The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1873-06-06
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rFrom the Richmond Whig,l
"THE IRREPREssIBLE CONFLICT
IN VIRGINIA.

rFrom the Richmond Whig,l
"THE IRREPREssIBLE CONFLICT
IN VIRGINIA.
We are pleased to see that the
Conservative press throughout the
State recognize the importance of
combining the issues of the pending
canvass that of white va. black. -
Indeed, when we find the entire no
gro population ofthe State, number
ing upwards of hundred thousand
voters, banded together under the
lead of men who have but little in.
terest and less sympathy in common
with the people of the State, with a
view to securing the control of the
State government in all of its de-
partments, executive, judicial and
legislative, all other issues, however
important they may be, sink into
absolute insigni6cance.
In accepting the issue that has
been forced upon the white people
of the State against their oft-repeat
ed and earnest remonstrance, we do
so more in sorrow than in anger,
and we know that we reflect their
sentiments in saying that we were
not against the negro with view to
his detriment, but on the contrary,
to save him from himself Ito pro
tect him as well as the whites from
the evil consequences that could but
result from laws enacted by the
grossly ignorant and executed by the
yenal and corrupt.
Is there negro in the State so
ignorant as to believe that
his rights or liberties would be en-
by the continued suprem-
acy of the white race If so his
credulity has been imposed upon by
the designing knaves who would,
without scruple, lure them 10 their
ruin were il but the pathway to
their own preferment- No; the irre>
vocable decree has gone forth that
slavery or the right of property in
man shall be known no more upon
the American continent forever,
and whilst the means by which the
result was attained must continue to
be source Of regret, yet none can
rejoice more than the Virginia mas
ter himself that he is freed OF his
slave. To protect him now in all
his rights whether of person or of
property, is the anxious desire Of
the great body of the Conservatives
of the State. Impoverished as they
are, yet they freely give Of their
substance almost the entire amount
that is yearly appropriated for The
of the coIored schools.
And what let us ask. has been the
return made for the uniform kind
ness and consideration they have
received at the hands of their old
masters, their truest and best frieDdsg
Unmindful of the fact that they are
upon them for every
hours remunerative labor they per
form, for the homes they, enjoy in
most instances at nominal rent,
for the education of their children
and the many acts of benevolence
Of which they are the daily recipi~
snts-forgetful we repeat, Of these
claims upon their consideration, in
stolid, stupid silence they turn their
backs upon us to our appeals,
whilst with open ears and gasping
mouths they eagerly devour and
treasure up the poison that is in
,tilled into them by the Shiny EN-
ssaries of destructive Radicalism. -
1t is not, however, we repeat, hostil
ty to these poor benighted creatures
hat induces US to sound the alarm,
md summon tbs white men Of Vir
yinia to the rescue of the Commons
wealth. 1t is because they stand
IN solid column and threaten to
seize the reins Of government. 1t
is because their success would bring
ruin and untold misery in its train.
II is because vengeance, hatred and
malice would dictate every law and
our impoverished people would have
% fee their properly to escape the
burdens of taxation that would be
upon them. In word, me-
gro ascendency or Radical rule.
which in Virginia are but convert
Die terms, means death aye, worse
han death--dishonor, negro equali-
,y, not only before the law, but in
he workshops, at the no els, theatres.
churches and in all the departments
Of the Government. Equality. not
by the elevation of the regro, but
BY the degradation Of the white man
Virginians, can you stand this p
The black flag Of the negro is al
ready Auttering in the breeze; they
have thrown down the gauntlet, and
dare you to the contest Up, then,
with the banner of the white man
let it fly from the masthead Of every
Conservative Journal in the state !;
and since the issue has been forced
upon US, let every true man rally %
his color.