Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-10-21
THE RICHMOND DIsPATCH-TUESDAY, OCTOBER a. 1890.

his romoval. Raum, who succeeueu
Tanner in Office and who is new under
Investigation for dishonest conduct IN
the discharge of his official duties
blocks i've Dudley, who YVES Saw u
partisan officials from DeinB w.
/ for conspiracy 10 bribe Vo'eis ~
namaker, who raised SiOO, OOO WIN wiz i.li
10 buy votes in tho last preSideu.ln.
election and Quay, who has silently
allowed himself to be denounced ny MS
own party associates as the " Modern
Judas Iscariot." as "brandef thlel'
and as confessed criminal, am Tno
on the eve of the last presidential el,c-
/ ton proclaimed that the result Oh 'ue
election was only question oil ihouei'
and that he had snificiency 'herSoi.
! Added to all the other inquiries tnu.
characterize the tariff bill Is the TACT thst
many sections of it were rushed through
the House under gag.law and IN con-
tempt Of your right of representation
| OF truth ait is q condition ana not
a theory which confronts us "A condl-
ton under which Indifference would DE a
crime against patriotism and puDhc
morala
THE FORCE BILL.
But the crowning iniamy OF the Re
publican party-the infamy that all
others perpetrated in its reckless, rum
GUS, and sectional course pale before
was the passage by the House OF Repre-,
sentatives Of the "force bill" mat blli
is now pending in the Senate and Is
measure SO partisan, so revolutionary. so
subversive Of the rights Of the people. so
tainted with moral treason, and 30 de-
structive OF republican institutions "a TO
"defy all codes to image or to name
| them" Its ostensible object is TO secure
| fair elections OF members OF the House
OF Representatives. Its real object is
10 insure the election OF Republican
members OF Congress from the south
ern States. 1t has been rightly charac-
terized as ga bill to perpetuate negro su-
premacy and the domination OF the he
publican party in the House OF Repre-
sentatives." So dire would be its con-
sequences upon the peace and prosperity
not only OF this State, but Of oil our
sister southern States, that 1t alone
should nerve every true man to unceas-
ing work for Democratic triumph. IL
is framed with all the ingenuity that ha-
tired Of the South could prompt and
thirst for power inspire. and every pro-
vision of it is death-blow at the rights
OF the people, is in ruthless disregard
of the spirit of the Constitution, and IS
al effort TO shacklo the South to the car
of Repubiicanism.
CENTRALIZATION.
It is q development IN most malignant
form OF tendency to Capitalization,
which Virginia rebuked in thunder tones
nearly century ago, and is absolute in
the announcement il gives for illegal
voting aud in providing that the super
visors and others charged with carrying
| il out shall be tools OF the Republican
party. Even the pretences 1t makes to
/ fairness are but so many factors IN the
sum of the great iniquity, mockery OK
State laws, an Insult TO Democratic
| Judges, and a trayesty upon the right
Of suffrage. in short, the bill
makes q United States circuit Judge
dictator as to the political COM
plexion of the peoples representatives,
! in Congress from the circuit over which
| he has jurisdiction virtually places the
throat of every citizen in the grasp OF a
partisan myrmidon, and would put the
necks OK Virginia and her southern SIS
tiers under the heel of the negro. From
the most fragrant outrage that could be
consummated by Republican henchmen,
by virture of this latitudlnous mon
strosity there could be no appeal save
from myrmidon to master.
THE NOD or PARTISAN JUDGE.
In this judicial circuit of the United
States Judge Hugh l.. Bond would have
the appointment of the "chief super
visers" and their assistants, and the con-
troll OF the host of deputy United States
! marshas. that the eXigencies of the situa-
ton might demand for the purpose Of
terrorizing the people, thwarting their
sovereign will and insuring n solid Re-
publican majority in the House of Repro
sentatives. Judge Bonds jurisdiction
extends over Virginia, Maryland, West
Virginia, North Carolina, and South Caro-
lima. AS Virginia is entitled to ten repre-
sen.atives, Maryland to six, West Nir-
gina to four, North Carolina TO nine, and
South Carolina to seven, this man would
have it within his power TO elect thirty
six congressman. What spectacle
Thirty-six representatives Of the people
permitted TO exercise their prerogatives,
not by the voice of the people, but at
the nod Of partisan Judge. Can the
people be Indifferent TO this unparalleled
outrage? Let them remember that time
alone prevented the passage of the bill
by the Senate also, ana that escape from
the curse must depend on their own en-
ergles. Let them consider that should
the7 fail to protest by overwhelming ma
iorities against the measure, Virginia Will
be quoted as Indifferent to its pas
sage. and the party of rule of ruin will
be stimulated to go, II possible, to
still greater lengths in their unconstitu-
tional usurpations Should the party in
power be encouraged to take charge oil
the election OF members of the House OF
Representatives, how long would it be
before they would take charge of the
election of members OF the United States
Senate? One act would be as constitu-
tionsl as the other. How long would il
be before State legislators would be un-
der the scrunity of a chief supervisor
and his deputies, who would challenge
their right to vote The pending force
bill would furnish precedent for even
greater outrages than those noted, If
such thing could be conceived. The
only protection against these outrages IS
the voice of the people at the coming
election.
WHERE WILL VIRGINIA BE
Thus does the force bill, with its train
of evils, bring up the paramount issue
OF the fight and point the path OF duty.
The issue is not the election TO Congress
OF certain men. 1t is the right OF self
government It is whether intelligence
aud virtue or ignorance and vice shall
rule. The danger that impends is Negro
supremacy and all the concomitant hor
rors that marked the days OF reconstruc
ton. The duty of the hour Is defeat oil
those who would subvert our hbertie:
and trample constitutional guarantees
, | s. ,,or.foau earruptian