Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-09-18
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FRIDAY. SEPTEMBER IS. 1885.
Sherman's Latest.

psv before yesterday JOHN SHER-
MAN made at Massillon, Ohio, another
of his slanderous attacks upon the
southern people. We do not need any
better campaign document in this State
and we return thanks to MIR. SHER-
MAN or whoever it was that sent 10 us
copy specially printed Oil sheet Tor
the use of editors. Mr.. SHERMAN
tells why he persists in waving the
bloody shirt. After saying that he be-
lieyes there is now in the South feel
ing that the best interests Of their peo-
pie is that every legal voter should be
allowed TO vote and have his vote
counted, he spoils bis compliment by
showing that WISE and MALONE are
the men he alludes to. He says:
81 am encouraged in this belief by
many leading citizens Of the South, and
by the gallant contest now being made
by
GEN. MALONE AND GOV. WISE
in Virginia, who have made, and are
now making this appeal. | believe
the Republicans in the South heartily
sympathize in this movement"
The words "Gen. MALONE and
Gov. WISE =" are printed by Mr.. SHER-
MAN in small caps and in q separate
line just as We have them.
"Govemor WISE. Well, that's
good-decidedly "previous" if we
may use q slang word. Now that we
have SHERMAN endorsing MALONE
and WISH by name, let us scan his
Massillon speech to learn from it how
MALONE and WIsE's sponsor talks to
the people of Ohio. We give a short
extract:
Shall the solid South, maintained
by fraud and violence, be continued .
controlling element in our politics?
Are we prepared to have six millions of
people deprived of their constitutional
rights, as a fostering sore in the politics
of the future? Shall we have q popu-
lation larger than that Of Ireland COM
planning Of an injustice far greater than
ever was inflicted upon the Irish peo-
pie? Shall the promoters of this wrong,
as reward Of their crime, enjoy in
creased political power over an equal
number Of people in the North? Shall
ten thousand rebels and Democratic
voters in Mississippi elect a men,
Der Of Congress when it requires thirty
thousand voters in Ohio to have the
same representation Governor Hoad-
ly thinks nothing should be said about
it; that we must not wound the feelings
of the men who committed this grave
offence; that to do so is to wave the
bloody shirt and to revive the recollec-
items Of the war. lie asks as Tweed
asked, "What will you do about it?'.
He, protesting to be friend of the
colored men, has no remedy to offer, no
advice to give them except to vote with
their former masters and the Kuklux
Clan. He thinks, as they are a kindly
people, they will do so. If we can be-
lieve the testimony Of every living wit
ness who has spoken upon the subject,
the colored man, il allowed to vote, will
without exception vote with the Repub-
licsn party that has secured him his
freedom, and will protect him, to the
extent Of its power, in his political
rights. ] trust that will always have
the courage to denounce the wrong that
has been done him, and do my part to-
wards seeking remedy.
I said at Mt. Gilead that think an
appeal should be made to the
HONOR AND GOOD FAITH OF THE
SOUTH
TO faithfully fulfil their parole Of honor
and obey the constitutional amend
ments, and that l, as one, would be
willing to make that appeal whenever |
thought it would be heard or needed.
Governor Hoadly asks why | did not 90
South and try to pursuade my coun-
trymen that it was their duty to right
the wrong. He knows as well as
any one that this appeal would
have been met in large portions
Of the South with the shotgun.
Hundreds Of brave men living in the
South, with property there and interests
there, have been driven from the stand
by armed ruiilans when they sought to
exercise the freedom Of speech. A gen.
tleman known to Governor Hoadly,
General Willard Warner, while sena.
tor from the State of Alabama, was
prevented from speaking to his constit.
uents by just such violence, and hun.
dreds Of instances are shown in the
public records where free discussion
was accompanied oy murder or whole,
sale violence.
Every negro, il allowed, would vote
the Republican ticket! That's q com.
pliment to the negroes. They are NO
better than 50 many sheep, according
to SHERMAN. Why not take the cen,
sus reports, then, as return Of thei,
votesg What's the use Of their record.
ing their votes9 Let all ne sroes who
90 TO the voting-plsce DO counted to.
gether and the aggregate set down q
the number of SHERMAN or Republi.
can voters. Fine voters, these.
SHERMAN was afraid to speak in the
South because, so he says, Governor
HoADLY knows as well as any one
that this appeal would have been met
In large portions Of the South with the
shot-gun -! Governor HoADLY does
know it IS well as any one else but it
happens that nobody knows it.
And SHERMAN is the ally of WISE
and MALONE. Vote for WISE and
you endorse SHERMAS's ISLANDERS, and
II yirginis goes for wIsE every paper