The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1878-11-23
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I !, ,,rs,pt,, !. NOVEMBER 90, 1878.
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4 ykRrs. should be a very decoro1is, consid-
! erste and s,tgn,iied statesmen. He IS at the
5s,r,,,,, "a ro,,,,.l or the ladder OF Ne,e York
creat n,ea. He has been Praised, Ms those
q great .s.,Ys, :, always are, by big New fo t
daiI,ss. and he has advanced pretty steadily
I IN the liac OF distinction and promotion IN
every way that 1t was possible for the New
York press to push him. Inclined to think
kindly of Mr.. EYARTs, we have never been
able exactly to settle in Dur own mind ms
real position. we all know that statesman
ship In the Republic has undergone great
change. 1t is almost impossible to ind any
really great man ASSOCIATED Sufiicien'is isosn
marty preiudiccs and entanglements TO DE
regarded as a true patriot. We had not sup
posed that Mr.. EvaErs was any such uiau'
indeed. we know not now where to look
for such a man. We felt almost convinced
a, one time that in Mr.. HAYES such man
was found, but we fear he has yielded
somewhat 10 the buster Of political hacks,
drunk with party zeal and ambition.
We did not suspect Mr.. EvARTs OF being
a purely disinterested patriot; but we d'd
suppose that be had enough CT prudenceSna
enough OF respect for law and justice TO
avoid downright party bitterness. ana 10
favor the methods OF Justice in adminlstra-
ton sufficiently to keep them from being
perplexed with party trickery.
So when we read his views as presented
in the interview published by us few days
since we doubted the correctness OF the re-
port.
Dir. EvARTs not having made any pnoii-
G ton himself, we still have the impress
sion that he has not in any conversation
used barsh language, such as Is attributed
TO him. towards the South. We rather
think Mr.. EvAITs is not the man to put
faith in the stories about measures OF whole
sale exclusion OF negroes from the polls or
denial of the rights accorded TO them by Inc
laws.
Concerning the "new departure" so
called, Of the HAYES Administrator, we
have not regarded 1t with the slightest I'M
eas,ness. As long as the Administration
adhcres to law no great harm can follow.
The law authorizing the interference by
United States courts with the local State au-
thcrity over the conduct OF elections is bad,
and we are sure that il will in the course OF
time, and chat not long time, be repealed
But, nevertheless, whatever be its tate, as
long as law and the processes OF courts are
observed there is no cause for alarm. Inc
law is the popular defence. Trials by Jury
aud the forms OF defence, rs well rs accusa-
ton, publicly employed will not result IN
wholesale wrong.
Southern lawyers and southern stamina
will take care Of justice, and even iurists
OF partisan bias cannot be sufficiently bold
in wrong to ignore both law and facts in
courts held in the midst OF the wronged.
The great error OF the bully Radical
demagogucs is i'll inferriug that because ne
groes vote with the southern white people
they are under the influence OF terror.
Foolish are they, and il the Administration
is intimidated by their Vulgar and passion
ate buster, that. too, Is committing very
idle error. Is it surprising that the negroes
should side with those in whose midst they
live, and from whom they get employment
thermore, surprising that the superior man
should control the inferior, even IN the ADJ
sence OF such a reason as that? Have not
the Radical carpet-baggers and partlsans
sought to control negroes by both reason
and threat in the absence OF any such help
and employment as that given by the south
ern people?
The southern people-white people
have just that very control over the colored
laborer that is logical and natural from the
relations existing between them, The Rad
icals have lost the control that they held for
awhile through fraud and by being backed
BY GRANTS cruelty and armed interference,
and it is passed over to the southern whites.
The enraged and unscrnpulous Radical
knaves such as CHANDLER, CAMERoN, Ell I'd
omne, may rave and threaten, and hector
around the President; they can do nothing.
They are reported to have made an impress
sion upon him. But if so it has only ap-
peared through determination on his part
to spur up the Federal judicial officers 10
enforce the laacS. Well, enforce them. We
nave 10 1GaiS. L uc " uolc ihaItSi Will Sho
in imparting increased disgust amongst the
vast community of Radical partisans who
thought that it was only necessary to en-
franchise the negro TO secure to themselves
permanent possession OF the offices and the
power OF the land. They counted upon an
impossbility. Confusion and rage will be
the gift they will acquire from the trust
they put in the poor African.
The end will be that the country will see
the monstrosity of the law that was passed
by Radical dishonesty designed to give to
party the power Of perpetuating its rule
and placing the nation under tyranny OF
unparalleled horror. Such q tyranny pos
sessed by multitude of men having no re-
strnint upon the indulgence OF their cruel
and sordid purposes, even Radicals now see
would be uncomfortable. They see how near
the Democrats are to getting possession OF
the power to administer the Objectionable
law for their own advantage, and they surely
would consider its repeal fortunate event.
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That body 1.-THE Electoral Commission]
was created by resolution suggested, and
in the main framed, by Democrats. All OF
its proceedings were in strict accordance
with law.--ValIey Virginian.
And il the Democrats OF the House. OF
Representatives unseat the Republican rep |