The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1883-06-10
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR.
VARIOUS TOPICS DISCUSSED BY THE
PUBLIC.
For the i)ispaich.l
OuOs Deus.


fated 20 retrogradation until that point Is
reached at which their African ancestors
have remained stationary from period an.
terror 10 any human recordsf The next
twenty years will. judging from present IN
dications, settle this question beyond
doubt In the Affirmative; moi that the thlng
Itself, In all its entirety. will have been Dy
the end OF that period fully accomplished,
but the heel OF Hercules will by that TINE
have become fairly In view, and the Gian'
of PredestiDation will then have things en-
train for the accomplishment OF one OF ms
pre0rdained purposcs-i. e., the practical
extinction OF the black man IN the United
States. And this end may be attained even
IN one half the time that might he allotted
for lis contamination by the most pains
taking calculator or philosopher OF this
present day. The world moves now to its
purposes not by slow. creeping centuries OF
mixed darkness and light. but with the
tremendous energy and accelerated impetus
OF geometrical ratio, developed by the ac-
ton and reaction Of light upon light and
wonder upon wonder, now OF so constant
occurrence that wonder itself has almost
ceased 10 be a sentiment OF the human
mind.
Virginia, that old Commonwealth that
kecfps 10 nave tBOuSuHu INt~- ~ app'hiT
Is still TO preserve her prestige OF being
always I'm the front when making history
Is the business II was on her shores that
the African was first landed and put TO
successful use. and from her example he
was multiplied by new importationS into
other localities, the business being found
highly profitable In both its branches-name-
Nv, TO the northern captors and ship-own-
ers, who obtained and brought them hither,
and to the southern planters, whose task
IL was 10 foster and humaniZe them, while
making them more than pay their way.
Having been OF prime advantage in start
ing this western world-helping TO a de-
gree, strangely enough not anywhere re-
cognized, in setting new nation on lis
feet, as it were. giving II a revenue by their
labor. when il had no other than that from
agricultural resources-the race seems 10
have played its part. and the indications
plainly point TO a day i'm the near future
when the negro will everywhere i'm the
United States be pronounced a nuisance to
be gotten rid OF. He will be iostled at
every turn, and TO all his remonstrances
and hesitances he will be simply told, with
an authoritative air that brooks no denial,
"Move on"
This fair southern land, with untold mil
be looked to with longing eyes by white
outsiders Of many countries, and not least
by the people Of other portions Of this
common country. But they cannot endure
the contact Of the negro. They hate him
and his ways; and they hate him because
when they settle in this country they (farm-
ers and laborers especially assume them
selves to be occupying in the minds OF the
southern people the same plane as that of
the negro. This seems strange TO q resi-
dent here TO the manner born, but il j.
true nevertheless. No southeIn-born man,
whether he be proprietor or worker, feels
degraded by his daily association. of the
kind that he voluntarily admits. with hiS
old-time slave the negro. and with no out
side pressure the negro would vet for a
long tire have "home." Ii would UNI
der different auspices than what are about
To be inaugurated require vet cOnsidera-
BILE lapse Of time 10 eXtinguish and obiierate
finally the old-time feeling between the
whites and blacks, the masters and the
slaves Of the South. White Tom and Black
Dick would yet grasp hands heartily when
they met, and recall the wrestling matches
and the coon-hunts OF their boyish DAYS.
The old Aunt Polly that had nursed
(suckledD the baby's mother would
when presented TO her with pride by her
former mistress and owner. The old black
fiddler "Jake," now white-headed and
blind, would still grin with unieigned de-
light as he talked to the "young" men,
some now wearing wooden legs, but still
helping him with pittance as able, and
recalled the old days of hilarity and happi-
ness when the country gallants and young
ladies INDUCED in the old dances-Nirginia
Breakdown and "Molly, Put the Kettle
On" But in the neyel-uncertain methods
OF Providence these things are not TO be
permitted, and soon the southern negro,
once so happy beng, will be friendless
and homeless. He viii upon all occasions,
whether immediate cause seems 70 exist
fer II or not, be greeted with the nasal
twanged anathemas Of people who know
HIM not, with the gutteral curses of the
Faderand tongue making his crisped wool
curl till tighter to his head and then, if ne
doesn't "moye on" bedad he will when
the shillalah OF Green Erin. that never
misses fire, whistles around his ears, i'm
pervious 10 milder sounds. The Younger
race OF VirginiaDs, who OF course do
not know him rs their parents did,
and who have by force OF circum-
stances become his enemies. will have
no word to say, but will simply acquesce
In the general voice that requires him to
move on. And Virginia, where the negro
has accomplished his greatest distance from
barbarism, is periorce to be the theatre
where this accelerated hatred and proscrip-
ton OF the negro is TO be put into keen and
effective practice. An instrument has been
found 10y Providence in the person of the
miserable imposter who pollutes the chair
Of Gilmer, Floyd, Mcdowell, Smith, and
Others OF that proud collection Of MEN, who
never presumed 10 dishonor an honorable
people. History will do the name of Cam.
eron Justice as being owned by man who
descended while demented by impossible
aspirations TO become u mere tool of an
ADLER man. His master, when be retires
will do so with long purse, but he will
not give his man any when he haze done
with him.
IL there an underlying purpose i'm the
action OF this man who dares 10 insult the
whole people 10 their teethy Is there a
hidden design TO try whether or not the
apathy Of large portion OF the Virgins
white people as 10 "poltics " is Sc heavy
upon them as to make them incapable O,
being aroused. TO the end that II they ar,
discovered TO be so, then that he and hi.
master may devise some scheme of spolia
ton and self-aggrandlscmen as vet I'm.
dreamed Of by the people of this State
II may be so; but the scheme is desperate
IL In any poll that will test Cameron
or no Cameron in Virginia, the people
the real people--of the State do not speak
so that even be and his malicious, enyious
and greedy master cannot mistake The
language, then indeed il can be said
Of the Old Commonwealth, "Troy was. >
But, no the voice will be heard, and the
enemies OF the negro-those who wish him
out OF their way, who are using our Coy
ernor and his master will hold Jubilee
In that they have been able 10 strike him