The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1883-12-12
A vitriolic Address. .


late election After review OF the
management of State affairs by both
parties, an claiming fo- the ReadIust-
ers the credit of introducing impo tant
reforms, Mr. Malone thus speaks of the
Ia Q campa gn:
when the Bourbon faction assenb'ei in
I.ynchbury in July last 70 formula e q plat
the " co.or line bourbon Journals pro
the race issue, aud that the contest should be
force1 into a struggle between the whites
incorpertsi snS ri1e o tnio the % platform sdopted
seemed highl y. o Oable until the nnal action
hest" best known to themselves, the Ionrbons
proclamation. OF their purpose to draw
crate Bout6ol dl1 not pretend that
this failure 10 draw the coior line In the plat
RSs aTH sS Ss al al bss
mol 1oeen foruoiitN adopfft from snlotaTtss1oT
Pention aidresssd himself to the white peo-
pie of Nirgi la; leading B0urbon organs
recommend. d the platform adopted as "a
coadiuJors, under e name OF s.raight-out
Republicans, we're sent into the black district
to Il SAT eet ,loTed voters. the whole bur len
of the BourI leaders In the white disir.c
was TO excite sne race pre- u ltces ana passions
o. n. whites arainSt the y N Ks.
The debt ques i'm was net theissu on which
Bour nism hoped % vi = Tor their attitude
ru IL one OF aDJeSt ana 0Onment OF
all pretense of principle and acceptance OF
every measure thry had denounced.
their attitude upon the ques Ions OF suffrage,
abject aud criugipg. They therefore sought
TO find o; he's issues upon which ihsy ale nj ap-
peal to he Vot rs OF Virginia
In Their written platform they sought TO
-ound key-1a.e against Reaubltcans1n ous
their oNn support OF heretofore pronounced
X .puhlicans answered this clasnor aud para
I'VE the power o. this appeal On the tariff
they assumed Il position o tncofnpreIensible
on the sub Get of a repeal OF tho internal
reve ue system whi n taey sought to make
an ISSUE they Touud no opposition In the
weak and y: bbi q e.au.or of opposil ion 70
bOssiSin they fOuBU IL Impossible TO prOduce
array OF oaenses of omission and commits
sion against cur party, with which they
adorned their platform. 1t was found, "A so v.
as our canvassers met them, that tlc.e WIS
not a gooi count In tte iNdicrnent
And so, n G Bou. bon fac ion. finding naurht
Resdjus,ePs wherewit6 to break the solid front
of our party. deliherat ly abandonet all other
ers. its press, ami is org MIA m into tue
rce-cry with the tnsrgy of despair.
as late as July 20, when their convention i
journed, in the fai. h that o her is 'ueS mignf
proye e available, ths IA e sac had no lly
not been m de p.omin.nt by the lirurb IN :
but had been iglIor 4. So 'ong as il wIs not
ayitatei, and, Indeed up TO the last we, X of
the canvass. when murder became rampant
our party was in act, and eve y report IRON
every SECTION brought confident as urance
of victory.
But as the election drew near the Bourbon
faction. realizing that on every Othet issue IL
was hopelessy de Gated. infuri6tel BY
know edge of Impending disaster. seizel u ,on
IL UNTIL wrou gnt up TO fever he 1t, I became
their sole, only and absorbn theme
screamed in threaten n frenzy, fierce and
bew lderiug as the d An e AMI song of the Caf-
ma mole in the da;s of the sans Gu ott..
As early as September leading bourbon
editor announced TO n member of our party,
I'm public place. that the Bourbon plan of
campaign was Ito buy all they c9uld and bully
the remainder." How faithfully this pro-
Iramme was carried out the sequel will show.
What was at the time regarded as a sente ,
ized as the dim foreshadowing OF n bloody
truth.
