Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-11-02
law is made felony, with confinement
in the pcnitentiary.
REPUBLICAN HOSTILITY.

South as q place Of investment The
bill would have become q Law at the last
session OF Congress but for the earnest
protest of northern capitalists who have
invested in the South.
RACE CONFLICT THE RESULT
This is our chief reliance. This is our
hope OF safety. II this does not save us.
ptiable viii be our condition. Some Of
the advocates OF this bill declare that one
OF their purposes is to bring about col
lision OF races-in W lich the inferior race
VII suiier incalculablo injury, and tais
will consolidate the North against us.
But the great, the primary object Of
the law, IS to strengthen the Republican
party-to supply its losses in the North
by negro representation from the South.
NEGROES IN CONGRESS.
The black cohorts from the cotton
fields OF South Carolina, Mississippi,
and Louisiana, and the tobacco-felds of
Virginia and North Carolina are to take
their seats in the halls of Congress in the
place OF white representatives TO do the
bidding of their Republican masters.
The control is TO he taken from the in
telligence and wisdom of socieiy-from
a race which has illumined with bright
ness the desert and the wilderness,
whose proves in war has made fields OF
immortal glory, and whose achievements
IN peace have given 10 the country
whatever ia highest and noblest in the
history Of constitutional government.
UGLY THREATS.
General Sherman has not hesitated
within the last year or two to declare
that if the South does not accord to the
negro race its rights there will be an
other wsr-a war "not of regular bat
talions, but of the dagger and the torch,
and tho black race will he assisted by a
million OF white people OF the North. J"
81 do not believe, eaid judge Staples,
"any such conflict viii over come. The
northern people will never engage in
any such crusade. lAppleuse, The negro
race viii never embark IN such O
contest. There is not more docile and
peaceful race on earth. 1t is the insidious
appeals of their northern allies which in
cite them 10 deeds of violence and blood
she'd II let alone the white people Of
the South can settle the race problem
upon terms of absolute justice TO the
negroes. Great applause. But If such
a struggle shall ever come hame OF fire
Will burst forth which can only be
quenched in the utter destruction Of the
black race. Applause 1t is the senti-
ment which animates General Sherman
and the other Republican leaders"
TIE PARTIES COMPARED.
Judge Staples drew most graphic
picture of the Republican party and the
vital difference between that party and
the Democratic party of the North. He
quoted the words of Henry Watterson
before Boston audience when he said
81 am chilled by the implecable hos
tility of IA Sherman and a Hoar. l am
amazed 10y the vindictive and sensational
outcry of an Ingalls, and Chandler,
l stand aghast before the shameless in
trepidity of q Quay, and l find all
progress towards the light and the
warmth of truth completely blocked by
the adventurous and Unfinching obesity
OF Reed" [Great applause
WHAT THE POLICY Is.
II will thus be seen by everybody,
continued Judge Staples what the policy
of the Republican leaders is. Ii is to
hold the people together by the force
bill and then to plumber them by the Me-
Kinley bill to squandcr the public money
in buying up the Grand Army of the
Republic 10y an unprecedented pension
list, the end and the limit of which no
man can foresee 10 fill the pockets Of
the northern manufacturers by heavy
burdens upon the great mass OF the peo-
pie, and then to require the manufac-
turors to advance the funds TO carry the
elections, and thus We see Mr.. Wana-
maker for raising $500, 600 rewarded with
pace in tho Cabinet, whose power and
patronage he can use to advance bis IN
terests rs merchant. And We see
Mr. Dudley return to Indiana
with money in his hands and giving di-
rections TO his agents to divide the
floaters into blocks of five, to put trust
cd man with plenty Of funds in charge
of them, and let him see that none get
away and that all vote "our ticket"
And SO Indiania, a Democratic State,
was enlisted under the Republican ban
ner. [Applauss.l
Judge Staples concluded his speech
with splendid eulogy upon the history
and prospects OF the Democratic party.
The Democratic party, he said, is the
only national party in the United States.
IL had its origin III the teachings OF
Thomas Jefferson. 1t had possession Of
the Government for forty years, and then
laid il down without stain on its honor.
Bv lis policy Toxas was acquired. BY
its policy the west territory stretching
across the continent and now consti-
tuting nine prosperous and powerful
States was added to the domain OF the
Union. Wherever in the West log
cabin has been reared in the wilderness,
wherever town or city lines the sea-
coast or crowns the banks OF a noble
river. there is monument TO the policy
and the glory of the Democratic party.
Applause
PARTY OF THE PEOPLE.
The Democratic party is essentially q
party OF tno ptOplc. ~ WINS uoNcI ~
fayorite with the great milhonaires. or
the great corporations, or the wealthy
manufacturers 1t is because its policy
and its principles are opposed to monopo-
lies trusts. and all the laws which tend
70 swell the fortunes of individuals at
the expense OF communities
AT the close of the wsr-and indeed
for many years sfter-the Republican
marty was without rival In the northern
states. 1t controlled the Congress Of
the United States by overwhelming ma
;orities. IL had the Executive depart
ment. the Supreme Court, the Legisla-
lures and Governors Of al the northern
States. It's popular majorltles IN those
States were enormous 1t had the con-
troll of all the corporate and great mo-
neyed interests OF the country.
IN IT'S INFANCY.
The Democratic party was without
influence, without power. without the
respect Of the country. What now are
/ it. prospects? Mr.. Tilden received a
popular majority OF nearly three hun
bred thousand votes, but was cheated