The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1882-08-29
Aro You Freemen?

Nh. time has come when every true Viz
.-,,,,.n sbould ask, cam j freeman, or
40 bend the knee TO bossism!" IL moi,
a. ,he political freedom Of the people has
deoarted, as mean as II must be, as degrad-
ing as It must appear to the world, terms
will be dictated by the Boss, and his slaves
cannot object. Truly he has been con-
sistent pa,riot(s). His hand once saved us,
n IL said, from II. ii. WELLS; to-day nc
wears wgLIs's mantle. Ills hand cut
down the size Of ballots, and plundered
the boxes in which they were deposited;
until he failed to ride into the office OF
Governor Of Virginia by such rascal'y
means. Then he turned his back upon an
honest party in which his foul methods
failed, and now are any so dear rs
not TO hear the threats OF this So
called powerful ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Republican Boss; as he snaps his fingers
in the face OF Bourbons and swears thar,
with Administration swag and the aid OF
the negroes OF this State, he and his over
seers (who every morning, by sun up, rise
and blow their horns) will rule and make
white people take back seat and allow the
aforesaid negroes and Boss's overseers TO
come TO the fronty Have Nirginians lost
discretion Can they see that the time has
come when il Is better to be black man,
with MAHoNE's favor, than 10 have fought
for the constitutional privileges and tradi-
fions Of the Old Dominion? Is it brave to
say II there is a Democratic spirit OF re-
sistance in your breast, Danish 1t! Let IRA
di.ions perish and forget honor, but haste
thee, in the spirit Of liberalism, to the feet
Of "MAuoNE, Virginia." or else his men
with the execution-aXe Will fal upon you,
and security, alas will fly from you
as n thing accursed, and 4 dire fate
only be left you. Why nourish honor
against q black majority that can be
bought. when il has so often been said by
MAHoNE'S mon that "hOnor never boughta
breakfast? II you are a slave, why re-
main i'm the Democratic fold and starve for
principle sake on broomstraw and short
grass, when the Boss and his followers are
ND 10 their TANKS in millet and clover:
Why for the sake OF good government, Just
and equal laws, and common benefit, per-
sist i'm trying to preserve the distinction
between refinement and indecency! DO
you get Office by it? Do you grow fat!
Not at ali. Then, as they would bid you,
forget these miserable Bonrbon-Funder-
fungus" ideas. Reject honor. court the
Boss, and initiate his example. Did he not
try Democracy! Did Democracy reward
his corrupt methods by making him boss
Did he not unfairly fight negroes and damn
Republicans until for the last time in the
history of this State armed soldiers OF the
United States army were sent TO his own
home and his own precinct to prevent this
same MALONE from cheating the negroes of
Petersburg out Of ga free ballot and a
fair count" and the privilege Of voting
for President OF the United States?
Did the Conservatives make him a ruler |
for iti No! Turn, then, man OF high |
opinion, exalted virtue, and lofty ideas
turn your back upon al these things If you
can. Fail, ii your are base enough, to see
how wrong you were in not approving
long ago the wicked course CT this broad
gauge Boss. Had he been endorsed ne
could long since have had the state under
his feet. Ii slave. why resist him now ?
Has he not at his back the ARTHUR admin
istration-the Stalwart Republican party
that Virginians hate so well because OF its
gifts OF carpet-bagism, misrIIlc, onerous
revenue taXations, and illiberal appropria-
ions. BE " liberal aye. he "liberal"
enough to forget that you are white man
be "liberal'' enough to damn the dust of
the dead, dcspisc LEE, iecr JACKSON, SLAM
der STUART; be "liberal" and progressive
enough to forget all else save the fact that
il you expect fat Office you must hug
the negro to your bosom and fall PROSTATE
before that small specimen Of manhood
from the swamps of southampton county.
Do all this ii you can, and aid in the de-
struction Of your best political privileges;
but remember you are strengthening the
hand Of n ruler who will delight to throttle
you whenever you dare ayow, against his
selfish, personal, and ambitious ends? the
first sentiment Of 4 freeman. This man
owes all he was up to the time he was made
United states senator, to the Virginia Lee
gislature and Confederate soldiers, and yet
he has sold himself TO the ID and Re
publican President in order to disgrace
and destroy the people OF his State because
they frowned upon bis corrupt practices.
The prince of scalawags, the king Of ne
gro-mongers, and the blacklist of Republic
cans as shown in his latter-day politics, this
man claims your votes. IL you are free
men he will not get them in the pending
contest.
Mahone's Methods.
In the makeup Of MAHoNE's character,
wherein all the nOblcr attributes of man