The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1880-03-04

0e(fIc0 u tuN cousossostS0 UtSpostsu
was 10 be erected upon the ruins Of
the republic founded (nox cstsbsshsd) By
The fathers Of our goveruMous> II tn'
UnIled States Governments has shc rightt
decide through its own oSz1ccs whether
sny State has been wroAged In sso!a'
eioa Of the Federsl Constellation, aud tbt
State has no redress EXCEPT at the bsads o.
FEDERAL oficlals. tbeR the United states i
ma,ter and the States ore slaves. inefe
an be no such thing ~ the rights OF
State: for there can M no rignt worthy
0f the name usless there be somewhere
lodged q power 10 rs0ect or enforce tna'
r,ght. II the States have no rightto pro-
tect themselves by withdrawing from the
Trnlop. ihey have r.oeeal rigtss OF any sort
Tor Il would be absolute nSldness Tor any
State 10 undertake to secure or mainta'r
its rights Sy war. This = no new doc
triue: bu was preached before and dur'oH
Che war aud ,sss been preached since Wy
many persons familiar with the steps 'ef''-
ing frcsa free government to miii''r! OF
other desposis n-
Threc!oyc he decisions rendered 'ast
Mopasy .by the supreme Court |" ."o
Tyn,srd stafcs are the logical results OF
~uccessful war upen the states. fhat
coxrt, composed of'wen appolnted ior I'VE
asd responsible to nobody, Is nj ins'ru-
rent 10 he used IN the enslavement Oh q
,,at,on a people. The creation Of PRIV
seeetl cIasses consisting OF negroes ana f'eu-
rrpl ofjce. holders, who are TOO goea 10 oe
,.menab,e TO the Iaws Of the States, IS ope OF
she stens IN the downward movement'ot
MIR country. III would be farce, II it
were not so serious matter, to tnink OF
Sxssvo as man and brother who has pecu-
liar priyilegesrss citizen OF the United
states which 40 white man can claim as
citizen Of New York or Virginia.
~Power is. ever stealing from the inany
20 the few" Power gravitates from the
veak 10 the strong. Unto him that hath
sball.be given: "but wbosoeyer hath not
from bin shall be taken away even that be
hatb.v We can understand now how
other governments have gone from bad to
worse. Some malicious devil entered the
hearts OF the masses, aud made it practicable
10 convert arepublc into monarchy, Just
as hatred OF "rebels " has so blinded our
northern " brethren " that they ave willing
TO see the United States Government con-
verted INTO huge monster Of despotlc rule
and governmental injustice II o0ly they. can
seetbe southern people punishedhor trying
10 preserve free government upon this con-
finent. Their malevolence exceeds their
patriotism. Their anxiety to see their
ssbresbren" punished makes them willing
to be tied to them and to be plunged to-
gether with them into the black gulf OF
consolidated military dtspotism.
We shall not indulge in any abuse OF the
United States Government, nor OF our
northern enemies. The latter no doubt,
Ike Sr.,PAuL when he persecuted the early
Christians. think they ale doing Gods SER
vice. The former is all the Government
that we have; and we are bound 10 do the
best we can with IT. 1t is only gradually
thatiit will become intolerabie. ct is nearly
1fieer years since the war eRded, yet Just
now for the first time are the abeminabIe
,dociriSes set forth which mark the opinions
rendered by the Supreme Court Of the
United States last Monday. Little by
little will the central government add
to its own powers. We shall pro-
badly for many years enjoy gov
eminent comparatively free. Cur children
will know none but central government
OF iunlimited powers; and hence 1t will be
easy ina generation or two for the Federal
Government to become omnipotent, as in
deed tits now IL 1t only chose TO put into
operation its irresistible machinery. The
powers such as those Of the Emperor Of
Russia. In fact, "it Is only the first step
that costs" That step was taken when the
southern States were subiugated. The rest
OF the wsywiIl be unobstructed. Thiseasy
descent our Government has already en-
aered upon. Let US not be despondentever
rhe fact. Perhaps 1t may be found In the
end that despetic governments are not with-
out their good features.
THE most notable fact which can beimen-
dioued In tbs connection Is the fact that
the fourteenth amendment, upon which
never ratified by ,three-fourths Of the States.
In 1858. when the concurrent resolution OF
Congress was adopted declaring that the
fourteenth amendment had beea ratified,
there were, as Mt. SEWARD said In his Ger.
tlficate on the .ss:ne subject, thirty eight
Statesin the Union. Therefore theamend-
ment required ratification by twenty-eigbt
States three fourtbe OF the whole number
Now, mar. SEwAbs's certificate as Seere-
taNy Of State. he declares that the States Of
Ohio aud New iJewey had "siace dthe
amendmeuS was proposed and before it was
declared rsafcdl passed resoluuens re-
spectively ,nitbdrawinnthe consent Of each
al said States TO the aforesaid Rmendment..v
IN the sameceri6cate Mr.. SEWARD declared
that including Ohio and New Jersey there
were only tweny-tbree States which had
certainly ratified the fourteenth amend
meut; but he added
NWhereas neither the aet (of Congress)
just quoted from, nor any ether law. eS.-
prcssIy or by conclusive implication, auths-
rixes the Stcretapy OF State sto deteTmixe
and decide doubt tsfi questions as To the asz-
thenttcIiy OF the org anization OF State Lee
gisIafures, rs 70 the power a. any State
Legislature to recall q previous act or reso-
luton Of ratification OF any amendment pro-
posed 10 the Constitution -
Therefore he gave his certificate that the
f0urteeBfb amendment had been ratified by