The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1879-09-17
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4 nrhn echerre OF MAHoHE periecteU az sue
! elmo ~ the Mozart Convention was. 70. COM
:sn l ,no colored voters, OF the State Witn
,ha xsck,ass whites who preferred trl-
nh with their cooperation to that soc,al
neaee and order which would bring disas'
Ter aud ruin upon their party afd tneif
loader. MALONE. In other words. theV
preferred their party triumph to the "e,-
fare aud happiness OF their State. sucu
was the selfish aud sordId nature OF Tug
motives which actuated them ana leu 'hs'i'
70 raise the banner OF resistance TO the ae-
c,ared law. or the State and the peace ano
happiness OF the people OF Virginia.
This. felIow.citszens, was the idea tnaI
/, uaa A. the bottom OF the reckless movement
OF the party under MALONE. 1t was under
taken through deliberate calculation that
the colored voters would give them power
in the Legislature to repeal the MCCULLocH
law. reform the. Court OF Appeals, revo'u-
tionize the government and spifitand ge-
MUS of our society, aud place the State ID
the power OF WILLIAM MALONE. No otner
expec,ation would have led him and DIS
Misunderstanding colleagues to venture upon
the sea OF agitation which now disturos tue
public peace and rolls up before our goodl
people the clouds OF apprehension " h nc
appear before them. 49,, .ssi-@.
For some weeks, Notwithstanding the
shrewder politicians foresaw what was the
MALONE plan, there'was a due degree OF re-
spect for public opinion observed, ana
much meekness and decorum displayed In
public discussions. But by degrees the
veil has been, thrown aside, and the real
purpose has been more completely dis
closed.
MASSEY, the arch-demagogue, has been
charged with the disgusting task OF unVeli-
ing the object so alien to good order ana So
cial Justice. at the bidding Of MALONE, he
has unfolded the vicious tricks OF the. plot
that was framed to seduce the coiored peo-
Die to the work Of impairing that
peace and prosperity which they them
selves are interested in. Petersburg was the
locality where it was determined 1t should
be first clearly developed. In that city
the clerical demagoguc first completely
threw aside his disguise and stood forth
brazenly before the colored assemblaSeS.
We mean not to undertake an account OF
his line OF argument; but we will give
enough to enable our readers to understand
it.
He represented himself and his fellow
partisans as being most kindly disposed to-
wards the blacks, while he took occasion to
inspire in his most artYul and ingenious
manner the idea that the Conservatives
were not at all favorably inclined towards
them. He thought it Very wrong that
they shoHId be so; but it was fact,
and while he, good man, was sorry
for it very, he couldn't help it.
He quoted words that he charged
that Major DANIEL had used that were Of
fensiye to tie colored people, and making
himself their considerate friend and de-
fender, left them to think the world and all
OF him, and to dctest Major DANlEL and the
Conservative party.
His adToitest trick was to argue that his
colored fellow. citizens should not be at all
troubled with the question of the debt.
That was contracted when they were slaves
aad by thcif IiIasteis. IL should nor De palu
by them, and it would be entirely unjust
and outrageous to place upon them and
their descendants for forty years the obi
CATION TO pay 1t. .,E M., s..'.
OF course, unacquainted with the ques-
ton, and not able to enter upon the reasons
to ba commission that
Parson MASSEY had struck the gist OF the
matter, and stated the right and Justice Of
the case.
Much more OF this sort was exploited by
the clerical demagogue. The effect was ap-
parent. and this line of teaching has caused
conferences and street-corner agitations,
which have increased the interest amongst
the colored people in Petersburg. And OF
course like consequences will follow the
deceitful talk OF MASSEY and MALONE in all
places where they venture to unfold thell
views. ,.g.
We can at once appreciate the hypocrisy
OF these agitators, and we can readily see
how they are eadeavoring to mislead the
colored people and seduce them to become
the agents of the vilest scheme to disturb
the peace and iniure the welfare OF the
country-that Of the negroes as well as the
whites. ....
The negroes are citizens OF the State
part OF the body polite -sharers in the
burthens as well ms the blessings Of govern.
ment. The attempt Of MASSEY to discover
them from the rest OF society is nefarious
and alien to the interests Of the community.
They are participants in all the property
and, privileges OF the Commonwealth, and
to suy shat they are not sharers in the bur-
thens of the State is a falsehood unjus to
them as it is, to the whites. 1t is grievous
outrage committed upon them forto say that
theypre not shsfers in the public burthens
would be to bring. down upon them" the
odiurl OF the remainder OF the people, upon
whom would fall 'ati the burthens. The
colored people would BECOME the objects OF
il.will. and mortal aversion, and In every
possible way they would be deprived OF all
share in. the benefits OF that government
whose Bqttbens Mr.. MASSEY tells them they
are otjustly, obligated to: hear. This is a.
thing thsti coald not be- expected rightly
from any but their worst enemy.
But MASSEY the serVile. performer of all
OF MAHoNE's vicious orders, is for making
profit out Of every concet 81 the moment.
1t matters not Tint It " Ws r but a, brief
willie, WSuffieient EMO the 6a,, Is, ,tba evil