The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-08-28
1,ha Elank TIassiai1as


American liberty. We all here Know CD now
under the drill of the custom-house negroes
have been imported and voted in TINS c,ts
and I. was patent in the recent North caro-
lima election that negroes were Imported rom
VIRGINIA snd South Carolina and voted in
the border counties-the county OF Halifax,
on the Virginia border, telling the story in
tho number OF votes cast, which exceeded
those registered nearly nine hundred.
gentleman who held an eminent position
under President LINCOLN writes to the New
York Tribune from washington that an or
ganized plan for using the negro IN 'he
Northwest has been matlired in that city, ana
Is TO- be carried out by the Administration
tools. He says:
"The Dian il to colonize 1000 or 1000 ne
groes from Kentucky in Indiana among tnc
counties where the black race Is sufficiently
numerous to make the experiment ana 10
offera chance Of escaping detection. Negroes
now in the employ of the Boards OF Pubic
Works here are to he sent TO pennsylvania
under contracts for high wages ana expenses
maid. Cameron was here Yesterday. ana l'ts
visited Washington twice recently TO pef1ec'
his ,nScr,lpuIous work. As the Grant tfch
have no hope of Kentucky, the negroes can
be spared from that State without an! us
advantage. So far as this District Is con-
cerncd, the Philadelphia system OF coun''l'J
on, Liberal candidates has been adoptca, anu
therefore the absence Of few Thousand sla-
pie voters will not be felt when Inc rii'a
ticket is to be returned.
This respectable correspondent says that
the Washington negroes engaged in tins
business have been thoroughly trained us re-
peatcrs, and excel in the art. The negro has
the advantage Of the difficulty of identifying
him. As we have said, it is as easy to tell
one black-cye pea from another as to tell one
negro from another in crowd oil election
dav. The following verified statement Is
given to show how the work is done:
"Tbe election In North Carolina took
place on the 1st of August. The Vanderbilt,
steamer not now engaged in the Washing
ton trade, was brought here under tenn
porary commander for special service. 4 ne
bc,tls and best furniture were removed, and
d contract made for trip to Norfolk ana re-
turn, with us many passengers as could ne
slowed away. Five hundred dollars were
nid down in greenbacks by colored man
for the round trip, who was put forward
to make the bargain and conceal his en-
DIoyer.. Between five and six hundred
some say seven hundrcd-men composed the
ulrtv. Not q woman was OF the crowd. l he
Vanderbilt left Washington on the evening
of the 27th of July, four days before the
election in North Carolina, and returned
here on the morning of the 4th OF August,
three DAYS after that election. The voyage
thls consumed seven and Il half days. Con-
tcmporaneousIy with this incident large
numbers of negroes employed by contractors
Of the Board of Public Works mysterously
disappeared, and reappeared when the VAN
derbilt returned. A poor attempt las been
made to explain this migration OF reporters
by calling it a religious excursion Iial
thin disguise has deceived nobody. VINO
ever heard of negro excursion religious
or social, extending over such length OF
time. and without the presence OF the female
element, which always prcdomIiatcs Oh suci
occaSionS"
These fellows easily ran down Ivy rail iron
Norfolk, and were no doubt voted in Hall
fax.
The freemcn of the Northwest who are
determined to be free may protect them
selves, if they will, from being enshVcd by
these black IIessians of the Administration.
They have fought to but poor p'lrpos" II
they are to be enSlavcd by the negroes whom
they freed.
We fully believe the statement Of the
writer in the Yi9bnnc, because we know That
the Administration policy of using tli" negro
has been practiccd upon lis here. We I'M
dcrstand it fully. The people of the North
west may well he on their guard.