The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1885-12-11
THE coLoRED PEOPLES DAY.
The Virginia Election Long 20 BE Remem-
bercd as . Historical Event.

The Virginia Election Long 90 tte temem-
bercd - . Historical Event.
The great Democratic victory in Vir-
ginia was a result Of the elections for
which every honest and decent man,
North and South, no matter what his
political associations. has good reason
to give thanks.
Malone was booked by the whole
power Of the Republican party, whose
leaders were so deeply interested in his
success that they went about drum
ming up money to help him along. IL
was currently reported that one Of the
objects Of Logan visit to New York
late in the canvass was to raise more
funds for that restless plotter. and
Sherman and Foraker. both greedy for
the next Republican nomination for
President. went down to Virginia to
lend him their aid. They knew that
the colored vote was AZ stake there and
that lis loss meant ruin for their party.
Malone. accordingly, devised his
most devilish schemes to inflame the
race prejudices Of the negroes. and his
agents sent to Northern newspapers re-
ports that a systematic attempt would
be made 70 frightcn them from voting
for Wise. On his own part. he spared
no effort to cajoie and bully them into
supporting his candidates. and through
out he conducted his canvass with
marvellous energy. audacity, method
| and artfulness. all the time Boosting
| that his success was inevitable.
| But what was the result? General
| Lee i made Governor OF Virginia by
| this verv negro vote. which also elected
| a Legislature that will turn Malone
| ont u thc United States Senate and
| substitute for him Democrat who
will fifty represent the honor and Dig
nifty Of that great State.
\ The couatles in Virginia where the
colorcd vose is strongest, and where
Republican majorities have been great
est. went over to the Democratic side,
| and no one. not even Malone himself.
dares pretend that the political rcvolu-
| ton was due to anything except .
| change Of sentiment among the me-
groes. or that the election was not re-
markable for its fairness. Mr. Wise,
| the Republican candidate. ackn0wl-
| edges that the colorec voters freely ex-
pressed their will at the ballot box,
| that no obstacles were put in the way
Of their voting. and that the count was
honest.
The colored people Of Virginia have
found that instead Of harming them
the election OF Democratic President
has becn for their benefit. They see,
after tie experience Of many months.
that their Republican leaders hum
plugged them when they drove them 10
the polls to vote the Republican ticket
on the ground that Democratic as'
tendency meant danger to their rights.
They have discovered that their Dem.
ocratic white neighbors have no hos
tility to them as a race, and are really
their most trustworthy friends, whom
they alicnated only because they thcm-
selves insisted on a political separation
based on color line, and timidly fol.
lowed leaders dangerous to both races.
Hence they have now voted. in largs
part, with the men to whose judgment
in other matters than political they IRE
glad TO defer. and for whom they have
an attachment which not even carpet
bag demagogcry was able to shake,
They have learned that even more than
the whites they are interested in oblit
Grating the color line in politics.
This action u the colored citizens 81
Virginia, more than anything they have
done since their emancipation, vindi'
Gates their capacity to exercise suffrage
with intelligence, and places them on q
footing with the whites which assures
their rights and brightcns their future
N Y. Sun.