Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-08-26

i'onvention the Conservatives had established
and organized system of free education, and
10 day 2GG, 900 persons, the great majorlty CD
ored. we're receiving its benefits while the white
reople raised the money. So fairly has the
State government in Virginia been conducted
and 50 Justly have the negroes been dealt with
that the most trying eyes OF Fedora! Office
holders aud detectives have been unable 10
make out Il single case OF violation Oi cvl
rights in Virginia Only day or two ago the
African Conference Of the colored Methodist
Church in Virginia met in Richmond and bore
testimony to this effect.
General kemper spoke OF the fort of the
Republicans of Virginia in the early part OF
500 with Robert w. Hughes as one OF their
number; to disirauchse nlnc-tcuths of the white
people and to deprive thcm even OF the right
TO sit On lures for the grave offence OF taking
up arms IN the cause Of their own State or Tor
lending aid and comfort 70 their own flesh and
blood BY one fell blow they soug hit to degrade
below the level OF the negroes nearly all the 10
teiligcnt population Of the State, aud TOR TINS
base measure the Radical party voted almost
as unit. The white men appealed to the col
ored neu, but III vain; aud thus the conflict OF
races was prccpi,atcd upon Virginia. The
negroes uudcr the lead OF the saue men now
controlling the party, tried TO dictate TO the
whites worse terms than the Shah Of Persia or
the Sultan of Turkey would prescribe for his
most abject subjects. The war thus begun by
the blacks and their advisers has been kept up,
and only the other day a Washington paper, The
avowed organ Of the Republican party III IT.
siuia, officially proclaimed aud boastcd that the
10000 colorcd voters IN Virginia were SO con
trocd that they could always be counted gu us
a uuit for the Radical party. Before the God
T. | R,h
Hughes and answer the question, who orglnat-
ed this conflict of races, 10 the solemn words OF
Nathan, Chou art the man. The party
represented by Mr.. Hughes is stepped to the
Inns in this siu, and with Infamous audacity seek
to lay the fruits Of their crime at the door Of
Conservative innoccusc.
General kcmpcr then spoke Of Hughes
speech at Lyuchburg, as most lncendlary aud
infatuated manifesto, with intent to fire the
hearts of the blacks. He paints Il horrible pic
turc of the whites, and lauds the blacks almost,
ia So many words, as second only to the apos-
lies of Gud. As a laborcr he puts the negro
far above the native and foreign burn white
uau, and covers with shame and intamy that
system Of dlmestic slavery OF which Robert ".
Hughes was tor years the foremost editorial
champion. He then spoke of Colonel Hughes
career as delegate to the Democratic
Convention of 1868, when he voted with
Gcucra Kcmpcr Tor Fraucis Z. Blair, for
Vice President, who had openly spoken in ia
vur Of declaring the reconstruction acts null aud
void, and compelling the army to dlsanuul
their acts 10 order that the white men might
set up governments OF their own 10 the South.
Passing TO the consideration of the proposed
plank III the I.yuchburg platiorm, that which
opposed mixed schools and was Withdrawn be,
cause the scutlncut 0! the Convention was 50
overwhelmingly opposed to ii, General kempcr
demanded to know OF Robert w; Hughes
whether, il elected Governor, he would approve
or veto a bill admitting negroes to hotels, thea
tres and other places OF amusement, entertain
ment, and instruction. Cries Of Make him
answer it.. Calls for Hughes" &c.
lie dare not, caunot, will not answer the
question He defends his vote 10 the NV
York Convention on the ground that he but
carried out the wishes of his constituents, will
he on the same principle approve Of social
equality bill which Lewis, Smith, Wlckham,
and McMahon were subjected to by the negroes.
The negroes now control the party and nc must
reflect their sentiments, which arc kiown to be
il favor of such bill. If he opposes them he
will be stranded. as was james L. Orr, Of South
Carolina, an object OF loathng and scorn to his
old associates; political balk. II he is rep
scscutatiyc of his party he Is bound TO subordl
nate the white to the colored race. General
kemper then quoted the speeches of leading
negro legislators i'll Virginia and other southern
States to show their bitter spirit towards the
whites, aud said these negroes constitute niue.
teuths of Il party, the other tenth OF which Is
composed Of many not half SO worthy OF re-
spcct excepting, OF course, his competitors IN
this campaign. Col. Hughes had said his party
was relief party. True; they had relieved
the southern people OF nearly everything they
ever had Referring to Col. Hughes record
again, the General said that during the war,
when for sixteen days he fought the enemy in
his shirt-scevcs, nothing checred him more
than the patriotic sentiments indited by Col.
Hughes for the Examiner. As to the state
mcut that VIC must curry favor with Grant by
Joining the Radicals he said that the little finger
of good old Confederate, true to his record,
was more powerful with Grant than all the
Ioins Of million Carriers and Chambers.
As to the james River aud kanawha canal
he said that the northern people were TOO
shrewd to cntrust an enterprise IN which they
arc So deeply interested to the mongrel Kadl-
cal party of the South, party which had made
every southern State as poor as rat.
Gen. kcmpcr made u brilliant pcroratlon,
ami took his scat amid great cheers aud APP
plausc.
H. H. Chandler was then introduced, and
after arragDiug Gen. kemper for not sticking
to his text, avowcd himself carpet Dagger, and
said he was as proud to have been born in
Maine as Anybody else could be to have been
born iu Virginia. He then spoke of his re-
cord as an old Wing and Bell and Everett man,
and detailed his miStortuucs during the war.
lie was as entertaining as usual, aud command
cd the attention of his audience.
COL Withers followed 10 speech full of
facts, and as effectual as any he ever made He
said it had been strenuousIy urged that Virginia
should be sold to the Republican party in con-
sideration of Its votes 10 Congress in aid Of the
James River and kanawha canal. He denied
the necessity of joining the Radicals to secure
this cud. The scheme could not fairly be claim
ed by the Republicans 1t was a national scheme,
and both parties in the great West and North
west are already enlisted 10 its support, because
they want clcap TRANSFORMATION, and mean to