The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1875-02-22
Radical Blunders.
RADICAL PROTEST AGAINST GIVING RHTRAoR'
BINARY POWERS TO GRANT.

Radical BeundGrs.
,,.rc.1, PROTEST AGAISsT GIVING RXTRAoR'
BINARY POWERS TO GRANT.
fCh!cago Tribune tHadl.
The political bill, adopted by the joint he
npblican ca,,cuS. providing for the reepact-
ment of that portion Of the kuk'iiS ACT '" nieh
Owes the President The right OF s'spenuihg
The writ of h15cas corpus. and using the army
and navy. the appointment OF marshals 10
,nperyise elections, and The arrangement OF
the various details OF voting. IS grave ms
take. to characterize II n mildly as po>s,oe;
In the first place, ii IS always pols'ical
mistake to legiSlate partisan measures
which can not We enforced, or winch, II en-
forced. would prove fatal TO the party origl'
mating them. The present Congress seems
70 be rushing blirdiy INTO law-niaking with.
out reference TO the fact that IN the next
Congress the political power, the law-making
power, and the revenue power--in other
words. the power of the law, the purse, and
the sword-paSses into the hands OF the
Democratic party. The fact seems to have
been overlooked that The Republican party
was beaten last fall by 100000 votes, and also
the other serious fact that the House, after
the 4th of March next, will have Demo-
cratic majority Of at least sixty, With pro-
liability that in the, elections yet 10 come in
New Hampshire. Come ticut, California, ana
Mississippi, this majority may be increased,
and tbat this new House will have control oil
the muse and the sword. The only tenure
of power left to The Republican party is in
the Senate, ard this gtOwS fcc6ier and
feeblcr, and effurs little consolation to
those who thought. after the elections
last fall, that the Republican ascendancy in
that body could not &c disturbed. The pre-
sent Senate stands: Republicans, so; Demo
Gratis, 10; independents, 4: vacancies, L.
The next Senate will stand: Republicans,
50: Democrats, IS; Independents, e; with
the seats 10 be filed from Louisiana and the
two new senators from Colorado. As none OF
the Indcpcndcnt Republicans, like Came
ron, Booth. and Chrisiancy, are lutisaDs,
and cannot be relied upon to act with the
caucus on all purely partisan measures, and
the seats from Louisiana and Colorado may
be filed with Democrats, il; is barely possible
that the Republicans may have majority Of
eight vote, il. the Senate. This feeble thread
is 9ll That holds The Republican party to its
tenure OF power in Congress, and the fact
should be an instructive lesson with refer
ence to institutDg doubtful legislation for
future Use.
A still greater objection to this political
bill lies in the fact that il is probably impIac-
ticable and certainly impolitic. Granting that
i, could be enforced. would il not result in
throwing The whole South into Il fever OF cy-
element ard be damaging bio" TO the Re
publican party Is j, not the very measure
which, OF all Others, tie Democratic party
would like 10 see passed, "nd agalp>t which
they would 10 more than delighted 10 record
their votes! The passage OF such Il bill would
certainly tXaSptratc the south. and excite
disorder in States now az peace. 1t wou!d
array the white race in more determined hos
li,lty to the blacks Than exists now. 1t would
do nothing 10 Ecucii' the colOrrd race. 1t
would threaten Tie peace OF The south with
urw disorders. II should be the
policy OF the X, publican party 10 lcs!sate
III the Interests OF peace and harmony, TO
bring about good feelings in the southern
S.atcs between HE whites and blacks, and in
,yrry WAY TO concliialc the stronger race in
al! lis relations 10 the weaker. Il drop Of
honey y ~ catch more hornets than cup OF
,iat.nr. " bat occasion is there for the re-
tlar'mcnt Of TIE kukluX act in any State in
III, III, possibly excepting L0tisiana?
There ere 70 unlawful white organizations
in these states, 10 disorders of moment, no
rou,lts at tie pul'>. The elections take
place quietly and regularly, and few com
p,int, ale made either by whites or blacks.
Trouble exists only in i single State,
End yet TIC southern carpct-taggers have de-
yi>rd II scncn, Of legislation which, il carried
out, might puugcnnDy in the southern States
iuto tic saline, or worse, condition than now
exists in Louisiana, and undo all that has
hc"n gradually and slowly done toward the
establishment OF peace, order, and good gov.
cIrmtn!. II The Republican members Of
Congress want to destroy the Republican
party they will promote that purpose by re-
cuartirg rcprc:siyc and provocative measures
which bad been repealed or expired by limi-
ta,ion, and tor which there is no urgent ne
cr>>lty existing. The thing is Il biundcr in
any light ia which it can be viewed, and is
only paying into the hands of political oppo-