The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1883-08-12
WHAT THE VIRGINIA DEMOCRATit
PAPERS HAVE TO SAY.
Virginia People. Pulaski

sitions on these delegations. But on tnlS
occasion IA meeting TO appoint delegates 10
a conventional he demurred to continu-
ance OF this procedure, having apparently
all at once discovered. as "one OF him ="
expressed IL, that ga altu'nate to con-
vention amt nothin'," and emphatically
demanded that the complexion OF the dele
CATION be colored TO suit his taste. lie car
ried his point Of course, as the list sum
cicntly shows.
conservative Democrat, Marion.l
II Is mentioned in the Boss's organs tnat
Fowler and Browning will be the Coali-
n-RepublIcan candidates for the Lesisla-
ttire in Washington county, and II tney are
all we have to say on the subject Is tnat u,
the Democratic ticket above mentioned
[Trigg and Fulkersonl can be prevaiieu
upon to make the race. there VIII not DC
enough left on the other ticket to serve
acceptably as n deputy constable. we
would suggest that the abovc-named gem
tlemcn had better ask Mars Malone Tor
some position which he has in his power 10
gipe them, sfor IL thew attempt to gan
position by making n race against Fulker-
son and Trigg, TREY will be buried so deep
in their poitical graves that Malone VIII
no forcrer bereit OF their little horns 10
blow his glory. and poor Fowler VIII
never have the pleasure(Do OF filing another
oppointment. even at NOttOway Court
house,
fStaunton Vindlcator.
The more we consider the proposition
made TO the colored people the stronger Is
our conviction that its acceptance and IN
o1puratioD will be OF incplcuable benefit
to both races. One important effect VIII
be that t. will remove the raw place In
both races which has been the source OF
so much irritation OF late. The whites
are determined that their children shall
not attend schools supervised by colored
trustees. That il fixed fact. And the
cOlored people will never be contented nm
til they have equal rights in the schooling
of their own children. The plank IN the
Democratic platform gives both races Just
what they demand, and clears away the
source OF discomfort. Ii opens to the col
ored qualified youth more than one thou
sand teacher ships, and it gives TO coloed
people who are past the age OF youth bet
ter idea of the responsibilities OF citizen
ship. and better appreciation OF the value
of education. We think, further, that this
experiment would bring TO the aid OF the
colored people in Virginia such prominent
men OF their race as Professor Langsion,
Fred. Douglass, and other colored men
who would take pride in seeing the col
ored school system Of Virginia prosper.
We deem this matter important-almost
vitally important to the success OF the
whole system OF Virginia. The Coalition
Governor OF Virginia, in his anxiety TO
flatter the colored vote, appointed two
colored trustees for the public schools. 1t
was fatal mistake, and ut the very first
meeting OF his new school board they
adopted resolution limiting the duties OF
the colored trustees. II is to avoid any
further irritation on this school question /;
to give colored trustees positions where
they will not have TO adopt resolutions
putting limits on themselves, and TO give
the white people of Virginia as well as
the black people the assurance that there
will be no mixed schools, that the Demo
crazy have offered the colorcd people a
school system OF their own and their share
of the school money to be expended by
men OF their own choice in its support.
This share is not regulated in any way by
the amount OF school tax colored people
pay, but exclusively by the number of col
ored children they send to school. 1t is a
wise plan. and at the very least VIII give
the coorcd man an opportunity TO show
what he can do for himself. lie will never
be able TO show it il he is never given an
opportunity.
From the Tidewater Index.l
When the speaking lat King and Queen
Courtbouse1 was over, and we were talk
ING about Captain Wise's speech with the
Tide,rdter liberal Imam, we used the follow
ing illustration "The placing OF two ne
proes on q board OF nine in Richmond
city, where the whites are in majority,
and the proportion is as seven to two, may
not possibly be so bad, but taking the pro-
rata rule laid down by Wise, and applying
it to my county Essex, we will see some
of its beauties. The census report shows
that Ill Essex there are two negroes to one
white person. Now. does your party adj
vocate a policy that would result in
Essex and other counties in placing
the schools under the control OF Il board
Of trustees composed OF six negroes
and three whitesi" Our Brother Ross
hestated 4 moment, winked his wea.
ther-eye at us and said, "You musn'l
ask foolish questions" We insisted that
our question was one Of practical and vita
importance to the people Of Essex and Other
Tidewater counties. Captain Wise came
up in the mean time, and we were turned
over to HIM for information" We re-
peated our question, and he promptly re-
spOnded that il there were two negroes &c
one white man in the county that he should
think that there ought to be two negro
trustees to one white one. When asked
what the white people were to do, he said
that if they did not like it they could move
away. 1t was suggested that some OF then
were so situated that they could no
..move away" Candor and desire TO dc
no injustice to Captain Wise induce us tC
say, after some further conversation, h'
said that the prO-rdtd rule would probabl!
never be insisted upon, as the negroe
would see that they could not run tht
| schools themselves, and would desire tn,
assistance OF competent white men.
The Democrats did not wish to max,
| this an issue in the canvass, nor did the ole
| Republican party ever raise it that we cal
remember, but Governor Cameron forceC
the question upon them, and they hav,
met it in a fair and manly way, and in TN
only way in which it could be met, and j
the schools suffer by it, the patrons OF then
must blame the men who, in their despe
rate dcsiie TO make an issue that will eXas
perate the negroes and band them agains
the whites, introduced this question int
politics. And we submit that either Tn
Liberal or Captain Wise can show any sount
objections to so amending the law as L
have white trustees for white schools an,
colorod trustees for colored schools.
Piedmont fOrange) virgiuian.l
TEic Convention ana Platform.
The wise and harmonious action OF th
Democratic State Convention and the libe
raj and patriotic platform adopted are cor
daily and unanimously approved by III
Democratic press and party OF the Who'll