Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-07-24
OPINIONS OF RICHMOND PEOPLE.
MANY of Them Express Their Views to the
Dispatch's Reporters.


This obnoxious measure has no more
h,fter opponent than Hon. George ID.
Mise. whose seat in the present Congress
wos rlyeu 10 Judge Waddill, who both
spoke in favor Of the bill and voted for It's
massage When asked hv D,spd'ch reporter
YESTERDAY what he thought OF the bill,
CAPTAIN Wise repeated the question with
emphasis and sand
II cannot command language strong
enough in which TO express my detesta-
,ion Of IL. IL IL the burning question OF
the hour. and all Others sink into insignifi-
cance in comparison with IT. While II was
designed almost entirely for the South,
the broad and conservative citizens OF the
North. when aroused 10 its full significance
and meaning. will resist it with rs much
spirit and energy IA we do.
" Massachusetts, in the act of ratifylng
and accepting the Constitution declared
against the exercise by Congress of the
power OF prescribing the times, places,
and manner OF holding elections for repre-
sentatives. except when State shall neg
ect or refuse to make the necessary regu-
lsiions. New York. Pennsylvania, and
oiher States we're no less explicit and en-
phatic in the declaraton of their opposi-
tiou TO the exercise Of such power by Con-
eress
MTIoSAL ISSUE.
eli am unwilling TO believe that the peo-
nls ot those grea Commonwealth are to-
day less jealous of their liberties or the
rights of the state than were their revolu-
tionary fathers. n the effort To fa5ten
upOn the cOuntrl the regulations pre-
stribed IN the fore bill the issue pre-
sented Is not sectlQa hut national. All
the people OF oil theStates are interested.
have thought from re beginning that we
should not treat tins uesti)n az matter
l. OF IL II,
concerned. | am oppsed to the idea of
boycotting AZ a mean Of resistance, but
think that the cOnservaye and solid citi-
zeps Of every State shOd utter their con-
demnation IN strong al vigorous resolu-
tons and send them to'ongress as their
protest against such acth.
THEY WILL nRN.
"The representatives freemen will
listen to their mutterlni OF discontent
The solid men of the Nortwill give ear 10
the appealS Of their brethL of the South
when spoken IN sober ~ earnest Ian
eunre. | am in favor of rstance by all
constitutional and legal ians. Strong
protests from such represtatiye bodies
ss our Chamber of Commert cannot fail
to exert great innuehce un the Con-
gress." c,
IA. '
House OF Delegates and one OF q Demo-
c,a.ic candidates for Congress, 4; 1.-The
force bill is the most iniquitor political
measure that was ever attempte\v Con
,,ress. IL j. more radical in It's VISIONS
than the measure OF a similar ,racter
defeated by a Republican CongrC some
twenty wears ago when sectional .ter-
moss was supposed to be az i's Eht,
and the worst feature OF ~ al is. Alld
the south .haters succeed IN ias,enihsh shis
other and still more radical and rev
tonary ones.
IL IsTO BE DErLoREp.
"Tbat such legislation should even
,Fe,e1 IN CONGRESS- At this time (twer
wears after the close of the war; Is grea
10 he deplored. and should II become
law which seems quite probable, II sn'
fIs, ,he worst element of the kepubh'
uerfv,s in control of national legislat
and determined TO humiliate and opp
lie South as far as II may be IN u
power 49,, g Az, Nj
"a hard 10 outline the course that sho
Le nnrsned by the southern people.
tam II is that they have heretofore eS
csted Themselves from many shackles
ON bv Radicalisn, and II cool lndgu
and prudence is allowed 10 GUIDE, WI
VII no doubt be the case, many, II not
OF the evil consequences contemplate
the force bill viii DO averted'
NJ yp.rlrxr But DETERMINED.
"The people Of this rs well AS the o
sou.he,r States should be patient and
hss,,n, hut none the less determined,
me men of thrift and intelligence,
izing how much they have at stake,
stand 30 near together IN future siec'
that the number of white men Ia tue -
who will be found lending the,r end,
ment of such blow aimed ~ TINS sec
will be very small.
LAS has been well said by our Char
of Commerce, let US cross the pi
when we get to it, for no amount OF s.
talk as 20 what we will or Will not a'
accompl sh anything towards stsyih
hand lifted against US"
General Joseph X. Anderson.
"It think the force bill Is the ere
step towards centralism since the ga
Alexander Hamilton" remarked 0e
Joseph r. Anderson. president OK
Tredegar Iron Works. Indeed, II Is
lutionary. It's friends profess that
designed for the good of the neg
think il will be the worst day for IN
gro be has seen when il bee )mes Ia
hope still there will be enough calm
patriotic men Ia the SENATE 70 oeie
But II IL becomes the law II behoovs
South 10 receiyeit with dignity. but
resolution by oil peaceful means
fear its unfriendly purpose. Its vi
must result in binding all white men
south in one compact body 70 vote
III who favor Hepublicen msasu
would not have the South resort :
cotiing. The Law will assif do great
age TO our material interests. boye
will only increase the damage 70
North and South are - clossly IN