Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1884-12-24

The nnly WAY 70 meet ~ uftt tusiQ-
lotS encn,achmenm successfully y wsth
hold. snyicsdIug defiance. Whoever tribes
or dallles with & at 0xt u certain 70 bccosns
Ne victim In the end. Had the Gccrxls del.
ee4lson IN Congress, ard the delegations
from Mississippi and North Carotina, NJ
tered The same stern sentiments ~
the same stern language which Their
Site Legislatures used. ard which tac
great body Of the people evers whtreteH.
the monster evil might have been thropicus
Il might have been put down. tns, wr
the only sure way 70 do ". HOW y may
now result time mist Disclose. Ife2nrued
the act as hut an entering wedge.
rus oroBoIA RESOLUTIONS.
One word about Governor Brown. Whv
he had rot sent on the GeorgIs resolutions
DO moi know. Perhaps he had. and some
mjscnrriage Of the mails attended them.
Perhaps ne was not directed to send them.
| ON his point do not recolIecf. But his
mot,vc ia withholding them, u he bad not
cent them. could not, ! think. be such as
Won say had been attributed 10 him by some.
| The resolution expressing undimintsbcd
confidence In the President was, think.
not connected with either set OF reso',i-
ficns on public affairs either the hdoeas
corpus or peace resolutions. II wasa as
iinct and separate resolution. This - my re.
membrance. and u am right In u ne could
have withheld that II he chose, aud sent
ON the Others. But, then, do not think
Governor Brown regaf ded either that reso.
luton or the others In the light you seem
10 think be did. l Judge by myself.
think took rs much interest IN the passage
al the Labeds corpus resolutions ~ anybody
.~..tA oxJ 4 ooS,.ra vor euph \, idea
as having them passed as a censurc OF the
President never crossed my mind. Higher
and greater objects by far occupied and
filed and absorbed my thoughts. These
related to the welfare OF millions living and
millions unborn, tyauscendantly beyond In
importance fbe insignificant consideration
of the position orpopularlty OF any man,
living or dead. To suppose that any one
under such circumstances could have been
sctuated by such motive on such an occa-
sion IL almost as humiIIating to human na.
ture rs to suppose that General Washing
ton. In his speech 20 the army upon the
subject OF the appeal that had been made to
them 10 take the redress OF their wrongs In
their own hands, had been influenced by
no higher or better motive than to secure
aud put down the supposed author OF the
appeal! I question IL poor Armstrong Il
believe that was the name OF the supposed
author) entered Wasbington's mind. Da-
Wis certainly did not enter nine, and /
doubt whether Brown thought OF him in
this connection. I only judge OF hun by
myself. I was With him good deal and
did not hear him mention Mr.. Davis In
connection with any such view compli-
menting the President.
Moreover. the resolution complmenting
the President, TO which you refer. was In
froduced by warm advocate Of the action
Of the majority. II was shown to me be-
fore II was offered, and had not the slight
est objection TO its passage, nor do | sup.
pose that Governor Brown had. II il true
/ should not have voted for it, rs small
compliment rs it was, for my confidence In
him had been diminished. 1. was not.
however, entirely lost. And rs the facts
that had diminished II in me were not
known to others, and IS they were not
sufficient to justify one in coming
10 the conclusion that he had ac-
tually forfeited either mine or the pub
lie confidence was perfectly willing for all
to vote for the resolution who could, and IL
passed without dissenting vote. One OBJ
iect stated to me for offering the resolution
was TO reiut the idea that the majority Of
resolutions were intended as censure OF
the President. and IN this view thought
II very well that the resolution should pass.
Governor Brown did not approve President
Davis's agency in procuring the passage OF
the act or his sanction OF ii. This think
I can venture 10 affirm from his message.
] certainly did not, but rcproof OF him or
censure OF hun was not the object OF the
resolution. Far 'FRONT.'. That was work
To- In 70. far hsOhar 1rA nh
iect.
Onc other remark. and win bring this
long letter, much longer than intended 20
write when ] commenced. 10 close. In
speaking Of the President and your inter-
view with him, you say you have no donbt
OF his sincerity and that you are equally
confident of his being patriotic. You then
add: ~ know you do not award to him
this much. but / think you do him inius-
tiee.v IshouId have liked this phraseology
better II you had said 81 know that on
this point you have doubts, but / think
you are mistaken in your suspicion" l
have, on former occasion. told you
frankly and confdentally. what thought
OF the President. In tina. letter j told you
that was In doubt as TO bis aims and OBJ
jccts. | gave you my reasons. but stated
distinctly that my mind was not made up.
This. ] wish you to understand, Is the truth
OF The ease. am still iu doubt. still I'M
decided whether his errors, which are nu-
merous, in my opinion. spring entirely
from the head, or whether some do not
come from the heart. ! have watched his
course anxiousv lately TO satisfy nv mind
on this point. 1t is painfully dsagreeable
10 me TO he compelled 10 suspect his pat
riotisn, but facts force such reflections,
surmises, orsuspicions, call them what you
Will. upon my mind. was IN hope that he
would at the late session say something
that would s,ttle those doubts and satisfy
me that was wrong and dong him iDtus-
tice I'm my previous suspicious; but he ha,
not. No human heart ever bounded with
more sincere Joy than mine would at any
thing coming from him that would remove
these impressions. But, on the contrary,
what he has said and done at the late ses-
sion, and Is doing. only tend to strengthen
my suspicious. lie knew that not only
myself. but thousands Of other good and
trIle citizens Of the republic were growing
Jealous OF their rights and apprehensiye
Of the tendencies OF the measures Of gov
| eminent, as well as the aims and objects OF
| Ms chief magistrate. This was a fine field
| opened up TO him TO dlsabuse these appre-
hensions. lie did not avail himself OF
| IL. lie only urges harmony on measures
| on which he knows there can be no
harmony, because they are believed to tend
toward despotism. He gives no argument
or sopbistry even that they will not. nor
| even an assurance that they are not intended
| so 10 end. He uses in one OF his messages
some terms on the subject, which sound
very much like similar phrases in MeScln
maniiestoes, concluding with the usui
cant Of "God and libertv!" l may be
wrong In my suspicious. hope | am.
shall rejoice any day TO see the evidence
that | am. But tell you my suspicious
arc sincere. am still, however, ready tC
give the President my cordial support and
warm cooperation In every measure
| which think tends to the defence OF tht
country. the achievement OF our iudepend-
/ ence. and the maintenance o! our constitu-
tionai rights. But greatly fear these are
not the objects he is aiming at, and GER
,ainly shall not defend. support, or counte
nance any measure which / do not thlnt
tends TO these ends.
NV kind regard to Mrs. johnson and the
family. have suffered great deal since
got home, and am still suffering. but an
now better than have been. Yours truly
ALEXANDER IL, STEPHENS.
Hon. II. Y. johnson, Sandy Grove, Ga.
COMPOSING 4 MURDER.
1 IL