The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1880-07-20


have said all that can be said OF II In the
way OF praise. II Is modelled so closely
after Mr.. GARrsExo,s that 1t might be Gated
slayIshiy Initiative.
Like Mr.. GARsJsLp. Mr. ARTHus advo'
oates the use Of Gated States Deputy sasr'
sha,s and supervisors Of election TO ala m
the election Of himself and bis associate gu
( the Republican ticket 10 the offices wh'cn
they seek, as.wcll as to assist In packing the
next House of Representatives OF Congress
with Republican members. Whea we re-
member that these deputy msrsha's may De
uniin,lted In number. and that the marshals
may br,be thousand Democrats ia every
city to work and vote for the Republican
ticket, aud pay them Eve dollars day out
OF the money upiustly squeezed our oil
the Democratic Taxpayers OF the SOUTH
we are prepared TO Judge correctly as 10 the
sincerity Of Mr.. AITHUR's declarations on
the subject. II must puzzle people 10 uh-
dcrstand bow he could have the eirontefy
TO talk, as he does, about "hones'y ana
order IN popular elections" and about pre-
serving the national, elections "fronl force
and fraud, He well knows who was elect
ed President four years ago, and who was
compelled by Republican rsscalities to SUB
nit his Just claims to an electoral commits
sion. He well knows how his party packed
the National House OF Representatives year
after year with Republican villains from the
southern States who represented nobody
but themselves. He well knows how his
tool JoxSNY DAVENPORT cheated hundreds
and thousands OF naturaltzed citizens out
OF their votes in 1876 and at other elections.
He well knows that the Federal election.
laws which he praises are nothing but
statutes passed by mere partisans for
the purpose Of perpetua,iug the rule OF
The Republican party; and IL the Demo-
Gratis could get control OF the msrshals and
secure for their party the appointment of
the deputy msrshals and supervisors pro-
vided by law, not only Mr.. ARTBCR but
every Republican in the land would cry
out against such laws as disgraeeiul to the
country and to the age in which we live.
The next congressional elections will
probably ind thsse marshsIships all IL the
hands Of Democrats, ana we hope and trust
that, as General GRANT says, the law will be
so administered as to make every Republic
can call for its repeal.
Sir. ARTHUR speaks OF " elections denoted
by the Constitution as national" VIII
some New York journalist inform US where
the Constitution does that 10 regard to any
elections!
Mr.. ARTHUR follows Mr.. GARFIELD in Ii |
belling the southern people. He Is greatly |
distressed 10 doubt when lie reflects that
his party emancipated the slaves OF the
southern people as a punishment to the
masters, and these same people gained
twelve representatives in Congress by that
act OF maIignity. His. cause OF complaint
Is that these twelve additional members are
expected to turn the scale next fall in favor
Of the Democrats, and thereby place Gene
raj HANCOCK in the presidential chair. Well,
that is what people call "retributlve JUS
tice." The sins OF the fathers are thus to be
visited upon the children. Mr.. ARIHUR's
gives us new ground OF hope
Tor success. Justice demands that such an
&C., done for such purpose, should be fol-
Owed by retribution. Let us hope that
once more the engineer will be hoist with
bis own petard.
Mr.. ARTHUR says:
alt is not true that any State statute or
Constitution in 30 many words denies or
abridges the exercise OF their political
rights, but the modes employed to bar their
way are no less efectuaI."
Pray, MIR. ARTHUR, does the Constitution
require anything more? As we read 1t, it
says:
"No State shall make or impose any law
which shall abridge the privileges or immu-
mites Of citizens Of the United States"
"Tbe right OF citizens OF the United states
TO vote shall not be denied or abridged by
the United States, or by any State" &c., &c.
What Mr.. ARTHUR says as to the .long-
ing" on the part Of the Republicans for the
cessation OF strife between the sections Is
worse than hypocrisy. 1t is untrue. The
party is war party. 1t ought
TO have died long ago. Its mission ended
when the war closed. 1t knows that Its
life depends upon sectional strife; and it
takes care 10 all its platforms. as Mr. GAR
FIELD and Mr.. ARTHUR do In their letters Of
acceptance, and all Republican speakers in
the North do in their speeches, TO fan the
flames Of dise0rd, hatred, and all uncharita-
bleness. Let sectional strife cease, and the
party will be buried at once.
Mir. ARTHpR's reference to civil-servlce
reform Is almost identical with that OF Mr..
GARFIELD to tue same subject. He has a
deal OF brass In bis composition, or he
could never have touched that subject;
having himself been turned out OF office by
Mr.. HAYES because he was unfit for 1t. But !
like Mr. GARFIELD, Mr.. ARTHUR lets CoNK-
LING, CAMkR0N, LOGAN. and the rest OF the
bosses know that he intends that they shall
have finger in the national pie whenever
hey choose IL do so. la fact, he says that
Ill Federal officers should be allowed to quit
heir places, as RAUM and so many others did
when they went TO Chicago, and as Mr..
ARTHUR always did at Will when he held
Federal Office in New York, and electioneer
Tor Office. The people pay them; but they
ought to be permitted 10 try to prevent the
PEOPLE from controlling the Government. I
lie patterns after GARFIELD ia speaking OF {
ectarisn (Cstholic) schools, and In what he I
ays generally on the subject Of education I
Ind the subject OF the finances. SO also as
o the subject of internal i'm nrove n,en.s Inv