The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1880-07-30

contrary TO the opinions OF THOSE peopie,
his influence IA gone and bis commission Is
taken from him. lie Il The creature OF pub
lie op,uiou: be Il the exponent OF public
opiuion, and 90 Il Is with every senator
from the North. They depend upon the
concurrence OF public opinion for their
Influence and pcwcr. But 1t Is not so
In the South. Opinion IL suppressed;
In every stste OF the South opinion
l. suppressed, and, therefore, the sena-
tors representing this section OF tue
republic have more responsibility 10
pub,yc OPINION. They cannot do as they
please: there they me continuously does
not matter when their terms expire, De-
csuse they can count again on men exactly
Of their type. Public opinion Is DESTROYED
absolutely in the South. tCries OF "That
Is q fact, and q voice, "What about But
Ter 2"l Well, Butler-you have to lake
care of him now; we have done with him.
Won must look out for him. Laughter and
spp,ause.l The thirty.two senators now
forty II Texas shall he divided, % 1t will be
divided, II they have the power-will make
tsse majority OF the Senate composed OF irre'
sponsibIe senator's, irresponsible to the peo-
pie, irresponsible TO the Executive. They
can control the Executive; whatever
they say he should do, he must
do. II they say he should go, even
In the kindest sense, he must go; or,
II they say be must come, In another sense,
be must come. He is their tool; they are
the Executive; they are the President. A
dual Executive, therefore, is in Its seat OF
power; an Executive without response
bility, either Ia the States or TO the people,
to God or to man. That Is one thing they
will do; there is another: and l reason
upon these things because have seen much
of these men, and know something OF the
course OF events, and | take up these Sc
quences. What every man understands by
a sequence is thing that follows another
thing IN the natural course OF events. what
is the sequence OF this dual Executive. and
this irresponsible Senate that controls the
Government Of the United StatesI There
is one branch Of the Government that they
want, then; that is the Judiciary. and by
the passage OF law dictated by this
Executive and Senatorial Executive, aud
approved by this Executive that is elected,
the White House, they have pos
session and control Of
THE NOMINATION AND APPOINTMENT
Of every judicial officer having any interest
or influence or power with the Government
OF the United States OF America. There
fore, il there is soldier here Applause;
cries OF "Lots OF them " who has ever
been In the rebel States under the orders
from the people OF his State or the Presl.
dent of the United States, these judicial Of
ficers can take him from his home and send
him into the South TO be tried for whatever
claim or whatever offence they may please
TO charge against him.
will not speak OF the candidate Of the
Democratic party recently nominated as
soldier or as q man. / will not speak OF
him at all in that connections; but say,
will you, because you believe him TO have
been Il soldier. and a good soldier, will YOU
place him in a position where he will be
obliged to conform to those demands OF the
southern people? [Cries OF "No," "No"1
Now, in all countries. in Italy, in spain,
here in our own borders, in Mexico, In
every other country where there have been
constant succession OF revolutions, men
have become politically dissatisfied, and
hey have resisted the Government which
mas been established over them. And, re.
,isting the Government, they have banded
themselves together, and they have as
'umed organizations quasi-miltary in
heir nature. Those organizations have
)een recognized in law as well as in fact as
OF political brigaDds, and pc.
ilicai brigandage is legitimate type OF the
political existence and political orgauiza-
ion that exists now, tonight, in many
states Of tins world-in Mexico especially,
n Italy, 10 Spain, and in almost every other
evolutionary State. That organization
lready exists more or less in the South.
rave seen it myself in the South. have
cen the best men that have known in the
south, intelligent, upright, honorable men,
Who worked for their living and who had
accumulated little property, who have
old me with tears in their eyes because
he well-dressed brigands-we call them
outhern men, Democrats. rebels, and
What not-because the well-dressed
nd well-mounted brlgands, political
,rigands-l do not say brigands in the
ense Of robbers, but speak of men who
ave political cause which they wish to
maintain and defend; they have IN this
orm OF the well-mounted and well-dressed
political brigands taken on the highway
rom these poor laboring men their proper
y. could give you their names; / could
ell you upon what rivers they raised their
cotton. Now, II their power shall be con-
inued it will extend through the South. II
{ extends through the South it will APP
)roach and enter the North. You will feel
t in your city here, and il these men have
he power Of the Government at their backs
t will be felt here, and it will be at once d.
ected against the property OF the city and
he great State OF Illinois. These are Sc
|uenceS,
THESE ARE NATURAL RESULTS,
hat have followed each other Just as one
,eneratiOn follows another and one fact fol-
ows another through all time, and we can
lot escape them. And so then, fellow.citi-
,ens, looking at these results, what does it
natter who the candidate OF the Demo-
the rebe-party is? You have,
irst, dual Executive; you have, second, a
'cbel Senate, with absolute control OF the
egislation and absolute control OF the AID.
They have, therefore, this responsible
,ower that rests in the laws directed against
political personal independence, political
and the properly OF the coun.
ry. Therefore, it is mmaterial how wise
II how Just man may be, or what he may
ave been dong in the last twenty years, if
Ie takes the position OF a representative OF
hat element OF power.
Now, speak OF General Hancock in this
Connection. have no right 30 Judge him.
don't say he is good man. don't say |
re is bad man. 1t isn't my business. |
Tod hasn't given me that authority. Then, |
have nc interest or advantage IN assum- |
ne it, and dismiss it. don't do as many |
republicans do, so / will never speak a
Vord against that "superb" soldier, or
hat "spotAess chieftain," or ofshis or that.
'ut look at him as i would look at him in
he army. IL lie heads rebel column be Is
O friend Of my cOuntry. fCheers.1 Now.