The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1870-10-08
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.aa,oal Distinctions vs. Negro.

voa,oai Distinctions vs. Negro.
:, 10 very curious to observe the doaa'ns
80 Radicals-t. e., the white Raaaeais
T,or do not. and never did, like the negro
"a nothing annoys them more than tn
~..t.,sions to office set up here aud there
fv tho negro. He was only n u
and Il Is both pervcrsc and obstinate
snr hin, 70 DO claiming office. 1t must mo-
h. thought Of. Whenever he undeftske'
90 he the competitor of awhile kaaicai ny
~ s.,o,,nced as a "dis~organizer," a getter
- n revolution" But where a Negro
has TIM nomination, and a white Rad'cai II
hr an outside caucus set up against h'h''
" 10 n different matter. The white mai
10 never the "dlsorganizcr." When We
oors;der how the white Radicals have
csioled the negro, how they claim TO De MS
e~snacial friends. and how they tight Tor his
e,nali,y with the white man, this conducl
il downright fraud and hypocrisy.
We have just had q striking example Of
this foul play towards the negro In the &C.
sIon of the Republican State Executive
Committee Of last Thursday. They took
Nh the two cases Of the split III the Radical
marty In the first and second congressional
districts. In the first DR.. NORTON {colore6l,
of Williamsburg, a quick-moving, sharp,
and smart person, received the nomination
Of the Congressional Convention; but the
white RAIDS OF that body finding what was
coming, withdrew before the nomination
was made, and set up an opposition cor.
vention CONTRARY TO party usage) and nom'-
nsted Dr. DOUGLASS [whfte). The trouble
growing out Of this conflict was brought be-
fore the State Committee.
After considering the matter, they lodged
the question by referringit back to the peo-
ple Of the district, with the recommends.
ton that a new convention be held. 1nthi>
case, as the whites were boilers, the thun-
derbolts of the Executive Committee are
bottled-up. There is no talk Of "d~isorgani-
cation" and "revolution." The patriotic
indignation Of MI. WELLS and his knot OF
wire-pullers is soothed down to an express
sion of regret, and a recommendation that
another convention be held to settle the
question. 1t Is clear that it is hoped that
at this second convention the cards will be
better stocked, and the colored man will he
beaten. But DR.. NORTON is very lively and
wide-awake. Radical aversion to colored
ot7cehosders viii hardly be gratifed in thi|
case by the negro uoters, whom the whites
have 80 misled and abused.
In the first district Mr.. PLATT, the pre-
sent member of Congress, seems to have
been nominated In order, as was DR.. NOR
TON; and the indomitable DR.. BAYSE, as
true a negro as ever breathed the breath Of
lie. has gotten up q call for another con-
v%ention, to be held at Suffolk on the 18th
to nominate a candidate for Congress.
This movement is quite q different affair. 1t
L. against a uhite nominee. So, "the case
being altered, alters the case," and MI.
WELLS, the Radical Jupiter, huls hi
thunders at the bullet-head Of DR.. BAYNi
most fearfully. TIE Radical Jupiter anc
his olympic satellites pronounce the act OF
DR.. BAYNE and his friends, calling another
convention on Mr. PLAT, As "~revolu.
tionary," q word that will stagger Dr..
BAYSE. They also pronounce it "subver-
sive Of harmony" and ''perniciou-." These
be bitter words, indeed and If they don't
turn poor BAYNgs head, will certainly
enrage him to run ut the Radical red flag
with increased venom. Finally, they call
upon every Republican to have nothing to
do with the "proposed movement"-to
"keep away from the meeting" "avoid all
euch dis~organizlns enterprises" and 90
unanimously for Mr.. PLAT!
The difference is everything In this mat
tor. DR.. NORTON Is left to take care of him.
self on account of his color. The plausible
Col. PLAT is taken ~GraciousIy under the
wings Of the committee, end Its most ter
rife thunders are showered on all who
would oppose him. And why? Because
he Is white, and the uhttes, In the Radical
programme, were to hold the important
Offices and the negroes uere only to cote for
them. That's 1t.
And yet these whites have by their ma
hgn agitations banded the negroes against
their " people-natives Of Eirginia--and
made thus to oppose the election to office OF
their only true friends, the only persons
who were to be trusted, and the only peo-
pie who could give employment and prac-
tical pro lection to the negro. Those white
Radicals are indeed the "disorganizers"
and "revolutionists"-ali the enemy OF
black and white.