Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1881-10-12
A Card from Major John w.
Daniel.

While in Lynchburg on yester-
lay a friend called my attention tt
he Richmond Wing of Septemb el
18th containing an article hea1ei,
us this forgery ?" wherein IS rep,
resented a so called facsimile OF Z
ticket voted in Lynchburg in 1879
when | was the conservative candi-
date for the State Senate. The
ticket referred to has upon it print
cd the names of Wickliffe and
others, the readjuster candidate;
tor the General Assembly wAici
ale "scratched' with pen, and the
names of the conservative candi-
dates inserted inserted in their stead
in writing. The Wing claims that
| was the beneficiary of the sratch-
ed ticket; that it was forgery, and
desires 10 know who did it.
cannot judge from the rude
facsimile given whether the par;lcu
lar ticket copied is genuine, but |
am familiar with the circumstances
under which such ticket was used
by few voters IN the election Of
1879, and [ propose to relate them.
l. After | was nominated tor
reelection to the Senate by the
conservatives of Campbell and
Lynchburg, the readjuster party
nominated against me one George
NJ. Wickliffe, aliss DR.. Worsham,
who had come TO Campbell county
under tie latter name lev years
before as fugitive from justice in
Louisiana. Holding the position
of Auditor in that State under car
pet bag rule, he had embCzAled
public funds to large amount,
and had been impeached and con-
victed of the crime by the Senate
OF Louisiana Escaping be mad
hidden himself in remote part OF
Campbell county under the alias OF
Worsham, and was there enjoying
his i'll gotten gains. Rcarrestei
and taken South under requisi
tor, he had managed to cyade the
clutches OF the law, and had COM
to the surface in 1879 as readjrs'ey
nominee for the Virginia S nate.
His record, fnlIy certified was sent
to Lynchburg and ventilated; and
the more respectable portion Of the
readjuster party revolied against
the election Of such a man.
On the night Jeiore tie election
three colored republicans came vol
unfairly to see me. They stated
that they and a number OF their
colored friends could not and would
not vote for Wickliifo, aIthough'ho
was republican, and that they de-
sired to vote for my colleagues and
myself AID they asked me to
give them some conservative tickets.
| replied that | had 10 such tickets,
and had not seen any as yer, that
had nothing to do with their pre-
paration, the matter beingin charge
of the Executive Committee, and
that | had no uneasiness about our
election, which was assured by a
large majority.
They then SAID. 1--WE have sever
al patches OF the Wick life tickets,
and if we can get conservative
tickets of the same size a number
of US colored men will vote them:
but If we vote conservative tickets
Of different size there are bitter
and proscriptive men of our own
race who will attempt to intimidate
and prosecute us; and can you not
have such tickets printed tor Us p
| said no; | don't care to bother
with it. They were iusis'ent; and
then said, ''we think YOU should
help rs 70 vote without undergoing
intim dation md persecution. and
will You not erase tie names in the
Wickin ii.krt AMI insert those Of
the conservatives, this will ENABLE
u to vote - ~e please
THUS urge sad il that is all
you wish ! viii do il, AID picking |
up pen | erased the names OF the
Wickl iie candidates On one bach
0 III sc tickets, and inserted those
OF the conservative candidates.
,. It must he obvious to any
enlightened b, Inc Iigh'cs' ray o.
intelligence h There 3as 10 wrong
Or imP.oplicy in this at. | did it
openly vi h,u. coac 'ment # any
kind. Scratched nctc's are right
fully voc in c,ey cI ction. And
these ticreis al ci ia my hand
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