Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-09-11
rur pIcHMOND DISPATCH--FRIDAY. SEPTEMBER II. 1855

hark tnis VOW, ueny etnPn.,y
that Mr.. Wise proved that the Danyiiie
affair was a murder gotten up for polit'-
cal purposes by the Democrats OF Dan
vile. assert. on the contrary, that
the evidence taken shows that the ne
groes forced the whites into that affair,
and that they premeditated it, instr
gated by mean whites for base Radical
purposes. Disregarding this assertion
in this paper | shall establish my de-
NAL and brand Mr.. Wisc's assertion rs
false by common-sensc, legitimate
and conclusive argument, without waste
Of words.
The subcommittee charged with the
taking of the testimony was composed
Of Senators John Sherman and L. q.
lapham, two notorious haters OF the
South and prejudiced partisan Repu6-
Leans, and of Senator Iebulon Is.
Vance. as noble as he is true. MI the
marshals and other senatorial ma
chinery was Republican, and every Ia
cility Of securing proof on their side
was at their command, while none who
were not present can know how we
were hampered. | will not pause to
cite evidence from the 200 printed
pages Of testimony, nor to compare the
character Of our deponents with theirs.
The testimony was begun on February
Ii, 1881. 1t was concluded April 10,
1884, by shutting OFT a number Of our
witnesses and denying us the right to
prove facts which we could have proved
by q dozen witnesses, then present,
facts pertinent and relevant, at which
time Mr.. Wise cut most memorable
figure wide page 1892, &C.,, and the
subcommittee was adjourned summa-
rily, subject to the call of the chair
man. but Sherman never dared call it.
The report of the majority, signed
by Senators Sherman, Lapham, Hoar,
Cameron, and Frye, was flied soon, fol-
lowed by the minority report. signed
by Senators Vance. Pugh, Jonas, and
Salisbury. Compare these documents,
and 10 one need 90 further. But to
proceed: When these reports came in
the matter was ready for hearing, the
testimony was in, the case was pre-
sented properly; it only remained for
the Senate to pass upon it. The Senate
had a large Republican majority. This
majority was eager for the proof which
Mr.. Wise says he had presented to it.
Yet. so disguised were his bitterly-pre-
JUDGED Republican senator's with the
weakness and woful meanneSS of his
case that they pigeon-holed the report
and never dared bring it up.
Now my point is that if Mr.. Wise
had proved what he said he did, his
Republican friends would have been
only too glad to so decide. Mr.. Wise
is a lawyer, and he never heard Of
case in court, where all the proofs were
in, being allowed to sleep undecided
unless the counsel for the plaintiff
knew his proofs did not support his
claims. Mr.. Wise can now in the
Southwest SANDER US as much as he
plcaSes. but, at least. he shall not do so
without having this false claim hurled
back at him, and my denial. supported
by the fact that never did even John
Sherman dare to bring up the matter in
a Republican Senate. shall match
Mr.. Wise whenever and wherever he
chooses with proof positive from the
records Of the case that am right and
he is wrong.
One word more 1t does seem that
rather than insult and SANDER all our
people Mr.. Wise might name those
men who did the shooting-he knows
their names-and say that they were
murderers and assassins, so that the
opportunity might be given Of suing
him for SANDER and testing his yeracity.
Mr.. Wise is too pure and too good to
fight a duel. He is brave enough to
slap an old mans jaws. Let Mr.. Wise
now show himself brave enough to
name some one Of our citizens as a
liar, an assassin, and a murderer that
court Of justice may test his asser-
ton. Respectfully.
JAMES p. HARRISON.