Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-03-09

NJ po,,ov D,st,nc,,verv Southern.

I'm one part OF his inaugural ADDRESS ie''-
dent HARRISON pretended 10 be opposed 70
sectonalism but In another part he ltt TIE
public kuow that IL was only party sdVan-
tsge that he was seeking 10 gain when he
said that he hsd altogether rejected the suz-
gesiion oi especial CrecUiice policy Tor
any section Of our country. Emphssize the
word "exeeutive" and then read what be
afterwards saws in favor OF egslatine 50 as
TO depriye the people Of the South OF the
control o. their own congressional elections
and YOU will be able 10 understand
that Mr.. HARnrsoN f. ready to keep his word
OF promlse TO The ear but break It TO the
hone. lie does not desire TO be known as
the opprcss0r Of the South. He does mol
wish 10 have his name associated with any
crime against the free exercise OF the eec-
tlye-irsnchise by the people here. But ne
Is apxi0u, for The success OF his party and
concerned ~ I o his own re- election. snd there
fore desires 10 bring The whole law-making
and law-executng power Of the Government
10 hear ia favor Of his scheme for republic
cauizing the South. or. IS we might express
The same conception ia other words, IN favor
Of Africanizing the South.
How doe. Mr. HABR'SOS propose t. Afri-
CAME the south? We answer that he p7o-
poses to begia o. all successful tyrants have
begun. As "humility l. Young Ambitions
ladder" so small BEGINNINGS would charac'
terize Mr.. HABRIsON's contemplated policy
He would not alarm the country-not even
the southern people. A. The farmer bitches
trained steer by the side OF an unframed
one TO "break in" the latter, 20 Nlr. llAlul-
so~ intimaies that be VIII bitch up The
North by the side OF the South when he shall
undertake to "reiorm T" free government ont
OF this country by placing all coneressioLal
elections under the control OF Federal
officials.
Whist this proposition implies we In Viz
ginis can better conceive il we will only re-
call what MALONE would have done in Nir-
gipia from 1890 to 1883 il the congressional
elections bad been placed under his control
as all the patronage OF the state was. The
appointment OF election officers - from -
Washington would have been their appoint
meut by MALONE. And such officers.
Mr.. HARRIsoN would clasp the haud OF the
South with velvet glove upon his own, TO
be turned afterwards into an iron band.
The SHERMAN bill to regulate congressional
elections would be as letters of cable-wire
upon the people OF this section. Our liber-
ties will have been lost as soon as the con-
troll OF our own elections is taken from u.s.
Does Mr.. HARRISON really propose that the
people OF this country shall thus he robbed
OF their rights, and the fabric OF consttu-
tIonal government erected by the fathers be
converted into consolidated central dcspot-
ismS Yes. this is exlctly what he proposes.
We quote his own words:
"Tbe national Congress has not "a vet
taken control OF elections IN that ease fsver
which the Constitution gives It iuii'1 Fii0n,
but has accepted and adopted theJt1tcuOd
laws OF the several States, nroyido0 penalties
for their yiolatin0. aud a method 90 Supervi
SION. Only the iueiiciency Of the state laws,
er IN unfair or partisan administration OF
them, could suggest a departure from this
policy, Ii was clearly, however, 10 The cOu-
temptation OF the irimers Of The Cons'ltu-
ton that such an eXigency might arise
and provision was wisely made for II. The
freedom OF The hallot is a condition OF our
national life. and 40 power vested n Con-
grCSs or IN the Executive u secure or per-
petuate IL should remtla unused upon occs-
SION. The people Of all the con sressional
districts have an equat interest int the el'c-
ton In each Shan truly express the views
and w,shes OF a majority Of the qualified
electors residing within IL. The results 81
such elections are not local, aud the insist
enee OF electors residing In other districts
that they shall be pure aud free does not sl-
vor Of impeItinence."
70 talk about "the freedom OF the ballot F"
In a message which actually recommends the
destruction OF the freedom Of the ballot is
much worse than using the "iuggler's bat
20 which Mr.. HARRISON makes reference.
TO follow this advice would be to exchange
cords Of love for bandcufs-to sell our birth
right for meas OF pottsge-to accept words
as better than acts--tO tie our own hands IN
view Of struggle with our deadiiesi enemy.
As SAMSON asked only TO lie pIsccd where he
could lean upon the pillars OF The tempe,
which he pulled down upon himself aud all
the people In it, so Mr.. HARRISON asks only
90 be placed where be can lean upon the tenn
pie Of eur liberties.
But what when the temple shall "fall upon
all the people" and crush them ?