Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1876-10-07
saturday, October 2, 1879.
Fran tie Richmond Wing.
Our Coloved Orator Aboard.

4 Specimen of j. W. DHgee's Campaign
Speeches.
Thursday night 2lst, Rev. J. w. Duusee
Ccolorcd,l of this city, spoke in Lynchburs to
an immense crowd. The other speakers were
Hons. VIM. N. CabeI, Thomas s. Flouruoy,
J. r. Tucker, aud Maj. j. w. Daniel
The Ne,cs mentions the speeches OF the above
distinguished gentlemen in a few lines but
such was the high opinion Of Mr.. Dangees S
address that it gives the following review Of
it:
The Howard University swindle, under the
management Of the pious o o. Howard
was ventilated, and the manner in which bali
a million was stolen, was yividly stated The
speaker. in passing, said that he was native
OF New Kent County, Virginia; was slave
for twenty-seven years; was Conservative IN
principles; was in sympathy with the people
OF Vir, iuia, ald would be opposed to Radi-
calism as long as c9rpet-bag or scalawag
officer held sway in the State.
When lie alverted to the Freedman's Bank,
somebody in the gallery remarked that the
LynchGurg branch was known as No. l.
The speaker replied Meet me atmy room to-
morrow. auG tell me who stole that $500 out
of your No. /. bank" He gave a lndi-
crous description Of the tens shed by Alvord,
the president Of the bank while gobbling the
negroes money forging the names of corpora
tors Of the bank wheedling poor negroes out
Of the scanty earnings, aud then winding up
the performance by stealing the last dollar OF
it. Hc added that every scamp who assisted
10 the theft was bawliDg for Hayes aud Wheel
er. lie showed that Morton, the pretended
friend Of the negro, was violently opposed to
negro suffrage, Jut hugsed him to bis bosom
when he became a voter, and also that Hayes
aud the people Of Ohio were opposed to negro
suffrage.
The speaker said he had recently visited the
State Of Maine, the home Of Blaine, and was
there bis>ed and booted at, apd on all sides
heard the word, niger, Niger" ringing
in his ears. lie didn't want to 60 back until
there was some Of Tildcn's reform up there.
lie lad becu 10 Lowell, Beast Buffers town,
aud found negroes suffering there was no
room for them there; white labGrers would
not work with them, aud didn't care if they
all stafvcd-aud that was Just how much the
Yankee loved tie negro. Tie saw cOlOred men
in Lynchbnrg painting houses and working 90
streets with white men. Cjlored men were
not allowed to paint houses where he had been
in tie North, aud no white laburer or mechanic
there wou,I work with negro. He discussed
tie so-calied Southern outTageS," aud show
ed that they were iDstgated by arpet-bas-
gers and adventures, wbo had not credit, even
for a cake Of soap, in their own sections, and
who would get the negroes into trouble and
then desert them No colored man 10 New
York or Massachusetts, could get a doctor to
visit him without payment Of bis fee in ad-
vance.
The speaker continued to show, by apt illus
trations, that the udency Of Virginia negroes
is to 20 to their former masters for lavors and
rcciprocate their kindness by voting against
their Interests. The factories here were filled
with negroe, who received their wages every
week. and yet they would vote against their
own and their employers interests II asked to
30 SO by an unknown carpet-basger. More
negroes are now employed by Democrats IN
Washington than ever were employed by Re
publicans
Tie social equality question was adverted
to. The speaker said there was 20 such thing
among white people, and never Gould be be-
tween the races. Honesty, virtue and intelli-
eence were the tests, and when tried by this
rule each found bis proper level, and that no.
body but an arraut fool would talk about So
cial equality.
But we cannot, at this late hour, follow the
speaker further, aud tie foregoing is the merest
outline of lis mastery speech, and does not
begin to do justice even TO the Subjects treated
Of His speech was at first received with de-
ri.iun by a few ill-nanuered negroes in the
gallery, but they soon became quiet, and lis
tened with attention At the conclusion Of
his speech, which was loudly applauded
throughout, Mr.. Dungee was warmly congrst-
rlotna Lr rnanu gnullarnen nf nrnminence.