Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1880-02-03

men to power for more than a deckade
in Virginia, many of the colored people
voted with the whites, and, If we now
properly construe its uttcrances they
will simply make 1t certain that hereaf-
ter these 10000 colored men will be
unit 1t cannot split, or from which it
cannot spaul off one vote. Then If
40 600 of the 10, 600 white votes go with
them the Jig would be up with the Conn
momccalth's policy. Now, in this peri
cd when Col. Royals party uses the
vote of the coIorcd people of Albemnrle
to elect Republican whose views of
Of State policy are identical with those
on which he has founded his new paper,
he uses such language as this:
"These negroes vote always sOlidly
together, and vote always without in
formation and intelligence. "--Again---
Neither this negro rnbblc nor Il comb
"nation between it and the scum Of the
white people, shall control the fortunes
"and fate of this Commonwealth. y
| He speaks Of the party in pow or rs the
Il 'nclpnn beasts who have seated Them
selves in her official chairs" In speak
| ing OF Gen, Malone the Commonwealth
says eve want the world to know he
",loes represent that part of The popula-
''tion of Virginia which consists of ne
groes whom the predominant party
''havc injected into the body corporate
'as wooden headed voters, together with
''that clement Of the scallawag whites,
"to tonch which is corruption
We could italicisc portion Of this IAN
guage, but IL is unnecessary. II ia not
necessary in this age to ilalcisc such
words IN poison, fire, Mississippi river,
Blue Ridge or Niagara. The reader
will agree with us that the people o.
Virginia will, to some extent, distrust .
leadership which from one OF the flag
stands Of the party applies such language
to such large masses of voters as com
pose the Readjnster party. The reader
will remember that the party the COm-
paOn,oedith speaks for has not notorioiisly
succeeded in the accomplishment Of any
Of its purposes except in wrestling the
State from the rule of Federal appoint.
ees, and that success was due to the sa'
gacity, management and intripidlty OF
Malone. The management was that Of
Cancellation toward the colored people.
We must admire the boldness ant
frankness of these avowals. They mr.,
not made from any covert, nor uttered
In the indisinct tones of the telephone
Col. Royal Is a bold man. We wish W,
could commend the policy Of their ut
terances, but we cannot We do not sec
in them that forecast which presageI
success. The facts are that Virginia hal
been Frustrated, and has not fully re
covered her position. We must take TIN
State as we find 1t, with all its forces
elements and antagonisns, and out o
this We must bring safety, prosperity
and development for its people, or W,
shall have to acknowledge failure.
Nevertheless, We thank the Common
,oedlh for its preferred exchange, for ",
shall read It's columns with interest
Already they are brilliant as well as bold
The paper is a model Of Typographical
appearance, and having corps Of abb,
gentlemen on 1t, as We know from actua
acquaintance with all Of them, II ia oblig
cd to bristle with that excitement whicl
comes from plenty Of news gotten up II
the very best style.