The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1883-11-27

9th instant were full, free, and fair. He
handles the pen skiliully, finding no diff
Guilty in expressing his ideas in clear-eut
phraseology. We haven't room for all of
his last letter on the subject, but will give
specimens of il. Ii is addressed 10 FRANK
HATTON, the Mahonete Assistant Postmas-
ter-General. We quote Mr.. DEzENDoRF
now:
ROOMS STATE CENTRAL COMMITTEE
REPUBLICAN PARTY OF VIRGINIA,
RICHMOND, VA, November %, 1888.
have persistently denied, and do now
deny, that there was In the last election, or
Is now, any "shot-gun policy" in Vir-
GINA, Bourbon or otherwise.
assert that Virginia il to-day as peace
able aud law-abidng State as New York,
Pennsylvania, or Ohio.
In asserting this do not deny, nor have
j ever sought TO avoid the fact, that there
was disturbance In the city OF Danville,
Va, on the Sd instant, and that during
that disturbance four colored men were
killed and several persons wounded, among
whom were two white men.
have differed with Senator Malone and
and believe now. as have from the begin
ming, that 1t was mainly caused by the
methods pursued by the Malone people
during the canvass and the speech made
BY Colonel Sims the night before.
Nor do / think. nor have l ever said,
that the shooting was UNSUITABLE, no matter
what might have been the cause: but, on
the contrary. / have condemned, and dc
now condemn, IL rs reckless and useless
destruction Of human life that ought to be
thoroughly investigated by the Governor
and State authorities, and the authors, in-
stigators, aiders, and abettors punished as
the law directs.
What | contend Is that, granting the
worst that can he said about the Danville
affair, ii does not in any manner justify the
assertion made by Senator Malone that a
''reign OF terror" exists in Virginia, or
that g the shotgun policy" has been in
augurated there.
assert, on the contrary, that all the facts
in evidence 90 to prove that the election
held on the 9th instant was peaceable and
orderly, aud that so far from the Malone
party losing votes by II outside the city OF
Danville, they gained, having, by means Of
circulars distributed ut the polls, used the
Danville tragedy as u means OF melting
behalf of the Readiuster ticket; and that
giving them every vote that could have
been east In that city and Pittsylvania
county that was not east, 1t would have
made no difference In the general Jesuit.
The disturbance was local, and such as
has not iDfrequently happened In the city
OF New York in days gone by, and In Bal
timcre, with this difference, that In those
cities the killed were generally white men
vet l never heard either New York OF
MARYLAND denounced As having inaugurated
"a shot-gun policy" because OF the dis
turbances which occurred in those cities
either immediately prior 10 or on election.
day, disturbances which were known Ia
have been created for the purpose OF In.
fiuenciug the election.
Nor Is II Just or fair to stigmatize the
people OF Virginia as having inaugurated q
'sreign OF terror" and "the shotgun poll
cy" because Of the disturbance a. Danville.
! now denounce the statement that a
"shot-gun policy" has been inaugurated
In Virginia--"a reign OF terror" In which
colored men are made the victims Of the
biood-tbirsty whites-as not warranted by
iacts, the invention OF @ diseased imagina.
uon, the utterances OF IN ambitious poll
tlcian smarting under well-merited and
overwhelming defeat.
Mr.. DEzfSpoRr then gives figures which
have already appeared In the Dispatch and
adds:
No. mol Mr.. Editor, It won't do. 1t was
too much Malone that did 1t: the same
cause that operated 80 powerfully In New
York and Pennsylysnia last year. Too
much bossl
But h the great Republican party so
badly on that IL b necessary To arouse
again BY MISREPRESENTATION and slauder
those feelinss eugendered by the war that
were fest dlssppearingf
u y % necessary 70 the salvation Of the
party thst the Mah0nes, Chalfnerses, and
Cashes Of the South should be brought for.
ward - ieadexs; that the bitter enmities Of