Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1883-04-18
The Negro Paper.

Va WA
The Negro Paper.
THE Editor Of The VirQinian, lacking
the ability TO defend his party and its
conduct of public affairs, by legitimate
argument or by fair presentation OF
facts, assai.s the HERALD, for having
published radical paper Tor negro
teacher. The HERALD is business
office dong general printing business.
When the NEGRO teacher" applied to
us 10 pint his paper we agreed to do
so upon his promise TO pay the price
demanded. Having failed to comply,
fully, we refused to print his paper and
il was suspended one week. He then
proposed TO us that he would pay each
week for the paper printed that week,
aud so long as lie did so. we printed
his paper when be failed to comply,
we refused TO print it. He had the sole
management oflhe politics OF his pa
per. aud our only connection with it,
was the printing, the same as with
every plrce OF job printing done at this
office. This was purely business
transaction, with which the Editor OF
the Tuginian had nothing 10 do and
his reference to it is evidence that he
deeply feels the necessity Of making an
attack upon something or some one. in
order TO cast from his own party the
odium Justly attached to it by Its con-
neclion with the negro element OF The
state.
Did the writer suppose that by at
lacking US, he could withdraw the at
tention Of the people from the applo-
priation of oue.huudred thousand dol
lars Of the peoples money for the pur'
pose OF establishing a negro school, The
necessity for which he has utterly fail.
ed to show the people? With school
of high order open TO them, and with
so few negro students to attend that
the sch DOL has been filed up with In
dams, Your party appropriates one hum
bred thousand dollars for The establish
ment of another school and imposes
upon the people OF Virginia an annual
tax of twenty thousand dollars for its
support
Or did you expect by attacking US for
printing paper for negro, you could
cause the people 10 forget that your
party appointed negro school trustees
IN the places of white men Or gave
preference to negro over a white
Confederate soldier? Do you suppose
that The white people Of the state car
be 50 deluded by such tactics as not to
perceive that from Malone down yoL
are dependent upon the negro element
for the Offices you hold, and can only
hold them so long as Arthur by bis po-
litical trlckery compels the negroes to
support you? Do you think the white
people Of Virginia are blind and cannot
see that your party to-day is imposing
heavy taxes upon them, TO enable you
to make lavish appropriations OF theil
money for the exclusive use OF the
negroes? Is your party under such a
debt 10 them for saving you from ign0
minious defeat that you can be so lavish
with The states money: la this APP
preparation, did you act for the benefit
of YOUR constituents Of Shenandoah and
Page counties, or were you using the
money Of your constituents for The
bene fit of the negroes Of Eastern Vir-
ginia? You can't say that it was Tor
the benefit of the negro portion OF your
constituency, for with FIRST class school
at Hampton, Tor cUl0red sluuentS IL
operation for ytprs, we challenge yor
to show that the counties of Shenandoah
and Page have ever sent half dozen
students. We doubt whether they ever
sent one. Ifthey have, it has never
come to our knowledge. With
these items, only q small portion
of the ac!s OF your coalition party
do you expect to raise the great
burden from your shoulders, pub
fishing the fact that thel HERALD
printed a radical paper for "nigger
teacher" You might as well attempt
to defend the Infamous conduct OF your
party al the Staunton Lunatic Asylum.
By proclaiming that Mason Orndorfl
war the victim of cold blooded MUIR
derers?