The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1869-05-10
= The Killing of 10. Holmes.

The unprincipled scoundrels who feel
that their bread and butter depend upon
the success Of the WELLS faction, and who
have no idea Of trying to make an honest
living anywhere, but who hope to suosist
mon the crumbs that are expected to fell
from the tables of the plunderers with
whom they wish to FIJI the Offices OF this
State. are 60 lost to oil sense Of shame that
thew do no. hesitate to utter the Infamous
faleehood that the killing Of 10. HOLMES
was part Of system Of browbeating and
terrorism which is to be resorted to by the
Conservatives for the purpose Of carrying
the elections. OF course the villains who
give utterance to such falsehoods chuckle
in their sleeves when they think how GREE
LEY, and FoRSEy, and WENDELL PHIL
LIPS, will be taken in by them yet they
must experience some doubts in their own
minds, as to whether General GRANT
and General CANBY can be imposed
upon by such ISLANDERS. 1t is not ne
cessary for us to tell even the ne
groes in Virginia that thS Wellsites man
ufactured this lie out Of the whole cloth.
SAMBo is not such fool as to believe the
story. He knows that his pretended friends
of the oarpet-bag genus do not desire him
to aspire to any Office; and he will be apt
to regard such tales as scarecrows, set up to
frirhten him out of the field Of candidacy.
We advise the Rev. FIELDS Cook, Dr.
THOMAS BAYNE, the Hon. LEWIS LINDSEY,
and other distinguished WELLS men OF the
"colored persuasion" to pay no attention
to any efforts that may be made by the
white carpet-baggers and scalawags Of their
party to alarm them as to their personal
safety, but to demand fair share OF all
the offices. As 1000 is to 1000 50 is the
number Of the Offices to which the negroes
are entitled to the number to which the
whites are entitled-that is, according to
the teachings of these scalawags and car
pet-bsggers, and because that is about
the relative strength of the two races
in the Radical party of Virginia. There is
no true man in Virginia who would not
rather see FIELDS Cook elected to Congress
than CHARLES II. PORTER. And go far from
there being any intention on the part of the
Conservatives to bring guns, pistols, and
Bowie knives, to bear upon the result and
keep down the negro, it is the fact that If
compelled to choose between PORTER and
Cook, nine Virginians out Of every ten will
unhesitatingly vote for the latter.
The negroes Of Virginia are to assemble
in convention in this city before long.
There will be delegates from perhaps all, or
nearly all, the counties in the State. They
will be molested by no white man of the
Conservative party. We are rather pleased
than displeased to find that they begin to
manifest a spirit of independence towards
their new masters-that is to say, the car
pet-baggers and scalawags aforesaid. We
counsel them to heed not the Infamous
fslsehoods that may be concocted by these
unprincipled masters of theirs for the pur-
pose of inducing them to remain at home, and
thus of causing their State Convention to bea
failure. Let them come in peace, and the
Conservatives of this city will keep off all
carpet-baggers and scalawags, and see to it
that they shall return to their homes unmo-
Tested. There is no feeling Of opposition
to the objects Of this Convention on the
part Of the native white men of Richmond
or of the State. We wish to see the
Wellsites put to the test, and be made
either to acknowledge that the negroes
ought not to be elected to Office, or to agree
to nominate ninety negroes for every white
scalawag or carpet-bagger that may be
similarly favored. Let no clamor about the
hostile intent Of the whites, and no fears of
guns, clubs, or pistols, deter you from de-
handing of those who tell you that you are
their equals that proportion Of the offices
Of the State to which you are entitled, &C
cording to the lesson which they have
taught you and to your numbers.
AS to the killing Of HOLMES, we know
nothing more than the papers have told us.
We deplore all violence. We have no
sympathy with any man who would NAL
treat a negro because he is negro. But,
being in ignorance as to the provocation
and the circumstances Of this homicide, we
cannot undertake to pronounce judgment
against either the dead or the living. Gen
eral CANDY will cause the unfortunate af-
fair to be thoroughly investigated, and will
no doubt have justice done as between man
and man. Meanwhile, We would warn our
northern friends, and especially General
GRANT, not to place any reliance upon the
one-sided statements made in the interest
Of the WELLS faction, and which are in
tended only to aid in the election of the
wandering Michigander.