The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1869-07-17
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SATURDAY.............JUbY1 Il, 1862
Intimidation, etc.

Intimidation, etc.
FoRSEy is greatly distressed. lie maze
speeches in Virginia for WELLS, and yef
WELLS was defeated. He is therefore II
trouble, and nc declares that the future ma
no prospect more gloomy to him than t
see the best friends Of the Union III slrginf
and elsewhere In the South subjected to TN
prosecutions of bad men simply because
thcy voted their confederation schooi
closed, their enterprises stopped, and then
newspapers suspended.
Now. Mr.. FoRNEy kno,cs that all thes'
statements are false. He knows that nc
school need close, and no enterprise stop,
on account Of Mr.. WALKERS election. or
the contrary, every school and every homo
rabIe enterprise will be benefited. AS &c
the Wells newspapers, we admit that the!
may be suspended; but IT will not be be-
cause of any violence. 1t will be because
there is no one in Virginia to support
them. There is not a Radical paper III
the State which is not kept up by Govern
mcnt patronage. The Government pay
them double price-a dollar per square
Of eight iines-for publishing official docu'
ments In papers which nobody reads. "A
man NAV 90 from one end OF Richmond 10
the other, and in every knot OF white meh
br sees-whether Americans, or Irish, OF
Germans, or what not-he may denouncc
WELLS and his party and his newspapers,
and he will never offend anybody. Why, II
is an insult to our people to pretend tha'
there is any respectable number 0, Welis-
ties amongst the white men. Nobody can
name them. Out of the six Thousand fvc
hundred white voters of Richmond more
than six thousand are opposed to WELLS.
There is nobody here. therefore, that wishes
TO sustain a Radical paper, unless 1t be .
few Of the more malignant negroes. The
few whites who belong to the WELLS parry
are not worthy Of mention or consideration.
As to the prosecutions" of Union men,
there is not particle of truth in the insinua
ton. On the contrary, WALLER, STEARNS,
LEWIS. RYE, and other men well known as
Union men during the war, are amongst
the leaders of the successful party. 1t suits
the purposes of double-dycd traitors to de-
nounce as rebels those who do not recognize
them as gentlemen and who scorn to asso-
ciate with them but there is no truth In
the reasons assigned for their denunciations.
There is not an intelligent man in Virginia
who does not know, and not an honest man
who will not testify, thatthere was ten times
as much intimidation practiced by the ne
grocs rs by the whites in the recent canvass
and election. Whilst the white WellSltcr
were allowed to appear in peace in every
county in the State, and make speeches for
man known to be disgrace to his race. the
colored WALKER men were everywhere
threatened with the direst punishmentSt that
the negro imagination could conceive OF.
No one could have failed to see how much
afraid of WELLS and his ignorant tools these
POOR coored friends Of WALKER, generally
speaking, were, though some few of them
came out boldly and manfully wherever
they were in favor of the man of their choice.
There isl doubt at all that but for this
fear many more negroes would have voted
for WALKER.
FoRSEY is go we'll known as a liar that 1t Is
scarcely worth while to contradict his ran
dom statements. They are made for the
purpose of deceivipg the northern people.
Nevertheless, we quote the following.
FORNEY says:
""Our table is literally covered with proofs
Of cruelty, corruption. and. intimidation. OF
the freedmen on election-day and we have
letters from many persons who say they will
he compelled to fly the State if the rebel
Democrats are not sternly restrained under
the new rule"
To such statements we oppose plain
contradiction. There was no cruelty except
that on the part Of the Wellsites, no corrup-
ton except that on their part, no intimida-
ton except that on their part. No person
will be compelled to fly the State. There is
no disposition here to punish any one on
account of his course In the recent election.
On the contrary, the press and the public
unite in recommending and practicing the
utmost forbearance towards the victims of
Radical deception and trickery. When our
people allow themselves to be vilely traduced
day after day by Welsites in their midst,
and not demonstration is made towards
relieving themselves Of such slanderers by
force,-when WELLS fcarlessly plays croquet
at will upon the public grounds, when BOND
disports himself without dread amongst the
little fishes, when WHITTLEsEY with i'm
punity endorses formers libels upon our
people, when HUMPHREYS daily insults the
public by his presence, yet never feels an
apprehension as to his safety-it is plain to
every man that FoRNEY lies when he insinu-
ates that there is any danger to be appre-
hended by the loyalists Of Virginia.
Nou Mr. Fopcry hoyo VOL, INV stock in
WELLs's Alexandria canal3 Answer us that
question. And do you fear that an honest
Legislature might look into the matter!
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