, 1865-06-18
OLD VIRGINIA,
4 9ceno at the Pol1A-Xre4 TIM mt OF Ghe
49, BlAck47 heir Fitness to Voe6.


IT, lfFoI1 Me NeR 2osk lI1pa0es I8s4 1dat
A correspondent who attended tbs recent
election In York county, Virgins, ION the
Psnhsuta,l and saw the only unconditional
Union candidate receive three votes out Of
&tc bunored cnst, fAvo,s Us with an account,
from which We extract the following:
There was no growing about the oath.
arce together IN dose, Aa calmly As aaybodJ
ever took medicine, 1 rcekon-8wallowtd
them right down. Ihe4sd no sipgte word ali
| day about wnr, or Un1ou, or North OF 8outh,s
Or any reference whatever, TO paat troubles Of
were ualnown.. I thought this singular; u
/ crowd OF enc hundred men. There was mo
| guard ut the polls vhatsver. About the polls,
however. weee what could have bean mar-
stances, that would have been effective and
formidable. I little doubt there were there
the largest number of colored people ever
suffered to 20 to An e1ectton-s n1mber uaar.
ly equal to the whites. Sitting around under
The tsess. On ne fences, and Indeed miugt!ng
ehe,,snf %,sn sns s1Pft1cr saes ESsnsrs qals
certainly In intelligence, ability and
industry, above onethisd Or thoso
who that day enjoyed the elective franchise
And then tn unionitm. how infinitely above
and suflerings Of the Negrof Whist an up-
hallowed mockery Of God and sublime mis-
take Presidtnt johnson made when he re-
manded the management of the State into
the hands OF the White unionistsl White
unsonists! In Virginia, there are scarcely
clan tried, and couldn't count ten In these
three Counties, t. G., unionists at heart. The
vote yesterday In this, BY far the largest p:e.
cinct. showed but thee. But what treat
nentof friendsl Did ever another country
treat Its friends 50 since Adaml said M. B,
TO nc: Il have never personally Injured one
Of my neighbors and yet the colored people
eIe all the fnends have, because have been
Union" He is In favor Of their voting. Said
Mf. C.,' lawyer and Richmond couftier. a
tIus oligalch "aad Is not been tor your Sc
bad Te Two gesrs ero oese him his Or
| for those services, we should have been free
ptople now" Tell any intelligent South
esner that cur suecess vas not due to the aid
oithe NeRsc, and be luoks at you with piteous
scorn. He held the balance Of DO Fer. and
ga! II IN our scale. How thank:ess our great
Bnt does he know enough to votee Yes!
Yea! f.s! Tbs revolution In all else In the
sruth Is ecarcsly greate1 than In the Eeqr0's
| habits and tene encies, Proof that he Il lit
to vote! He cannot be duped. He may be
1asen-he Is patient, but cannot be fooled.
on the globe. Bold your ear down to the
| Wnisoefings Of the Cabin and there you viii
lsasn to whom hundred thines are transpa-
rent when al involved Is closed to yon. Do
you want the neWss jim, or 8sn, or Petes
WHO cant tsl from hroamstick in li,era-
| ture, has 1t for yon. Just what yuu will get
two days af.eIward when the paper arrives.
4 Today, jan. Davis is known to be In Hamp-
ton Roaas; tomorrow he Is In the Fort; Is
| iIontd ia fed thus and SO, has eueh kind ofs
cell, SC. Three dass afterward read the
oSea,cb. He asks: 81, what tit Is The 19gs nswse'
| !ep'y: $50 and so:. I hear 1t rumored.s
''HoW do you get hold Of it! I can't grt pa-
ptfs or news TIL long afterward."' .'Antho.
rs DEummond told me he heard 50 and so."
Of any passing event 50 quick. Whist I could
drag th,oussh theiS usuat reticcuce showed
| me they were generally posted on neEs.H
weeks from Richmond.
DO yon want the accurate measurement or
] any neehpor's unionism? Go to bis colQ;cd
| ne,ghbor and yon will get 1t. Do you want
the boundary lines Of that large plantation
whose periphery is as crooked a. riysr2
Here a,e three da1kies who will show you
every inch Oft. Whose cattle are those in
the roads Adam will I. II You, though thev
belong three miles Of. But let one 81 them
owe white A. sum of money, aud uoiou
soldier rides up and takes lar1e sapat, or
Two OF them, worth twice payment, and ruth
iessl5 catries them of. 1t ID then the poor he.
sAt - Mates h1u lCOR6 QeMuQEEtd, And
we'll be may en- the Peninsula, and espscisiiy
under Gen. ODDS administrator. a meaaer,
more maschtevous General don't otttn hold
large command. He fills the offices In bin
gut With the most pro -sIarery type, and then
personally deecends to petty meaunesses
himself that none Of them will stoop to.
Thousands on thousands of dollara taa The
government lost, or will lose. by his opera.
lions since he supllant.d d the noble Bn.Ier.
All the missions and all anti Slavery men, 80
faT az know. acknowledge the same thing.
but there Is proof yet to be added Of the
peg1o's fitness to vote. Though the subtlest
OF all webbe was woven By the skilfal sys-
temattzIrg diplomats Of the Caafederacy to
bling the eyes Of Poor Whites and "Nic-
Gers" as to the true points at issue in lie
graf past contest, and which did its work
great leader led Them out, get, without q
leader, With the revnlsions OF two years Of
the war, In the deepest receases of rebeldom.
The light Of truth and facts az to the salient
points Of the struggle was Ginning clear On
the ntgro's mind, and he vas the Unlon's
ts:end. It Is enough. such sagacity Win
lead men to vote rIeht.