The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1883-06-03
T,,y spIRrT OF THE STATE PRESS


"Captain" Paul.
As respects the two mulattoes ,ne , Iu
ernor has placed over the whi.e ol' n hot
Of our public schools. It Is peil oS 70 tbe
Eorrester, who was orce elected W w
council from Jackson Ward by it,
votes. will not presume to push n nGi.
sol, forward or become obnoxious ny o'n
ciousnoss He Is modest coioreu ,n"n'
and one who knows his place. NJ ~ bis
the Council we have never heafa VI ~, al
acting i'm any other than q uelelo".,.d
manner towards the white mernoeIs anu
oaiccrs. 10 whom he always gave pup
recognition as his superiors' Anu III
though the insult and indicnity ih,euu1
bv Cameron, Blair, and farr 10 10 PdJ'
unon the white people OF hlch'nJ, ,ito
and through them upon all the WI" a.
people OF Virginia. IL none Tue leSs ia,
Grant on this account, yet u oO
Qualification TO know that one OF INC liia''
ments they have selected may not pIo'Ip ~
plant In their hands rs they desIe' ~,
iho other FELLOW. " Captain " Paul. IS OF IN
/ entirely different breed. He is very l'i-
nudent and forward negro, who pushes
| himself everywhere, and who by his OIL
ciousness and persistent demand for rccog-
nition has rendered himself very offensive
and ANNOYING. though not daring to put
bis nose in where he would be apt TO get i
Damaged. We have been informed
inv those who know that when he
was first appointed messenger IN atten-
dance on the Governor, he answered
readily to the name OF d" Pall'
or "John," or Richard" or whatever
his name might he, for really we don't
know: but il was not long before he " be-
Gan TO stand upon his dignity" and when
addressed after that manner declined to
respond, telling those requiring his SER
vices that he was "Captain Paul, ana nc
desired everybody in future TO address him
by his proper title and treat him with the
Difference due his rank rs an officer OF the
virginia military organization and his posi-
ton rs aid 10 tie Governor"
In this little episode we have set before
Us the real character Of the negro who has
been placed at the head OF our School
Board: at the head We say, for the reSOlu-
ton he introduced az the first meeting and
the impUdcnt sarcaSms he INDUCED in at
the time, coupled with his lofty and pa
tronizng air OF granting a favor to our
people, plainly showed that he fully under
stood the weight OF his position, knew his
power and its source, and felt every inch
'.the boss OF that concern rs he un-
doubtedly is and was intended to be by
those who appointed him. The only won
der is that the white members OF the Board
should tolerate such in~olerce.-State.
Negro SchOoI.Trustces.
While oflice-holding is rs much the priyi-
lege of the negro Is OF the white man
under the law, il is a privilege that Is not
ii, IA. 4 ND
the Coalition party has 50 recognized i in
the past. While Il negro has as much legal
privilege 10 ill the governorship as Gov
ernor Cameron, or 10 have gone to Con-
gress from the OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
Fourth district Of Virginia as its present
white Coalition representative. o. TO have
been made United STATES senator instead of
Mr.. Riddlebcrgcr, to whom this elevation
was only made attainable through the
weight of the black vote. no negro was
ever thought OF for any OF these places.
While a negro has as much legal pryi-
lcge TO be an officer OF the Augusta
County Court or TO lie a registrar OF
Augusta, or to he on the school boards OF
Augusta. no appointment OF a black man
has been made to any OF these Offices, or,
TO our knowledge, even been contemplated.
While the negroes Of the northern and
western states of this Union cast large
vote. and have the same legal privilege 10
20 to Congress from those states as the
white man, none have ever been so sent,
even where the negro vote was actually
necessary TO make up the Republican ma
jority. Ii if was a matter Of justice and
right to appoint negroes on the School
Board in Richmond, TO which they could
never have been elected by the people there,
why is not that justice done to the negro
here in the Valley OF Virginia?
1t may be true that these appointments OF
blacks are the result OF a pressure from this
class Of ignorant voters which the Coalition
leaders cannot resist, and vanity which
they must, 10 retain their political power.
cater TO; but that very truth makes the
situation all the more grave, and should
operate to bind the intelligent white men
OF the State together in scli-deience. IL Will
not do to pun away the mixed school spec
ire as thin air; YOU must look at the pro.
gTe,s of events. The blacks OF Virginia OF
this generation, while not specially ambi-
tious TO qualify themselves TO fill Offices,
are certainly developing an excellent appe-
tite for them. and there is as strong de-
velopment OF yielding 10 it by the Coalition
leaders, Stanton indicator.
VashingtOn-COunfy Election.
Along with the Democratic victories i'm
other counties OF the State comes a glO-
rous one from Washington county. The
circumstances and details OF the canvass
here were peculiar, but in this it only adds
to the completeness OF our victory. The
Republican ticket was early in the field,
and on the part OF the Democrats there was
great division OF opinion and opposition
TO a convention being held upon their part
TO nominate county officers: but, however.
at Late day convention was held. and
the "apple Of diScord" was thrown into it
by those who had friends who would not
come in and submit their claims TO il.
But. Notwithstanding all this dead
weight" on the part OF the Independents,
orr county rolls up grand victory for De-
mOcrlcy.
Especially in tins II gives the death-knell
70 Radicalsm and Independentism in this
county for some time to come.
The only candidate elected on the Repub-
lean ticket was John c. GRAY, for treas
urcr. Over this Fowler d Co. and other
Republicans may raise the cry OF victory
upon their part, but the people OF Wash
ington county VIII know how false and
hollow it is when they learn that Gray's
friends declare that he is a Democrat, and
Gray had ticket out Independent Of the