Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-01-25
The Speech Of Mr.. ingalls,.

Mr.. INGALLS,, ms one distinguished Eng
lshman said of another, " is intoxicated
with the exuberance of his own verbosity."
He has wonderful command OF language
as il evidenced by the fact that he sup
posed his speech OF Thursday last con-
tanned nothing offensive TO the people OF
the South. But his speech was only
"words. words, words" Not remark did
he make which had in IL even suggestion
Of craftsmanship. As the Washington Post
well says: mir. BUTLER suggests an i'm
practicable solution. Mr.. INGALLS, suggests
none at ALL"
Standing by itself, Mr.. ISGALLs's speech
Omssa have little significance. 1t is very
different. however when we remember the
circumstances under which that speech
was prepared and delivered. The Repub-
lican majority in Congress have determined
10 wrest the southern States from the
Democratic party. The Committee on
Elections in the House of Representatives
has made its first report, which is now
ready for consideration by the House. The
report recommends the unseating of JACK
son. a Democratic member from West Vir-
ginia, and the seating of SMITH, the Re-
publican contestant. Under the rulings
of Speaker REED. and because OF the
refusal of the Democrats 10 flibuster,
that report may be adopted any day
md two more be added TO the Republican
majority in the House. Instead of 1863 to
1sl the House will stand 40 to 16o-ten
majority instead of eight. When JACKSON
shall have been unseated, and Smith
seated, the Elections Committee will make
another report. Again Democrat will be
turned out and his place given to Repub-
lican. Then the Republican majority will
he twelve. As that majority increases the
difficulty of placing Republicans in Demo-
cratic seats will become less and less, and
soon the Republican majority IN the House
will be large enough to enable the Republic
cans TO begin TO remedy the wrongs
of the negro az these are set forth
by Mr.. INGALLS,. What the remedy is
TO be was foreshadowed last fall when so
many Republican State Conventions in the
North declared in favor of a national cleo
tion-law. The southern States are to be
governed from Washington. A Republic
can majority III tuc nSAt ilOuoc VI itrpic-
sentatives is to be insured by the enact
~lnent Of such law. The census reports.
and not the ballot-box, are to be appealed
10 to testify whether a Republican or
Democrat was elected TO Congress. The
southern States are TO return to the condi-
ton in which they were in reconstruction
days, or rather TO worse condition. They
will be bound with the manacles which MIR.
RANDALL and his supporters kept off their
hands when they defeated the infamous
force bill. The South will be compelled
TO furnish q contingent of Republican
members of the House of Representatives
sufficiently large to overcome any majority
which the Democrats can possibly secure
in the northern States.
With such future threatening us, what
shall be said of the craftsmanship of those
Of the Democratic members of the House
of Representatives who deem it the best
policy to sit still and allow their hands to
be tied in the hope that the people of the
North will rise in their majesty and I'M
tie those hands? II seems to us to be
suicidal policy. We fear that the Demo-
Gratis from the border States do not realize
the peril in which n wrong course will
place the dearest interests of the cotton
States. But we forbear.