The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1874-08-12
dangerous Distillation.

"Superyisor PERRY OF No'.p ".,
,s THO ,nnst distinguished inventor OF the aa'.
III o,oc,,,ns held last week in that STATE
having resulted in the utter dc'eat O ~.
Radical PARTY, and there being no eo'o, "
reason for asserting that SAMbo was u"''''''
dealt with at the balloi-boX, ana noI e'''
,,or.;b,e pretcnce for Federal Intervention
TO be based upon the usual i'up'S,'o" y.
;pius,ice to the negro, the inecnious mn"
went most haste 10 Washington ap" oe"'',,"
Cd ,ba, Fedora, troops should be ri ONCE o'''
.a,.a - North Carolina TO prevent tbe
800. oe that covd old State from oelhe
.,;,;c;,ea" bv the Democratic VICTORY " VIC
d;,,;i,,,ion Of whiSkcy! The CONSTRUCTOR
m. limited States provides that the ma
,;,nal Government may send troops INTO
STATE if upplicat0n be made in proper form,
~ nut down rebellion or nsuriec;ion; but
PERRY wants the troops for another purpose
entirely. He is determined to co!lec; The
wbj,key tax; and, though to the careless
observer of passing events there may DC 10
necessary connection between Democratic
victory and unlawful Installation, yet 70
PyRKy the evidence is plain that, given
Democratic triumph the distilat'on OF noun
tain dcg must follow US naturally and As Ger
iainly as the day the night.
How fond these North Carolina Democrats
mus, be of the Juice Of the corn. Or IS IL
nns-;op, or, better still, Old Rye: What
has become OF the wire that WAS to make
the old North State famous! Has PERRY
lost sigh, Of the blood Of the grape entifey'
and TUNED his attention altogether 10 Tue
d,.iillstion of whi>kcy? We suspect thst
ha is himself DER fond OF MOI ming dram.
Perl,ap~. houevtr. he is a faithful servant,
and desires only to see that the Golfers OF the
Government are always full. Or Is II PER
Ky's oH II pockets that he Is thinking about
We fear that this last is the motive that has
impelled the patriotic PERRY 10 haste 10
Washington to call for Federal troops. lie
describes danger in the distance. w nat
Shall North Carolina lead 10 1874 the way to
4 national Democratic victory in 1876, and
Vet never a gun be fred 10 prevent PERRY
from being turned out Of office? Shall
PERRY sit still in idle and inglorious ease
wh,ls, the dollars which he loves so ar
IDENTITY are thus moyed further and further
from his reach? Forbid it, Patriotism
Forbid il. PoMpEy. Forbid it, Peif! And
SO PERRY beStrode the iron horse and made
haste To Washington.
Democratic tiistilation? Dangerous distiil-
alton? Is there 10 he a new plea Tor overriding
the voice Of the whites Of the South in 1875:
How successfully vi this cry not appeal to
the hearts Of our northern "brcthrcn
Money: Is the Government TO be robbed
by "rebels": Are these fre.csters' TO
be allowed to dstill whisky, and cheat the
Government out of the tax: Why, this Is
worse than refusing to recognize .SAMBo as
tLeir equal. Such Il wrong, such an outrage,
upon the northern people cannot betocrated
tor moment. Better, far better, all Of the
northern Republicans will cry, better that
the army should supervise the elections and
count in all the Republican candidates, white
and black, than that Democratic distilation
should br allowed. h0RToS Will join in this
cry. So will CoNKILNG and EDHuHps and
BUTLER and WILSON, and all the rest Of the
aspirants 10 The Presidency who have dam
aged their prospects by voting for the civil
rights bill. and by said vote contributed TO
Democratic victories and Democratic diStilla-
ton in Ho!th Carolina and in the South
generally. The army would prove to be an
uutaliDg remedy for such party diseases. 1t
would soon have North Carolina ard AL the
rest Of tie rcca'ctlsnt southern States walk
ing peacefully along in the Republican traces,
cit citing Cal pct-bHggers to Congressman other
wise fulfilling all The duties Of loyal citizens.
But how about the man at the helm: Has
he dumased himself by advocating the civil
rights bill: Is be concerned in getting up
new issue: Is he likely to send troops to
North Carolina to discourage Democratic
DistIlation? Not he. lie will smoke his
cigar in silence, and tell PERRY to so to the
,nc present ineXplicable circumstances. He
will do what he peascs. And all the talk OF
asprants, and all the oljurgal DRY phrases of
r., f3rni.r !ricEGs anu supporters, and all
Sc "l.ad4ys." whether personal or iournsl-
size, will 20 for nothing. Evolution will
ale lie day. The facts with which the war
and It's results have surrounded us cannot he
controlled. They will control the nation.
What the event will be we cannot foretell.
But whatever it may be-wht ther the man
on horseback or Democratic President
we are quite sure that the patriotic PERRY
will not prevent this process of evolution by
his appeal for aid TO put down Democratic
Distil4t!on.