Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-10-18
A Strong Appeal TO Patriots-Read IL,
All VirQfntans.

All
"Tn last year's canvass, whom, in ono OF our
casual conversations ! informed him that the
Board OF Public Works would revise the as
sesment OF the railroads, 8s required by law,
and would raise the valuation, he expressed
himself apprehensiye OF its effect upon the rail-
reads. aud said how easily they might combine,
# they chose, and take the state from us. adding
that $4,000 could easily carry Virginia either
,oay, aud il be was one OF tho railroad-men ho
would urge them TO subscribe II and win"
- Malone Unveiled "a pamphlet published by
Colonel Frank G. RUIN in august, los2.
To The Editor Of the Dispatch:
The above shows General Mahone's plan
for carrying an election in Virginia. bride
of 500, 600.
Now. as the man who takes money for his
vote il degraded thereby. we find. 40 least
in Virginia, comparatively few white men
who have come so low.
But with the negroes the case is different,
and if it were not for them such plan
would have no chance of success. How far
General Malone has attempted to carry
the State by such means in the canvasses
he has made since that declaration no one
knows; nor whether he has bad the neces-
cary sums Of money at his control, nor
whether he has preferred, rs Mr.. Brady
charges he has done, 10 put the
money into his own pocket, and
so has discounted himself with the
men who furnish the cash and who are
supposed to pocket great deal Of 1t them
selves. But we do know that the President
and the gang of practiced bribers who have
gathered around him in Washington are
exceedingly anxious to break the solid
South through the election in Virginia,
and therefore it is at least safe TO suppose
that they will for that purpose use all the
money they can judiciously employ--the
only impeachment 10 large expenditure,
supposing they have the means, being the
robberies committed by the rascally dis
tributing agents whom they are AFRAID 10
hold to a rigid accountability.
II ia also safe to suppose that General
Malone is endeayoring TO bride as many
registrars and judges of election as he
dares TO approach.
As nearly all the men of highest position
in the Republican party have openly lett
him, and il is known that the majority OF
white men are Democrats, IL is safe to as
sumo that If he succeeds at oil IL must be
by the votes he has bought. But as these
will be the votes of negroes and Of white
men not as good az negroes. then 1t follows
that in that case the government viii have
been transferred from constituency IN
which virtue and intelligence predominant
to q constituency i'll which vice and igno-
rance prevail In whatever community
this happens the rule of civil society IL re-
versed, the devil has sway, and his sway is
always in opposition to the divine plan of
peace on earth and good will to men is,
in fact, barbaric, and. of course, despotlc.
whether under the rule of one or many. II
this be true. then the men who WELD the
power must be of diabolical character and
designs.
But it is very plain that the purpose to
bride the voters cannot be openly avowed;
for the law Furnishes both the givers and
takers of brides. Some other motive
therefore must be avowed. and, the most
plausible is that one which would be sup
posed to have most influence with the ne
groes, and that Is equally ~ all things.
The best guarantee OF that equality 10
the negroes is 10 introduce TO them north
cru speakers who have an unmistakable re-
cord on that question--such men as MIR.
julius Caesar Burrows.
In haranging the negroes 1t is not neces-
sary that they should say O word about
equality; II is better that they should not,
for the avowal of such sentiments as they
have uttered would make very serious
disturbance upon any hustings in the