The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1874-11-06

cs-pocket? fApplense.l P0lit,ctans . ane Cyl.
tors are scratching their headssto ma OUT gu
the call4es of cur victories, when every one
whosbas carefully read andinWardly disested
the history 4of The southern outrages, tae
maniftstoes or Attorneys General Williams,
fhe proceediugs Of the Chattanooga Conver.
ton, the affIdavits Of Major Merrill, and the
telegrams of Marshal Packard, knows full
well that there is but one cause, and That IL
intimidation.
The deyil.inspired party, as that venerable
Christian statesman Gefritt Smith calls the
Democracy, have so frightened the peace.
loving Radicals. from Passaniaquoddy Day
to the Rio Grande, that many OF them IN
sheer terror havevoted the Democratic ticket,
and vet more Of them abstained from voting
ut ali 1Renewed laughter.1 And as If there
is nothing that these deviI.iuspred men will
not dare 10 perpetrate, they have. without
the least fear or trembling, laid their profane
hands upon the head OF the brave and pa
triotic Butter and shrieked the disloyal cry.
BENJAMIN, depart Laughter and applause
Now, nv friends, pray you, don't think
me frivolous because I talk in this way.
Year after year our victories in the SOUTH
have beer, falsely attributed to intimidation,
and member after member of Congress duly
elected has lost his seat upon this false
charge. AT every election for years southern
outrages have been the batt]e.cry OF RADICAL
poli.iciaps in toe North, and the Justification
for laws. that disgrace civilization, ana
usurpations that lay the axe at the root OF
repub]lcan institutions. But what can these
manufacturers OF false pretences say now,
when our triunphs at the North are even
more siopal than those at the South !-When
Massachusetts, persistent aud unFary-
iup-habit-bound Observation-Disclosures the
seal of her condemnation upon Radical
misruIe. ard. for the first time III nearly
half century, seats an honest Democrht
in her gubernasorial chair? And IN Tbs
connection was it not right. gentle
men. that I should refer to Benjamin
+. Butler. who, in accepting bis last nomi-
naiion. gave as his chief reason Tor wishing
10 remain in Congress bis will ana aotlity
10 sill further bind and repress the southern
naonlr? But the time had passed by when
his nersecuting cry louUd ready response
in ,hc hearts of his constituents. The Time
had passed when violations of the CoIStitu-
ton, contempt for justice, disregard OF souno
nol,cy. and neglect OF the interests OF the
,noplp. could all be overlooked under the IN
4 lcacr OF passion and prejudice, and hence
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the result you zee lie ralseu 'ne o,ath -, nrs
ct persecution, ana unuer .ha' n' .,a r %rn
ntr sought 10 hlath'aln W ts'Ge , - Goo not
SresS. Inc people laise9 .iie WIZ ~, ,,d
OF defeat bus OF peace, anu sli n ~ ' II uo.,
be per>ecutor, otas 1nou az noe rho n,,,se s
ASK me, ieiloW'c',izehs, :" ua I "ao tn 9TH
OF our victories, ansme', oissot 49, roosou
Radical RUE. IL you aSh u'e w .ue D ,, ,d;oai
OF TINS dlscortent. ahswel Iuat Jul i'oI
rulers have in the last nine years PeIslsish., ;
set AT nangnt every instinct iee'luS, u'o'''
and teaching, CT the american people.
Americans are Constltutlon-loFlnSp eople'
but no regard has been paid TO the IonStltu'
ton BE- our rulers. Americans are liberty
loving people. but liberty has oeen renoise,
leSsly 'rampled under 1901. americans aie
home-rulc loving people, out nome rue nus ;
been reated with scorn ana con- elnp'' anu
Congress assumes and exercises lne po"cis vi
an omnip0tent parliament. americans are
an hone>ty-loving people, but the Ciedit-
Mobiliers, Sanborn contracts, custom'house
frauds, and Washington rings have maze
corruption almost asypomn for government.
If the Government was TO De heio re-
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