The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1883-06-24

MI. IOllZcI say lll tHNi -.
ITO denounce as barbarous ana anu
republican laws which punish negro lol
marrying white woman who Is wllilng ~
become MS wife, or a white man VINO Weu,
negress, is not to approve the Vltialeu
taste which seeks such union ana pu1s
mlscegenation in practice"
All, Mr.. Pulitzer in thus essaylng 10
argue away the instructive adherence
with which any superior race regards
miscegenation with an inferior race, even
though it be through "vitiated taste,'
YOU are entering upon an undertaking. IN
COMPARISON with which the labors OF the
ancient gods were but child's play. Race
prejudice, a. you term II, or race Seg'
respect. rs we choose to regard IL, cannon
he washed out with printers ink or modi-
fed bv constitutional generalities on hil-
man equality. 1t may be unreason-
able. but it is irresistible. 1t dehes the
law. when the law delies it. 1t circum-
vents statutes when statutes circumvent II.
II ignores the polical philosophy which ~
nores it. II despises the philanthropy
that despises it. IL Furnishes the " vltiated
taste" that mortifies 1t. And to prevent
the spread and contamination OF "vitlated
taste, through degrading and unwhole-
some desires, which would be rendered
easy OF qualification by the cOmplacent Dc
mocracv OF Mr.. Pulitzer, il resorts TO legal
enactments. II these enactmcnts are bar
barous. they are designed to prevent bar
barous practices, and become civilized by
virtue Of their intention.
Governor Cameron, if he Is bound by any
moral obligation whatever. was bound to
respect the sentiment embodied in these
laws. Yet Mr.. Pulitzer respects him be-
cause he did not respect it. II Governor
Cameron had yielded solely to a sense Of
constitutional right his action would have
been more cXcusable. But he did not. lie
made the appointments. rs the tool OF Ma
hone. for two groyelling motiyes-iirst, to
solidify the negro vote OF the state, and,
second. TO overreach and secure the en-
dorsement and indirect support OF northern
political philosophers like Mr.. Pulitzer. II
Mr.. Pulitzer were half rs shrewd as he Is
thought to be he would have seen through
these appointments at glance and kept
his fingers ont OF the pie. As il Is, Mr.. Pu-
liter will die long before he conyinces
Vireinians that it is right for a white girl
to marry negro man. Virginia People.
There is a good deal of silly talk by the
Malone papers about the "right OF the ne
gro TO hold oflice.v Pray who, since the
negroes were made citizens, has ever said
that they have not the right to hold office
They have quite rs much right in that re-
spect rs the whites. These papers, in
common with the South hating Journals
OF the North. profess TO consider 1t gross
violation OF the Constitution because a
negro is never elected to Office when the
whites can possibly prevent it. This sort
OF talk is absolutely ridiculous. Ii negroes
were put in offices, not because OF their
qualifications, but simply because they cere
negr0eS, il would be quite rs contrary to the
Constitution as ii they were defeated for
that reason. They have a perfect right to
hold any Office to which they can be elected.
Culpeper Exponent.
The proposition already uriler discus
sion by papers OF the State for the MAIN
tenance Of entirely separate school systems
for the whites and backs, each race TO sup
port its respective system, in all proba-
bihty will bring Sambo TO a realization OF
who his real friends are in this political
squabbe. He must either be content TO re-
tain his Just Subordinate position or pay
for his own school. The white people OF
the State will never agree for an INFERIOR
race, in most cases Il mountaineering class,
TO manage the intellectual welfare OF Their
children. - BldckSburg Times.
Mahoneism claims to be the friend OF
free schools, and at the same time strikes a
vital blow at the efficacy OF the system by
putting it in charge OF negro partiSans.
Mahonei.m claims to be the friend and up
holder OF the poor man, and yet they make
il necessary that he alone shall send hi,
children to schools under the supervision
and management OF negroes and unclean,
INSCRIPTIONS, and ignorant partisans.
Mahoneism Claims TO be the promoter OF
the negroes, while in truth they deceive
him i'm his ignorance. and cause hostility
between the white and coored race. which
must end i'm nothing but destruction and
DEGRADATION to him. - Bldci-Sburg Times.
Mahoneism may yaunt as much as il
chooses, but Cameron's dusky school trus-
tees in Richmond will hardly strengthen
the cause in the fall campaign.-MqnaSSaS
Gazette.