The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1875-02-01


the grip OF fate, aud the cheek Of. q right
whale. Il "a the misfortune OF the Ameri.
can people that the only proof they bave
that Pease made q two days speech IN the
Senate Is from newspaper reports. But that
is not Pease's fault
Proceeding from this position, that there
Was no proof that Grant had ever usnrped
or dictated, Pease went on to say that the
treatment OF Louisiana was eminently pro.
per, and that upon the whole the people
down that way couldn't have too much OF It.
He described the organization of the Louis
lana Legislature, and denounced the con.
duct Of the Conservatives ss revolutionary.
There had been $500 murders for political
reasons In Louisiana, he said. Being man
who distrusts newspaper reports, we Judge
that Pease had personal knowledge OF these
$500 murders perhaps stood by and saw
them, or may be he was murdered once or
twice himself. We could have wished the
statement had been little under or over
1880, because it would have seemed more
exact and accurate. Besides, people are get
ting incredulous Of round numbers, espe'
cially in relation to murders. Still we have
great confidence In Pease, and feel sure
he would not have said there were
1850 murders If he had not seen Them DIED
self. Pease is none Of your hearsay VII
nesses. 1t Is much to be regretted tnac al
the moment when Pease lowered over the
Senate with the casual remark that some
members of that body were in the naolt OF
apologizipg for assassination ana muruer
Mr.. Thurman, of Ohio, should have lnter-
rupted bin with the absurd and unreason-
able request for their names. Some people
are 30 dreadfuIly particular: The idea OF
senator's taking up little thing llke LIEU
Pease didn't remember any names. vi coafse
not. What difference did it make aoout
names, any way. Everybody kne" tnere
was a-so to speak-sort OF a-an stmospneie
of sympathy with assassination ana MURDER
on the Democratic side of the Senate cnam-
Der, and that WAS enough. 1t ID the atlno-
sphere that tells. Why, even IN Louisiana
they could give no names OF lntimidateo
persons, but 1t was notorious that there was
an atmosphere of intimidation tnere. 90
much so that the Administration "ould
have lost the State If 1t had not been Tor the
Returning Board.
Pease covered the case. He expectorated
outrages till the blood ran cold. He harrow
ed the Senate for two days with only the
necessary Interruptions for sleep and regu.
lar meals. Two days that Senate sat and
watched the wild wagging of the sehoolmas'
ter's chin. Two days be unrolled to them
murders in the first degree; two days pol
ished off The Congressional Record with
crimson statistics and no end OF gore.
It WIGS grsat-a very ereat-spseeb' Inels
may be those who would have this great
effort dismissed into history WIZ the
brief and discourteous remark: CAT this
juncture Pease, of Mississippi, rose up, ana
was ridiculous at great length" Such are
the amenities OF politics. Let us be thank-
full that no such oblivion can overtake Pease.
He is already embalmed in the Record. 1t
seems pity that there should be any feelitg
against .Pease and men like Pease IN the
South. He is willing TO represent Missls,
sppi in the Senate, and make The State PROUD
that he was born in Connecticut. But they
don't appreciate him. They elect some otneI
man to succeed him. And State that Would
do that ought to be governed by the bayo.
net. tried by military commission, and made
to know its place.-New York Tribune.