The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1874-10-15
The Convention of Thieves.

iinue.
The Convention of Thieves.
The assemblage Of carpet-bagger and seal
awag delegates OF the southern States al
Chattanooga is but little else than conclaVe
OF thieves. There are few exceptions.
The great body of them are as perfectly Se-
nal and corrupt as men well can be. An as
sembiage of burglars and pickpcckets would
be far more entitled TO consideration and re-
spect than is this Chattanooga Convention.
The burglars and pickpockets show at least
q semblsnce of courage in their path Of per.
sonal peril. They raid upon few indiyid-
uals in the community with no motive to H.
jure them beyond getting their money. But
these men who meet at Chattanooga, no less
sordid than their betters amongst the class
OF robbers, are seeking the opportunities OF
stealing and pIunderiDg through wrong and
outrage of great communities. These they
would SANDER, and Cypress, and impoverish,
that they may get possession of power and
place, in order to enrich themselves. In pro.
portion to the malice Of their lives and the
widespread etfectsof their schemes are the
Radical agitators at Chattanooga worse than
pirkpockets, highway robbers, and burglars.
There is occasionally an honest man in the
crowd, but never was honest man in worse
company.
The Convention set out with its task under
he instructions sent from Washington sign
ed by that Inscriptions partisan 81. NJ.
EDnuNDs, secretary" Of the National Exec
u.iye Committee of the Radical party. He
lays before the assembly exactly what it is
expected to do for the benefit OF the Repub-
lican party. The object is thus briefly stated
By EpNuNp>:
Sat this Convention toe record should be
fully and honestly made up, showing all the
hiudranceS to material, moral, and intellcc-
tual progress with which the Republicans
have had TO contend; what progress has been
made, and whether in the States and sections
where Democracy has controlled, any OF the
great interests of society have prospered
more; and which, if any, have been de.
pressed; also, whether persons or property
have been more or less secure, and the rea-
sous therefor. Whichever the fact may be,
ou,rages OF all classes should be carefully re-
ported, whether resulting in crime Or eX
tending only TO Intimidation"
Exactly! This is q patent, universal, "self-
acting" attachment TO the great SANDER
manufacturing machine which will add
largely 10 the amount of that SANDER. And
10 make the heI-broth" of this Chatta-
nooga bags "caldron" "thiek and slab"
tie corjuriDg EDHUSDs advises that "upon
1.-The whole, the record thus honestly and
"iairly made up, the, considerate judgment
.'of the American people may be safely in
evoked TO the sincere and Thoughtful states
linen who will assemble on this occa-
"sion."
The devil could not better play the hypo-
critic, and PAasoSs's speech, which soon fol-
lowed the reading Of these instructions to
the Convention, showed that he had studied
them well. The Republican cue given him
was taken up well. He proved a good at
,endant upon the caidrop, and finished the
"broth" with the magic "baboon's blood,'
which SAAKsPEARE's witches, five hundred
years ago, thought essential to cool and per-
feet it.
The reader will see the proceedings, and
cannot mistake the object. The Convention
is gotten up to help out the general SANDER.
ing of the South. The white people Of the
South, unsurpassed by any people on this
earth for their generosity, hospitality. kind.
ness, and humanity, are to be represented as
demons prosecuting negroes. Those negroes
are to be represented as at least as good if
not better than the whites, and eminently
worthy OF the sympathy Of all northern peo-
pie, aud Of the defence and protection of the
Government by all the power it possesses.
All this is to excite the North, increase their
hostility to the South, rally the North and
West to the support of the Republican party,
and in that way proloDg its hold upon the
Government and the public treasure. All
of which will signally fail.
PARSONS swept broadly over the whole
line of Radical policy, and at once declared
that there was no justice hoped for from the
southern people, and that the Radicals and
negroes could only rely upon the Federal
bayonets for protection, and that justice
could only bring down punishment upon
:, iransgressors through Federal courts.
II the SANDERS Of such body as the Chat.
tanooga Convention can influence the people
of the North we would almost say they were
what the Tribune of Monday said they were
not--yiz., "fools." We agree with the Irt.
Dune, and do not believe that the fraud Of
attempting to impose anything that comes
from this Convention as true will succeed,
II is a vile piece Of party strategy that at
Temps to make public sentiment through
the assertions Of such unprincipled rascals as
have met at Chattanooga. If they can mis-
lead the northern people it's right that they
should be misled. II there be modicum
of reason Left it be not all g fed to bru-
fish beasts then one of the best things for
enligbtening the public iudgment-for ex-
posing the desperate frauds of Radiealism
upon the nation-is that this Convention has
met at this particular time. Let it edo and