The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1883-10-14
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR.
Governor Cameron Now-and Then

ern0r Cameron sald he was Rcadiustcr
Democrat he cvaded Judge Christians
plain question. lie cannot be Readjus
because. n he knows, ReadjuStmcnt died
with the settlement Of the debt and the re-
establishment OF universal suffrage. They
were the only practical issues; and the
more important Of them. because the only
contested one. was the debt. And even
before the action Of the Supreme Court
General Mahone's address, signed by all his
adhcrcnts i'm the Legislature and his ap-
pointccs i'm the Capitol, had announced the
debt question 10 be settled by the Riddle
berger law
Equally cyasive was his second answer.
that he could not vote with party which
had called him and his associates thieves;
that he was not going 10 vote with any
party which had read him out Of that
party. This answer cOnyicts him OF in
consistency; for when hc votes, a. he must
do, according to General MahOnc's orders,
for a Repub ican. he will vote with party
which. under Hayes, was rs pronounced
against the Rcadjtlstrrs. both i'm action and
assertion. - the Democrats were. and
which to-day in IFS leading newspapers,
such ~ the New York Times and 7riblme
and i'm the great bulk Of it, rank and file.
rcprObatcS and deprccales an alliance in
which their leaders held their noses when
they struck hands with Malone; accepting
The treason but despiSing the traitor. There
was and is - much reason 10 resent the
indignity i'm one ease ~ in the other.
But il cOntumely be- reason for refusal
TO unite with party, how can Governor
Cameron expect the negroes 10 support
him, who has heaped insult and scorn on
them. full measure. pressed down and run
ming over? Yet they hare supported him;
and he knows. not only 10y that expert
encc but by a wide observation, that re-
sentiments stand but little in the way OF
political alliances. No: his faStidiOus-
ness about voting for and with Demo-
Gratis appears To be mere preteXt
and cover for an union with the
party OF plumber and corruption, the
party that has enriched hundreds OF men
who, like himself. have sought a livelihood
i'm politics. Whatever may have been his
original purpose, his present plan, 1t would
seem. j. to 20 with these political spccllla-
tors. with whom NE feels a constitutional
sympathy. such associations suit his tastes
and procliyitlcs. That hc has no cOnvic-
lions may be easily shown 10y brief Te-
Prospect Of political events.
I'm the congressional elections for 1874
the Democratic party gained the ascen-
dancy; which VA, 10 become operative on
The 1T OF December. 1919. That election
WIS an index Ia the presidential election Of
1S1G-tlc election i'm which fraud and
cowardicc seated Hayes in the place that
belonged to Tildeh. TO prevent the eN-
p,rtrd contamination of Democratic effort
wa, the task sci themselves 10y the leader,
Of the Republican party, headed 10y Prc,i-
dent Grant and General =. +. But
or. And in order Ia iiS accom-
plishmcnt two things were 10 Ice done:
| First. 10 continue and increase the ftrmrni
which the constitutional amendments and
the natural disorders of the time had
created 80 ~ 10 cXaSpcrutc the South into
conduct which might give them an excuse
for interfering i'm our clcctiOns--aS they did
subsequently, in Louisiana, South Carolina.
and Florida. Second, 10 get such control
Of our election machinery, 10y direct action
pr by intimidation, IL would give them Just
what vote was necessary 10 elect their
mana specimen of which was exhibited
If Petersburg in the llintOn-.IoIgcnScn
contest lust under Governor Camcr0n's
nose.
bodied i'm what was known Is the civil
rights bill: the second. in what was entitled
4 Bill for Security OF Elections. better
known by it, popular title, The Force Bill.
The civil-rieht> bill wa, introduced into
| the House Of Representatives 10y General
e. +. Butler on the both day Of January,
1919. and on the 9th day OF the same
month Fred. Douglass. friend 81 General
Ill. hon an al III
..a,simati0n and unlicaiOn OF the races
John NJ. Lang>ton, one Of the Malone
summers i'm this canvass, and other ne
groes. met at the room Of one Rapicr, mcln-
| Der Of Congress from Alabama, i'm com
| pany with several white Republicans, and
adopted and published 10 the world series
Of resolutions i'm which. rcciting their
grievances, they threaten that II the
NEGROES are not recognized 10y law,
according to their demands. "thcn
| n shirt Of retaliation amt revenge may BE-
| aroused irhich rW Jill The tud ,cih dio0d,
rdpiae. and frc.' OF course thi, contcm-
| poi.lncoli,ncsS was not mere coincidence.
| If was meant 10 add fuel 10 flame. The
| dchaIc on the bill was Characterized bN
| speeches of great acrimonN against the
| south. which were answered 10y Demo
| Gratis from the North. The bill was fought
| by the Democratic party, led 10y MIR. sam
| ucl j. Randall. OF Pennsylvania, aided bv
| Mr.. Beck, OF Kentucky and Mr. Eldrld"e.
| of Wisconsin, in CONTINUOUS session of
| forty->iX hours. During that time Mr..
| Randall never CLOSED his eyes. The Ma
| tiOndi RepubiicdH. then the organ OF Grant
and Butcr. as now OF Arthur and Malone.
said admiringly Of HIM: " Mr.. Samuel
IL. Randall, who has during the contest
| been the sentinel on the outer posts OF the
| Democratic camp, and a good sentinel hr
proved; for il j. said that hc didn't leave
| The building from the moment OF Mr..
Hutler'S motion until the vote agreeing t0
thc adjournment was announced la Or
der tO succeed in their next attempt the
Rcpuhlicam> found # necessary To alter
the rules of the llou>c-w which, as Mr..
Cox (of New York; said. had not been
done Tor fifty yeals--s0 "a to give tOa bare
majority an absolute control OF the House,
thu, surrendcring the fundamental princl-
nile i'm "A constitutional government. the
protection of the rights Of minoriiic,; and
Mr.. Cox and MIR. Randall Indignantly L.
sigucd their places ~ members OF the Com
mittcc on Rules.
II was by that outrage that the bill was
passed at the next trial; and, shortly after
wards. it was passed in the Senate. though
our friends opposed it with vote and argu-
mcnt. and Mr.. Carpenter (RcpGblican) told
them. truly as il has turned out, that il
would not s!qnd the scrutiny OF the Su-
prcme Court Of the United States, which
| had decided the matter adv er,ely IN at least
two eases.
II was, | think, in this latter debate thai
Mr.. Eldrdgc, of Wisconsin, in a fine
speech on the natural consequences OF the
hin. said "A conflict Of races must al
WAYS be expected when il i, attempted Ia
subject men of culture, civilized men, men
accustomed Ia freedom, 10 the domination