The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1878-12-28

aTrysD IS !. II cEafBER Is, 1873.
me philadelphia North d,aerica's insists
that the Virginia Legislature trani'es.ea
bad spirit ia entertaining resolutions look-
mo % the providing OF some remedy for
tho wrong recently inflicted upon this State
nv judge RTyEs, That paper denies tn nat, its
words bear any snch meaning as we put
mon ,ieinr-name,y, that they meant
! either that the North Aaaeracdn considered
the southern people slaves, else considered
all the people Of the United States as slaves
1 We designed to convey by our lang the
idea that no person who knows what free
government is and ought to be could posi-
Div object to such an investigation OF Judge
R,yss,s duct as The Virginia Legislature atl
had undertaken; that under the circum-
ranges none but the veriest slaves could nave nav
been eypccted TO do less. We fear that our
philadesphia contemporary has only !" ! an
eee notions /" on the subject Of what free
government, or Republican government
10 He doubtless holds that it is perfectly
right to violate the Federal Constitution II
thereby an advantage can be gained over
State made up OF rebels, Just as Ar. LIN
coin violated his oath Of efhce and the fed'
eraI Constitution when be. emaneipated the
slaves OF the southern people. We say
.1iust az Mr.. LINCOLN violated bis oatn OF
Office because we suppose that the s eaIoi
Of the North american is unable to see tna'
the Constitution is violated when 1t IS Vlo'
lated merely TO punish southern people, as
!. we arc sure that Dir. LINCOLN was totally
incapable Of realizing that he had per-
iured himself. Like ST. PAUL, he verify
Thought that he was doing God SER
vice when be .trampled under 1901
the Constitution which ne had sworn to
uphold, protect, and defend. He was as
conscientious as HENRY VIII. Our Phila.
delphia contemporary saw no wrong 10
forcible emancipation; none in making
voters OF ignorant negroes, and putting the
proper.y-holders OF the South in their
mower: none in DISTINGUISHING the best men
in eleven States; none in allowing unprin-
cipied adventures from the North to con-
troll those ignorant voters and induce them
TO elect aliens and strangers as representa-
tivcs (D OF the prosecuted, down.trodden,
outraged people Of the South; none in the
unconstitutional statute which imposes du-
ties on State officials, and authorizes the
appointment OF thousands OF Federal
supervisors 10 see that these State
officials perform their duty; none in
sending such judges rs BOND down to
South Carolina to commit crimes worthy
only OF a JEFFREYs; none in requiring a
test-oath OF Jurors which excludes from the
grand and petit jurors OF the United States
courts nine-tentbs ii not ninety-nine hum
dredths Of all the men III the South who are
fit to serve upon juries; none in such I'M
= peakablc wrongs as the one described IN
the following paragraph from the Mont
gomery Advertiser
ain the United States District Court yes
terday Judge Bruce sentenced MI. /. l..
Turk, Of Macon county, TO SIX months lnl-
Drisonment in the county jail, and fine OF
$500. Mr.. Turk was charged with tamper-
ing with balot-boX at the election in 1876.
MIR. Turk is gentleman vino has proved an
unexceptionable character by The best men
in his community. Some OF the witnesses
against him were proved to be unworthy OF
belief, while one at least was convict. Mr..
Turk may rest assured that in bis misfortune
he has the sympathy OF all the good people
OF Alabama, who feel keenly the persecu-
ton with which be is inflicted.
"By packing his iurics and bringing in
negro conyicts as witnesses this distin-
guished judicial luminary will be able to
convict anyone OF anything"
Now, the North Americans ideas OF free
government being such as we have indi-
Gated, it is not to be expected that that
journal could see anything in the act it CEN
sures in the Virginia Legislature but a revolt
against the authority Of our masters OF the
northern section OF this Union. Conse-
Guently we were not surprised to find our
contemporary denying that he considers the
southern people slaves. The trouble is that
he is not competent to express an impartial
opinion upon the subject. A person who is
color.blind cannot distinguish blue from
black. The North american is as blind as
a bat TO the crimes committed against
the southern people by our 'breth-
rem OF the North. We give that
journal credit for such total blindness
as renders it incapable Of even knowing that
its section has wronged ours. He is the
wolf that has mudded the stream; but, I'M
like the wolf in the fable, he is not aware
he has done so. TO his perverted vision
the water seems to run up hill. To his
biased Judgment it seems nothing but right
that he should eat the lamb.
We conclude that the North american is
not in such frame OF mind as would justify
us in trying to convince it that the Legisia-
ture OF Virginia is not in rebellion against
our lords and masters Of the favored half Of
this country.
Judge RIyEs wastes his sympathy when
le bestows it upon negroes for the reason
that they are not often summoned to serve
upon juries. Won't he write the public a
letter denouncing the implacable hatred Of
the northern people for the southern, as
manifested in excluding from all iuries in
the Federal courts in Florida, not incom-
petent negroes, but every white southerner,
though whites are the only persons tit to
serve the country in that capacity ? Read
what the Baltimore Sun OF yesterday says:
1.-THE enforcement Of the test oath leaves
the grand jury Of the United States Court