The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1881-09-16

~yention and nominated pJ ACCT
their candidate for the House OF DeiesaseS
Dir. Nef, Q popular yourg man. 7Iho u eOn'
fdent OF carrying the county
w. w. HaEIewOod, coalition Nnminec
for the House OF Delegates from
HeDrfeO.
The Convention consisted OF ABOUT ioisy
negroes and three whites. How fond haI'Iu
ia OF the negro now. Read what ne sara
in an address In 1873; q
10 the While Men Of Henrtco:
There is a large and influential class OF
mon IN whom The supposed corruptioos shu
disstpations Of fbe modern pohiicll canvass
10 90 r-snugnant that they have heretofore
sustained IRON participating In any Of tne
nnhlic gatherings held in. The Interest OF
rraftv no,itics. Having myself, from con-
! scienttons nhougb, | believe, misiakep)eon-
y%icliops. RETAINED heretofore from iaklpg
an active part in politics, | feel impelled Dy
n sense OF duty, IN view OF the tremendous
interests involved. to address a Few woru:
oi admonitIon and sppeal to that portion OF
the community who regard their oDDSa-
lions to the State performed when tney 80
10 Inc ballot-box. ..
There is but one question involved 10 lne
present caDvass-absoluiely bul D ~
inc happy and prosperous portions OF tnls
country the people may be diyioed on great
questions OF governmental policy, put mere
in Virginia the only question IS, Shall tue
White man be under the dominion Of 'ne
negroi
How will YOU decide that question ? Your
answer will be given In the part you play
in the mighty struggle wbicn Is lOout 10
take place. Your vote Is not AL that 10
needed. A portion OF your time Is neees,
safy to kill the snake that was only scolcheu
in The Walker campaign OF 1869.
Mark il, white men OF Henrico'
IL. VIrgInians, everywhere-negro social
equality is The ultimate aim OF virginia
Rsd1caiism. All the power OF sopblstry
will be brought to bear on our people.
The poor man viii be assalled, and efforts
will be made 10 delnde him into me ldea
that The negro combination Is the poor
mans p1riV. The poor mans party, IN
deco! II the negroes can succeed In bind
inc this class OF people, the detaded Unite
men will be poor indeed. They are The
very men who will be the first TO suffer.
The rich can 60 away; the poor VIII
have TO remain and endure the d1-
fut realities Of social equality Nth
an inferior race. Robert w. Hughes,
the negro candidate for Governor, has
arraigned the white people OF virginia
for hostility to the negro, and does not beSl-
tate TO say that we hate them. And this as
sertion i made IN the face OF the fact tDat
the negroes are comDactly and thoroughly
Organized 10 open hostility to the whites,
and that Mr.. Hughes is the nominee OF a
negro convention composed OF delegates re-
presenting a negro constituency, IN winch
The white people had no part, and 10 when
they were not even invited. We are all Ia
miIiar with the history OF the last lew
wears. and none more so than Mr.. Hughes
himself. We, the Uhite men OF Viz
pinia, challenge this man, who has
made bis political bed Nth negroes, TO
point TO q single act OF cancellation
on the part Of bis ~inSOlent associates. Wnen
did a negro convention say TO the whites,
We desire your help and advice? we were
born and reared among you. You know
what we are you know our wants. We
live on your lands; we eat your bread.
Come and advise with us and lead us out oil
our troubles. You have been our masters,
YOU are nOw our employers. we nave
found you kinder and more generous to-
wards our race than we bad any reason TO
hope for, and we are willing to commit our
welfare into your hands, assured that yon
will guard our true interests with fidelity
for the sake Of the time when we played to-
gether on the old plantation.
Oh, no The negro occupies a more
exalted position. The bottom rail is on
TOD. Vice and ignorance set in judgment
on virtue and knowledge. Backed by
0poState uhiteS, who stoop to conquer, The
negro saws to the white man, We are your
superiors; we are patriots; you are rebels.
Therefore YOU must come to US we must
make laws to govern you; you must pay
taxes to educate our children we must
have our children educated side by Side
with your children; we must have the
privilege OF setting by your side in the
iury.box, in the public conveyance, In
the church: we. must sleep and eat with
YOU i'm the hotels; we must baye the en-
trance into your domestic circle; our laws
must authorize our sons to marry with your
daughters.
We cannot trust ourselves TO pursue TO
rs legitimate conclusion the Disgusting
theme Of negro social equality. This ques-
! tion has TO be laid bare, and our people,
who might possibly be deluded by the So
phistry OF the cunning negroes and their
ORce.hunting white associates, must be
made acquainted with the Interior designs
OF those who would degrade US TO the level
of creatures tuhOm our very nOStrIS Fepu-
date. Shame on the white man who would
lend his name to the purposes OF this vile
combination against the virtue and intelll-
gence OF the Commonwealth.
But some are disposed to look more
kindly on the negro party because they
have nominated tchite men for the State
Offices when they could very readily have
nominated negroes. Very true; but the
negro is not a fool. He knows very well
that you would not vote for a negro, and be
could not elect his candidates without your
help; and so he offers you a white man. and
hopeay you will not see through the fimsy
disguise.
The candidates are white men, but they
will have to endure the unpleasant dis
tiuction Of being regarded as the represents
tiyes OF negroes, or, in PLAIN words, they
stand IN the place of negroes. The white
sptck is lost in the black cloud which en-
velops il.
Then, again, some Of us are unwilling 10
admit the dissgreeable idea that the negroes
are really engaged in an effort to establish
social equality. What are they after, then Z
As / said before, they are not fools. They
have long since abandoned the hope that
the Federal Government would confs-
cate the property OF the whites
and divide IL among the blacks. They
are not all silly enough to suppose
that they can Get Office. What, then, il
they cannot make money by the success Of
their candidates, do they hope forf Social
equality with the whites; not the elevation
Of themselves, but the degradation OF the
white men. No, Mr.. Hughes, honor and
truth assert that your charge against your
own race is a perverslon Of history. From
the day that the freedom OF the slave
was assured the negroes have been