The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1875-05-06
The Political Alternative

IT, body-po,s,c of the nation Is ""ue'
going an Alternative process by when tue o"u
hx,mors and poisons are being rap'o's eH
ro,,sa The medicine has worked VIII
wonderful efficacy within two years pAs,,
The signs arc so very cheering thS' We ."
nnrr foo, tina, the patient will soon DC re.
covered, and that the triumph OF tue n'e"'ca'
treatment ,bs. has produced such grand re-
s,,,,s nil, drive the uu,cks and chsrlassus into
obscurity. They will not &C s''o"eo 70 au
minister any more Of the uox'ous doses WIN
-, the nation has been disguised beyond
endurance.
Whom GRANT took toe Government he put
s,,r,se,f toto the hands Of the greedy Repuo-
,,can partfssns aud vindiessve strateslsts,
who led fliFa to believe that she true way 70
prolons the power OF the Rsa'cais, ana pcs
sibiy to Casarists, was to hold down tue
soutsrrs whites by means Of menaces, ana
spies. AID infowners. and partisan courts,
and military elections. But even inst ssf'
of policy has failed. GsAST h'msea astfs'
sape seen rhst it has. 1T was so thiniy Tis'
-1iised that the best PEOPLE in the land gave
s,ea, forced 70 denouuce it-havc been com
prlled TO see that polsey so horr'd hss seeh
unsdc n scandal upon civilization, as vel! es
s,hc vilest' outrage: upon our form OF eS''crh-
uncnt by being based upon dealoeraoe'y coi'-
rocted cc,umnies Of whole ceznmunMes.
,Ybe press ndcpe ndently rnd honestly I'M
yestjuated and exposed these 'cAhmnfes.
4Ope after another, the most Sagacons @lu
conscientious statesmen haTeconiessec'H-'a'
thsre has been mo good reason DOR NRse-
..utiny the southern people, and thai 1ne
safety of the csslntry reeuires thai their zoe
raj Govern eent shall take on ess oS& u.s.
withdraw its war-dogs, and ressore 10 Tue
-Ssptes their rights Of Gurtsdiet'en 10 'ocai
~Smte affairs. We al remember bic 1rank
statements of the leasing mcn ot the Lou
,is,apa Corrmittee ceutemp orary WIFE Uni
conclusive expositions of the VnuePaL uen'
press.
The lis. of decla mors Against 'feTer a.
mental expressions an the SeNsh has'aS os'
:precs gre both hong and N1strods. ~
T,eonle,yere tired OF the rancors OF RAr afat
the base tyrannieS Of party. Ehefe8ss no
.apy,yery good reason why the parsy'aeaoer
should not also get tired Of them. 'asanl'n OF
liberal allowance .oe honor and ints penn
ence amongst the leaders, tits 'nottpotuns
the case too strongly to say chat tfe'5eVoiu
ton apparent in public sentiment ia
emoothed the way for great changes I'm TN
minds of some who prefer TO be with ID
people rather than to fight On the 'slfpeies
.cause Of rapidly 'decayingfparty.
The Hon. Mr.. i sniET, of Phlauelphla
Is the latest amongst promjsent gentlemen
in the political arena who HIS raised his voic
against the harsh Federal policy TO ~ands th
South. He hus gone Turther than, any on
has set gone by declaring thst be repeats hi
,yotefor the force-hiIl passed by the last Con
sress. He is convinced tbat.t was not callct
for. and that the pre.ext for its passage wa
fraud.
We cannot but see 'thct 'tbcre has been 81
great change in public opitson thatit is i'm
possible that the Government itself can re-
sist its Influence. Does .not-Attorney-Gene
raj WII4sAMs's resignation show the force o.
this influence? Why .else did ne resign
He was only suited to censtrne laws &c sui
the purposes of the Administration and man
age the controlling sgencies "a! the Govern
ment for political effect its DETECTIVES, it;
marshas, ats judges, and Soldan:, and war
riors. He fodS that his arts in this line have
failed; that they will not he isud rated. Sc
he bows himse!f out.
He is succeeded By Judge PsHRREPoiSr
who Is very different sor; of man. UraeI
him there should be a "bauliilg in .o'
horns "a withdrawal Of those t.ntacu!ai
proceedings by which the Governa cent has
been prying into and meddipg with the
iocal affairs Of the South, and keep ing up
continual anxiety ard trouble.
Judge PlERkspo:NT is very differel Vt man
fromdhe late Auorney-Geucra. He W Ill mol
know how, if bccould be inclined, to work
the machinery with which WILLIAMS drd sc
much mischief. He will probably Stick tc
law, auG, decline to go out Of his tfice 10 b.
up the dirty politics of negroes and Rad, Gu
thieves.
Therefore, we believe that the Cover n
.ment itself will have 10 take new latituel'
and departure. and cut loose from the low
vulgar pariiaures that have for SO many
years been favored at Washington, while the
best people ofahe country we're treated with
neglect and the best interests of tue nation
were suffering srom postpoEement.
Ghe country is getting OFT of the difficult
ties that have sc,ioug beset 1.-THE ship OF
State is getting into smooth water-anG
soon He shall have good men to rule us.
Clerks Of Courts.
at-is perhaps worth repeating TINT the Con-
stitntion of Virginia provides that in ALI