The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1882-04-21
whv Il was Done.

We kne,v that Mr.. ARrtIvR's Attorney
General had taken an unusually active part
In the prosecution Of the South Carolina
cases 10 which we have heretofore referred.
He wrote several lcttcrs-wc don't know
inst how many--to hts subordinates In that
state which were considered so peculiarly
Republican in their tone. and so discredit-
able TO their author, that they wee called
for by one house OF Congress. We notice,
too. that the Philadelphia Press heads the
article announcing the verdict obtained by
bulldozing, with words signifying that
.siust,cev has been done to the convicted
Democrats. But never until we read the
following paragraph did II occur to us that
MIR. BREWSTER, the Attorney-General, was
engaged in manufacturing excuses for the
unseating Of southern Democratic mem
bers OF the national House Of Representa-
uves. The Atlanta Constitution says on
this subject:
"when the District Attorney undertook
and was allowed by the presiding Judge
to pack the Jury, with the understanding
that II the defendants were found guilty
an order in arrest OF judgment would issue,
IL was clear that the Court had INSTRUCTIONS
from the Administration TO secure YER
diet OF guilty in order to give the Replbll-
cans an excuse for unseating number OF
Democrats in the House. The witnesses
for the prosecution were notorious cor
ruptionists and swindlers. The most I'M
nortant was q schoolteacher who was
shown to have seduced his pupils. The
packing of the jury proceeded in full view
Of the public, and now two of the jurors
have exposed the bulldozing methods by
which they were induced to sign the ver-
dict.v
Not only was the evidence OF the kind
indicated by the Constitution, but the
packed jury found the defendants "Not
Guilty" on all but one OF the counts in the
indictments. How they induced the two
white men OF whom we have heretofore
spoken TO consent TO verdict Of % Guilty"
on the one comt-just enough forthe pur-
poses OF the Republicans Of the House Of
Reprcsentatives-we have already stated.
And all this is seventeen years after the
war between the States ended Still the
fires Of persecution are kept burning.
South Carolina groans under the weight OF
the burthens thus imposed upon her white
people burdens imposed nominally in the
interest Of the negroes OF the South, but
really in the interest Of the Republican
party. The negroes, ii Is true, are the
persons whom the Republican officials
profess to be protecting, but 1t is Of course
the Republican party that Mr.. BREWSTER
and his tools are working for. The per-
petuation of the power Of that party is the
one consideration which moves Mr.. AR
THUR, his Attorney General, and all the
rest OF the Republican officials, as is abun-
dainty evidenced by the fact that Phila-
delphia, Mr.. BREwsTER's own city, has
been known for years as the local
ity OF the most unblushing frauds
that were ever perpetrated upon the cleo
tive franchise. But these frauds were
committed in the interest of the Republic
can party. The victims were nothing but
Democrats, and white Democrats at that.
Mr.. BREWSTER, therefore, writes all his in
dignant letters 20 South Carolina and none
OF them to Philadelphia. lie bewails the
wrongs OF the Republican negro voter, but
says never word as to the wrongs OF the
Democratic white voter. Surely this as
is "the best Government the
world ever saw