Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1868-04-28
WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENCE.

WASHINGTON, April 25th, 1868.
1t may be out of place in me to expatlate on
matters about to transpire In the Old Domln-
ion, under this heading but, as Virginian, |
feel that [ ought not to be silent on the sub
ject, and the vital questions appertaining there
to- That the proposed niger equality varle-
gated cloak constitution, sO>called, will be
voted down and kicked out of existence and
history by majority of from twenty to thirty
thousand indignant white men, | entertain no
manner of doubt whatever, if the voters will
only turn out, and they must be made to do it,
too unless the ignoble few whites prefer to
have greasy negroes as their rulers, to gentle
men and their compeers, Caucassians But
voting down the pie bald constitution is not all
the voters will have to do, to maintain their
honor and their rights. but they will have to
nominate and elect white men to the Rump
Congress and the State Legislature; for. be
assured that if a Radical Congressional delega-
ton, or Radical State Legislature be elected
by negroes and their vile, contemplate, cola
borers and associates, mean whites, Yankees
and Yankeeized Kdhoos; the nitro-glycerine
Rump will hail the act with joy and receive
them with open arms. Let the Press and
YOUR Baldwins, Stuarts and Christians see to it
In the canvass, and rouse the people to the i'm
portance of the matter. For while the niger
constitution may be voted down and trampled
under foot, still, should there-and its very
probable in some districts-be elected negroes
or Radicals to the Rump, it will enact, that
whereas, $50 and so, the constitution has been
ratified and adopted by the ''trooly oil voting
population of the State; resolved that her Sen
ators and Representatives be received into both
houses OF Congress, and Virginia be repre-
sented in the ga -lo-ri Gus Union $50 called) and
guaranteed all the rights, privileges, and i'm
munities of her sister States in the Union
This will be the upshot of the defeat of the
unwashed Africanixed constitution, unless Vir-
giniaus see to it, that no Radicals or their
| brother negroes are selected, by any means
/ whatsoever.
There is another subject which | am very
| anxious to impress upon the minds OF your
readers, and that is this: Do you know that
| Duke Schofeld has the adoption or defeat of
| the proposed constitution in his own hands =
You will doubtless inquire how? Well, III
| tell you how; by keeping ahe polls open a aseek
or longer in order to give every body change
| to vote. That will be the pretext, but it will
only be subterfuge for Cuffy to vote, not only
early, but often in more precincts than one and
| in two or three different counties, under the
marshalship and engineering of debased, mean
whites and negroes ready to swear to anything.
Last year the Radicals carried this city at the
charter election by importing voters from Mary
land and Virginia, and drilled them in the art
of voting often, and furnishing them with
names they did not receive in holy baptism
Early next morning, intelligent American cti-
zens of African descent could be seen vending
their way out of Washington " the turnpike
and the Long Bridge with their little bundles
on their walking sticks carried on their shout
ders, to the corn fields of Virginia and Mary,
land Now, these frauds can be avoided and
prevented by having the polls open one day
only, and let there be enough voting precincts
so as not to be crowded. Yet, Notwithstanding
these precautionary means, the probability Is,
that the Radical ticket IN SS,,aunson ca election
day will receive fresh re-ihforcenents by the
train from that holc-in- the wall, charlottesville.
CAM you induce Mr.. Whitcomb not to run bis
train up the road as far as Stanton Oh that
day or can you send message some way OF
other to those terrible fellows, the Ku Kluz
Klans, to keep their eyes and ears open, and
see that there be no cheating going on?
Gen. Schofeld arrived here a few days ago
very mysteriously, as he declined registering
his pame At the Hotel st which he stopped
and on Thursday, Dry Pump came in one o.
his numerous carriages and conveyed HIM tt
his private residence. Reporters were some
what exercised to learn the nature OF his busl
ness here, but have met with but little or M
success The ostensible object of his mystic
rious visit, was to rebut Bull Head Peirpolntl