The Republican journal., 1883-11-22
REPUBLICAN JOURNAL.


Republican Journal Publishing Co.
CHARLES A. PJLSBURY............. EDITOR.
RUSSELL q. DYE Local EDITOR.
The SHOTGUN Victory IN Virginia.
Recent developments with regard to the
Virginia election are of a startling character
and deep significance. The testimony of Demo-
crat., Nirginians and Confederates, shows
that the Bourbon victory was won by blood
shed and terrorism. The Dauville massacre
was the KEY note of the Bourbon campaign and
their watch word was THE negro must 60"
The public mind was infamed by incendary
appeals, until the result was ''the deliberate
murder of several people" at Danylle on the
Saturday before election. The words quoted
are from the letter of an eX- Confederate soldier,
Mr.. Frank \. Burr, who was sent TO Danville
by the Philadelphia Press to investigate the
bloody affair Mr.. Bur says further
II is impossible to ascertain the real extent
of the massacre. account of the excitement
Immediately preceding the crime and the ma
tural desire of the people TO suppress the real
facts of the ease. 1t is well within the bounds
negroes were killed and wounded two days be-
fore the election. The Governor of the State
rs well as many of its leading citizens of char
actcr and position. declare that the assault
upon the defenceless blacks was wilful and
prenedated murder. 1t has been impossible
Tor me to gain much information in my own
right. and |. therefore, rest the assertion above
made as to the wilfu murder of these negroes.
entirely from Information gathered from Demo-
cratic sources.
Even before this affair the Bourbons had
spread reports of negro ri>ings all over the
State, and these were followed by intlammatory
appeals based on misrepresentation of the
Danyillc ARRAY, which was evidently premedit-
ated and prearranSed And on election day in
the rcmotest corner of the State there were seat
tered thousands of UNANIMOUSLY false kilograms
etc., like the following:
DtNNILLE, Nov. l, 1888. ''White men of
the Southwest. we beseeeh YOU to come to our
rescue and relief by voting the Democratic
BourbOn-Funder ticket. We are under the
unspeakahle oppression of negro rule. The
negroes are paradng our streets in inSolent
MODS. endangpring our lives and property. and
insulting IL in terms that make our blood boil
within u.s. 4 THIS 1noiaeat re are Stand3ny u, O,t
dootr o.D,d rM ga5,N anil ptStoiS 4, DfohG o,t,-
,ri.,S and ddDyi,hrN from Rfgf0 oUt5utt We ap-
peal to you by all the ties of blood TO help us :"
The result was. as anticipated and desired
the arousng Of race preiudces. the splitting of
blood at more than one polling place, and
terrorism and intimidation everywhere. In
Ale Xundria, under the shadow Of the Capitol
al Washington. the editors Of the Gazette gave
uttcrancc to inccndiary and blood thirsty ap-
rrai> and threats, openly advising the murder
Of the white Mah0neiteS of Alexandria in case
IA riot should occur. An Alexandria CORE
>poEdent of the Richmond Wing says of the
coulxc Of this paper: 1.-The whole thing was
deNiIi>h appeal to excite race prejudice and
deter white men who felt disposed to vote the
ReaduStcr ticket from doing so, and the pub
iiration> 20 themselves TO prove that their
authors and publishers We're willing, if nee
e>>ary, that the blood, not only of innocent
negroes, but that Of innocent whites, might be
she'd. Indeed, they advised and appealed that
il might be done
From all parts OF the State come similar IT :
ports, with details Of outrage>. coercion and
intimidation. The Richmond Wing declares
that the election wa, carried by terrori>m and
asks:
Can any honest and intelligent man in Viz
gina regard the results Of Tuesdays election
IN This state a. the expression of the free will
and the free suffrage of the people: 1t seems
TO u utterly impossible that any mar acquaint-
ed with the facts. no matter how partisan and
blgottd he may be, can regard those results a.
other than the results of terrorism. backed bv
actual violence at DanVile. South Boston, and
elsewhere. Both whites and blacks WERE to a
lar%e extent. demorazed and buldozcd by the
"DahNllle CIRCULAR. and more especially bv
.,ni hp vivid. rp,
SPIRIT Of lawle>sne>> which that enormitv de
Ntlopcd among BoUrbon> ana FunderS. There
was no free ballot. The removal of the poll
tax qualification Of suffrage only freed the
ballot nominally. to have it subjected to armed
force, menart>. and overt acts of bloody ntimi-
dallon In fact. to IA great degree, the ballot
only got from under the p0ll-taX restriction to
tai under the condition (backed by the pistol
that 1t be cast tor Funderism, ~ mt Gust ataH
Everybody knows this. 1t is true. indeed, that
there We're men not to be inundated and
demoralized all honor TO them) but the
PLAN fact remains that enough men Of both
coIor> were sufficiently terrified to change the
udc, which set 50 Enthusiastically toward anoth-
cr grand victory for Liberal Readustmen in
favor Of Funder victory.
These are some of the statements of Nirgini-
ans. none Of them Republicans. as to what took
place in their State on and before election day
There i ample testimony from other sources 0
corroboratc Them. Indeed. the Bourbon organs,
~ a. iloiH attempting 10 pailiale the OUT
ages committed. are displaying brutal and in
tolerant spirit that can ouI, react unon 1bei,
P'lH anu 'helI otdte' ana "hlfh VIII hasten
the day of retributlon,-not far distant The
Philadelphia Bulletin closes an editorial on the
Virginia election with these words
In this war upon the Malone party, the Y ir-
panNiile massacre served amomentary end; but
,,>,i IN. Iii' III laI pc!ona' me shotgun
ihro,igboI,t thn So,,tb Thern
southern sentiment among the better classes of
thg Ir"PIt against All surh outrageS, but there
Cnn.ttnton hrs nmfr ,I', ', LII 1 i ''
loved by all. The Bourbon Democracy of Virgin
IA may mate the negro, because he who was "A
Rnt tI, s,,.aa I , nT" a iinn anu soaeI'
defencce>s negroes at DanvilIe will recoi with
hon Il