The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1884-10-02
Allegheny County.

upon their toes, they rise in all theil
wrath. Whom the Gods would DESTROY
they first make mad On the arrival Of
the VlRGINTAN containing my former
communication, our Bourbon friends be-
came so angry that. what might be termed
an Indignation meeting was held and a com
mittee Of three was appointed to get up a
reply-Mr. Rex being personally unable te
attempt such task. The Allegheny Sen.
td1el put in its little oar in the shape of a
half-column editorial and all the yelpino
pack OF the country around have been
bowling about it ever since.
After three weeks of anxious waiting on
our part and OF unceasing laboriand mental
strain on their part the weary Toll has at
length ended. The massive brains to whose
workings the fate of Democracy had been
conlided have finally completed their task
and now,-what do we find "'Parturient
monies, nascetur ridiculus mus The
| mountain labored and a ridiculous mouse
has been born. picked up the last num-
Der of the Allegheny Sentinel with fear
and trembling expecting to find that had
been crushed, and | supposed that after
reading the classic production, nominally
signed by Rex. bristling with its biting
sarcasns, replete with its choice Quota
tions. and polished with it's Ciceronian
dctlon. | would never more be able to
hold up my head True indeed it was
| l certainly was crushed crushed in about
/ the same manner as was Yost crushed by
Ran Tucker at Covington. last THURSDAY.
l found to my surprise it was simply a re-
| petition of the first utter falsehoods and a
rehash of the Sertmel's editorial. 1T was
lucky for Rex that the editor came to his
rescue for without that cue his reply
would have been no reply at all, as indeed
IT can scarcely be called one as it is.
In regard to his repeated falsehoods con-
corning the organization of our club, we
have nothing to say. My first article gave
| the facts exactly as they were and nv
statement was certified to by all the officers
OF the club over their own signatures. Rex
| tries to get out of that falsehood by falsi-
| lying concerning his original article and
at the same time trying to give it greater
force by increasing the size of the original
1asehood. Truly an ingenious way of get
| ing out OF the frying pan into the fire and
;it the same time stirring up the fire to
make it burn the hotter He first said
that our club consisted Of twenty negro
and nineteen white members, which was
| absolutely false he now says that he said
nothing of the kind, which is also abso-
luteiy false; he then further states that
our meeting was composed of thity-six
negroes and nineteen whites, whiohis like
wise absolutely false. Let the candid
reader look over the original article of Rex
IN the Sentinel of Aug. 30, compare it with
my reply in the VALLEY VIRGINIAN of
sept. =, and compare them both with the
reply OF Rex last week and with nv state.
ments above, and then judge for himself
This, however, amounts to little OF
nothing III comparison to the main state
mentS contained in my other article and
which have been studiously avoided by Mr..
Rex. Why is he so silent upon the facts |
brought so near home and which touch the
vital point of Democracy in the south !?
Ihe Republican party does not deny. nor
Is It ashamed to state, that practically all
OF the negro voters of Virginia, and of the
South are in its ranks. The negro knows
that to the Republican party alone must
ne look Tor education and for help to lift
nm up from ignorance and to assign him
ms proper rights and proper position in
IRE. Ihe Republican party too, is proud |
TO know that five or six millions of human
beings look to 1t for guidance and it consid- |
ers 1t a sacred trust not to abuse this conf |
dence. This being true. as matter of course
where the negro voters are almost equal in |
number to the white voters of both parties,
our vote will have more negroes it than
White. Ii 1t were otherwise, if the white |
Republicans outnumbered the colored. |
democracy would stand poor show in
deed.
On the other hand the Democrats claim |
to be the sbeSt people, or as Col. OFFER
rail-. bourbon candidate for Congress. said
III a recent speech, Il want no niqqer to |
vote Tor me. and Harry Tucker, couple |
OF weeks ago, appealed to the citizens of |
Clifton Forge to join the white mans |
party. Both these gentlemen voiced the |
unanimous sentiment of Virginia's De- |
mocracy. None but those of the purest |
blood can find harbor within their sacred |
precincts. All is serene and heavenly |
there in that atmosphere of simule purity |
and should its virgin freshness be disturbed |
by the darkened figure of an honest colored |
man OF the sweaty face of an humble la |
Dofef, objectionable crime would be COM
united and the ethereal spirits that find a |
solace there would be forever defiled. Such |
ut least is Democracy as taught us. but |
what do we find on turningt to it as actually |
existing? This white mans party, this
antl-negro organization, this glorious COM
pany OF saints and apostles, when it thinks
that few votes may be gained thereby,
admits negro members into it's own clubs.
crowds closer to them as they sit within
that halowed circle: permits it's leading
members to throw their arms lovingly
around the neck of their cOlOred brother.
escort him to the polls, and give him an
expressive hug as he deposits his little
piece of paper blessed by bearing the sa-
cred name of Democracy permits it's rank
and file. its leaders and captains to listen
and applaud to the echo when one of even
the basest sort of these tabooed colored
men addresses them from platform over
which they had just foated to the breeze a
banner consecrated and made pure because
1t bore the names OF Cleveland and Hen
bricks, the hottest of the holy of this most
holy party.
Why does Mr.. Rex say nothing Of this
Why does he ignore the statements made
that his club here had some colored men in
1t Las he anything to say in regard to
the fact that when their flag was raised
here, among the speakers who addressed
the little throng of the unterrified, there
was a negro who has not the respect event
OF his own race? Does he also dare to deny
that at the election last fall the most prom
lnent Democratic wire-puller here escorted
negro to the polls with his arms thrown
around his neck, hugging him as though he
was the high priest of Bourbonism
NO. Mr. Rex, we do not complain pitt
ously at any facts you may state My az
tlcle was not written so much to contra
dict an untruth concerning Republican
club. written by Democrat and published
IN Democratic paper las nothing more
than that was to be expected, as a matter |
OF course) but it was written with view |
to show to the good people of the 10th dis
trlct. and OF Virginia the hypocrisy and |
treachery Of the Democratic party Itwas |
written to show that while the Democratic
party appeals to race prejudice as it's sole
issue, it is acting directly contrary to it's
own doctrine. 1t was written to show the
people that while the Democratic party can
find no baser name for the Republican
party than the term of the ''niggern party.
and can cast no yiler slur at a Republican
than by calling him ''n5gger"; they vet
admit this self-same ade ''niggeri' on
terms OF equality when they think vote
can be gained by SO doing Will the peo-
pie OF Virginia uphold such baseness as
this? The fourth of November will tell
us, and we feel assured that when the sun
goes down that day the true, patriotic citi-
zens OF this old commonwealth will have
forever sealed the doom of this party of I
sham, hatred and base treachery.
One more word as to Mr.. Rex. We are |
not at all surprised to hear you state that
the Democratic club consists of over two
hundred members. Nothing in the world [
that you might state would surprise us in
the least; for we would simply say; 20,
l. g. 1oxrl