Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1867-11-01
From the Richmond Enquire.
The Doom of the Fecyo,

measure of retaliation merely for the
sake of spite, and on the other hand, none
but the most cowardly would hesitate to
use the power of his arm for the protection
| of his person. And so 1t Is when such oc-
casions arise mankind are compelled TO
| obey the impulses of resentment and en-
| ploy the means which they suggest as mere
measures of safety. The course of the ne
groes In this State in the late election ar
rayed as they were in solid phalanx against
the interests, nay the property, and even
| the lives, Of the white people, presents the
most irrefragible proof that their hostility
to us is instructive and ineradicable. No
thing, therefore, remains for us to do but
to meet the issue they hare thus forced upon
as and defend ourselves like men.
We of Virginia have great and glorious
country, @ commonwealth unsurpassed n
the advantages Of the soil, climate and pro-
ductiOn, population Uneqraiied III all the
elements that overcome difficulties anu
make a community rich and prosperous.
Shall we permit these things to be lost to
Us forever? Shall we tamely submit to the
subversion OF all our prosperity aud tue
hopes of the future by the handful OF art
full knaves, who use the brute force Of
numbers to overcome our intelligence, tai
ent and worth, by Outvoting Us with d
horde Of ignorant aud stupid negroes ?
Isl ON the Richmond Nhi@.l
The election returns show with painful
distinctnese that the negroes have drawn
deeper blood line between themselves and
the whites, and that with them principles
are nothing, color everything. Under the
leadership of few pestilent and Infamous
whites who will, no doubt, live long enoughto
suffer in this world the punishment due to
their crimes. the negroes with few, very
Il hoy Iva
hostility against the whites. and have left
us no choice but to regard them hencefor-
ward as enemies.
From the Lynclburg Virgiui&n.l
The irrepreSSible conflict which MIR. Be-
ward first proclaimed between liberty and
slavery, has now sprung up between the
white and black men Of the South, and may
eliminate IN a war Of races. But. whether
this result obtain or not, one thing is GER
tain, and that is that d great gulf has been
fixed between the races in the South
The white man VIII come to regard the ne
gro as his enemy, and the latter may reel
procate this feeling. 1t will be impossible,
we say impossible, under these clrcum-
stances to preserve those friendly relations
that have heretofore existed. We cannot
share political power or meet on q common
platform Of social equality; but, least of all,
that makes him subordinate to the black.
If we had ever doubted before, the events
Of Tuesday would have disSipated that
doubt The intolerance of the negroes to-
wards the small minority Of their own race,
the terrible persecution which they fOmen-
ted against such as were unwilling to ar
ray themselves against their white friends,
showed very clearly what the whites might
expect, and forebodes re-enactment Of the
scenes Of st. Domingo.
It seems, therefore, that even Northern
white men are not safe, as things now eX-
ist here, unless they be OF the Hunnicutt
and Underwood stripe Even they dare
not be conservative without cncountering
the persecution engendered by this new IL
repressible conflict. 1t only remains for
the white people of Virginia to look to their
interest and labor to protect it. They
should concert measures without delay to
fill the State with white laborers from the
North and from Europe. riley @aHSt cr0Ccd
he negro Out. They must rid the State Of
an element that will hinder It's prosperity !;
an element that, under the influence Of
base white demagogues, themselves with
out property,--would tax the property of
others to relieve themselves Of obligation
to educate their children and care for their
paupers. There is no other alternative left
us, and we wish to see this accepted at
once. Let us be up and doing Let us
bestir ourselves to make Virginia what it
ought to be, and would be with white Ia
Dor. Let us have white homogeneous
population and make our State q tit place
for white men to live in. We Can do it and
should dot, and then the irrepressible con-
fiict will cease.
From the Charlottesville Chronicie.l
By Tuesdays work the negroes have set
their seal to their doom. There is no longer
any peace. The question now is, who shall
occupy and rule the territory between forty
and thirty-two degrees north latitude-the
blacks OF the whites.
Every conceivable effort has been made
here to harmoni~e the two races Every
form Of overtime has been made to the
blacks by the whites. Every appliance was
reSorted to to carry the election. All has
been in vain. Drilled like an army, ma
nceuvered like Il body OF disciplined troops,
Obeying an order from the central league
like 4 sign from a marshaIs baton, the ne
groes have delivered their vote like q con-
centrated broadside.
At one Of the precincts in this county the
commanding officer of this county, q day Or
two before the election. made II speech
urging the blacks to vote Tor Judge HIVES,
and denouncing G. L. Thompson il the
most unmeasnred terms, and concluded by
requesting al i'll favor Of Riyes TO rise
They rose 10 d man. An order from the
league here sent ust after reversed the
whole line, and at b. NJ. precinct Judge
Rivcs received two negro votes c. l..
Thompson 3l1 negro votes, and James
Taylor, negro, 304 negro votes.
Perhaps it is best to bring matters to a
crisis at once. Let it be developed at once
what negro suffrage means. The farther
the revolution goes, the more violent will
be the recOil. The North Will not believe
until they see and they Will see when the
Southern elections are finished.
From the Farmville Journal
There is lesson taught by the result of
this election which every 2r]tHe man can
readily understand. 1t defines the line
broadly and distinctly between the races
which the cOlored people hare themselves
drawn. 1t is not our purpose to utter one
word OF censure Of the colored people for
taking the stand they have. They are free;
but SO too are the whites presumed to be,
and, until the fact is proved otherwise, they
should oct tie part of free men. Let them
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