The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1884-01-25
Mr sherman,s Resoluron.

Mr.. sherman's Resolution.
n il evident not only that Mr.. SHERMAN
Is an aspirant TO the office Of President OF
the United States, but that he intends to
compete with Mr.. ARTHUR for the support
Of srEER, CHALMERS, MALONE, and the
other southern men who, having been de-
feated whilst masquerading as independ-
ont Democrats, or Conservatives, or Conser-
yatiye. Democrats. or Liberals, or what not,
have found themselves shut up to union
with the Republican party, but who, being
ashamed to go over TO that party without
giving some reason for their desertion OF
lifelong principles, have raised the cry
that human life is not sacred IN
the South, nor the ballot free. On,
that KExpER were In the United States
Senate now, OF some other true'hearted
Democrat. that he might blast SHERMAN
and his allies with his eloquent defence OF
n State whose record has not blur upon IL.
Rut. then. II MALONE had not been In the
Senate, SHERMAN would not have ouered
his resolutions. He did not offer them IN
good faith-that Is, believing either that
the Senate had right to investigate such
matter. or, II II had, that any good result
would follow the investigation. We do
not believe that he really desires that they
shall be passed. II he had been concerned
on the subject Of the safety Of the negroes
Of DanviIle. or Of any other place IN Vir-
yinia, bis concern would not have allowed
him TO wait for two months after congress
met before making inquiry into the status
of those negroes, or, II he prefers 'he
word. those "citizens OF the United
States"
The founder Of the Dispatch always
used one word to describe SHERAAN-that
word was "mean." How appropriately
the adjective was applied. let his resolu-
lions OF Wednesday tell. IL ne had con-
suited the welfare of his party, he would not
have introduced such resolutions into the
United States Senate; for the experience
of nearly twenty years has proyed-what
indeed EsoP set forth in fable many GEN.
turtles ago-that cold blasts and chilling
winds do but cause the traveller to hug MS
cloak about him, whilst the caloriic rays
of an unclouded sun will make HIM throw
off that garment. In other words, Mr..
meanness" has had no other
effect upon the South than to make 1t solid
for the Democratic party: and he knows
that TO continue the policy OF suspicion,
injury, wrong. and outrage. will only
compel the southern people to support the
Democratic party without reference to any
other reason than that that party has always
opposed Mr.. SHERMAN and his party in that
policy Of suspicion, injury. wrong, and
outrage.
Briefly stated, Mr.. SHERMAN's object is
not electoral votes but votes in the Chicago
Convention. He is working now, not for
election but for nomination. IL he can by
the use of any methods. however ineXcu-
sable and wrong in themselves, secure for
himself the first place on the Republican
ticket OF this year, he will resort to those
and afterwards do in like man.
ner whatever may be necessary to his sue
cess as such nominee.
We are not making objection TO the in
yestiga;ion of the Danville riot by the
United States Senate. OF course, there is
no occasion for such an investigation, and
no power residing in the Senate to au-
thorize it. Or if the Senate has the power
to investigate that matter, then it has
the power to investigate the killing OF
the elder MUTT by DUKES, and the killing
OF DUKES by the younger NUTT-the right.
in a word, to investigate every case OF
homicide, assault and battery, &c. In
deed, IL the Senate has this power, no State
can hang a criminal without rendering an
investigation possible. and no hangman
can break the neck OF a murderer without
making himself obnoxious to the charge
of having stranged "a citizen OF the
United States"
We beg Mr.. SHERMAN to include in bis
resolutions the poor victims OF the poison
er's skill who were last year sent to their
graves In Staunton. All persons. male and
female, born in the United States and SUBJ
ject 70 their Jurisdiction. are "citizens."
These poor victims were therefore "citi-
zens of the United States" Why shall
not their murder be investigated! Doctors
and detectives have failed to find the guilty
parties. viii not Mr.. SHERMAN lend a
helping hand? We trust that some Demo-
crat in the United States Senate will pro-
pose to Mr.. sHERMAN's preamble and reso-
buttons an amendment that shall cover the
Staunton murders. the DUKES and MUTT
homicides, and any other wrongs Of any
other sort known to have been done in the
North to "citizens Of the United States"
The amendments we suggest will be
voted down. Very well. That will be
good capital for Democratic speakers
Then let the Dauvile riot be investigated
This will afford more Democratic capital
or. at any rate, we hold that it will; and il
II shall turn out that we are mistaken, We
shall not regret the investigation. II the
whole affair was unprecedented, even {
Republican committee OF the United States
Senate may be forced so to declare.
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