The daily gazette., 1874-08-29
From the Petersburg Daily News
Il Uhite Mans PUitU.

1t seems impossible TO impress upon tE
minds, even OF some of the leading aud mos
conservative journals OF the north, Il correct
idea of the political relations which the two
races in the south sustain to each other
For instance, such Journals as the New Yorl
Tribune and Herald entertain some grossly
| erroneous yiews.upon this important subject
which they are constantly inpressing upon
the northern mind to the prejudice OF tile
white people OF ,the south. They do not
perhaps do this from any sectional animos-
ity or Intentional wrong, but they do il
nevertheless, seriously to the injury OF our
section, by circulating erroneous impressions
as to the policy and motives which actuate
Our people. What is called by some the
"white mans party" is raw head and
bloody bones in these two papers, and they
are really impressed with the false notion
that 1t is party of bitter and relentless
auimosiiy to the negro race, and was
formed with the intention OF making per-
petual and exterminating warfare upon that
people! They think, too, it is an aggres-
sive party composed exclusively OF white
| men, aud that not colored man will be per-
| mitted to cooperate with them in restoring
our section to peace and good order In
| der these utterly false impressions they
deprecate a"white mans party" and attempt
\ to throw all the blame upon the white
people! 1t Is pronounced "war ofraces,"
ana ii any riot occurs in the south 1t Is at
once ascribed to the white man. This"
says the Tribune, ais the danger which the
so-called white mans party continually
invites and If there is any lesson TO be
drawn from the (kentucky) riot II is that
society will never be sale while 1t is directed
politically by the prejudice OF color"
In this the Tribune may be entirely cor
rect, but 1t is true that the fault lies at the
door OF the white people? Would that
Journal nave the white people oil the south
JON the negro and carpel.bag party, aud
surrender all their government and liberties
Into the hands OF such class Of ignorant
and degraded serfsp Orwould that journal
have us disband all our forces, desert The
ballotbox, and folding our arms III supreme
Indifference, permit such dangerous aud
ruinous eemeLts of society to take posses
SION OF our beautiful section and Tun II into |
perdition2 We cannot think so badly of |
the Tribune, and If such is not its design |
then what would IT have tho whites do to
Rvold the danger, and how would 1t apply |
the remedy3 Here is the difficulty. The |
white people of the south have been COM |
PEELED TO band together not TO make acar a0ith |
tie negro, but to rescse our State and local |
governments from the hands of the ruinous
classes to which we have referred, and TO |
prerent them from making .caT on as. Wei
have 10 intention or desire to produce o
''wsr of races" nor to deny 10 the negroes
any of the civil rights of citizens, but our
whole design is, and has been from the |
beginning, TO protect ourselves from the |
utter ruin which has already overtaken |
some OF the fairest portions OF the houth, and |
which, without come combination and
resistance OF the white people, would long |
since have overwhelmed us a. every point. |
What Is called the "whte mans party"
therefore, has been formed and acts from |
necessity and in sell defence. We have |
been willing and anxious all the time 10 |
have tie colored race cooperate with us In |
making the laws and opposing the carpet |
Dagger, but the colored man. with lew hon. |
orable exceptions. uniformly and y, rsietent-
ly refuse to JOIN US, and always array them
selves in solid column on the side oi ou
worst enemies. Tho white people OF the
south think they are superior race and
had better govern themselves than be
governed by their former slaves, m XeG with
few white scround sis and allies. Have /,
the northern people OF pres, any l,sht IL
complain at ihlss Would they not 81" ~ we I
are doing and are determined 10 I 10 tbr
best OF our power
II the negroes will not come otr. and |
help as we cannot possibly 20 over IL their
carpet-5ag party and help them, and this is |
the naked issue. fla war OF races springs
from this state of things-thls "preJudoe OF
color" rs the Tribune designaies It-with |
all its attendcnt horrors the blame will not |
rest with the white people but upon those
who have forced such an unnatural and |
terrible condition OF things upon them.