Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-12-07
4 ThouEbtTuI Etan.

FOR inc DlepAl'h-J
Going little farther thsn Won did in the
Dispatch Of to-day into Mr.. lngalls's views
on TIE negro problem. ] offer the following
extract for public consideration:
ATLANTA. December 2-The Consi;fufion's
Washington cor crpondsnt asked Senator ingalls,
what effect the election would have upon the
southern question.
Tho race question at tho South remains as It
has always been, aud for the noIt generation, at
least, win continue 70 be the most important
And formidable In our politics The Change from
slavery 10 freedom, from authorization 10 legal
equality has complicated inste2d Of aimpiiiod
the situation. SO far from solving tho fatal pro-
biOm. IL has added new elements Of difncuty
and danger"
"lsSny immediate adjustment probable7"
"Uulees hist ~ "a false teacher IL II not pOg-
sihe for two di.tinct races not Homogeneous
that Is. which cannot gssimuAte by intermAr-
rage and tho mmEllng Of blOOd-to exist upon
terms Of practical p0li ical equality undor tho
same government one or tho other must go TO
the wal. 70 the World
The thought suggested to me by this adj.
mission from Yankee, 10 great extent re-
preventative, Is this: That Ia view OF the
added and increasing danger end dill
Guilty" OF this "iSial problem" all discus
son on the tArG among MS in Virginia snail
cease; that no phase Of It shsl be admitted
into our platform, sud that the candidates
whom tho people elect Tor office shall he ex.
pressly forhidaea 10 discuss on the stump.
We have lust lost the presidency, and ctmc
near losiag Virginia on II. Ne ought not TO
risk Il RsaiR. have read many Of the arli-
cles explaining away our defeat. But the
most prominent topic OF the canvass was the
tariA, and re lost The election. The game ot
pohtics, ike some forms OF horse rAciug, -
pay or play; aBe the result, as Albert
Sidney Johnston wrote Mr.. Davis, The re-
suit goes into the Record. We have lost the
prestige OF success on the tariff line. and
that will be against US II we run the same
race over agaiR.
am uota protsciiopist IN anv sense. You
| will endorse ras. Mr.. Editor, asa revenue
tariff man pure and simple; and ! would
have these views practical when the time
comes.
A year or two ago, N you VIII excuse NY
egotism in consideration OF its motive. con-
vertiug with Mr.. Randall, said to bim: " I
am reveuue-tauf msn when the time
comes" And ne replied: " Yes. sir. and |
sm revenue.tArG man ,ohen the time
comes"
But The late election shows that the time
10 not vet; aud our politicians should be for
hidden ~ attempt 10 hasten or -etsrd il.
at Is 4 condition" (oi societvl "snd not
theory " (oi political ecoEomy) "that con-
fronts us.N
And thst condition demsuds that as far "a
- In ne lies ne shall live psiceabV with all
white men. especially ST home. THIS we
cannot do n matter affecting opposite per-
sonsl interests becomes matter OF newspa-
per discussion. AcrlmOny must grow ont
~ the warmth Of the debate, and we csnsot
AFFORD acriaOny. The negro aud debt pro-
blems are all that We cae manage; Tor IL is
not worth while TO disguise the fact that we
shall have s hard tigbt to keep the state on
the right course.
The President-elect struck the keynote
for his party when be said last March Ia his
speech before the Marquette Club 10 Chi
csgo that "the unfinished par OF The Re-
publican work was 10 make the franchise
10 the cOl0rod mao Of the South a practical
and living realty.'" And unhsppli there
are IN Virginia enough white men anxious
70 sell the state 10 The negroes for a. msny
pieces OF silver a. the Republicans will pay
them.
This triple continuation il dangerous, and
demands an adjournment OF all Federal is
sues until this matter Of life and death is
settled
Al diqble protection.
Al diabie revenue tariff. PEACE.