The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1880-09-16

GENERAL Brsa,sy r. Jehsson Cerrecs'
an Error ss Colonel Henderson
wear GENERAL JOHNSON Is CHARGED WITH
SAYING AND WHAT HE RSaLIr HAS 10 SAL
on rnz NEGRO QUESTION.

burne. DonnelIy case. wss introduced 70
rnr.rsl yohusou. OF Baltimore, who WIS
there dcfeuding Donneliy. He was Gen.
Moderate general OF nocc, and has beceme
an emiueut lawyer. Said to aim,
@f;eueral, what viii be the out.
come Of the southern question: VIII
the negroes and write Republicans be al
lowed 10 yxefs' Said he. al will De frank
with ycss, Cor 1t is time there was better
understanding between us. tea you tnat
we inte1d to give the negro his personal,
prcpcrty, and educational rights, but not
his poaitical rights" / asked what bis per.
sonai rights meant, and he satd ne reierred
10 his family relations. saIo- In etates
where the negroes are In na1 ,rity' wnat
wifi ven doSo 1--WE can't allow them
20 xntev But suppose they demand
nv "We can't help II, they can't
vote He then proceeded to discuss
the question with me, and added,
:. We hayc made up our minds, and
we NAV as well understand each other. The
negroes in the South cannot exercise their
political rights" 1 then said 10 bin that
the book bad been reading-Judge Tour
gees 4Foops Errand WAS true, then.
He said, while not admitting the philosophy
of II. the statements were true to the letter.
That. my friends, is the position OF tne
Democratic party in the South to-day. It's
outy another mode Of accomplishing IN
peace what they failed to accomplish by war.
To tfte Editor Of the Dubuque Herald:
WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, W. VA. Au-
gust d. Dear Sir: Your letter OF the 18th
was forwarded TO me here. You enclose
what purports 10 be a report OF speech
said TO have been made by Colonel ID. Il.
Henderson, in which Colonel Henderson is
said TO have stated that told him in q con-
yersation in Washington last spring that
{. We intend to give the negro bis per-
soual. property, and educational rights. but
not his political rights" and you ask me to
state IL his statement is correct. Assuming
that Colonel Henderson is correctly re-
ported. I have to say that he misunder-
stood and misapplied the conversation
then had with him. | am not surprised at
this. for the ideas l then suggested were
evidently new to him, and in the interview
between US, lasting only a short time, 1t
could not be expected that perfect stranger
could at once take in and apply the sugges'
lions then made to him by person I'M
known Ia him before, when these suggeS-
tions were made from standpoint entirely
novel and unexpected. l recolect the
scope and purpose OF our CONVEX
sation perfectly. Colonel Henderson was
en- intelligent Republican from an eX.
treme western State, and l thought
could really be Of service by imparting to
him what I believe to be the heartfelt pur-
noses OF our southern ex-Confederate peo-
pie. i said that the question with us In the
South was social, fundamental question,
not at all connected with temporary parti-
san issues which interest the other States.
@ ~ vi
ton. and progress were all involved in our
polirical action. The framework OF our So
ciety had been shattered from turIet to base,
and political power thrust into the hands OF
those inexperienced and incompetent to use
il. and we were required TO solve the pro-
blem whether society could exist when all
the power of government was welded by
The ignorant, the uneducated, and the mex
perleuced members OF 1t. l said the forces
that control State are virtue, intelligence,
property, and manhood, ana that no device
could be invented, no constitutional amend
ment nor congressional enactment be APP.
piled, which would change this order OF
nature.
When society is left to itself, uncontroll-
ed by exterior force, these vital forces will
direct and govern 1t. Therefore, said the
negro could not control any portion OF the
southern States. The whites will govern
these States always and under all crcum-
stances, not because they are white, but
because they possess those attributes which
the other race Is deficient in. i said zoe, the
whites, would secure the negro all the
rights of person and OF property, zoe
would insure his education and de-
yelopment, ice would protect him from
his own ignorance and ineXperlence. Let
alone, he had proved himself incapable OF
standing unsupported. But, said, under
all circumstances we will retain the control
Of society in the hands OF the whites, be.
cause all the forces OF society inhere IN and
pertain TO the whites. / said numerical ma.
jorities OF blacks 10 localities will not pre-
vent this. Power goes 10 the hands that
can use ii, and mere numerical power
never has controlled and never will con-
troll society. Women and children make
up the large majority, but power Is in
| the hands of the minority OF adult
men. Where the blacks have numeri.
cal majorities means will be found to con-
troll them. Limitations Of the franchise by
property or educational tests, or by capita
| ton taxes, or by divisions geographical,
will be applied, and thus the political power
OF negro maiorities will be destroyed or
neutraiZed. | can well understand how
lCOionel Henderson could have misappied
my remarks. | was talking Of the inherent,
| irresistible forces which control society
above constitutions, laws, or political
arrangements. He was thinking OF the
mere voting, and the devices resor,ed
| to by which these forces may best
govern il. now repeat, that under
no circumstances will any American
State, whether it be Iowa or South Carolina,
OF It's own free will, permit Itself to be gov.
erned by the ignorant, incompetent, and
mex perienced classes within 1t. III some
3future exodus should flood your lair State
with Southern negroes or Eastern Chinese,
the Republican and Democratic parties OF
iowa would shrivel up like parchment in
the tire. They would cease to be, and every
4 white man in Iowa would unite I'm an
earnest effort to preserve the civilization,
4 the society. and the moral tone of that so.
cial organization which has placed her
|imon wealths.
i Allow me to make a further remark. ii
the northern Republicans could be got to
understand and appreciate the real Difficult.
dies 'af the southern question aud the real
sentinsents and aspirations Of the southern
people, we could undoubtedly all be ena'
| bsed 10 turn our attention 10 the discussion
and development OF great propositions
whicheani,ront us all alike, and on which the
iutare Happiness and prosperity of all alike
deyend. ask dhem, put yourselves in our
place; we are opposed to secession; we are
! for sn sadissol9ble Union; We will never
consent to slavery in any form, direct or
indirect Now, these things granted,
pot yourselves In our place. with
class among you, sometimes out.
mum berirg you, always formidable in mum.
b.srs. on whOm political power has been