The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1883-07-07

ginians, John Daniel, as person
who was willing TO apply the to,cn
10 the public free schools OF virginia. pue
also. we NAV assume. so TAR committing
himself as to sanction and actuaiiy enec';
through his henchmen, the electon oi
white trustees. and the substitution OF ne
groes IN their stead. With these insui'ing
iacts before the people Of Virginia we are
af n loss TO comprehend how the wnlte
mon of Virginia, or their representatives
assembJed NJ Lynchburg in convention,
can evede the issue which has thus peen
thrust mon them, and fail to give some
clear and uumistakabie utterapce on tnls
vital question. 49,, h.s
We have said that the negro issue mas
becu forced upon the whites OF virginia,
and when we thus make the statement we
are n OF ,lnmindful OF the grave responsiDili-
~ which Is thus shifted upon the shoulders
OF every true Virgiuian. But we are ANXIOUS "
To see the Democratic party once more IN
control OF the destinies OF this great state,
and we are firmly of the opinion that tne
only means by which the white Democrats
of Virginia can be aroused Is by constantly
holding before their gaze the dangers py
which they are threatened. Ii negro
supremacy IL the order OF the DAY, ,neh
we want to see the white men OF VIZ
ginia, through their accredited delegates,
utter their earnest protests against lne
untimely and undeserved elevation on Tue
negroes over the whites. We want to see
It sounded from mountain to seashore tnae
the tocsin of political war with the Demo-
cratic party OF 1884 is the same which was
adopted by Malone, Cameron a. 20. III
wears. gone by, and that only by diSputlhS
vigorously every inch with the Coallti0n-
lists can You expect the affairs OF the Old
Dominion to be administered in such man
ner "a will once more give the world as
surance Of the boast that this Is the domain
OF the once celebrated knights OF tne
Horseshoe" the Safe which gave birtli 10
a ,rtite jefferson and TO tohite Lee.
We are not unmindful OF the fact that
there are those among the Coalition or
gans In Virginia who VIII undertake 10
pervert every word which we have writ
ten; to distort the facts in the case, and to
infame the preiudices OF those whom they
term "riff-raf," "poor white trash" and
"niggers." But we care not fig for their
perversion and distortions. We have join
ed our fortunes with the Democracy, be-.
cause we would rather see Daniel in
the Governors chair than the present oc-
cupant. We are q Democrat because we
have discovered naught in the opposing fac
ton save Bossism and centraliZation-save
subserviency to the mandates OF a despica-
BILE tyrant, and willingness to array the
worst elements in the State against whatso-
ever IS respectable among the white people.
And finally. we are in favor OF recognizing
the fact that the coiored line has been
drawn because we feel assured that there
are letbargic white men in Virginia who
can be aroused, and will never give 10
their allegiance to party which, not con-
tent with being four fifths negro party,
further proclaims itself by its deeds, and
sometimes by its circulating literature, eX-
clusively a party for all such negroes as
are willing, for the sake OF Fictitious eleva-
ton, to temporarily array themselves
against whatsoever is white, whatsoever is
Anglo-Saxon, and whatsoever is not either
very black or else is a white man Of the
Coalition persuasion.
On this point we believe that decided
utterance from the Lynchburg Conven-
ton can do no harm, but will, on the con-
irary, be conducive OF good.
These are our opinions, Brother Dis
patch - LeeSburg Mail.