The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1883-11-06
The Press on the Danville Riot.

Radical Coalition organs the Press in and !
out Of the State agree in fixing the respor-
s,bi,ity for the Danvillc riot exactly where
II belongs. The Baltimore american (Re-
publican), while expressing the hope thai
virginia may be turned over to the "debt-
paying Republican party" says:
The roting which occurred In Danville,
Va, and resulted in the death OF severai
persons and the serious injury OF Others Is
but the logical consequence OF Mahoneism.
The Readiusters acceeded to power by ap-
healing TO the most debased elements In the
State. Their sole object has been to get
possession OF the State patronage; to obtain
their ends they have not hesitated to bring
disgrace aud shame upon their State, ana
now, finding their dominion endangered.
they are not unwilling to sacrifice the blood
OF their felow-citizens TO maintain them
selves in power.
The Baltimore Sun independently re-
CARDS the riot as but "the natural out
come" Of the deplorable condition OF
things in the CITY Danville) so graphically
described in the address recently pub
lished by merchants and businessmen,
and adds
at is scarcely worth while TO consider
how the DanvIlle ARRAY began. From the
address to which we have referred 1t is ev-
ident that it had been brooding for long
time. and that it needed only n sudden dis
pIay OF insolence or menace on the one
side, aud sudden outbreak OF angry FEEL
Ing on the other TO bring on just such
conflict as that which stained the streets OF
that city with blood on Saturday. The po-
litical campaign in Virginia has been car
ried on with intense earnestness on both
sides; by the white Democrats in the en-
deayor to wrest the State from the control
OF Malone, and by Malone through the
consolidation OF the negro vote TO retain pos
session OF it. What has made the struggle
the more desperate on the part OF the lat
ter has been the detection OF quite num-
Der OF atic-Readiusters, who have
left Malone and fallen back into the DEM
ocratic ranks, and the opposition he has
met with from Independent Republicans,
on whose support he had counted. Any
one who has watched the progress Of what
has come to be called Mahoneism, and the
INSCRIPTIONS means he used to strength
en- himself in power-packing the courts
and the Legislature with his crea-
lures, distributing the Federal patronage
among his white and black followers,
and turning over the government OF the
smaller cities to irresponsible negroes,
together with the administration OF justice
in the police courts-any one who has
thought over these things might have cal
culated that the restiveness OF the whites
who were thus deprived OF the manage
~ fhntr affairs taXad without
representation, and subordinated, as it
were, to the will OF one man, would ulti-
matey lead to such an outbreak as has just
occurred. Malone Is the bane OF Virginia.
He has kept the two races in q state OF an
tagonism, and no lasting peace can be eX-
pected until his influence n dictator Is
broken down and the better feelings OF the
two races are allowed full play.
The Norfolk Landmark briefly and for
chilly says:
"The lamentable state Of affairs at Dam
vile has been foreshadowed by the acts
and speeches OF Mahone's partlsans, and
it seems reasonable to believe that it was
brought about as part OF the scheme to
unite the black race against the whites.
We trust it may fail. 1t is diabolical
scheme, and il is strong argument in
favor Of the party Of law and order"
The Lynchburg Virqinian echoes the
sentiment that the whole trouble is the le-
gitimate fruit OF Mahoneism. and COM
ments further:
Before this arch enemy OF Virginia
commenced manipulating the colored
voters to strengthen his own cause there
was peace between the two races in the
State. But now, alas the heretofore docile
race have been influenced by his incen-
diary appeals and his leyellIng doctrines,
and their conduct is so changed towards
the superior race that it seems welnigh
impossible to restore their normal rela-
tions."
The Washington Post Democratic be-
gins column review OF the events that led
to the trouble with this sententious para
graph:
The fruits of Mahoneism lie stark and
bloody in the streets OF Danville. The red
stain OF the dead is upon the skirts OF VIII
liam Malone.
The Philadelphia Times independent
Republican, declares that " these things"
and the other disgracefu political methods
employed by MALONE can only be halted by
his overwhelming defeat Tuesday, and con-
tinues
Nothing seems too desperate for Malone
to undertake in his efforts to keep Virginia
under his control. The Danville riot OF
Saturday was undoubtedly the natural re-
suit OF the inilsimmatory speeches which
Malone orators have been making. 1t re-
suited in the loss Of six lives, and it is by
no means certain that there will not be
more OF the trouble. In all probability the
riot will prove damaging to the Malone
cause, and ii deserves to.
The New York World (Democratic) says:
The conflict between the races at Dan
vile. Va, has created intense indignation
at Richmond and at a great mass-meeting
last night the responsibility was placed
upon Malone and his followers, and they
were SO scathingly denounced that il is
doubtful whether the political prospects OF
the small-very Readjusters would
sell for three cents on the dollar.
The Lynchburg NeacS, in an article cali
ing upon the people to visit a whitening and
crushing rebuke at the polls upon those
who would make pandemonium Of Viz
ginia, says:
Mahoneism has worked out its legiti-
mate result in Danville. Riot and blood
shed have come to pass. Inflamed and
crazed by the diabolical speeches which
have been addressed TO them by the Ma
hone Nihilists, the negroes have precipita-
ted the bloody issue. and the whites have
been forced to meet 1t with arms in their
hands. The result Is what it will always
be in conflict between white and black
the latter have got the worst Of it.