The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1875-01-11
The Plantations-The Testimony.

The Plantauons-lne lestlino J
The butcher.dog" SHERIDAN promises
General GRANT a large catalogue Of murders.
He would prefer to send him larger num-
berofmurdered White Leaguers. This whole
sale shipment OF horrors may arrive ID tune
far GRAMS collection OF ISLANDERS againstthe
s,n,h which is promised to Congress In q
"jhey."
We suspec.ed from the beginning that Mr..
Senator THUaNAN's resolution was just Tue
thing the Republicans wanted in order that Tue
bnd,,et of horrors accumulated by WILLIAMS
ro,pht be elected officially and spread over
the Union under official authority. CoKk-
LING was bound, as the superviceable servant
ne mower. 10 see that the resolution was sent
70 GRANT in language showing due degree
Of humility on the part of the Senate. That
was all. That being done, and the sepate
being brought down on it's marrow-bones 10
a coordinate branch Of our republican gov
crnment, why the resolution was exactly
what was wanted, az we shall see.
True, Mr.. BAYARD states that CosALlSd
stuck upon o resolution he offered Two years
since inquiring what had been done by Gen.
eral MERRILL, the then Government agent I'D
the South Carolina tyranny, the same
amendment that he moved to Mr.. THUR
MANS resolution: 81 If not Incompatible Win
the public interests" The resolution was
adopted as amended, and General GRANT
had treated 1t with contempt. 1t had not
= been heard from. 1t was not compatioie'
with the true interests Of the Radical party
that the information sought then should De
furnished.
But il Is now different matter. The
New Orleans difficulty is part OF the meta
rious plan Of the Administration to bring
shout All excitement and national phrerzy
that might rebuild the declining fortunes Of
the Republican party and force the country
into submission to General GRANT for
"third term" The LouiSianians did not
resist, as was expected" dern 'em"; but
the budget of lies and horrors gathered by
spies and informers will do something 10
help on this plan; aad it is in the Radical iu-
terest that it should be empticd Into the balls
of Congress. So Dir. BAYARD will see that
the resolution asking for this information will
not be treated as was hiS-With silent
contempt. Oh, no. The discretion which
his sycophants of the Senate so readily ac-
cord TO President GRANT will always be
used with q discreet regard TO his "in-
tcres,s" and to the interests" OF bis fol-
lowers oftbe Radical party. And in view
of the present nature of the Government rs
operated by the President and as consented
to BIZ Congress this is right. Ours now is
in spirit aud in fact q party government,
run in the interests Of the Republican party
ahd against the white people, and in favor OF
the negroes OF the South, as they are re-
gaIdcd, as the President says, Of the Repub-
lican party. 1t is not only not republican
government, Tut it is government en-
deayoripg 10 exat barbarism over civiliza.
ton, and 10 destroy the order and harmony
of the patton that Republican rule may be
prolonged.
So we shall have the testimony going 10
show that civilized people are barbarians,
and that barbarians and thieves are civilized
people, and that into their hands should he
con6ded the exclusive governing power and
the control OF the public welfare.
Such fraudulent and vicious information
is to be hurried in TO forestall that of tie
congressional committees, which may lie
justly feared by the guilty conspirators be-
cause it is expected that it will have some
thing like fairness in it.
And this is called a republic, and we are
understood to live under republican gov
eminent with constitution!