The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1874-08-10
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At weldon. II. e. fell III With q gentle
man whose qnaintance Tsmadeirl the great
campaign OF ~, who lis now g candidate
for q judicial position. he is stumping ehe
district and driving the enemy TO ths WAL,
as IL were. 8:
said, "and making il red-hot for my COM
petitor.1s
ais be acivil.rigbter 2"
aNo; he don't know what be Is. 4 tell
you the North Carolina white Radicals are
in sweet old fix. Their candidates can't
advocate ctYil-rights and get " bite support,
and il they don't advocate It, the niggers are
down on Fem" Is s.s
!. How does your competitor face the nlu-
sic ~, s.ss..
Is We'll. Harris is sharp fellow. When
he was working among the niggers to get
The nomination he said he was for civil
rights. The nigs bit at the bait, and gave
him the run. Then, when the canvass
opened he said he had thought over the
matter. and concluded that he was opposed
to ciyil-rights."
q What do the negroes say to this r.
COB, they are red. hot mad. They say
there Is no use putting any confidence in a
white man anyway. But they can't help
themselves, for If they don't vote for Harris
they have to take me, aud they wouldn't DO
that anyhow
/" Haven't you any Democratic negroes in
North Carolinaf"
Ono; nary Democratic mig"
"Not one In the State Z" ss
ooh, there may be few scattered here
and there, but not more than bali, q dozen
to county. They won't 60 with the white
men, and there is no use talking about it."
| "What is the feeling this campaign be-
tween the races ?"
"Bitter; more bitter than any campaign
since the war? 2"
"Wby?"
"Ob, the civil-rights agitation has aroused
all the old hate and more too. The whites
are more excited than / ever knew them to
be. In 1872 the negroes were in furry OF
excitement and alarm; this year it is The
whites. I think the whites will win this
election; they go into it meaning business"
INTO VIRGINIA.
The Old Dominion is in better condition
than any southern State have visited since
leaving Tennessee. There is dread here OF
the consequences which will follow should
the ciyil.rghts bill become law, but the
dread does not take the shape OF absolute
despair, as is so painfully apparent further
South. The whites are in majority in most
of the counties. They have the Governor,
Legislature, one United States senator, and
will have another at the next election, and
majority of the Congressman, which majori-
ty will be more of majority after the No
Yember election. The Republicans are slow
~ losing in strength. They have nothing
to fight about. The whites have establish
ed common schools for all (probabIy
the best system in the South, and are ad.
ministering the Government economically
and judiciously. Virginia to-day stands out
in bold contrast with the States further
south, and is better off in every particular.
Will we never learn that State is best gov
erned by those who own it.? This thing Of
putting "the bottom rail- or top"- standing
a column on its apex-may be beautiful In
theory, but it ends in the destruction of the
best interest Of thA governed and the gov
ernors. This lesson is brought home to us
year after year, and each year it is more vivid
and impressive.
The Virginians are disposed to give much
credit to Ex-Governor Walker for the super-
ority of their condition over other southern
States. Being grateful for the service, it is
proposed to send Walker 10 Congress from
this (the Third) district.