Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Terry-Week-7 Title A name given to the resource Perjury, October 16-22, 1870 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Travis Terry Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource October 16-22, 1870 Description An account of the resource In the wake of General Robert E. Lee's death, amidst many ceremonies and speeches in his honor, a new problem arises. This problem threatens to tarnish the legacy of General Lee, and its name is perjury. The accusation of perjury by the government and the North comes as a not only a shock to the south, but a showing of disrespect toward General Lee. The idea of perjury, however, is one that many white southerners refuse to accept. The accusation of perjury is counter by the mere question, "how can one man in the south be accused of perjury, when countess citizens of the north have opposed the constitution and vouched for it to be changed, but are not considered perjurers?" While within the United State, the fight for the General's honor may be limited to those in the south, they do have support from those oversees. All the way from London, support comes to the south in the form of defending General Lee's honor. Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Transcription Any written text transcribed from a sound The announcement of the defeat of Mr. Schennck, of Ohio, the chairman of the most important committee in the House or Representatives, the most distinguished champion of a tariff for protecting American manufactures, and the best debater among the Republicans of that body, was immediately followed by the statement that the election of the successful candidate, would be contested in the House. The result, it is easy to predict, in ease the Republicans have, as they will almost certainly have, a majority in that body. They have hitherto manifested an utter disregard even of the proprieties and decencies of public life disposing of contested election eases. Democrats, elected by majorities of thousands, have been made to surrender their seats to the men who were defeated by these immense majorities. Vile carpet-baggers and scalawags, who had been repudiate by the voters, have been admitted to seats in defiance of justice, of precedent, and of law, and in disregard of even a decent respect for public opinion. So invariably has such been the case that for a Republican to claim the seat of a Democrat is considered equivalent to a certificate of election. The Republicans confidently expect their party associate to be admitted into the House, and the few Democrats who are allowed to hold seats therein, after blustering a little, quietly acquiesce in each new outrage as if it were a matter of course and a thing not worth talking about. So, we repeat we may unhesitatingly assume that the Hon. Lewis D. Camplell will be unseated, and the Hon. Robert C. Schenck assigned to his place in the next House, unless, indeed, as we do not anticipate, the Democrats shall have a majority in that body. This, however, is not the only string which the Radicals have to their bow. If they cannot succeed in one way they can in another. The General Government has begun the work of supervising the elections. The first blow was struck upon the wedge in Philadelphia last Tuesday. It will soon be driven up to the head. We referred to this outrage in our last issue, as one of the enormity of which the northern people did not seem to be sensible. It is true, some of the Democratic papers protest vigorously against such a usurpation of power by the National Government: but unless the majority of the voters are intelligent enough to understand the nature of such wrongs,and the general public sensible and patriotic enough to unite as one man in resisting them, there can be no reasonable expectation of their suppression or prevention. So far from this being the case, the Republicans actually rejoice over and justify this interference, and proclaim that they hope thus to defeat the Democratic candidates. General Canby, in his correspondence last spring with Governor Walker was compelled to admit that he could find nothing either in the Federal Constitution or in the Federal laws which would justify him employing the Federal forces even to preserve the peace in the State, unless he had previously been called upon by the State authorities to do so; and the people of the whole country, many Republicans as well as all the Democrats and Conservatives, conceded that Gov. Walker had done all the states good service in thus recalling to the attention of Gen. Canby and Gen. Grant the limitations imposed by the Constitution upon the powers of the Federal Government. But all is now changed. Federal bayonets stand by at the elections for Congressmen, and guard the interests of the incumbents of the Federal offices, whilst fools applaud the act, and in thus applauding acknowledge themselves to be slaves as well. Of course the soldiers and marines will not interfere with the depositing or the counting of the ballots this year, and perhaps not next year Yet it is easy for reflecting men to foresee that it will not be many years before voting in this country will be as great a farce as it recently was in France, where, with ballot-boxes guarded by soldiers, millions of men voted to continue in office and to increase the power of a ruler whom, as soon as they felt tree to do so, they declared by words and acts they feared and hated. This year soldiers are stationed near the polls, merely to preserve the peace. Next year they will stand around the ballot-box. The next they will guard scoundrels who will "count in" Radical candidates and "count out" Democratic ones. And finally they will, "in the interests of order and good government," see that none but Radical ballots are cast. The transition from free government to a despotism is easy and natural, as the experience of the world has often proved. "Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty." Such is the Radical programme. Their success in following it need not be doubted. URL http://virginiachronicle.com/cgi-bin/virginia?a=d&d=DD18701017&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN-------# Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1870-10-17 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context TerryTravis-18701017-HowTheRadicalsSucceed.pdf Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Richmond Daily Dispatch Title A name given to the resource How the Radicals Succeed