Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1892-03-27
4 UNITED COUNTRY.
The Cheapest Defence Of an Equal
and Just Government.
oerRANCHlSED CoNFeDERATEs.
g., We Might lie Affected in Case Of
Grants Recommendations
lands Failure In. This Direction.

..f, short time SINCE the country
....l to be on tho verge Of a war with
... To-day We have another quarrel on
..t and this time with tho powerful
...nent n Great Britain. The rola-
.ffho countries are critical and there
.il.htv of collisions on the Boring
I.,0ecn their representative naval
...rl ie VOL equipped for war. She
.. most powerful navy in the world,
...... would be- able TO destroy most Of
erce not already DESTROYED by
..I protective policy of the Re
... M party. But II only one half OF
...t .rm annually sQuanderei in pen
leuuch industry and politics. or
... s.r,h part of ~, were annually
fse binding mp OF a navy we
.ua f.w years be FULLY equal to Eng
.hese The amount Of tins tri-
-r f.ched from the South and
t northern men would alone amply
,sch purpose. But 1t would bo
t aspect this, and so equality with
..... .. tlo sea is included IN the pres
r. uf American craftsmanship.
.- commerce would also suffer
cruisers. and Canada, which has
trouble. could bC overrun and
....t iu part at least the expense OF
--fn The American press are begin
. discuss the deteuceless condition
l...r..lu critics, and there is a cry
..t-.tiuus and heavy guns. some
Writers are probably inspired by
r. O' contracts and piunder, but
-mccrc and disiuterested.
DID. cheapest dcfeuces OF nations
... people. 10 all the people of "a
.r. united I'D the support OF "a just
... government. that country has o
such %, England exhibited IN tho
.. wars or the American colonies
...u.-.e Tor Independence. Right
OIL. weak spot of the American
.....t An officer Of the Union
..a lafe war General BOyntonl
l very ably this question Of
. defence. he finds right IN ms
..e acknowledgement which shuts
rr.t uufaieratc from holding q
.n il the United States army.
.. .-ut- feeh.y 0ud unwisely 70 excuse
...r 4e being lustIhablo when 10
...rna.r ulss'i, but saws II IS now
aal ought % Dee repealed.
SOUTHERN uIsrrtSCHsMESr.
...-. la chapter OF folly aud crime
t.. I.-l.fV Of any nation 10 IS the
tla u,francliscment imposed 10y
.-.r- after the close of the civil
I...f ue had the acknowledgements
..l tr Che AndreW-J ohnson-Sewa
... % reconstruction III 1863. lhere
" b.. ..t-e iu them, and, of course, no
.....tr or -tatesmunship. The promI-
....r affected hy them, and especially
..1I mon. who We're required TO ap-
...- special larlous. embraced tho
-r..f al others realized that the
.--. fr independence was ended for
t.r ..I flat Gl that was lett was TO
.....t t.a situation LOYALTY ana frankly.
u.rIe TINS foolish President re-
... ..I DuIolvOred 20 humllate, and
b.. Oil. Republican party was not happy
t..... $500 obey got mp the fourteenth
s. ..l..lt and forced II on the south by
......a -.-tcm Of State governments
...... u fraud and party greed and
......... DID,. acknowledgements, bayonets.
,...... ..t ltWly-eutranchlsed. ignorant
r tl.r the reconstruction acts.
b.. committed lf the time. fully 2jO,0OJ Of
81. E..tr.r .f fhc South We're disqualified
Ha both State and Federal
I...r .- lasted only during the crltl-
f... uf reconstruction IN 1861. 1855,
...r- aere designed 90 ue permanent
.... CONGRESS should relieve the par
.. u.. were thus disqualified. Pro-
...r ono o. two hundred thousand
....- were embraced lu the scope
Oil. fourteenth amendment. some
..rds % these PERSONS were relieved
... ..re afterwards los special acts of Con-
... and good many were relieved tv
d.. ... passed M 1872. But probably much
... ..--cr number Of those thus pat under
.. I4n had their disabilities removed by
M Ihat the Almighty was more gene
r .lu the tyrauts who had sought 10
them requires no great stretch Of
..a-nation 20 believe. There are stlll
.v .tne covered by the fourteenth
.... fment whose disabilities have not
I... removed Now that Mr.. Davis Is
..... and malice can no longer reach or
...t Lm. there ought not 10 he any op-
.....on t0 bin Of general relief; but no
ADMINISTRATION proposes %.
rHE PRINCIPAL IMPORTANT.
Tho number affected is small, but the
...uI. involved D. important. When we
.....r that the war ended some twenty
f.r.u Wears ego. and that these gentlemen
t.r. a.I tLe while been paying taxes to the
m.l government and helping TO MAN
f..If and lts lazzeroni, we may compute
OIL. 4llI. meaness of this enduring dis
f....I s.meut. There seems 70 he no mo-
t,e la 10 save the unworthy idea of IN
t..tre those who fought for tho Coincide
f.'0 cause.
ff.li Acknowledgement must be carefully
r.u.shod from the section (No. lZlsl
OIL f.r Revised Statutes relative 20 COM
o. s.lYls 40 the United States army. mat
b U.u reads as follows;
80 person who has served IN any ca
D .-.tg 800 tine military. naval, or evil ser
r... 0f fir e0-called Confederate States, or
o.. ..r.f tur states ia iusurrectOn during
f. Iate rebellion. shall be appointed To
f.F position II the army of the United
n tae statute had been enacted during
..y Nar We could sec some cause Tor
. DO was passed. however, on the 2sth OF
.T. I.Hf- fully q year ana three months
fae last shot had been hred. The
..trF wa, then perfectly quiet. keSist-
f... fo Federal authority had entirely
4l and was no longer expected, even
d. Republicans blinded by malice. The
.tt.iuers were engaged IN growing cot
f... tobacco. and corn. and trying 20 keep
o.. negroes from stealing their pigs and
'I. Ice and all ms great associates
..Ir struggling no longer IN war, but
au honest living. True. the later
..Fa of the MattersOn school, who
tn thank God that the South
conquered iu the war, had only rarely
f..u,I o. the surface; but the brave men
- t.e southern army had all accepted the
f.a situation aud were performing their
.f.., under the United States Govern
'..lt a, lO0ly and unfeseryedly as they
.l done under the stars and bars of the
..t.te4cy. Thus. We see there WAS no
.lr, ur wisdom iu such permanent and
ping republication. Even If Con-
gross chose Co dlstrust Andrew Johnson,
.e trm uioni,t Of 1861 TO 1860, why did
.ff keep Grants hands tied SO that even
Dr. r.u.u not select au ex-COnfederate for
d. alAy position. however insignificant.
AIAE-LEACHISG STATUTE.
TINS statute is broad aud far-reaching.
ID Affected 40 the time nearly the whole
sut. population IN the South. for nearly
had done something to help the Con
iI.facv and served the government IN
iI'.D capacity. A great many OF these
Dave died. How many the statute would
i.w a1ect ] can only estimate IN gem
tfl probably one or two hundred
thousand persons al least, and among
i.,m those best qualified 10 raise COM
nan1s and 20 lead them IN the event OF
foreign w4r. Under this Acknowledgement
-9o would be excluded from an army
commission an the surviving members Of
.lN Army OF Northern Virginia both OIL