Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-07-24
parasites with the cry OF Horace Greeley,
Go back thieves and il will do It again.
SHOULD pRorysT

parasites with the cry OF Horace Greeley,
Go back thieves and il will do il again.
SHOULD PROTECT.
How we are 10 meet 1t may not be seen
now. Sufficient unto the day Is the evil
thereof 1t will be met better and more
fully than in lSsS-'69 The Farmers Ali
ance is composed mainly Of natives or
making n compact and easily-handled or
ganization. This bill is blow at their or
ganization; blow at all unprctdsdbs
candidates for Congress or the Legisla-
lures. All industrial organizations and
every public meeting and convention
ought to show its wrongs and evils and
protest against its passage. The scalawag
may think think the political millennium is
coming, but he will wake up with Dives
trying to keep his head above the brim-
stone"
Mr.. jackson Guy.
This gentleman. who recently retired
from tho chairmanship of the City Demo-
cratic Committee, said:
The Republicans look upon the new
ly-created negro sufragan as their meat
and they are going to have him If they
can. The object of the election bill.
creating as il does returning boards out OF
Federal supervisors, is to prolong ii not
perpetuate Republican dominion in the
government. II is surely to be deplored
that such reconstruction legislation is to
be forged for the South after she has en-
tered upon new era of prosperity-a
prosperity to which our northern friends
have contributed and in which they share
to so large an extent.
Is NOT THy WAR ovERt
verify. Is not the war over Invent down
the river. The Captain Of the boat said I:
That is Drewry's Bluff / looked. and
behold the pines springing up on the fort
were full grown-a living monument
which had grown over the grave in which
lay buried the animosities, the hates. the
strifes of war! 1t was beautiful lesson,
but its spell is now rudely broken by the
news which comes to us from Washington
that the peace and prosperity which pre-
vail over our fair land are begrudged US by
Republican Government. 1t seems as If
they envy our welfare and would do any
thing to humiliate us. Their action IS
certainly not consonant with the mild
policy of reconstruction outlined by Mr..
Lincoln; it certainly does not comport
with tho liberality which General Grant
advocated towards US.
CAN STAND IT WITHOUT BoYCoTTNG.
1T is suggested, ] see, by the Atlanta
Constitution and advocated by Governor
Gordon, of Georgia. that In case Of
tllt DhNSfDc VI tit lOICt Diii MC
boycott the northern trade. Northern
capital plays big figure in the enter
prises now established and that are being
established in the South. We court its
coming. We might as well acknowledge
that in great part we are dependent on II
for our continued prosperity. am not
prepared to do or say anything that would
repel it. In case Of the passage of this in
famous law do not despair but that with
h.
through which we have passed since the
war we shall be able to survive it,"
Mr. r. II. Mcclure.
1.-The force bill is fitting capstone for
the Republican pyramid Of iniquities. now
nearly completed. trust" remarked Mr..
L. II. Mcclure. 1T is perhaps the very
worst piece of legislation the Republican
party has yet been guilty of. 1t is crime
against the ballot and against the South. at
which it is confessedly aimed. Politically
il is worse than crime; 1t Is blunder az
react on the Republican party and do much
to drive it from power"
WORK OF THE PRrss.
81 do not see what the South can do to
oppose it's passage IN the Senate except
through her senators and the press. The
latter is doing yeoman's service III that dl-
rection now Doubtless our senators will
do al that is possible.
IF passed it will, Of course, be fought
in every possible way. The question of
its constitutionality have had no oppor-
tunity to consider. No doubt it will be
promptly tested.
DO NOT BOYCOTT.
81 do not like the word boycott like
the thing less. am sorry to hear this tal
about it, for it only tends further to di-
II g.ol, 20 tl,a
good people of the North who are with us
in this fight.
'The bill is not passed yet and earnestly
hope it never Will be-
Hon. william Lovenstein.
Being asked for an expression of his
views, Hon. William Lovenstein, amember
of the State Senate, SAID
II think the passage of the force bill
would he the most serious blow that has
ever been aimed at the South since the
war, and every possible effort should be
made to defeat its passage. 1t will cause
turmoil and strife where everything is get
ting along smoothly and peaceably. fear
that if passed the chances of our getting
control of the House of Representatives
will be very slim-not that we will not be
able to elect a majority fairly, but as the
House will be the Returning Board and
the Republican officials will have control
they will take the returns not from the
legally-apponted officers of the several
States. but from their own supervisors and
appointees.
LET BUSINESSMEN WRITE NORTH.
IL do not favor waiting until the bill is
passed and then taking action nor do |
think much viii be accomplished by meet
ings; but it should be the duty of every
businessman to correspond with the busi-
ness-men in the North with whom they are
doing business. urging them to take
action to defeat this Infamous measure.
Millions of dollars of northern capital are
| invested IN the South and if this measure
becomes law / very much fear that the
prosperity which now exists will soon fade
away and investors will fare badly. We
| should urge upon the business community
| of the North the Importance OF the defeat
of this bill and if we can get them TO take
| decisive action think the bill may be de-
| feated."
Captain Sol. Cutchins.
"In a country theoretically free, in
| habited by a people who know and who
| will MAINTAIN their rights. the enforcement
| of tyrannical laws is next to impossible
and so it will and should be with the force
| BILL" sad Captain Sol. Cutchins. proml'
nent lawyer and commander OF the Rich
mond Light-Infantry Blues. Its effect
|
| ly and to weld the South more solidly to
| gether, tor nothing so unites free-borr
people as tyraanical oppression.
FIGHT THE DEVIL WITH FIRE.
"But whatever its effect, there Is NJ
doubt as to the object of its supporters.
am firm believer in fighting the devi
| with fire., and If this bill is passed thinl
it should be opposed In the most vigorous
manner possible.
| THE idea of retaliation seems to me
| good one. Let us spend with our owl
| people the millions that we send annual,
| TO enrich the merchants and manufacturers
of the North and they will soon realize tn
fact that we have rights Which the rabit
South-haters must be made TO respect"
Senator Conway X. Sands.
The views expressed by Hon. Conway X
Sands, member of the State Senate from
Richmond and Henrico. are very con
servative and show that he is like man!
Others of hopeful disposition.
In my opinion it would be exceedingly
injudicious at this time for us to take an
public action against the passage of the fore
BILL he said. ''Our opposition to thi
measure is fully known and appreciated b.