The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-11-26
STEALING A STATE.

More About the acknowledgements of Vir-
ginis Colored Voters.
Warrington Special
A letter received here incloses an editor
iaI from the Yazoo City (Miss.) Herald, in
which there is the utmost frankness in de-
ciaring that Virg mia has adopted what is
really rhe new Democratic departure The
Herald says:
ties, it seems. marvellous thai the whites never
forced the race issue Of their own accord. That
issue gave Alabama and Georgia and North
Carolina ana Mississippi and all the Southern
States TO the Democratic party long ago, and it
has kept them true to tire faith. 1t has now
given Virginia TO the same party, and if pressed
next year Virginia will emphasize the fact that
white will rule the South, and will do 1t
through the Democratic party.
large number of colored citizens of Vir-
ginia have signed and published the follow
ing call:
In view of the unlawful. unjustifia BILE, inhu.
man ana cruel DutcherE of our race at Danvlle,
for other reason than that thew claimed the
right To exercise these rights guaran teed to us
American citizens by the Fifteenth amend
menb to the constitution, and in view Of the fact
that tbs Bourbon party and press of the State
continue to misrepresent the true history of that
disgraceful affair." in order to deceive the people
Of the country, for political effect, and in order
that the true history of this massacre may be
given to the public, and the facts set forth in
their proper light. and that the country may
know the methods employed by the Bourbon
party to defeat liberalism in this State we, the
undersigned, call upon our people to elect dele
gates to Stare convention, TO be held in the city
of Norfolk on Thursday, Dec. 49, at IL W., the
representation to be as follows: Two delegates
from each county, and one delegate from each
ward in cites.
correspondent from Accomac county,
Virginia, gives the following account of the
election in one part of that county:
The election at this precinct was presided over
N naN
mittee and his henehmeu, who came thirty miles
TO instruct the people how to vote, and tho
judges of his own party selected how to count
the-votes poled. 1t can be proven by the state
ments of the judges and clerks of the election
that at least one Bourbon was allowed to vote
second time for his candidates: it can be proven
that at least one person was allowed to vote
whose name not on the register; and IL can
be proven tnat on counting the votes there were
more ballots than names registered; and il can
he proven that In order TO make the number of
tally with the names registered, the bal
lois of candidates opposed to I'll e Funders were
exclusively thrown out and not counted.
The Bourbon papers OF the county claim
cain Of 800 votes. Where did they get. tbem2
One year ago arrisOn was a candidate for Con-
.rress, ana every effort was made to vote every
available Democrat, and the full strength of
their party turned loose at the polls. There
has been no immigration of any amount 70 the
county during the past year, and the liberal
or opposition party pOlled many votes IN
me recent election as they did one year ago;
-riu the Democratic vote has increased 600 in
one year, according to the account as returned.
At OHoncoek the vote of the Democrats in
creased neariy-One hundred; at Aecomac Court
house-t he Democratic vote increases nearly
hundred; at Greenbackvllle, where the largest
vote ever polled before was sixty, IT. reaches
nearly one hundred; at Halls store the Demo-
cratic vote lie increased nearly one bundred, and
IN other places Is the same, and vet one
can tell where these voters came FROM or " hence
7hey hive gone.