The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1877-11-10
State Rights, Constitutions, ana instl-
buttons.

State Rights, Constitutions ana insel-
buttons.
Vr nolitics-whether domestic, confede-
r.te, or international-the line OF rcctitude
as practically pursued and applied Is de-
fined with sufficient accuracy in the adage,
"Might makes right" When practicasl
statesmen and politicians soar ABOVE sn.s
base and grovelling morale, they he1e, " my
their fight higher than the lmnute az -
mospherc of mere expcdiency, or Oh vamheI
necessity" feigned or prctehueu., ;,,,tinns
and written laws. are to such politicians anu
statesmen mere cobweb restrictions ncle
theore,ica] m,,niments OF rights, WHICH they
wholly disregard and iniract where no or o.,
o,,;yoa institutions. composed OF men ur''t-
r. a,,S arncd. stand ready to DEFEND THESE
laws and constitutions.
S,ates snch as ours, with their almost ma
,;nna3 organizations, with their Executives,
thcir Legislatures, their iudiciarfcs, their
militia. their armies and abundant lhpie-
mepts OF warfare, their miiltar! schoo's'
their. counties and townships, ana Guy COZ,
porationS. constitute great ana po"eriu,,
institutions, ready to defend their iessai anu
constitutional rights with concerted actloh
at moments warning. These institutions
arc terrible obstacles to the cupidity ana
ambition OF corrupt Federal politicians.
who would if they could wipe away all
Stotes and State institutions, and ccntrai|e
and consolidate all power III the FedeTai
Government. r...o 80
states State institutions, and state or
r.n;zntion in its entirety, exhausted the un-
doubted courage and pertinacitF OF Grant.
than whom no one is more courageous a''e
ner,iuacious-in South Carolina ana LOUISE,
ana. Fatigued with the contest, he les'eo
on his arms, and left 1t to MS successor w
do what he would have done hl!nsem oul
for weak and corrupt advisers. Mt. hayes
did. so soon as he came into power, eApe'
the usurping and corrupt carpet-passeis,
and scalawags, and negroes from power III
those States restore them to the enjoyment
oi self-covernment, and inaugurate through
on, the whole lately Confederate South the
reign Of domestic peace and quletude, more
reriect than exists anywhere else III Chris-
fenGom: for our common laborcrS, pclnS
generally of an inferior race, are contenteo'
and hence we have, and shall have, no war
between capital and labor, when eNlSts
everywhere else in Christcndom ana mis-
the minds OF all thoughtful men WIN
gloomy apprehenSions. +.
The foregoing communication Is from Il
venerable and wise gentleman, whose re-
Elections are always remarkable Tor ther
philosophy and comprehensivcneSS. Inc
views presented here on the power OF tue
municipal institutions in restraining wrong
and oppression are striking and true. we
are compelled to relinquish the extreme
idea entertained by the late phys'co-conSt1-
tutionat SeCeSSioniSt, so to speak. but we
would be unphilosophic, impractical, TO adj
NIT that the politico-Social institutions and
the constitutions OF the country are not
guardians of public order and breakwaters
against oppression and wrong.
Our correspondent is altogether correct
in asserting that GRANT was wearied OF this
sort OF resistance to his usurpations. He
was appalled,. He was glad enough to be
relieved by the expiration Of his preslden-
tial term. The array Of intelligent. earnest,
honest, and virtuous citizens in the capital
OF South Carolina, patiently, calmly, and
firmly awaiting the issue between oppres-
sion and right, between barbariSm and civ
ilzation, was terrible. The Federal Gov
ernment could not look upon it unmoved.
It could not shut its eyes or turn deaf ear
to that form OF appeal from wronged peo-
pie, and GRANT was too happy to withdraw
from the dreadful trial to which it SUBJECTED
him. No man familiar with scenes and
trials Of the southern States duringthe most
distressing and alarming period of our his
tory can deny the great moral as we'll as
political force OF Estate rights, constitu-
tions. and institutions"
Thank God, the man Of iron conscience
and 1mpassiye nature made room for man
OF humane sensbilities and just principles,
who found no difficulty in acknowledging
the rights of States and communities, and
who restored peace and serenity to both.
1t is unquestionably congenial with civillza-
ton and the best interests OF mankind that
the grand principle OF municipal and social
and personal right should reside amongst
States and people, and happy are the COM
munities where this principle is respected
their public order we'll regulated, and their
domestic life peaceful and contented.
But we cannot agree with our sage CORE
spondent in the consolation he finds IN tue
presence of an inferior race rs the laborlng
community in our midst. 1t is both I'M
statcsmanlike and unphilosophic to suppose
that State composed of distinct races upon
the footing Of equality can have the advan-
tape in civilization and virtue, and in the
dignity and force of the body-politic, over a
homogeneous community OF superior men.
It is impossible. A comparison OF advantages
nossessed by two such communities must
be immensely favorable to that people COM
posed altogether of a superior race OF men
living upon equality, all free to pursue hap
piness in their own way, and none OF them
debarred from any place for which their
talents and capacities may fit them.
Communities OF mixed races cannot at all
approach in any branch OF civilized and
industrial life to the power and system OF
homogeneous and capable people such as
that we sneak Of. The world is full Of fear
full examples to prove this. Look at the
South American States, at Mexico, at ia
maica, and need we add st. Domingo and
Hayti?
We know many southern people consider
the condition Of southern economy As very
tolerable-nay, as better for order and in
dustry and thrift than il the African race
had been deported in consequence OF the
war. Their mistake is great, and time will
show it. Distinct races cannot live in the
sana community successfullv and neape-