronS-docr never for
give. his victim. This is the true secret o!
tie opposition to amnesty and of the hos
tiIity to the South. The guilty authors o;
Ill our woes are constantly told by people
residing in their own States that they were
wrong and we Of the South right. Truth
will not down.
We have but little hope that the Demo
cratS will succeed in culbinS the ambition OF
their own party leaders so is TO enable TIL,
people to throw oil the yoke of these Radi.
cal plundcrcrs. Perhaps Somcthin" will
turn up before Congress adjourns to aid
tkcm in the good work.