The progress of the canvass developed an
Organized system of duYlicity. practicsd by
our opponents, whereby In b ack districts they
nppeaioi TO the blacks for support on the
ground that our party gave them no rccogni-
ton and used item as mere tools and cats
paws. while at the same time. in white dis
dice of race TO saws the whites from an al
legged purpose on our part to elevate the
The same speaker who would be found to-
day in a black district protesting affection
and regard for the negro and a purpose on
Them than the Readius:ers had done or prom
ised, would be found tomorrow in white
that the whites in tie negro sections were
being tiamplei under the feet OF the black:
den homes with cry of despair from
them as a message to their brethren, and thai
by the gods this was white man country
and the white man sh iuid rule or the rivers
should run blood" The above is no idle state
meut. but quotation from Bourbon spcech-
under ciscums.a lces of exci ement accom-
panied by fools of falsehool p etending to
be coutradictcd before ell ctiou day.
Contemporary eous with these appea's, sem
sational clrcula rom Danyslle. Cumbs rland
and elsewhere, nile with false statemen S of
wrongs AM ousrages committed by blacks;
cartoons depicting negroes Furnishing white
child on one knee and black child on the
other; Infamous perjuries as to the utter
and small calculated TO infiame race preju
dice were spread broadcast tn! Ough the
ton money without stint, while they were
studiously suppressed in the black distric' S
and their absence supplied by d2u6 ed funds
As the excitement thus beIo ten became
more intense-as the buyfng of blacks became
IN re and more appa-enti tnpra ticable-:hs
vio.t Mt policy beca ne the more necessary to
intimidate blacks and infiane whi,es. Arms
began to pour into the SOU hs de reg o Is. The
supply of small arms in our lar ser ci,ies was
exhausted and the demand ext anded as far as
Raltimore until one DemCc attic bea iouarters
within twenty miles of Richmond had forty
s.and OF muskets, aud the Danyille region
was walking a, senal The cry that :" white
that a war of races was upon us, sweed in
volume and fero-ity. Thrsits of the lives of
our leaders became more common than any
other argument.
Murder in cold blood began in Madison
County Days before IL was repeated in Dan
vile rumors of the shipment OF arms filled
the air, and during the fair week ut Richmond
long before any outbreak occurred-the
knowing ones were heard to whisper and
myster ously predict what might be expected
at the proper time
In due time IL came. With what premedita-
ton and design II came, let any impartial
man who read the Bourbon press and heard
the preparations made for it judge for him
self Who provoked it7 who perpetrated il?
Let the Bourbon journals themselves testify.
With what purpose il was Perpetrated let the
political account spread broadcast by the
Bourbons almost before IL occurred, and the
effect they produced. speak as no argument
can
The massacre I'm Danvills is digniied by
Bourbonism with the name of riot. Toe facts
as gathered from all sources. are tiat upon
Saturday evening preceding the election, just
weekly pay and were buying their SUNDAY
supp les in a crowded marketplace. a white
man appeared. had an altercation with neg o.
and whipped him. The night was ended, and
no other negroes came to the re cue OF the
punished man. But the programme was not
interrupted by this circumstance. An armed
gathering Of ths "best people of the sbest
and braveSt was conveniently near, and in a
the building where they were assembled. open
ing deadly fire upon the unarmed, defense
less and flying negroes
How many were killed no one knows and
no one will probably learn the truth. for the
c iition of things still I'm Danville Is such
hat the truth can not be lear el. That they
were shot in the backs like dogs While rum
N ng away; that no pistol sho- was fired by a
lack man; that no white man was injured
save by his own friends; that for days the
poor victims were found deal in alleys, I'm
warehouses, and under houses. like poisoned
ra's that had crawled away to de; that the
negroes lei TO the o Is. TO the State of
North Carol ma to the four WINS OF Heaven
these are a few OF the frc OF this b ldy
Who'll sa e murder. whi IN was { egrsphe far
ana near bY the Bourbons as an ins hcnL up
rising OF tie blacSs n sstinst the whites.
SINAI aut ously wi h these CccurreuS ! the
rsck o the Jourbo weapon en-, a n pJ-
litical mu r reso Inde 1, nd he BOURBON
X lie sun< deep IN the Nut ties OF Charles
CITY. Hal Ak, H nlser. II ,yd. Aug "a. Lee
and elsewhere, m NJ ing wi Sa bath day
symptom cs frS m the 'urbon capt al, aui the
r.ce cry "a shouJes with b -utal ferJcitY
iten enough - make Virginia tie rival OF
any Southern STATE in her 10 ord OF blJods.-ed
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