Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-08-31
Noxt We quote q defiance !:
The Extrn-Sesslon Talk.

The Extra Session Talk.
We said yesterday that the one thing
that is now nightmare to QUAY
and all the rest of the Republican boo
dlers is the fear that the Democrats in
the next House of Representatives will
in some way secure the readoptlon OF
the existing rules, and thus do them
much greater damage than could be done
them by the defeat of MALONE. In the
telegraphic columns OF the same issue
of our paper it was stated that Mr.. Nc
KINLuY, of Ohio, a leading candidate
for the office of Speaker OF the next
House of Representatives, had advised
the President against calling an extra
session of Congress.
In this question Of the speakership are
involved all the interests of the southern
people. All the Republican State con-
ventlons, and all the Republican con-
or ssmen, and all the Republican poll
ticians. who have spoken this year upon
the subject have declared in favor of
placing the congressional elections in
the South under the control of negroes
and other Republican partlsans. The
Speaker can do much to further the
passage of such bill The success of
this scheme would result in REMINDING
the southern States to a condition as
bad as that in which they were when
negro and carpet-bagger Legislatures as
sessed State taxes at such high figures
as absolutely to destroy the value of real
estate. and wasted The money thus raised
for the State in all manner of unjustifia-
bic expenditures. and at the sane time
filed their own pockets. The greatest
calamity that could befall Virginia would
be the success of MAHoSE and his fol-
lowers next November. The greatest
calamity that now threatens the whole
South is the passage Of national cleo
ton law. And in proportion as this
measure is Objectionable is the desire OF
the Republicans to enact it into law.
1t would work the ruin OF the South
the depopulation OF the southern States
OF their whites; for it would be impossi-
BILE of course for the southern States to
defend themselves from the wrongs and
outragcs which such law would enable
the vicious and ignorant negroes and
their white allies to perpetrate'upon the
whites.
In m article in the September number
of the North AD,erican Rcricp, HENRY
CABOT LODGE, q Republican congress
man from Massachusetts, writes as if it
were already settled that the next Con-
grcss would pass some such national
election-law rs that offered in the United
States Senate at its last session by Mr..
SHERMAN. Mr.. LODsE has the unspeak-
able impuleuce to advocate the passage
of such law on the ground that 1.-The
purity of the ballot-box lies at the foun-
dation of our republican government "
The Republican party basely corrupted
1.-THE purity of the ballo:-box " when
that party made voters of the negroes.
The greatest crime that ever was COM
mitted upon the elective franchise was
the crime of committing the fortunes Of
the southern whites -nay, the fortunes
of the republic--to an ignorant, en-
Uttered, degraded race of men, totally
incapable OF governing themselves, and
OF consequence of governing the supe-
rior race.
Mr.. Mckinney and all the rest of the
Republican congressman, and President
HARRISON and all his advisers are in IA
vor Of holding al extra session OF Con-
gress il thereby the interests OF the Re-
publican party can be promoted. But
not otherwise. They care not one straw
for the welfare of the country. The
only question with them Is as to whether
an extra session could be utilized to the
benefit of the Republican party. They
fear to risk an extra session now with no
margin over majority of tho
members of the House Of Repre-
sentatlves 10 assist them in their
proposed nefarious legislation. They
feel confident. however, that on the first
Monday in December they will have
elected four or five congressman III the
proposed new States. and will thus have
secured a working majority in the House
Of Representatives. But even here the
Democrats ought to block their game,
and not allow the names OF the congress
men 10 be elected from those Territories
to be enrolled until after formal vote
Of tho House shall have been had adj
hitting them 10 seats. We trust that
the Democrats will begin the battle for
the right before the House IS organized.
Let IL not be organized by the aid Of
bogus members.