The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1869-05-20
White and Black.

The great evil of the hour is the alicna-
ton Of the races in this State by the machl-
nations of those who are represented, soul
and body, by Governor WELLS. That man
is the life of the pro>criptiye party, who,
trusting to the support of the blacks, seek
10 fill them with malice towards the whites ::
and who, fearing the strength Of the whites,
seek to impose disabilities upon them and,
by one trick and another, TO put the govern
mcnt under the control OF the colorcd vo-
,.-,-rs.~ They know that if they can only keep
the black man under the dcluSion that
they are his best friends, and, hat the white
natives are his enemies, all the power that
NAV be acquired through the colorcd vote
will be confdcd to their handS-that II the
little streams of government disbursement,
and pckings will flow into their pockets.
With this policy they proceed to aSltate
the colored people and To ill their minds
with every vanity and folly-charming them
with such tlattcry AS that with which the
fox charmed the crow. and induced her, in
the attempt TO sing, to drop The bit Of cheese
which he 30 much coveted. 1t is 10 Won
der that they should be inflated with thciI
consequence, and with the conceit that.
lust out of slavery, uneducated and incNrc-
rienced rs they are, they arc altogether
ready and competent to fill the highest OF:
ices in the State The logical consequence
of this system of hypocriiical flattcry and
solicitation is shown upon the WELLS ticket.
which offers to this State an Ohio negro fol
Lieutenant Governor and for President oil
the Senate Of Virginia
This is the most unfortunate thing i'll the
world for the colored people. 1t is mon
s,rous to press them without further proba-
ton upon the government of the state. II
i monstrous thus to claim such responsible
positions for beings So palpably incompc-
tent. The mere proposition Is bad enough
but should it meet with success, the con>c-
qucnces upon the State in destroying conf
dcncc and bringing disaster upon public Gre
dit would be fearful, while it would re;ict
upon the blacks with a force that would bc
calamitous.
Look at the dreadful attitude Of the State
should the harbarous dcmagoguery OF
WELLS succccd-should, indeed, society bo
turned upside down, experience and intel
lyencc bani>hcd from public places, ana
incxpcricncc and reckless incompetency
fill them. What department Of State, what
one OF the public institutions, would escape
confusion and arrangement? The incur>lor
of an element SO dcbauchcd and diSOrdercC
would bring crash upon all the public anG
private interests, and capital and labo!
would be involved alike i'll ruin. The insti-
buttons Of learning under the rule of such
barbarous dcmagogucry would be utterly
ruined, as in the case of Columbia College
and Chapel Hill, and the whole system OF
education in the State would perish.
Win the people Of Nirginia-by folly, 10y
wilful suicidc-permit these horrors to fall
upon them while they have the power to
prevent them: We shall see. If they do,
they will have time to repent; for the De-
stvuctiNes, once in power, will manage to
hold it until remorsc will have thoroughly
lackcd the souls of those who shall be SC
recrcant to their public duty and their
solemn obligations to society as to assist i'll
this horrid consummation by apathy and
lmpractical'ili;y