Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1881-01-08
BRANDED AS BOGUS.
The Pretenslcns of the Author OF
"a FooI's Errand."
The Carpet.BaE Element as il reai-
" is.


& Son, of New York, reply to
Tourgee's "a FOOLS Errand.''
MR.. RoYALL,
whs 10 spending his Christmas here,
is correcting the pro0f-sheets Of his
work. Royal has occupied preni-
nent place in Virgiuia's history since
the war. He was second in the fsm-
GUS mortal Mordecai Mccarthy duel
in the spring of 1876, and advisory
friend in the Smith-Eiam duel last
summer. He is 4 great-uephew of
Chief Justice Marshall, and was in
the recent campaign the leader of the
Field movemsnt in Virginia and
started a daily paper known as the
Common ealth. He went into the
war at Is, and was euce II prisoner at
Fort Delaware. About two months
since he moved to New York to prac-
tics law. Your correspondent has
seen tho sheets OF his book. which is,
in ssme respects, startling. He in
lsists that Tourgee is pretendsr; he
aasails Tourgee as a carDet-bagger
who went to North Carolina to take
advantage of the palmy days of re-
construction, aud charges him with
accepting brlbes.
PREFACING HIS BOOK.
Royal says: 81 look upon the book
to which l have attempted a reply as
willful, deliberate and malicious
libel upon noble and generous pee.
pie, amongst whom l was born and
raised ana i'll full sympathy with
whom [ hope to live and die. L look
ifo nfh OBJ thu
contemptible fellows of those who
have libeled that people, and not at
ell less contemplate because highly
endowed with intellect, but rather
moro 80 because, with all the dispos-
ition toward groveling malice that a
weaker man could have, he has yet
far greater powers to injure, and he
mas deli berately used those powers to
their full extent. | have made no
mealy-msuthed defense of the people
of the south, 1t is not on bsnded
knee aud with orlnging accent that,
self-appotnted advocate though be,
have brought their cause before the
world. l have attempted to speak
for . race, of whom the males are
men, az l believe those men would
have their race spoken for"
RoYALL SAYS
"Tourgee's picture of southern life
and character are false as hell itself" "
He says the northern and western
parts Of this Union are blessed with
. credulity touching all matters
which tend TO bring the white peo-
pie Of the southern states into dis.
grace and contempt. which, as an ar
| ticle Of faith, would meet the require
ments OF all. The most enthusiastic
professor of the Christian religion
could ask for no story, however
monstrous, " hich represents a south
srn community in an attitude of vie.
lence and defiant turbulence that i!
too gross for northern belief. With
out taking trouble to inform them
selves correctly, touching The people
Of the south, they accept any deroga
tory story that timid seDsationalist
or designing scoundrels may choos,
to invent as truth regarding thes,
people.
Mr.. Royal devetes many pages t.
a refutation OF Tourgee's assertion
OF bad treatment of negroes i'll thu
south, and asks. How could tht
dominant race, being a race such =
the southern psople arc, look upol
the prospect of complete dominion
over themselves passing over in
single move ts these. their forme
slaves, without considering it one o
the most fearful throes aud revolu
tions to which socisiy could fall
victimp
THE CARPET BAG ELEMENT.
| Picturiug the carpet-bag element
with which Tourges lie placed, Roya al
says, "The whole south was at one
overrun with the Larvae of the north
Wherever there dwelt scoundre
who feared that his neighbors wsul,
give him his deserts i'll the form Of
coating of tar and feathers; tha
neighborheod lost q citizen and tn
south gained an apostle Of recon
structi0n. Whenever the womb o
the north revOlted All its burden an
spewsd fsrth some putrid mass o
crime the south received a patriot
who knew nothing but restoration o
the Union and devotion to the poei
downtrodden negro. These vulture
and harplss came into every neigh
borheod."
| He says: "If The peapls OF tn
north and west would only learn til
lesson which time and cxperienc
lsng TO teach, they would abando
the attempt to force al ntercommu
nioation of the races III the south
which the laws Of nature forbid
they would learn that race prejudic
isthe most powerful force that or
crates OIL the human mind, nnd tina
all ths bayOusts on earth can no
force race holding thc relation t
another race that ih3 white people Q
the south hold to the negroes, to liv
IN submission to that less civiiize
frsce.. Risk of death 10 more endure
ble te'them, and - -persi effort t
force the submission must result
constant revolution and bioodshed.
HOW NEGROES ARE TREATED.
Speaking of the way in which IL.
sroes are treated, Reyall tells til
following. which Happened TO hlm
self: "When the Virginia delegatio
to the democratic convention at Gin
cinnati went on, one gentleman,
delegate from the city of Richmuue
carried his servant, negro mal
with him. On the way to Cincimua
1t became necessary to travel all nigh
on the Pennsylvania railroad. Th
gentleman mentioned, determinlu
that his servant should be comfurta
BILE, hired a sleepIug-berth for hin
MIR. Samuel j. Randall, speaker {
the house Of Representatives, and
prominent candidate tor the pres
dency, SO prominent that the gres
state of New York cast her entir
seventy votes for him, was on tn
train, and it was so crowded that h
could not get sleeping berth. Til
conductor OF the train came TO thj
Virginia delegate aud asked him
he would not make his servant su,
render his berth t. Mr.. Randall: tbs
If he did not Mr.. Randall. weui
have to sit up all night. The del,
gate very promptly told him that h
would not that it was a mere que
ton OF whether Mr.. Randall sAuul
be uncomfortable all night, or whetl
er his servant should be uncumfort.
BILE, and that Mr.. Randall had as we
be uncomfortable as his servant, an
he went to the negro and told MIN (
let him know if any effort was mad
to deprive him Of his berth, and tbs
he would protect HIM. Every Vii
ginia delegate to the convention ca
veuch for the truth OF this statenes
Now this delegate wsS in every wa
Identified III the most intimate maj
ner with that element in the seut,
ern states which "ths fool" repr,
sents as hating the negro with an il