The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1880-08-11


M 70 follow Il on the false trail which u IS
oursulng. We have said not one word IN
favor Of violating or disrcgarding Soy part
~ The Fedora, Constitution. We have FUR
u,shed no capital to the uorthera sss'war~'
and we do not Intend ~ do 50.
II we understand the DRIFT o. TOE Wh'9s
header Of Yesterday 1t is that 1t r violation
Of the fourteenth amendment sor the STATE
Of Virginia TO require her mscs over 'wen'
tv.oue wears Of age TO pay capita''on TAX
as a prerequisite TO voting. IL cant De
v.o,.t;cn Of the Shirtcenih amendment; Tor
tb,t nropcscs 10 do nothing nore than pre-
vent slavery In this country. Itcsnt be
yjo,attop a the fifteenth soendment' iof
chat aims to &c nothing mere than prevent
citizens Ct the United States from being de-
MED the right 10 vote on account OF race
coler. or previous condsion OF servnuae'
Therefare. Il must he the fourteesth
amendment which VIC, in imitation OF the
Okpotoxe states, declared IL TO he our For-
nose TO violate when We declared In fav"r Oh
making burly negroes gay the large SUM OF
one dog,ar year for the privilege Of eject
lug their rulers! By the way, our neigh
bor saws this last sentence contains con-
tradi0ion in terms; but as we have tie pay
for the privilege Of electing directors IN all
banks or other institutions In which we own
stock we are inclined TO hold that our
nejcbbor IL mistaken. But never nina
that Let us stick TO the main question.
First, however, iet us plead =" Not guilty
10 the charge OF bgving imported the negro
into this discussion. We Of course well
know that the Constitution OF Virginia re-
quires no more OF negroes than ii does OF
whites: and we and the Wing might there
fore easily discuss the policy Of the capita
ton tax without saying word as 10 esther
of the two races into which the people OF
Virginia are divided. That 1t was not our
fault that SssfHe was brought into the dis
cussion we proceed 10 prove by again
quoting from the Wing the language upon
which we were commenting in the article
in which our neighbor finds so much trea-
son TO our northern brethren and TO the
Constitution Of the United States. That
language was rs follows:
"Eyery colored vote for Garfield Tut
weakens readjustment, and goes so lar to
ALLEVIATE the colored voter from his real
friends, the Readiusters. and the only peo-
ple to whom he can look for the protection
Of his race in Virginia.
.'Let them ally this time with Readjust-
ment and vote the ReGdiuster ticket, and
nexi year the grand army Of diSfrdnchtsed
coiored voters tciH be liberated 10 strengthen
S.n thatr nht ON N
in Virginia. Let the Readj listers fail, and
the coIored man will relapse into utter In
significance hereafter.
"Tbe ReSdjusters offer them big
prize-oDe for which all passion, all senti-
'ment, and all nonsense should be at once
laid aside. The prize is free ballot, fair
count, a .Don-increase OF taxes, non-in-
crease OF the assessments on property, rep
resentation on iuries, protection OF ibeir
civil rights by every county court IN the
State, and last. but not least, good and
efficient free-school system for their chill
dren."
The reader will see at once that the whites
who do not pay their capitstion tax are not
mentioned in our text, and will concede
that we were excusabie for not mentioning
them in our comments.
The Whig declares that the Constitu-
ton of the United States Institutes free sur
frsge and equal rights" Does the Wing
mean to say that the capitatieu tax or edu-
cational. qualification required Of voters in
Massachusetts, is unconstitutional: Does 1t
mean to say that the provision Of the Rhode
IstsndLegislatsre DISTINGUISHING all foreign.
ers who do not own real estste is unconsti-
tu6Onat? The iE'hig will hardly commit It,
SELF to any such propositions. 1t knows that
every State has the undoubted right under
the Federal Constitution to require any
sort Of qualifications which 1t peeases in its
voters II it only does not deny them the
tight to vote on account OF race, col0r,, or pre-
viORs condition OF ,seryitude. The Wing
knows that Virginia requires nothing
OF her negro voterswhich she does not re-
quire OF her white voters. Tbeaeiore, it
knows that all it's q ankec talk about our
editotial of Sunday islbosh. We Gaye not
denied to the colored people " thesr Claim
to recognition as men.'' No one feets more
kindly towards them staan we do; get we
still think they ought To be repaired 30 pay
dolla a year to support the public schools
and for the privilege 81 eleeting their
rulers. We have not .delied "their rights
as set forth by the Bill OF Rights Of Wiz
ginia and the existing Constitution Of The
United States" Dn the contrary, Ge
would give to them all the rights securah
TO them by those instrum6n.s. We haze
not played into the hands Of, the northern
Radicals. Bat,,supposing we b. d, what hrel
the Wing and Its supporters aGoing every
day but trying 20 divide tbe,Conservative
vote Of Virginia between two sets OF elect
ors, and thus to.enable GAcfIRsU to carry
this State! Our ,se:ghbor Is playing into
the hands Of the Radicals to come purpose.
"Neither the Federal nor the SITE obi
gatioas are observed" quoth the Wig
That's exceedingly good in the pSgth Of
our naghbor. Hoa,t.- .tfr
We beg the Wig TO point out one, ~ ord
10 our editorial that Is calculated to ttseep
alive the old sectional .GlSirust and hate"
We can End no such word in it. TIE asu-
Gle concerned State politics. and had blE
one sentence in 1t Touching national poll
tics. In word, we saye never known the
WING to be Snore unjusitban- il is in its com
menls upon that article, which was as free
from seetionsl appeals, aad tron.eyerythiag |
e@ss calculated or intended to I'd ouse Sec |
tional prejudiees, as an article COULD be. Set
US right with gour readers, neigkbor, or
else let them sse for Themselves what we
said.