Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1883-07-24

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ton. This done, as it will be done in thu
Lynchburg Convention of the united De
mocracy, there will be no one to complain
OF the settlement, and the settlement will
then be had.
Ii we can accomplish all this without
laying ourselves liable to the charge thai
to settle the debt we have to sell ourselve:
and the State to the Radicals, we will be
he!d IN high esteem by posterity; but if We
follow Mahone, posterity will condemn the
Readjuster party for betraying our people
and selling out to the Republicans, and re-
adjustment will be stencil in the nostrils
of honest men.
You say you have heard the cry of negro
equality, social and political, too long to be
scared by it now, &c. You must recollect
that the negro has nayer been in the as
tendency in this State. We fought the
battle OF the races in 1869, and the white
men of Virginia asserted their supremacy
and right to rule then, and they have main
tanned that right to this day. Suppose
Wells had heen elected Governor then, and
harris, the negro, Lieutenant Governor,
don't you know that we would have had
negro equality forced upon us In its worst
forms In that fight l am glad to be able
to testify to the fact that you threw the
weight of your influence on the side OF
| your own race and color.
We are again threatened with negro su-
premacy, in more dangerous form thasi
we were in 1869, as the negro vote of the
State is solid, and tlle negroes are now led
~ s,ahone, who is a more corrupt, un-
scrupulous and dangerous leader than was
Henry Happy Wells, backed as he was by
Underwood and that class of Adventures.
Malone is an ambitious adyenturer, and
he is capable Of Subordinating, and will
not hesitaSe to subordinate, the white peo-
pie of Virginia to the negro, if necessary
to maintain his present relations with the
Republican Administration at Washington.
Aepublieanism in the North and Repub-
lloanism in the South are two different
things. The Republicans North are white
people-intelligent and capable of manag-
ing their own affairs and of administering
the affairs of Government. The great ma
jority of the Republicans South are ne
groes, who have had no opportunity to
aualify themselves for citizenship, much
less to control the affairs of State-they are
ignorant and vicious, and incapable of
ruling wisely or well. Republican ascen-
aeney in the South means, therefore, negro
rule, as that race constitutes in Virginia,
and indeed all the southern States, three
fourths of the Republican party. All par
ties hsve solicited negro votes, but there is
a vast difference between their voting and
ruling.
Already Malone has been compelled to
recognize the negro's demand for office.
lie has elected them clerks, magistrates,
school trustees, &C., in Eastera Virginia,
and in Washington county the Malone
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eight negroes. Now if the fathers consent
to associate with negroes as equals on
school boards, committees, &c, Will it be
considered improper for their children to
attend the same schools? And mixed
schools is certain to lead to mixed mar
riages.
You spaak OF the Democrats as Bour-
eons, and by Bourbon I understand you to
mean people who are opposed to progress
and development. Now the Democrats are
white people; you are white ;aan. How
does it happen that you and those who
think with you are more progressive than
obbers of your own race? Have you so far
outstripped your own race and color as to
have lost confidence in tho capacity of your
own kind to develop the resources Of the
country and to rule it? Are you willing to
say, OF have it said, that the white race in
Virginia is a failure, and that there is no
hope for the development of the resources of
the State except by placing the negro race
in power?
# you expect to go into the Republican
party, of which, in Virginia, 128, 900 voters
are negroes, with mere handful of whites,
and avert negro rule and negro equality,
you will find, when too late perhaps, that
you are wofully mistaken.
But if you have lost ali confidence in the
white rage, and feel that the negro is more
capable Of ruling the country, and do not
object to mixed schools, mixed races, &C.,
you should join the Republican party, and
do all in your power to place that party in
power in the State.
For my part, while L fought the Demo
cratic Funders on the debt question, now
that the debt is settled there is no differ
ence between us. They are my own race,
and had rather trust them and the white
Readiusters to rule the State than the ne,
groes, led as they are by renegade Demo
erat, who is under the control of an un-
friendly foreign influence.
Having a very high regard for you per
sonally is my apology for the views herein
expressed at such great length.
Your friend, A. FULKERsoN.