The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1877-02-03
1xo,u tha vi,lains Have Done II.

How the Villains Have Done It.
Tho outrases OF the southern villains
sustained blythe Federal Government aus a.,
such as could net be perpctrated in civl w
ICED land unsupported by iorce-by ml,t
tary or arbitrary power. In no slnsie so"s"
ern State could the vilIainies have iasted
wear bat for the countenance ana mater "a
mid that were afforded to sustain them from
washington. The villains themselves wouio
have been driven like wolves from oil tpt
States whose peace they have distufoeu 'o'
40 many wears, and whose people they op-
pressed and robbed under authority 'roi'
the Washington Government.
Government is instituted forthe gooa anu
order OF society; but here we have hao Tue
Eedera, Government for years sending ems
saries both OF mischief and robbery 70 narass
and distress the community and to impair
alike peace and welfare. 1t would a nave nav
been no worse in purpose, and not as
bad in result, had the Administration sent
forth dogs to hunt down people OF the
South. for dogs could only bay and bite
and be killed; but your thieves and villains
have cunning and strategy to support thel'
VICIOUS intentions and there was no end 10
. their devices TO spread discord over the
country and to harry and plumber the peo-
ple whom they contriyed to rule through
fraud and the combination OF dishonesty
and ignorance, backed and defended by che
military power Of the Federal Government.
b Such state of affairs could not possibly
continue in civilized and law-abiding
lard It has lasted beyond reasonable
length OF time for such condition In such
q country; but that is explained by the
dea.h-struggle OF that Radical party which
saw that it could not itself long last save by
the aid OF the southern States, which, it
was hoped, could be compelled to sustain
Radicaism by this very system OF bolstered
villainy and robbery.
The atrocious Federal policy is so ter
ribly exposed that We may suppose that 1t
cannot survive the general horror that has
been excited aganstit. But it could not have
existed, and it cannot continue, without the
support of the power OF the Federal Govern
ter how the presidential election may now
terminate. The President, whoever he may
be, an o. WELD the military power of the
Government for party purposes. he must
be the creature OF the civil authority,
and he must be the representative
OF that authority. The whole nation
is surfeited with military interference
and the blackguard and yillainous frauds
under the preteXt Of intimidation de.
fined in the monstrous '' enforcement laws"
They have brought too much trouble to all
conditions and occupations of life and toe
much anxiety and danger upon the nation
All say, enough OF this. Leave the States
to their constitutional local self-govern'
ment, and give liberty and confidence to
the commerce, the industry, and the enter.
prise OF the land. .,---. -,.
The American people are practical--in'
tensely so. Fanaticism and party greed
may biasspublic opinion for time, but the
people Of the United States have found out
this irresistible truth: that what is best fol
the prosperity and happiness OF the south
ern people is best for the northern people
and best FOR the Union. That truth is now
spread in golden light over the whole
Union.
Therefore we OF the South are delivered
from the fearful expressions and injuries
which grew out of the Radical measures to
perpetuate Radical rule. The suffering has
been great and long-endured, but the de
liverence ought to be therefore all the more
grateful and enjoyable.
The Washington exposures are great fol
the nation. They will do a great deal te
make the future better and happier. ~.