The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1876-06-24


| Gus language. AS Chief Magistrate Of the
State OF Kentucky he, had resolved that his
hand should wither before II should sign a
bin for 4 lottery for any purpose; for he re-
| garded it as one OF ttlensost Ubiquitous inyen-
| lions which the devil had ever devised. Dir.
Whiteieid had said that Satan fished in
| muddy waters. he knew that in the coun-
| try he had caught great whales. Combine
tons IN what are called mobs were shown
to be dangerous. Liberty should be robed
in law. The oppression OF y people, and
| deprivation Of their rights by q government
which rests upon their stlh'rages for its le-
| gitimate support. belongs to that class OF
| combinations which condemns rs guilty all
| who sustain them. He would not speak Of
the war. The blue and the gray should now
| he combined in Mosaic. There was |,
| man who, at It's close, exhibited modera-
| ton, fidelity, and picty, that commended
| him TO the admiration OF his enemies and OF
all mankind. His name was Lee. His life
had ended, and his spirit now basked IN the
presence Of his God. Ilis wife, too, had
| died. The Constitution provided that pro-
pcrty cschcatcd should not be alienated after
the lifetime of those from whom il was Ia
ken; but tho children of Lee knocked in
vain at the doors OF Congress and asked for
tild' H'iiti tic Ill" utill'tlluS.
WRONGS OF THE INDIAN.
Mr.. Stevenson next spoke Of the wrongs
INFLICTED upon the Indian--of smuggling,
and the extensive combinations by men high
in office and social elevation, to make money,
to Cvadc the revenue laws; which was ac-
compiShed by perjury, falsehood, fraud,
and forgery. The extent Of their sue
cess and the millions gotten and re-
tanned hy iniquity could never he known
this side OF the iudgment-day. He was not
here to make an indiscrimnatc attack on all
! classes. The consolidation Of railroad COM
panics controls the legislation OF whole
States, and the revelation Of the Credit Mo-
| bilicr showed that every foot Of a great ma
tional line of railway had been stained by
corruption. Pure morality and sincere
| religion are not TO be found in the govern
| men when they cease among the people,
| At the great exhibition of the world in Bcr-
| lin this country had shown its prominence
| only III corruption. Mr.. Hoar, OF MaSsl-
chuScttS. a Republican, Il gentleman OF great
/ ability and pure character, had four weeks
| ago made surprising" statements in the Sen
| ate Of the United States concerning the cor
! ruptiOns that existed in the government Of
- great city. the dispositions of four Judges
and four members Of tile Legislature in one
state, &c. Suspicion taints the footsteps OF
| the present advisers Of the President. Men,
| bcrS OF the legal profession. forsaking the
honorable pursuits of their calling, are
found in the lobby of Congress, where they
huttonholr, cajolc. and bride. The sanctity
OF the Supreme Bench has been invaded,
and two OF ITS members resigned TO escape
impeachment. Elections to Office are Sc
cured by bribery. Money, not duty, is the
| obinnt ,f, ,nrSI,it Sprh ,ruS not tho case
| in former days. Governor Castor, of North
Carolina, declared that he had but one APP
| plication for Office in four years, and that
was from the Most deSpiGable of his con-
stitucntS. whose vote could have been
! bought for shilling.
THE GREAT AND GOOD.
Mr.. Stevenson cited, with powerful effect,
an example of honor in the purer days OF
the republic found in the letter of the
eldest Bayard, grandfather Of the present
Senator, written to Mr.. Jefferson the I'D of
| February. 1901. Mr.. Bayard was a Fcde-
ralist. but had rendered important service
| in securing the election of Mr.. Jefferson to
| the presidency. When offered the place OF
| Minister TO France Mr.. Bayard replied that
if he could have comfortably received the
office it would have afforded him COM
plete qualification; but his resignation would
| hc more honura| Ic. 10 receive eighteen
! thousand dollars after aiding in Mr.. Jcifcr-
| sous election would expose him to suSpi-
cion. aud he desired TO lie like hi; ilustrlous
progcnitor, "SdnS pear ct suns rcpr0Che."
! May God give It's another sci OF men like
this. There is another Bayard in the SEN
ate who prizes his honor more than his life.
Mr.. Stevenson illustrated true great
ness by comparing Washington to Napo-
leon. Marshall to Burr. True greatness is
true manIincS>, and true mmlincsS is true
godliucS.. The great have ever been good.
God is truly great because lie is truly good.
We do not sufficiently feel our dependence on
God. Our true happiness and usefulness
will be found in pure, simple, unpretcnd-
ing responsibility to Him, Is shown III our
daily walk. The thought Of Hin will
be to lis 4 light on that walk.
Ar. Stevenson referred to thc fact that I'LL
the nations OF the earth, with their idioms,
manners, morals. and supcrStitionS, are flock
in" To 0,lr country, and we are to resist
their evil influence by this moral power.
All this superstition and idolatry stands be-
tween your fathers God and you.
Mr.. Stevenson said he would "paint
preacher such Us Paul" when he appeared
1T Corinth with nothing but the scriptures
of the Gospel and his faith. He might have
preached against the DEGREES OF Claudins,
or any social, moral, and political questions
Of that stirring age. He put his foot on
politics and social economics, and turned
from the temple of false gods, and knew
nothing but Jesus Christ and Him cruci-
fled. Mr.. Stevenson urged his hearers to
draw from the same repository the weapons
Of their warfare. and let it never be said
that solitary son OF IIampden-Sidncy has
been iaithlcSS to that truth.