The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1881-10-14

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We have said moro than oaee hereto
s<ve ~ 10 not aapet sny eonssderas'e
r,.,,ser ~ negroes 70 sots for DAsIEi7
nsssecp. and NcKfssxY. The negroes
heve their owa Ideas ~ ie their d'I'y 10 tne
nostter 81 voting, and each o. fnein y 2
hanale Of preIudicss. They WIN woFk
{a,,hs,,,sy for Democrat; csll upon Dim
for help when ihey are sick Or " Distress
sss appca. 70 him for Vecuniary assistance
whenever they need Il. Nevertheless, they
viii moi vote for him nor as he wishes
thssn to vote. The fact that he Is going 70
Support particular candidate Is for them
evidence enough that they ought not to
support that candidate.
g'he negroes, therefore, viii as class
sunYost CAMERON, LEWIS, and BLAIR. IN
al virginia q few thousand Of The most
Intelligent and most Independent OF them
max vote our ticket; but, taking them IS a
race, they win vote with the Coslitlonists.
Having voted With the Coalitionists, they
win IT course, II the Coalitionists succeed,
exnect a good share Of the offices 70 De
fl,ied by members Of the new party. In
the cities they win ask to be made po-
liccnen, and II their demand Il not met to
suit them they win at once desert the 20
alisionists. They have the power by their
numbers to control, II they VIII, any party
in Virginia that sets itself up IN opposition
10 The "white mans party" as they call
and consider the regular Democratic psrty.
/, xoes without saying that the negroes
have not deserted the Republican party
without first coming 10 determination not
10 submit TO so unfair division OF the Of
fees as has been forced upon them by that
parfv. They recognize General MALONE
Is nan who will be more liberal to them
than ever The Republicans were, and have
rallied under his standards rather because
Of the hope that they are to have large
share Of the Offices than for any other rea-
son. They have proved by this act that
they are not satisfied with the treatment
which has been meted out 70 them by the
Republican party. No doubt General
MALONE will lead them back into the
Republican party; but they expect him to
demand for them even from the Republic
cans many more places OF honor and emol-
umcnt than have heretofore been accorded
70 them By this party.
II we have given correct statement OF
the relations Of the negroes and the Co
slinonists, the reader viii understand in
what sense it may be said that the State
debt Is not the most important issue in this
campaign. Many Of our friends regard II
as an issue subordinate TO what they look
upon as the important issue, this latter
being the question whether there shall be
negro domination in Virginia or not.
We agree, therefore, that in certain
sense the supremacy Of the white race will
he involved In the election Of next month.
But that fact only increases the importance
Of opening the eyes Of the people TO the
enormities OF the RIDDLEBEBGER bill; be-
cause il is as certain as anything can be
that 1t Is only the hope OF having the debt
question settled once for all that will in
ducc any considerable number Of white,
to vote the Re;idiuster ticket this fall.
Look the matter full in the face. There
are only two classes Of white Readiusters.
These are, first, those who honestly believe
that they can improve their own condition
and the condition Of the State by settling
the debt upon almost any sort Of terms
and, second, those who are governed by
corrupt and unpatriotic considerations, and
who will follow General MALONE let him do
what he viii. II Is folly to appeal to these
latter as white men or rs Democrats. They
cannot be reached by sppeals Of any sort
because they are not seeking to do right,
but TO accomplish selfish ends. The
other class may be reached. They arc
honestly desirsus Of settling the debt,
and they know that they themselves have
no intention Of contributing to negro
domination. To charge them with such
intention is TO offend them. But II you csn
convince them that the Mahoneites are not
real Readjusters, and that the RIDDLEBKn-
GER bin Is worse than any other bill that
has ever been framed for the reAdiustmen!
Of the public debt, and viii be secuted by
the creditors Of Virginia, you will have
done all that ia necessary TO induce them 70
yste the Democratic ticket. To tell then
thst the debt question is not the issue is Il
seil them that they do not know what they
ore about to vote for or against. But shon
them that even II they are right
and even II the debt question is thu
real issue, II is still their duty K
vote the Democratic ticket, and yor
may gain good many thousand votes. W.
know how difficult 1t Is to realize that the
negro question can be subordinated to th'
debt question. Nevertheless, so 1t is IL
many minds. The voters have been taught
that we use the negro As bugbear e
Brighten them out of the Resaiuster party
ard they are fortified against attacks OF
that side. Let oil such be approached, ~
they must be II they are to be eouverteI
from the error OF their ways, on the side o
readiustmcnt.
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Who May Collect Delinquent Taxes
The Whig thinks there is no conflict be
tween the 9gth, Goth, aud oath sections 0
the act approved April /, 1870, in regM'
to the collection OF delinquent taxes. w