The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1884-12-03

nattef crowned heads! Judge men
by what they do, not by what they
.say Yonr true friends are the men
whose interests are identified with
yours the men who employ you,
who pay you promptly aud honest
ly, and thereby enable you to earn
a living for yourselves aud fami
lies. II it were true that the
Whites are the natural enemies Of
the Blacks, would it not occur to
you when a white mancame to you
to inaame your prejudices against
his own race, that such man is a
traitor and therefore unworthy of
ConidenceH
Men Of your intelligence onghl
to see that we are all, blacks and
whites, as it we're, embarked in the
same ship. We have a common
country and common interests;
what hurts one, hurts the other.-I
10 every community there must
be an unequal distribution Of prop.
erty. Industry accumulatesl Idle.
ness squanders! If all the property
Of the country were equally divi
ded tomorrow, inequality would
soon rise again created by thrift on
the one hand, and prodigality on
the other. Men Of property want
to employ labor. The mau who
has no property wishes to get EN-.
pigment to earn his bread. Here
is the bond Of union between the
two classes. Each iadopandOnt on
the other. Land is worth little
without labor to cultivate it. La
Dor is Of no value unless it can find
These are plain prop.
ositions. Now let Us give them a
practical application, As a gener.
al rule the whites own the lands
and other property. The blacks,
for the present, constitute the prin.
oipal laboring class in the South.
The wants Of these classes must
necessarily bring them together,
and the sOouer the better. Each
has exactly what the other wants.
II there was no capital (Which is
another name for accumulated
there could be no EN-
ployment given to labor, and the
laburer must Starve. lion the 9th.
er hand, there were no labor to be
employed, property must lose half |
its value. Instead then Of there
being any autagonism between
and labor, there should be
perfect harmony between them be.
cause each supplies the wants of
the other.
As | have already stated, the
leaders Of the Republican party,
for party purposes, have sought 10
array the blacks against the whites
aud thus keep the races apart
Their miscbievous 'falsehoods will
now be made plain. IL will be |
seen, under the administration Of
Mr.. Cleveland, that the whites Of
the South have no purpose to in.
wade the rights Of the blacks
When the minds of the blacks are
thus freed from these apprehen
sions they will begin to see that
their interests arc identified with
those Of the men who employ them.
A better state Of feeling win be es.
tablished between them, and they
will live and work and vote to.
gether because they have common
But it may DO said the Legisla.
ture Of Virginia may deprive the
Blacks Of the benefits of the Public
Schools. This apprehension is as
unfuunded as all tho others. 1t
cannot be done under the Constitu.
ton, and even if il could. the man
or the party that would attempt
such a thing, would at once forfeit
every claim to public favor and
confidence,
But you have a still stronger
guarantee, in the interest which
the white people have in the edu.
cation Of the blacks, They are
now voters. The vote Of the most
Ignorant tramp, white or black,
counts as much GU the day Of cleo.
ton as that Of the first gentleman
in the land, II Is to the interest
Of the white man that all the vo.
ters should be educated sufficient
TO cast an intelligent vote. Virtue
and intelligence Of the people are
the cOrner.stOnes Of free insLitu.
tons, White men know that I'M.
less the voters who elect the law.
makers, the Governor, and indi.
reCtly, the other officers oflhe gov.
eminent, are competent 10 vote
wisely, neither life, liberty or prop.
erty can DO safe.
In conclusion, in future the for.
tunes Of the blacks viii be in their
own hands. They can make or
mar them as they may choose,
They will have every right that
white men enjoy. II they are in.
dustrious, frugal, and iudicious,
they will prosper, as I know most
Of you have done. II, on'lhe other