The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1880-09-23
Virginia.

Virginia.
weprint this morning the lsst'le'ter o
the,carrespondent OF the New Yokk Time
who was recently semitic Richmond.to as
certain the tr1c state Of things in'Nirginia
OF course we do not reproduce this lette
because it is important to know what tina
correspondent himself has to,ssy In regar,
to the '"iuiquitous laws" and"other yer.
Objectionable things that he found In tbi
state, but because he Is the nouthpiece o
certain Republican leaders in Virginia. l
ne had learned from them that GARFIELD
would certainly carry the State, and tina
the Republicans scorned an alliance will
Genera Ms HOME, the correspondent weult
haye recorded those as the facts of the case
III be had learned that the negroes had al
paid their capitation lax, he would have
said so.
or course q nortberner writing from
Virginia must have his flings at "tbt
BotTbons." That is TO be expected. 1t i!
a convenient word, and favorite witt
Republicans as well as farther north.
To stalwart Republican '"a Bourbon " /;
the man who refuses TO recognize negroes
as fhe equals OF white men. That is what
the Times man means by it. II cannot be
anything more; for the statements con.
corning false counting inlVirginia are sim.
ply untrue. We suppose there is OF cheat
ing ut elections ten times as much done
IN Philadelphia or even New York as
In Virginia; yes, fifty times as much. Yet
this :. loose and unveracious" chronicler
writes: "They 1.-THE negroes] had sense
enough to know that their votes
when cast would not be counted" Who
put this falsehood into Mr.. CARRoLL's ears
He did not originate 1t himself. AS we said
before, he merely repeats what somebody
has told him. Again: after saying that a
~fair aud free system Of conducting cleo
tons" ought to prevail here, he adds, that
It ".does not" This Is the same falscbood
in 'Otber words. Where is this cheating
done? Nowhere in this State, as every
truthful Republican ought toakave told Mr..
CARROLL.
Again: Mr. tCAgRoLL says that every
voter must before he can vote show a re-
ceipt for his capttation tax to the judges OF
elections. This Is untrue. Lists OF the
names OF all who have paid that tax are
fsrnished to the,eleclion officers, and when
the voter presents himself the officer has
Only TO look at a list alphabetically arranged
to see whether thevoter has paid his poll
tax or not. iOf course IL voter puts of
paying his dollar autil after these lists are
made.out and printed, there is nohhing else
to be done but to ,aiiow him TO vsse on his
receipt. This fact, however, onig proves
how careful our autE critics are Is secure
to every man asvo&e ~who pays dollar OF
tax.
Mr. CAssAoLI. speaks.of "the longGnd te-
dious routine" which ,the negroes Sust 90
through before getting tax receipts. This
Is AL bcsh. Every negro who is assessed
with the po!Ltax can 60 to the coitsc,or's
Office and get receipt as soon as tbe-cerk
can write. one--say, in tive minutess and
the ofice Is open every day for that@ur-
pose. The. same sort OF Sax Is requiref, in
MASSACHUSETTS,. Rhode iIsiand, Penneyiga.
mia, and other>States ,butfin Pennsyiwsaia
1t must he paid At least a .rsentb before the
election. Here I've aIowit 10 be paid sap
to and Including the day before the else-
ton, and <hen let the negro Fote upon his
tax receipt. What could be more liberal,Y
Here is anotherfalse statement:
"The fignses1tbat Is, the Deseocratic MAJ
tority] viii depend 6ery muei upon ts,e
disposition and caprice OF the
good Democrats who will have. control Of
the count"
Who told tisss daIsehosd to Mr.CARRoLLf
Tkerc is less seundstion in.VRgnia for 1
sasdh charges thar in ang ,northesr State, l
We have no doubt. Andtkere is o.excuse
Ios making them. Anybodg who wishes TO !
get a. the truth csA easily learn it from the
most reliable and truthful gentIe,sen in
Rcbmond. Mr.. CARROLL, car refer to none
such as ahe authors Of his story. IL hesan,
we tender him the uss of our columns in
which 70 publish their names. (He is sill
10 RiehUoad, we thinks
But the a.aporiant feature of Mr.. CAs-
ROLLS letter IL the fact that it poip.s out as
'lIiance between the RepxSslicans ,snd the
daboneites a. the probable 0utcoms Of the |,
present state d <hings. Read jhis letter and
'roGt by Il. Il
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