Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1867-11-02

The Election in Virginia-Its effect on
the two Races.

the two Races.
An election was held in Virginia on
the % ult., for members of Convention,
and whether Convention should be cali
ed or not, under the Reconstruction act OF
Congress. The Convention carried and
The Radicals will have majority of s in
the Convention. Some l5 or 20 negroes
have been elected members of it. The
negroes voted in solid phslsnx for the
Convention and The Radicals. Very few
whites voted for The Convention or the
Radical ticket. |! is a sad state OF things
as may be gatbertd from the following
extracts from the Charlottesville Chroa:-
Gle and the Richmond Dispatch, both pa
pers Of Conservative anlecedenls, and
from The Lynchburg Trginian. The
Chronicle says:
The election or Tuesday settled the
fact that the white race and The negro race
in Virginia are enemies. The negroes
have voted slmos, TO q man the most rad
ical tickets. large number Of negroes
have been elected 10 the Convention.
Then come body Of mean whites and
Northern advenlurers. number OF ma
tive born whites of good standing in the
community. but of little parliamentary ex-
perience, constitute the majority. By
Tuesdays work the negroes in Virginia
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 de-
grees north latilude-lhe blacks or the
whites.
Every conceivable effort has been made
here TO harmonize the two races. Every
form Of overture has been made 10 the
black by the whites. Every appliance
was resor,ed TO 10 carry the election. All
has been in vain. Drilled like an army,
Unanswered like body Of disciplined
troops, obeyiDg an order from marshal's
baton, the negroes have delivered their
vote like a concentrated brosdside.
Perhaps it is best to bring matters TO a
crisie al once. Let it be developed at
once what negro suffrage means. The
farther the revolution goes, the more vio-
lent will be the reco.l. The North will
not believe until they see and they will
see when the Southern elections are fin
ished.
The Dispatch says:
Everyone who has not been made ac-
quainled with the thorough system Of or.
ganizalion through secret societies Of the
negro population of Virginia will DO a.
mazed 10 see with wha, unanimiiy they
have voted every where for the Radical
nominees. There has been no division
amongs, them. Not the slightest respect
has been paid TO personalities. They
have voted as unanimousl y for the most
inconsistent, corrupt, and disrepuiable
men as they have for those in better stand
ing. There is hardly a single one Of their
nominees who is respected in respectable
communities, but there are some who are
very much better than others. Their
black constituents show, however, no
greater Difference to these than they do 10
all others.
A dreadful feature of this alrocious
game is the complete alienation of the ne
gro from the white people with whom he
has been raised and with whom he must
live.
The returns from every county show
iha, they are completely banded together
as one man in war-yet only political
agains, their people and their own bes, in
terests. l, is The sadjest feature of these
monsirous times. Our citizens find that
they have a body in their mids, which is
wholly and blindly antagonis,ic 10 them.
No division amongst lhemselves-no ap.
peals TO reason from wilhoul-have made
the slightest impression upon their solid
union. II is as painful as it is incompre-
hensible.
The Tirginian says
The intolerance manifested by the ne
groes here yesterday towards one of their
own color who had The manliness to vote
"the white mans ticket" as he called il,
shows the effect of The teaching they have
received from their Radical tutors. All
the savsgery of their nature was aroused.
They hunted and bounded their intended
victim through the streets and beset him
until, ike stag al bay, he turned upon
his tormenlers and gave them taste Of his
metal. They still threaten 10 kill him,
and his life is really in jeopardy. And
this is the sort OF freedom we are 10 have
under Radical rule and suffrage !! Well
di6 Mr.. Dooittle say that the Radical
Congress had "organized hell in the
South"
A DRINKISG Story WITH TWO 'PlNTs.'
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