The bee., 1883-05-26

derers-cold-blooded and diabolical this
shameful and atrocious one of yester.
day.
Mr.. Newsom was truly represen-
tative young man. conducting a mer-
camille business at Franklin, and hav-
ing the confidence Of the respectable
people of the entire community. He
was Mason in good standing, and
also an Odd Fellow. In fact, he was
GIe of the best men in all Virginia,
genial, sociable and cultivated, strong
and positive in his politics but never
offensive. The people of this State
could afford to lose any man as much
as John Newsom.
am not prepared to state which
side will win in this contest. Ihow-
ever have reason to believe that the
coalitionists in this belt will be able to
hold their own. Certain it is that the
heretofore solid south Democracy is
broken in Virginia. There were no
white speakers yesterday. The Demo-
cratic side. was represented by Rev.
Mr.. Cook, of Norfolk, and Mr.. Jones, of
North Carolina, both of whom made
strict sect Democratic speeches, and
applied as best they knew how to do
all the methods of this low born Dem
ocracy. Captain Geo. D. Graham. Mr..
Geo L. Pryor and Geo. NJ. Arnold rep
resented the other, or Republican side
of the question. When the Democrats
found themselves so badly outdone in
point of debate, they resorted to their
old weapon, common rum" and insult
ing epithets, filing their colored follow
ers with the former and urging their
colored speakers to deal in the most
abusive and provoking language. Once
there came sonear being public shoot
ing on the stand that only superhu-
man effort of wise counsel and men of
judgment that intervened and
prevented a tragedy on the
hustingS. Such men as this Rev.
Cook and the imported man Jones
should not be allowed to speak in pub
lie, they ought to be regarded rather as
disturberS of the peace.
Captain Graham and Mr.. Pryor made
splendid, sensible and effective
speeches,and theyexhibited the contrast
! between palpable ignorance and low
cunning meanness by their demeanor
as men of Judgment, character and in
telligence.
The worst emiSsaries that the south
is cursed with are those who take
Heavens livery to serve the Demo
cratic party in. Such was the case
with the man Cook, who announced
himself preacher of the gospel and
then for one long hour delivered lot
OF stuff not only nonsensical, bnt a
long list of bare-faeed lies, accompa-
MED by insulting references to those
on the other side of the political ques.
tion, that had the proper thing been
done, he would have been locked up as
disturber of the peace
| predict that this State will be the
first in the south to fully demonstrate
that there is great good to come out of
coalition of the white and colored
forces, when politically joined to-
gether. One can see good now result
ing from what has already been done.
You can see it in various ways, espe-
cially in regard to juries and schools
Heretofore it was a rare thing for a
colored man to sit upon jury. Now
it is a very ordinary thing. One can
see colored men on juries both. petit
and grand in all the county courts.
The schools have improved in point of
usefulness, in point of improving the
the children, and the increase has been
hundred per cent. And so on in
every way, politically, morally and fin
nancially.
Senator Stevens has gone down to
Nicksford to try his hama this week
with his old constituency. Mr. George
Pryor will be orator of the day. Mem
orial at Hampton, May 30th, 1883.