Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1883-08-01

hIence on the SIDE Ol Vc~ ~" INV
and color.
We are agaiu threatened ~ith negro
supre macy, in more dangerous iorin
than we were in 1869. as the negfoI
vote of the State is solid. aud the ne
groes are now led by Malone, who Is
a mvrs corrupt, unscrupulous aud dhn-i
ger ous leader than was Henry Happy
Wells, backed as he was by Under
wood aud that class Of adYenturers.
Mahoue Is an ambitious adyenturer.
aud he is capable OF subol Ginatlng, hnd
will not hesitate to subordinate, The
white people OF Virginia TO the negro,
if necessary 10 maintain bis present re-
latious with we Republican Admmls-
trahon at Washington.
Republicanisn in the Nortn and Re-
pubhcanism in The South are Two differ
ent things. The Republicans North
are white people-intelhgent aud capA'
bic of managing their own affairs and
OF administering The affair; Oi Govern
ment. The great majority OF tue Re-
publicaus South are negroes. who have
had no opportunity to qualify them
selves for citizenship. much less 10 coI-
troll The affairs If State-they are lgnor-
ant and vicious, ed Incapable OF rul-
my wisely or vel. Republican a6cen'
deucy in the South means, therefore,
negro rule, as that race constitutes in |
Virginia, and Indeed all the southern
States, three-fourths Of the Republican
party. All parties have solicited me-
gro votes, but there is vast difference
between their voting aud ruling.
Already Malone has been compelled
10 recognize The negro's demand for
Office. He has elected them clerks,
magistrates, school trustees, &c., in
Eastern Virginia, and in Washington
county the Malone party have placed
on their county ticket eight negroes.
Now if the fathers consent to associate
with negroes as equals on school boards,
committees, &C., will it be considered |
improper for their children to attend
the same schools ? And mixed schools
Is certain 10 lead to mixed marriages.
You speak Of the Democrats a
BOurbons, and by Bourbon l under-
stand you TO mean people who are op-
posed to progress aud development.
Now the Democrats are white people;
YOU are white man. How does 1t hap
pen that you and those who think with
you are more progressive than Others
of your own race? Hive you so ar
outstripped your own race and color as
to have lost con fdeuce in the capacity
of your own kind to develop the re-
sources OF the country aud to rule 1t
Are you willing to say, Or have it SAID,
that the white race IN Virginia is a
failure, and that there Is no hope for
the development Of the resources of
the State except by placing the negro
race 10 power?
If you expect to 90 into the Republi-
can party, OF which, IN Virginia, l?S,-
900 voters are negroes. with a mere
handful Of whites, aud avert negro rule
and negro equality, you will fad, when
too late perhaps, that you are wofully
mistaken.
But if you have loat all confidence 10
the white race, aud feel that the negro
is more capable Of ruling the country.
and do not object to mixed schools,
mixed races, &C., yoa should joln the
Republican party, and do all in your
power to place that party in power IN
the State.
For my part, while fought the
Democratic Funders on the debt ques-
ton, now that the debt is settled there
is no difference between us. They are
my own race, and had rather trust
them and he white Readjusters 10 rule
the State than The negroes, led as they
are BY renegade Democrat, who is
under the control Of an unl.iendly for
eisn influence.
Having a very high regard for you
personally is my apology for the views
herein expressed at such great length.
Your friend,
A. FULKERsON.