Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1867-10-31
[From tho New York World1
THE VIRGINIA ELECTUOy

able White Men-The Machinery of
Radical Leagues In Full Motion
The Result Attained by Frauds
Threats and Intimidation
RICHMOND, VA, Oct. 26-Of the results
of the military election, or rather farce
/ which took place in this State on Tuesday
last, the telegraph has doubtless informed
you, but there are some facts concerning
the matter that have not been made public,
Respecting the character of the men elect
ed to the Convention, and the frauds per
petrated by the Radical leagues, aided and
abetted by military authority. the decent
sensible people Of the State are Justly in
dignant. but they are powerless to resent
the outrage and must stand idly by and see
their rights and liberties jeopardized by
! the corrupt men in power. But for the
facts: In the first place, with a clear white
majority of 1900 votes, the State was SO
gerrymandered that the negroes were ena-
oled to elect 56 delegates and the whites
only 43. when it should have been the re-
verse-56 white Conservatives to 43 negro
K idicals. With this result, and with
the glorious victories achieved by the
Democratic party at the North in view, we
were encouraged in the hope that if we
could vote down Convention, Congress
might conclude to no farther humiliate the
people of the State. And this would have
been the case bad a fair election been al
lowed us; but the machinery of the
Leagues was working too effectually to
permit this, and the result that a Conven-
ton had been ordered and delegates elect
ed that would, in nine cases out of ten,
disgrace the walls of penitentiary. The
negroes had been drilled so well. and were
in such dread of their mean white mana
gers, that they voted almost unanimously
for the nominees of the Radical party, no
matter. who were their opponents. And
not only this, but by violence and threats
they prevented the blacks that desired to
do so, from voting the Conservative ticket
In Albemarle county, one of the richest
and most populous counties in the State,
Judge Alexander Rives, who has been a
Republican all his life, before, during and
since the war-a man of intelligence,
wealth and position in society--did not re-
ceive dozen negro votes but man named
Thompson, from your State, who was public
ly denounced as totally unworthy by a
United States officer, and negro named
Taylor, were elected almost unanimously
over him. A similar case occurred in Hem
rico, where Mr.. Franklin Stearns was the
candidate, nominated by republicans,
whose uuionism no one doubts, and who
was beaten by man whom no one knew,
but who was the nominee of the negroes,
and whose only claims TO their suffrage
was that he hid in the swamps during the
war, and because lie was member of the
League and their President. In Mecklen-
Durg county, negro aohO can not read or
aortte. and ,oho has been conuicted fue times
IN the courts for stealing, elected ouer res
pectabte Union man. All over the eastern
portion of the State, the same results have
been secured; but the above will give you
sample of how Virginia and Virginians
are to be governed in the future. The can
didates for this city, consist of the
notorious Hunnicutt, the corrupt and
detestable Underwood, an Irish
man named Morrissey, disgrace to his
gallant tcountrymen.andt two negroes. These
men received only fifty white votes in the
whole city, and were denounced publicly
by some of their own gang as scoundrels
and perJurers. The respectable Northern
men among US did not and would not vote
for them. They were elected by fraud. as
the card from Mr.. Gilmer to General Scho-
field abundantly shows. The President of
the Registration Board, one Rose, (by no
election, said he "didn't care d-n for all
the white people in Richmond; 81 some OF
his friends had bet on a Radical majority
of so much, and he intended they should
win.
NEGRO VIGILANCE COMMITTEE.
Facts have recently come to light show
ing that the Radical leaders, not satisfied
with having everything their own way at
the polls, have actually gone so far as to in
1uence If not assist in the formation of a
negro vigilance committee for the purpose
OF intimidating and threatening white peo-
Pile. Here are some of the facts: A re-
spectacle. hard working man, named Mon
roe, originally from the State of Maine.
had the bOldness to denounce Hunnicut and
his gang, and this is the result. He is or
dered to pack up and leave the city, and if
he chooses, he may take his family. Your
correspondent knows Mr.. Monroe, and he
ts n in6 ctrtnI o,,1 ia
esteemed by all his acquaintauces, and he
has the nerve to defy the black apes, al
though they are led on by some of the
meanest whites that ever disgraced human
ity. Mr.. Newdecker, who carries on
large tobacco mandatory, also received
note from the vigilance committee to leave
the city because he had the temerity to dis
charge some of his lazy, impudent negroes,
who would not work themselves nor allow
others to do so. The following is the order
Of the negro vigilance committee sent to
several of our leading citizens:
RICHMOND, VA, October 25, 1867.
We, the colored people of the city of
Richmond. having formed a vigilance COM
mittte, warn you to leave the city in forty
eight hours after receiving this notice. We
are aware of your hostile feeling towards
NJ. Hunnicutt and his political party. If
your family choose to go with you they
can do so, or they can remain; we will not
interfere with them. If you do not heed
this warning you will have to abide by the
consequences. After you have spoken of
NJ. Hunnicutt as you have, we are fully
determined that you shall leave the city at
the expiration of the time given you.
By order of the committee.
...g t. B. g., Secretary.
A number of Radicals were detected
tearing mp Conservative tickets on election
Il n,,1 A11 T.
conduct They were tried to-day, by mill
tsry commission, and bound over to keep
the peace-punishment only in name.
THE PRESS ON THE ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Full SCENES AT THE POLLS.
GFrom the National Intelligencer
By extracts which we subjoin from the
Virginia press, it will be seen that the
efforts of the negroes to murder men of
their own color for voting the Conserva-
tive ticket were not confined to Richmond,
Charlottesville and Lynchburg. Disgrace
full as were the scenes in those places, we
find them eclipsed elsewhere. AT several
precincts in Prince George county we find
the negroes attending the polls armed
with United States rifles and pistols, and
exercising a violent supervision over the
voting. 1t was the same in Sussex and
Brunswick counties. In the last county
the guns were government weapons. They
were cleaned and distributed, with ammu-
milton, by lieutenant U. S. A, the mill
tary officer there commanding. Near
fredericksburg there was Jail delivery
of negroes to swell the Radical vote. In
Prince George county, this arstocratic
class to whom, though in minority, Gem
eral Schofield gave the State by his ger
rymander, voted two of their number by
proxy, and the Commissioners of the cleo
ton received the ballots thus cast. They
were thrown out by a military officer. We
hope he will not be cashiered.
REIGN OF TERROR AT THE POLLS.
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