Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1884-09-04
Virginia and Rhode island.
The Providence Journal makes the fol-
having w,f7v reforf.

LUZ tv'fVVhSt vo"f"ut uiahts buc f"'
lowing witty retort.
"The Richmond Dispatch desires US 10
note The fact that slcsding coiored Demo-
erals are complained OF for preventing
the organization OF Republican mass
meeting IN Petersburg by their riotoiis
conduct. as proof OF the existence OF ne.
groes in the South who are Democrats.
Ihtir conduct would certainly seem 10 be
proof Of u in th,s instance"
In the sans Issue Of the journal Is let
ter from an anonymous vlrginia CORE
spondent in which the Democrats OF this
State are held up TO the reprobaiion OF the
people OF Rhode isl'nd. The writer OF the
letter knows nothing as 10 the Consultation
and laws Of Rhode Island. and so In one
instance, OF least. srraIgns his Virginia
neigbbors for what no Republican
in Rhode Island Il willing 10 con-
cede 10 be an offence At all.
The letter is dated at Columbia. Fiuyanna
county. II rails at the Democrats "a II
written by disappointed ofiiee-seeker or
by displaced oflice-holder. Read ana
laugh at the following. addressed to and
published in Rhode Island Republican
paper. He says OF virginia:
.sShc has hardly republican form Of
government now; and IL this bill Of abom-
nation had become law. then, truly, the
Dispatch could proclaim republican gov
eminent farce"
Under the kind Of republican govern
ment that controls Rhode Island, for.
eigner cannot even vote unless he Il an
owner OF real estatel In Virginia the hum
blest negro can vote, and vote, as the me-
gro often does. as If he were no oring his
white fello w-citizens by condescending to
deposit his ballot at al.
This Virginia correspondent Of New
England Republican paper could not let
the occasion pass without sticking few
pins into WIcKaAs. DEzESDORP, LEWIS,
RIvEs, and the other Straightout Republic
cans in this State. He describes them as
follows:
"And what are straigh:ouls,? Bour.
bons IN Disguise wolves in Sleeps cloth
Ing When candidates for the Assembly
they were elected by BouTbons. and. in
turn, voted for Bourbons. In the House
and Senate they voted with the two.thrds
majority over the yctOcs Of the Gov
ernor; and even the bill OF appor-
tlonment for congressional districts,
which their leader, G. neral WIckham.
voted against on It's passage as unconstI.
tuiional, yet declined TO vote on ITS passage
over the veto. as his constituents had adj
viscd him not TO oppose t., Who were his
10
elected him. Are the leaders Of the Straight
outs Republicans? II so. how could they
aid the men who. at Lynchburg. n short
time tefOrc, In their resolutions condemned
the Republican party as most VILE. corrupt
ard infamous: g
The Straightouts will smile when they
read that description Of themselves.
The correspondent aforesaid gives what
he styles "the latest attempt 20 bulldoze"!
lie cut It from Virginia paper. and the
Providence journal reproduces it. 1t
follows:
"Yote for Cleveland rather than risk |
The destruction OF republican government |
or its preservation through bloody convul- |
sion"
The journal will surely admit that the |
penning and printing OF that short SEN |
tonce was very innocent bulldOzlng,"
and will probably Join its Virginia CORE
spOndent in saving that "such threats will |
hardly alarm people Of the North. as Vir-
ginians found TO their cost when in 1860 |
hey threatened the northern States with
war il they dared TO elect Republican"
1t is not important to id nifty this Vir-
yinia correspondent o. a northern Repub-
lean paper; but It may crafty some Virgil
lians TO know that he is not southron, so
We infer from the following:
Believing that the best interests OF Vir-
yinia and the welfare, prosperity, and
afety OF the whole country will be better
conserved aud the rebel States put q little
Onger on probation; when every free man
ran vote without hindrance, instead, as
now, when every poor man is treated as a
vassal throughout the South and the shot
gun starvation is the penalty"
This Is the kind OF stuff that is dealt out
10 the northern people as the best means Of
nGucing them to vote against the Demo-
ratio nominee for President of the United
states. Thus are Virginians traduced in
,apers published hundreds of miles from
heir homes, and in which the other side OF
he questionable TRUTHS never pre-.
ened. Thus is the South made solid
md kept solid. The enforced sOlidity Of
he south Is caused by the voluntary
o1idify ~ thp North