The New York herald., 1867-06-21
POLITICS IN TIE SOUTH.
Virginia..
from the Richmond whig.l

FROM the Richmond Whig.1
We are required TO pass ordeal in proof OF our
qoyaty" that the original Union men ana the blacks
srH not subjected TO Their unionism is regarded as
must establish to the satisfaction Of dsirustfu Judges
before we will be permitted exercise political powcr
party rules Congress That party We thereore -
convince, satisfy and concate No other party has or
un nksy 70 have power over u.s. II seek to satisfy
any otner party or to carry out preferences merely
without consulting the meeting the exactions
o. tns dominant party, We will inevitably fail in what We
9osire 70 accomplish, VIZ: the Rehabilitation or the
STATE We therefore admonish the people of Vir
Qnia 20 % circumspect. cautious and wise and
clear heads and cool tempers and deal With Il az The
great business affair upon which all other business sfair
snoe 70 e 70 secure and promote the present and
future welfare Of this afflicted commonwealth Are we
prepared 70 become unconditional Union meni Are we
prepared Tor the present to waive the high seats ana 10
% 70 co operate in tho work OF so
70 secur. State government that will protect us and
De admitted into participation In the advantages OF
the federal government, will determine to engage
N hopeless exasperating and suicidal contest with
nixs against them and outvoe them a the spproachnr
elections would not victory be ruin These are
and that speedily.
The Lynchburg virginsan, Of tho 18th. takes issue
with the Whig a. folows:-
We fully appreciate all the welmeant endeavors Of
the Wh0 TO induce the people Of Virginia prac.
have ympathsed with our ancient whig cotrere with
whom II vas our pleasure in other days. in perfect
1851 By many weeks and plunged sesdons into the bo9
Of secession. We hardly dreamed then that fate and
again Bus we aid FOUNDER together in tia. darS sbvss
for four long years. and have congratulate our
conssmpor,T in that u = assuming to lead Us; this
70 drag ua But esteemed contemporary will excuse
US II We seem TO hesitate. We have not yet found
that solid ground which thinks Is just before us We
seem to be viewing from different stand points and 10
us it bears moro the appearance Of quagmire than
nrm oauseway which to pass TO the solid ground
recn I'd ho ahnva
less than an invitation for US 70 go horse foot and
drasoon TO the radical party We dislike part CON-
pany With an old friend but the Wing excuse us
We lag behind II the republican party shall refuse
70 allow US to take our place n the Union unless we
come haunting party baonerthe badge Of infer-
oriy and dsgracewe shall eloct to stay just wnere we
are We arc no longer party man, but IL VIC were,
could not accept such leaders IS Hunncutt and his SUBJ
from the Charlottesville Chronicle, June 1871
We fea. there Is going to be square up fight in this
State, and throughout the SOUTH between the whites
and blacks Il is time looking thing full In
the face We believe the coorcd voters will all register
and that they will all vote-and that they will
unit We have seen overture after overture in this
county and In other counties In state and other
states. made by the whites to the colored people; We
yet hear the response in tho same spirit
The colored people hold weekly meetings, and are
orxanized IN the most thorough manner a, least In tho
towns. No platform presented BY the whites NO con
cessons, seem 70 make any impression.
What shall the whites ID the State OF virlinia dol
have ariscnt There "a going TO bc struggle for the
State government There are $50 We cacuate) about
colored voters Deduct from the rsi Is 600 Bolts and
Hunnicutt white men, and add them 10 the colored
voters and the fgures stand 100 900 white voters
90 900 coored and white Hunncu Say that there
10 difference Of 10 900 votes between these two classes
Then the failure OF 900 white voters conservaveto
register produces tie between the parties
supposing all the coored voters vote together 10 IL
likely that 10 900 white voters will fail TO regsters Les
remember Washington city and LOUISIANA In Louisi
the population In 1880 900 whites 10 $50 600
coorsd The registration has just taken place there,
and the returns heard from show 13 900 whites
registered and "a 900 coored voters registered This
shows how the thing has worked practically In Louisi
websIieve the white people OF Virginia have more
sense and ntelugenc the white people OF Lousi-
ana: but how much moreS We confess most
serious fears aroused that thousands OF white voters
will not visit the regis cring ofnces
There persons who suen and discontcnted,
and who say they viii have nothing TO do with the bus.
They talk this because they are not inform
cd Some OF them ssy, for example, shall not regis
because "we prefer military government 70 negro
suffrage But there no sense In this remark, for the
question not between military government and negro
suffrage. In tho hrst place, We shall have negro
suffrage a. long ss the military government lasts No
shall have that anyhow. But In the second place,
whether the whites register not, the coored voters
and I,he Hunnicutt men will register and there viii
necessarily be convention, which convention will frame
State constitution. Under the Hunnicutt constitution
the will BE- admitted into the Union, and the mill
tary will be withdrawn. We shall be In the Union, and
really be, whether white man Is ~ good 40 ncgrof"
Alabama.
fFrom the Mobile Times June 10.
Ex-Governor Perry, OF South Carolina, has written
letter urging the people OF his State TO refuse to recon-
struct under the Military bill We never were very
ardent believers In the strategy 30 terscy designated
ssmsstory inactivity and when tho weakness OF
that policy applied 10 course under the plan sub
mittsd for reorraui ration and TO national
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