Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-12-19
WEDNESDAY. DECEMBER 10. 1888.
Tho Next Platform.

"No outside issue" says our neighbor OF
the state. ought to be allowed TO interfere
next fall with the duty Of the people OF Viz
ginis TO preserve their civilization by con-
timing in power the Democratic party.
However much opposed 10 negro Insolence
and negro presumption white Republicans
msy be they cannot meet with the negroes in
public meetings and hold such secret con-
iereuces with them as they do bold without
leading their sable allies to the conclu-
ZION that negro Is rs good as
white man. We DO not desire TO he un-
lust 10 anybody. A Republican is entitled
90 fair treatment. But We must be per-
mltied 70 express once more our surprise
ma southern white men should be found
training with the ignorant negro rsbble.
For n the white men Of Virginia would
stand together "as solid as stone wall
there would he no trouble with the negroes.
TIE nero must have white master. II is
The white master, therefore. that ought to
walk IN the right way and lead his negro
ncirhbors. without white leaders the negroes
would be harmless. These are facts entitled
10 the consideration o. the white Republicans
o. every southern State; but we state them
once more to Induce the white Republicans
Of Virginia 10 put on their studying caps.
We yet out tOintroduce the following para
graph from The State
"Noi The eight viii be made. rs It ought
10 be made. FOR an object dear to the heart Of
every patriotic Virgin lsn-the rule OF The in
tlligcnce and thrit Of this state. The foe
that will confront the Democratic party has
proved itseT, after thorough trial in the exc.
Cntiye, legislative, and ministerial branches
~ our government, to be incapable Of that
rule under which alone Virginia can
be prosperous and her people secure
ia their rights and content in all the
walks Of their daily NE. Enlightenment
aud Industry will combat lawlessDes
leading ignorance. The large majority
81 the earnest. progressive, laW-abiding men
oi the state will contend With mass Of mis-
guided voters who are the dupcs and prey OF
those headers, who. with few honorable eX'
ceptiOus, are only political Adventures, the
casi-on and rejected mAerial OF the party
they now oppose. The Interests Of Virginia
demand that no OUTSIDE issue, however i'm
portant at other times. shall be permitted to
divide place In the public mind with that
other question that local question ~ I'M
measurable importance which involves the
peace, the prosperity, and the civilization OF
our people
There Is the case IN q nutshell. Elsewhere |
IN tho same article the state says that the |
tariG need mol be alluded 10 In the Demo |
cratic platform. Why should it be alluded !
TOT Would we elect county and city super |
in,endcuts Of schools because Of their views |
~ 10 protective customs-duues Would We |
elect Governor and a Legislature on that |
issue when The sll-imporlant duty before us |
s. the defeat Of MALONE and his monsirous |
schemes Of misruIe and oppression? Shall |
we. because be il IN sntl-protectionist or be-
cause he is a protectoRist, vote FOR a candi- |
date for any Office who Is in favor OF appoint |
Inc negroes trustees Of tho public schoolsY
Ou, peighbor Of the Whig treats this mat |
ter slill more seriously. Whilst OF course |
that paper would not think OF charging white |
Republicans with being priyy to such out
RACES ss those committed at Wshalak, Miss, |
last Saturday, II sees IN such outrages the re-
suit II not Of bad counsel at least OF misap. |
preheDsion on the negro's part rs to what
the election OF HARRISON foreshadOws. The
Wing says:
during the recent campaign we stated
plaiuly our fears that the success OF the Re.
publican party would tend TO produce dis
Iurbances between the races by causing the
negroes 10 believe that they could do pretty
much rs they pleased with impunity, and
those fears haye been all too soon realized.
90 course we do not mean that Mr.. Harrison
d Ia,
only thai the ignorant negroes misconstrued
the significance OF his election, and in
interpreted II as license for them
TO act toward the whites IN a manner
which led 10 riot aud bloOdshed. That
will probably be found TO be the real
cause Of the trouble II Mr.. lIarrison's Ad.
minis,ratiOn shall be such as to convince
both races that law aud order Will be pre-
served at all hazards, and to prevent the fu-
ture recurrence OF race troubles by letting
the negroes see that they have no more H.
couse under q Republican than under y
Democratic administration, aud the whites
thst they have nothing more TO fear from the
ascendRncy OF the Republican than from that
Of the Democratic party, II may prove bless
ing in disguise. But Will itf We can only
wait aud SCI"
Away with outside ISSUES. They should
have no abiding place 10 our thoughts, They
should be left 20 the northern people, who,
happily for them, whether Republicans or
Democrats, are not st all alarmed because OF
the election OF HARRISON. They feel posi-
lively assured that nothing will be done In
the northern States to demoralize any class or
le the occasion OF alarm, forebOding, and
fear. And we repeat that the southern peo-
pie would feel that they were just as secure
a. their northern brethren II only our whites
would stand together.