The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1874-07-08


viii not lei two or three thousand "p''", J%1
f3scass IN lllce ues,,o! '". "a ds,cnded s,lc.
Gown ,roth NV" ,' " of thousands of
.sr 80" ..ne,n;e. -Ncu York Herald.
r. r. ,oored forward with painful
w. =, tho cnnntry frnm the
,,o ott;c.- holders. He was a true
fo">' Gov ,r..,bcd We doubt il
f"'''' ,;,,,o ,n,p vt the North who
o.vo,,op 10 the Union that
iee'S '"e a. lave NJ country una
,.a'.,a, ,r scIfshness and mean ambi-
49,: N.,.or vos statesman so misunder'
'''A. .,oro oincerc and honest in
H., n,d his errors of judy
MS .'o'''> $780,. =, ,,r,e,ical knowledge. but
,,a,, -, homes, nan and a powerful
.,.,,,,r
mn, u,,J ,,,v take credit to Itself for
..,.a: ,,t;c,. holders in unaItcrablc antaSon-
.,,a .. did Mr.. CALHOUN; but
i>n ~ '". f ,,,,, tho nao,le will triumph
,.oohss Mr. C.LuorS thought the
W. ,,,d ho ove,comc. He said the
.o,aors ,.ore TOO strong for them. The
,,o ot,;c.. holder, are more like moral
;,d;o.,orS than active bcli"eren.S in the
o-on, They u1ow corrupt just rs the pub
zeal. ,..nme Il. nraycd. Like ili-Hccds,
.h., ,,av he tall but all that grow around
,h.n, orc sustained by the same rank soil.
Cnn,.mnl,,inso flicc-holtcrS as 9 class they
m,v he considered H. possessing what every
hodv else wants comfortable places. IhrS
ora interested in keel4in. them. Every ONCE
,ol,,.r has relations and friend, who SYM
r,,hize with him and desire that he stiaii
hold on 10 bis place.
ON the other hand. We scethat cffi 'chun'-
ters outnumher The tilicc-holocrs Ne ooue'
- il NAV be fairly estimated that there are
five aspi!ants to every flee. AL these aSpI-
rants have their friends, and they ADA I'M
r,o,>clv 10 the outside army that is ever at
.ockinp the "arny OF occupa'iUn." so that
i, NAV be assumed that the army on the oc-
fcnsivc is hing like so powerful 10 no'u
to As their sssaiIanfs are to take. Consider
in. the contest for flee thcn Us one vibrating
in fortune as 1t has done between Tue HIS
and the "outs,' we may look upon II as IN
r;dcntal 10 our form of government without
Icing per Sc" decisive Of its fate.
40: the people themselves are under their
leaders. the artiticers Of their political for
fumes. They are the "iliul or the deuded
Instruments of the political charges which
come unon their country. Within twenty
yrors we have seen them following Elindly
roIi,icll leaders, and Surrenderns the prIn-
ciplc> that were at the foundation OF the
government and that were essential TO Their
own liberties. They themselves, like the
frogs in the fable, will choose the ruler that
will prey upon them.
If under our Constitution the tenure OF
office was made to depend entirely upon the
competency and fidelity Of the olice-Aodcr,
the class of cflce-hodcrS would become
altogether conservative. They would be
quiet. retirin" people, attending 20 the du-
ties OF their LOTIONS ana not Taking al ac-
tive part IN politics. IL could not DC sa'u
then that they would be enemies "afrlhS
on the liberties of the people. le1, "ouiu
the people hold any faster 10 their liberties
would they be l"sS liable 10 DC de'uueu anu
mislcd by art:ul In'ilslerS ana pon''e'' as''
tatcrS, would they enter more cau'ious!
into the pad spirit of sectional slrI'e ano
party warfare! we 'h''h '''' Ivy WI
in any situation almost iulEIr 'teir own
quiet ana prosperity ny participating Ill III
the political toics of the day ana chiislln@
in the war upon the more sacred institutions
under Which order and peace are maintained
aud their very liberties secured.
The people are In 10 danger except from
their. own waywarducss. We had a gooa
Government to start with, aud had al OF us
constitutional characteristics ana lie ih'eh-
tious of our forelathcrs been observed al"
carried out, we should have had pup'lc
affairs continuously administered win non.
rsty aud impaltlality, ana the "ho'c l''o
,xould now be in state of peace ana mar
monv, But one by one the CONSTITUTIONAL
restraints have been broken down and the
in,.,tions Of The trainers of our Government
have heen disrcgarded, until now our political
system in principle is wholly changed, ana
there is great want OF harmony and peace
Tbe conservative checks and balances are
,,ona and NOW there is not a restraint lett.
p,.orr,h;,,. i common TO all, and conserya-
tism exists nowhere.
~. ,>,,oorot;o ,,r;nci ple we're
a..;o,,,,,, COMMUNICATIVE the rulers of