Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1889-08-28
Col. VIM. R. Aylett on the Hastings

Col. Em. r. Aylett on the Hastings.
Col Wa. r. Aylett, Of King William
county, one of the truest champions of
democracy and always ready to maintain
the cause of good government, was in
Meckleub rig recently. He was called up.
on to address the people of that county, on
the issues involved 10 the present canvass,
the OCCASION being court-day on the 10Th
Instant. A correspondent of the Richmond
Dispatch furnished that paper with re-
port of his remarks from which the follow
ing is copied.
about o'clock Col William R. Aylett,
of King William county; who was recreat-
ing at Buffalo Litbia Springs, this county,
by Invitation came oVof to court and fired
the first gan of the campaign. The large
courtroom was filed with the sons of toll
to see the ball put in motion and listen to
the distinguished speaker. Colonel Aylett
struck the keynote of the campaign in his
first utterauce, which was: Brethren of
the Den crazy, meu of the straighthair
and whita- skin race This greeting was
SO different from the usual "Felow. citiz-
Gus" that it at once arrested the attention
OF the Gro I'd to hear what would follow. 1t
was not long, after some pleasant refer
ences to oourtesies shown him here, before
he plunged into his subject and let the PEG.
pie know that he stood upon no uncertain
ground. bat was for the supremacy of the
white race in the government of this State
over the negroes and their office-seeking
aud scaawag allies. He asserted that the
Republican party of Virginia was a negro
~ nd 1lr1pt tod rinht in
this town of Boydtou, where a negro had
been appointed postmaster in preference to
an old college friend of his who had uufor-
tunately turned Republican, was an ex-
judge of the county, and if he was in his
place he would repent of his error at once
and leave such an internal party. The com
pauy was too bad for such good man to
stay in. He said that Lincoln stood on the
same platform with him, and read extracts
from speeches of the emancipation Presi.
dent, where he said the negro should never
rule, and was Incapable of doing so, as the
hand of thu Almighty had stamped upon
him the mark of inferority to the nglo-
Saxon race.
Col. Ay!ett took from his pocket small
Iudian arrow head, which he had picked
up that morning GA small stream near
the Buffalo Springs. II was a small thing,
but it represented racs Of men who had
owned and occupied this country centuries
ago, aud VAS race in warlike achieve
ments, courage, and eloqueuce greatly SUI
perior to the African, but they had gone
and folio we'd the fate of the buffalo, and
the same destiny awaits The negro il he
tries to autagouize and degrade the white
men. Civil and political rights wond be
accorded them, but there are some things
they caunos have, such as mixed schools
and white wives, privilege noble white
Hood doa'5 mean to staud. and when they
get them look for the Peaks of Otter to
march dowa to the sea and the sea to flow
towards t. 9 Peaks.
He asserted that the white majority was
over 70, 900 in the State, and if the cause of
good government, peac and prosperity
were lost it would be by the apathy of the
white race"