The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1873-09-13

forth, in any treatise on logic that may be
scared up. All that is dilemmat.c in
human judgment will drop out of deiini-
ton, and become sheer superiority in the
way of logical deduction. III
We will COMO further back than the 9TH
OF May last, when The Enquirer sharply
den6ned the coming issue thus:
That is the real issue; white or black.
sholld be the only one, and must be with all mt n
who are not blinded by prejudice, passion or
interest.
Again, on the 9Th day of June, OF d
iatermediately from that date, as well as
anteriorly, it Rugged to the /" brat Of
Polixenes" after this fashion:
The question is whether the white people of
Virginia shall control liz our state government,
or the negroes and their allies. "a t
On the 18th of June last, it again takes
up its black and white bantling, and aflec-
tionately hugs it thus: a..ar
1t will be incumbent upon white men who
want white men to control our councils. to con-
slider the question of white or black superior to
all other questions. 3l4
On the End of July following, not con.
tent with making this issue superior to all
Others, it goes into it as a gaal one, and
gives its brat thoroughly patriotic hug
after this fashion:
| The true and patriotic people of the state, 1--WE
| omit some exploratory matter) must and will
| insist that 1t shall be determined which race is
to rule before they can consent to turn away
| for moment from the vitdl 1.-THE italics theirsl
| to discuss any question of secondary conse.
| quenee.
That is, the question of funders or anti
funders, high or low interest, Fee railroads
or close corporations, tariff or no-tariif
relief measures or no.relief measures
higher taxes or lower taxes, every other
question, in fact, was to be sunk out of
sight for this one vaal issue of white
against black. Accordingly, on the Sd of
July, the public appetite is again whetted
after this delectable fashion:
i The great issue of white and black will be de
| tincty presente There will be no middle ground
All men who have votes must be on one side or
| the other. &*&* The great question is the
ascendancy Of this race or that in our state gov
eminent: and there can be no neutral ground fer
any man to occupy when the day of election ar
riyes He who votes the Conservative cket can
be on the side of the white man he who
votes the Radical ticket, or refuses 10 vote for
either, will be on the side of the negro.
But the grand clinacteric was reached by
The Enquirer on the 9th of July last, in
an editorial headed :" The Supreme Issue, y
as follows: 81 n.a
| We have spared no effort 10 lay before our
readers the true issue inyolyedin the approaching
contest; and even at the risk of wearisome
/ repetition. we venture to bring it again promi-
| nently before them. For in this alone do we con
ceiye the certainty Of our success Werepea' :
as deeply upon the mind of every reaaer as in hel
bitter fancies, the dying English Queen though,
the WORD :" calais was craven upon her heart
we repeat, that the true issue is the supremacy
OF the white race or the black.
We must realize that dshonor and degrade
| tion of race wait, Ultimately, upon the defeat O
the Conservative party in this state and we
must not be defeated we must recognize for this
present no other division in state politics thar
the color line y and we must never permit
that line to grow blurred or indistinct In thi.
alone is our safety in this sign alone shall WE
conquer. st
| Are we not justified in saying, then
that "this brat is none of ours it is thu
issue of Prolixenes ?' But it is laid at oul
door in a Conservative waste-basket. 1t.
linen is coarse and dirty. 1t smells o
garlic and the Richmond Theatre. i
looks too yillainously like the party dis
owning it, to be recognized as the issue
\ of any one else. As "a |" foundling'' VIC
can't take it. We order it back-waste.
basket, dirty linen and ALTO The En-
quirer office. Its editors can send it t.
, Shockoe creek, or where they please. w,
don't intend to have it forced upon us
much less sworn upon us. 1t is not ou
political brat.