The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1880-08-27

states declared 10 :oe coaqual with the other |
states OF the Union are refused representa- |
tl0n; vet taxation Ia imposed; the action
If Stpse Legislatures Is revised 10 accom-
plIsb nm object; power Is thus obtained
ia crush the executive branch Of the Gov
erumeut, and measures enacted to reduce
eight millions OF people TO a CONDITION. OF
yassalace and serfdom without parallel IN
the history OF the civilized world. The
President and the Constitution are Tor
brief time oyerridden by the dfsoating tide
of fanaticism. Yet, rooted aud grounded
In truth and right, they must eventually
triumph. or this boosted free government OF
America OF the present day isa libel upon the
idea OF mans capacity for sef-goyern-
ment. The principles which lie at the base
of the Government, as eDunciated ana
maintained By Washington, JEFFERSON,
Madison, Monroe, and those DINER
great national lights that have rolled down
their brilliant pathway TO the tomb, are tue
same now for which Andrew johnson and
his supporters north and south are con-
tending. They are the same upon wnich
this Government has marched forward 10
unexampled greatness and glory. They are
interviewer and intertwined with It's won
derful progress-the vitality OF its exist
ence and the essence OF its power. IL Is
upon these great governmental princl-
pIes-the purest and most catholic ever
devised by human understanding-that the
! Radicals are warning, and, from present
| indications, successfully warning. While
the instant prospect Is enough TO gloom the
stoutest heart and the strongest faith, yet
we believe in their final triumph. They are
so inseparaby identified with the material
progress of the great moral truths OF Chris
tianity that we siernly adhere tOthe convic-
ton that they are only passing through an
other ordea! OF trial 10 come forth more
brilliant and powerful than ever before
reckoning the oppressed OF the world 10
their embrace.
But should our hopes deceive us, and the
reign of licensed fanaticism continue, then
the fearful borebodings contained in the
farewell addresses of both Washington and
Jackson will be more than realized. Our
plain duty is TO stand by the President IN
his determined struggle with revengeful
and maddened congressional majority. IL
he Is eventually crushed, and the vital ele-
ment OF the Federal Constitution torn out,
the ca umblng pillars of the Government
will bury amidst their ruins the only prin-
ciples upon which our political system ever
has been or ever can be administered.
We cannot say that we expect to see the
above truthful article standing for weeks al
the head Of the editorial columns OF the
New York Tribune, or grazing day after
day the broad pages OF the Boston Aduer-
tiSer, the Providence Journal, the New
York Times, the Philadelphia North Ame-
rican, or Bulletin, or Inquirer, the Cincin-
natl Commercial, the st. Louis GLOBE, or the
Chicago tribune. Mr.. Y0sT's strong decla-
ration that "the great governmental prin-
ciples" which ANDREW JOHNSON, GEORGE
WASHINGTON, THOMAS JEFFERSON, JAMES
MADISON, and JAMES MONROE, enunciated
and maintained are " inSepardbly identified
,cith the material progress Of the great mo-
raj truths Of Christianity" will not please
his present party associates.