The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1868-05-20

!vvbste scadtawa;erss I "a "a Negroea,

whste Scanawags VS.. NeErceas 81
The white advocates Of snssro saaFsage
are dreadfally afraid that negroes will
,rar+ TO hold cfEsce. That Ia sexactly what.
was not inssndesis The negrs, Sansaes the
seallswag programme, Fas; only SO yete i
and to vote for the white scallavag.s Sc
,y,,en any colored. voter desires to go To-
congress he is most earnestly implorsd not
to- press his claina--he win divide the
parts-he will injure the negro cause
Why win he injure the negro cause VIII
Radicals dare to object to his holding Of
fee s--to his aamission into Congress
When man advocates che comforting Of
the right Of voting upon negroes, and de-
mics their capability tohold otEce, he stuiti-
hes himself, and shows that he is d man
without principle. According TO our re-
publican goycrnlnents the two qualifications
go together. The body Of mem capable Of
votihs are capable, through representatives.
elected outof their body, Of governing. If
they are NOT fit for one they are not fit for
the other function. The white men who
defend the negro's right 10 vote assert his
capacity TO govern; and when they try to
exclude him from Office they show their own
sel6shness and greed that they have pre-
tended to be friends Of the negro merely tc
get his vote for themselves that they have,
by false pretencss to him, sought to get
offices and honors they could not obtain by
white votes. -and that they are, in short,
traitors to both white and black. The me-
groes will best show their own sagacity and
honesty by probing these corrupt white
allies Of theirs, finding out their rottenness,
sad repudiating them as soon as possible.
The seat in Congress is worth ten thou
sand dollars. TO q white intriguer such as
those now engaged in deluding the negro it
is q great prize, and he has struggled for it
withanaetiyity and unscrupulousness which
shows how much he values it. To get it ne
had 60 control the negro cote. Fearing that
some ambitious negro men might aspire to
70 to Congress, it was q matter Of the last
Importance that any such aspirations should
be nipped in the bud. So the eaatcas ma
chinery-in which the cunning Of the white
scallawag always triumphs over the con-.
fding colored maa-was introduced. This
did the work and put in nomination the
white traitors to both races for every dis
trict, This result, was surprising to the
negro and to keep down any revolt against
1t, and prevent independent colored candi-
dates from entering the field, the, idea that
to elect negroes to Congress would be inju-
rious to the race was put forth and most
strenuously supported. Boris declared it;
HcNSlctrT sustains it /; and SO especially do
the white nominees whose anticipation
Of the JOY Of receiving five thousand dollars
per annum from the Federal Treasury is
the delight of their thoughts by day and
dreams by night. 81 80 '2ss '7z' So,
Now, if the negro is deluded by these
scamps in this manner he viii indeed have
given proof of his unftnesss to exercise
the privileges Of free man. He viii, in
deed, be guilty Of political suicide if he
fails, now that he has the opportunity,
to test the sincerity of the white men who
have been playing upon his credulity. He
should bring them to the proofby demand
ing the positions in the Government which
they have declared him not only entitled to
butcapable Of filing. If they mean to deny
them to him--if. he is to be driven from
them-if valuable Offices, such as ten
thousand-dollar seat in Congress, are to be
kept exclusively for white scallawags, while
the small places and mental positions, such
as Messenger to the Common Council"
are to be reserved for the negro, ought he
not to know it at once? He should know
it, and he will be a traitor to himself if he
don't. Ell. a.. -. .s D. 81. q .ss