Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1884-10-31
Virpin,a's Vote.

more working days shall have passed over
our heads. the day of triumph will have
come.
Yes. the day Of triumph II you do your
duty. To us in the South IL will be not
simply triumph OF one day. but victory
which will last forever. The result will
either free us from all fears for the future,
or give us cause to dread the next election
OF President. The power OF the Federal
Government, which merely menaces us
now, will four years hence control us alb
solutely ~ we fail in our duty at this crisis.
The power OF the Federal Government
means much in this section. The use OF
the offices and the money Of the people in
the effort TO create divisions between the
two races is the crime OF the Republican
party. That party has lived upon sectional
hate and race jealsusies. II has kept the
whites snd the blacks OF the South separated
from each other as by dividing wall. Let
lis punish that crime by electIng CLEVELAND
President Of the United States.
The revenue spies and informers will
never leave us so long Us the Republican
Marty shall rule this land. The Democratic
party has not declared in its national plat
form for the abolition Of the Internal Reve-
nue. Department; but 1t may be safely said
that IL that department shall ever be done
away with ii will be by the Democrats.
Elect CLEVELAND and the Democrats who
favor its abolition will increase in number.
The experiment is well worthy Of trial.
The expenditures Of the Government
must be reduced. The Treasury must not
De allowed to hold in idleness hundred
millions OF dollars OF the peoples money
more than is needed to keep the currency
on q sound basis.
We need tariff upon Injuries. We
need tariff that will really protect Ame-
Iican industry. We need tariff framed
in the interest Of the working men. Vote
for CLEVELAND, and trust him to do all he
can to get such a tariff.
We need Democratic Administration
in order TO the improvement OF our rivers
and harbors. The Republicans are so pre-
JUDGED against the southern people that II
il Impossible for them TO do justice to us
OF the South even in the matter OF internal
improvements. Our Senators and Repre-
sentatives will labor under great disad-
vantages so long as the Republican party
controls the Government.
Let us ind better use for the national
treasure than the employment OF it to buy
masters for ourselves. Look at the coun-
try from one extremity to another, and see
the thousands and tens OF thousands OF
deputy marsbals who have been put over
the ballot-box by The Republican party,
and then say whether such party deserves
longer to live. Are you lot anxious to see
Virginia recognized as being as good and
as loyal to the Union as Massachusetts,
Are you not DESTROYS Of feeling once more
that we are indeed "in our fathers
house,. Then vote for CLEVELAND.
We shall have no more race troubles il
CLEVELAND be elected. The negro is
peaceable. He is tractable. He will behave
himsef il not misled by bad white men.
What happy day for the South will it not
lie when the colored people shall have
ceased to look upon their employers as their
political enemies On this point, General
WADE HAMPTON said the other Gay, in
speech at Richmond, ). c.:
"There never can he peace, there never
can be proper adjustment OF the relations
between the two races which live here,
until we have change of Administration.
have been as profoundly convinced OF
that a. Of anything in my life. For we
know. and our colored friends know. that
the two races have been kept in antago-
nism by the party at present in power.
The colored people have been told by their
enemies and our enemies, that II the Demo-
cratic party came into power their
political rights and privileges would
be taken from them. In 1876 they
were told they would be remanded
into slavery. That delusion has been
di.relled. and when we elect Democratic
President, when we have Democratic
President, know. and ! pledge myself for
IT,, that not one single political RIG ht will be
taken from the negro. Let him realize
that, let HIM see that he is Just as safe uu-
der Democratic rule rs under Republican
rule, and safer. When he finds that the
Democratic party win be frien dlylo him,
all the antagonsm which has beefrengen-
deIeJ by the emissares Of the North will
pass away, and We shall have proper I'M
Outstanding between the two races in
South Carolina and throughout the whole
South. II is for this reason, more than
ANY other. that think this question as TO
the presidential election is more important
than any other that could be brought be-
fore u.s."
Yes, the negroes will no longer fear
Democratic rule when they learn by eX-
le,iepce that all their privileges and civil
rights win be safe under a Democratic
President of The United States. What q
desideratum is the removal Of all i'll feeling
between blacks and whites. The party in
power will never allow the negroes 10 trusi
the white Democrats II they can help it.
Isn't 1t worth your while. then, TO work
from now until Tuesday next IL tbereb,
you can contribute to the success OF thi,
great cause.