The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1883-11-01
Rebuke Cameron.

One Of the things involved in the cur
rent campaign is the Official conduct OF
Governor CAMERON. OF course we can
say that his conduct is an issue in this
campaign only in the sense that the result
will be considered either a condemnation
or an approval OF the same. In his speech
at Alexandria the other day he constantly
addressed his auditors as II he had been
elected Governor by the ballots OF white
voters. When he is interviewed by re-
porters for the northern press, he assumes
the same sort OK airs. In fact, hearing
Governor CAMERON talk either i'm public
meeting or TO newspaper reporter,
stranger would never for moment sup
pose that in the capital of the Common
wealth, where he has his temporary resi-
dence, bis party is essentially negro
party. there being not one thousand white
voters in it--not one white voter out OF
every ten. In some counties, to borrow
General MAnoNE's expressive illustration,
there are in his party not whites enough to
"officer the negroes"
Now. IL the Coalitionists elect next Tues
day majority of the members Of the Le-
gislature, Governor CAMERON will claim
the result as an emphatic endorsement of
his policy. He viii, make no allowance for
the one hundred thousand negroes whose
the supporters OF his policy, but will claim
in general terms that the "people Of Vir-
ginia " have pronounced verdict in his
favor. And yet Governor CAMERON is the
man whose official conduct caused the
drawing OF the color line in Virginia so far
as it has been drawn. 1t was he that in
suited the white people OF the State by ap-
pointing two negroes upon the School
Board Of their capital city. Time and
again has he attempted not simply TO ex-
.cuse, but to justify this outrage upon his
own race.
Let not the reader labor under the false
impression that there was any necessity
laid upon Governor CAMERON even TO ap-
point trustees for the Richmond public
schools. The schools were prospering
when he laid bis violent hands upon them.
They were managed by trustees who had
been elected by the City Council. These
trustees were among the most honored
citizens of Richmond. After hearing that
they were in danger OF being turned
out on 4 bald technically they did
all that they could to protect them
selves in their trust. But all avaied
naught. They were turned out neck
and heels, and a Board appointed upon
which there were two negroes. Gov.
ernor CAMERON might have reappointed
the old and efficient Board-nay,
would have done so il he had desired to
serve his State instead Of his party. He
might have appointed none but white trus-
tees-nay, would have done so ii he had
regarded the preferences of his own
race instead OF seeking for the votes
Of the black race. He boasts now
that his appointment OF these negro trus-
tees resulted in the dismissal OF thirty
seven 1--WE think that is the number) white
teachers from the negro schools and the
substitution OF thirty-seven negro teachers.
OF course the trustees who eject the teach
ers OF the negro schools are The same who
elect the teachers OF the white schools.
Isn't it, therefore, a good reason, an insur-
mountable reason, for voting the Demo-
cratic ticket next week that such a vote
will be counted against Governor CANE
RoNy Isn't 1t all overpowering reason for
voting against the Coalition candidates that
every such vote will be a condemnation OF
Governor CAMERoN's outrageous acty