The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1873-03-27
Sound the Alarm.

.5issa y5I SCuQG LUS lAldINi.
The fact that Virginia voted for GRAN
hast fail has caus.d number Of good Gov
seryafiYes TO fear that the State may mex
rail- elect Radical Governor. 1hey i's'
{ sight Of the qualifying fact That the no'ioei
3 of votes cast for GREELEY IN Ae'@ was wv.
thirty thousand less than the nuh'oef c"s'
: Car Iynxgr Il, 1869, whilst the number cast
!. Ear. f;n.Sr indicated no conversions from
! ..onscryat;srn to Radicalism. This last con
.ider.taon would of itself have been suft-
Gent TO prevent AS from entertaining any
zuoh fear; but when TO this are added the
!, recent proceedings Of tho Radicals In the
House of Delegates, and the threats OF theIt
leading organ that Virginia may yet ind
j herself In the condition of Louisiana, the
motives which viii operate upon our people
to induce them 70 cast their votes next 'a''
against Radicalism In every shape are seen 70
i be Irresistible. The adversary ms sn'""
J bis hand in good time. Every firs'han
who desires that the old Con!noh"eaish
shan escape tho fate predicted Tor hef as
consequence Of the performance OF cohstl-
tu,ional duty by the present Legislature
must burnish his arms and prepare Tor battle
with the cupet-oaggers and scaawass. We
reproduce few Of CARL ScauRzS burning
words to remind our people what the dread
fnl fate is with which they are Threatened.
Mr.. ScarRz said in the United states Senate:
aWhat was their first actS They i'm
peached the Governor. Throwing aside all
the forms OF Impeachment prescribed by faw.
they impeached and suspended the Gov
ernor, If q summary decree can be called I'm.
peacbment and suspension. Ihey WHO had
not a shadow of right based upon law, upon
votes, upon an election, upon legal returns,
proceeded to undo one Governor aud To
make another. That second Governor was
Pinchback r. negro]. The NATIONAL Govern
mept recognized him rs tie Governor OF
Louisiana. Then they proceeded TO what
they called the canvass OF the votes III the
Legislature, not canvaSsing legal returns of
voters In any legal form, but canvass on
the ground of newspaper reports, wiz
guesses. and forged aflidayitS. What | say
here is by no means an exaggerated a>ser-
ton, for it is distinctly proven by the tcsti-
mony, and | think it is denied by no one.
Then they declared the man Of their choice,
Kellogg, Governor, AM dine Lieutenant
Governor, and SO on all the State Offices OF
Louisiana.
'.Tkus the usurpatton is conSumn.ated;
q us,srpation .oit'tout The shado,c Of ldC as
an crease, aoith nothing bit fraud and force
TO stand upon a usurpotion palpa6te. gross,
shameless. and utterly SubUeTSiue Of all prin'
ciples of republican government; q uSuTpa-
ton such as this country has nerer seen, and
probably no citizen Of The United States has
ecer dreamed Of"
These arc the evils which are to come upor
us because the Legislature decided to elect
county judges at its present seSsion-a duty
which is devolved upon that body by the
Constitution itself, and was intended by the
trainers Of the Constitution to be performed
at the session of the General Assembly end
ing the spring previous to the expiration OF
the term Of the county judges. Ii the voters
will not be warned by this threat TO keep
down Radicalism in Virginia no motive that
could be presented to them would have that
effect. AS for us, We have no apprehenSlons
as to the result Of the elections next Noven-
Der. To be forewarned is to be prepared
for a successful conflict with the enemy.