New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-11-29
AGAINST THE NEGRO.
THE SOLE OBJECT OF THE VIRGINIA DEMO
CRATIC CAMPAIGN
THE COLOR LINE DRAWN AND THE WHITE
MANS COUNTRY" STANDARD RAISED

MANS COUNTRY" STANDARD hAieHD'
TO the Edttor Of The Trfb"ne'
s,,. Tho e,.ction being over the main cause Oh
tho r,atoritv Of the Bourbon party has Dec" s"
the unpopularity of the Republican cahdiua,o ioi
ernor and the usual dsfranchisemeDt Oh 'no -,
and colored voters. l say coloreu fa'no' ,.s
because they are largely sons ofwhite men ~. Many
blue blood OF the First Families Oh 'Hsi" H.
are so blond that anywhere but III Nhe- .h.,r
would be taken for pure Caucaslahs' n a,a.us !.
geneaIorv Is known and they are called "'eso.''
. mn, p,g.-oa n,sna,.b in its abuse OF Mr. wanna
maker for Amounting a negro postmaster IN ono VI ~
virginia Offices from whom the people "ou'o "o :,
their mail tells us that he IS sevenelgn'nS ,.,
After tho Rourbon convention in August some ior,S
or mora sneakers were selected 10 iaIh W '"' Pf
a. tho counties II was agreed that they were not 70
speak of National matters but cohilhe ,e -.
the color line and negro suffrage, ana 10 sno" aV
the plan was carried OUT '""'
reports Of speeches: 49,, c.-.o,
MIR H. W. FYoumoy the secretary OF the S common:
wealth spoke before the po" tpayoe was the race
nrobIen MIR FlournOy declared It ais Deei tnat ,io
Solution of this great question VIII De NV ho na az he
nht i Virrina this fall Mr.. Fournoy said that the
race question should be the overshadoTlng issue Sa
h% II was the chairman of the Democratic sta'e
n ~. and any man mentioned in this canvass
the debt question the tariff, ia kch mn out VI %
party The speaker ceT Ti,D Sedee not only Of this
state, but Of the South.
Colonel Aylett took from his pocket small Indian
arrow head which he had picked up on small stream
near the Buffalo Springs 1t was s'S o sp' and oc
n represented race OF men who had Owheu anu oS-
cIrped this country centuries ago, ana was TSe III
warke achievements, courage and e9quenco gfea .i
sunenr 10 the African: but they had gone. ana ion
lowed the fate OF the buffalo, and the same deslhy
awaits the II he tries to antagonmg a f ne
accorded Them but there are some things hcy canhu'
have such as mixed schools and white wives, PRIV
ege nope Sst sem ooE for the Peaks OF Otter
march down the and the sea TO HOW toward the
Peaks.
Colonel William r. Aylett OF King william County
came and fired the first gun OF INC cainp a
to SEQ the ball put in motion, and listen 10 me
distinguished speaker Colonel Aylett struck the key
note Of the campaign in his inst uttefance Whlch
was Brethren OF the Democracy, mon Of the straight
hair and whiteskin race THIS greeting was so
once arrested the attention of the crowd to hear what
would follow II was not long before he let the people
know that he stood upon no uncertain ground but
was for the supremacy Of the white race in the
government of this State the negroes and their
Office seeking and scalawag allies ne asSereG ,na'
and it was illustrated right here In this town Of
Boydton, where negro had been appointed post
master.
The above are samples Of the Virginia campaign
speeches In reply to Colonel Aylett Let me say
that have never seen in Virginia negro that
desired mixed schools" Nor do the negroes
desire "white wives,7 but merely want the noble
white blood" TO let alone their negro wives and
daughters.
The prospect that Congress will pass National
Election law that will protect all voters Is very dis
pleasing to the Bourbon papers here. "The Rich
mond Dispatch quotes Mr. Carlisle a great
stitutoral lawyer, and stating that Congress has
no such power. The 18th. 18th and 18th amendments
to the Constitution adjudged by the BOurbons in
the South unconstitutional and the leading paper
of Richmond boasts that it has often declared thcm
These arguments against the amendments 10 the Con
stitution are simply eFibbed from Alexander II.
stephens's History Of the War Between the states"
Mr. stephens argued Vol Q, page 66fl: These
Inonstrous measures acknowledged to be without
authority by those who have passed thcm.7 On
page 800 - We are bound believe that the Supreme
Court Of the United states will hold these measures 10
gross and papable usurpaOns Of power and utterly
null and void" The Court would no doubt decide
If the bench were filed with Southern Judges. Mr..
stephens's work is the political Bible OF the South.
Tho south is very clamOrous for Mr.. Cleveland's
nomination in 1892. All the Bourbon speakers have
lauded him 10 the skies. They for Cleveland be-
cause he is for them for II he another Democrat IS
elected the bench of the Supreme Court VIII be filed
by southern men and Mr. sephens's prophecy Will be
fulfilled.
cut from The Richmond Dispatches" CORE
spondence The following:
Sooner later bloody revolution will come Il The
negro Will quietly drop into tho notch for which nature
and God intended him, and the Solid south will be no
The following Is from a Charleston s. c., paper,
the proposed National Election law:
II is thing to pass law placing elections IN the
south the control Of the President and his parti
san agents and i another thing TO enforce such
law. There will not be another war, Of course. We
not strong enough for that. BY Withholding en-
plOymcut from them, by cutting off the appropriations
for thcir schools, by imposing educational property or
tax qualifications the exercise Of tho suras' further
experiments must be made with and for the benefit OF
negro majorftes.
The following is from Virginia paper:
The most important consideration for making a
change I'm present election machinery. it seems to
me- l. 10 secure which Will prevent interference
by the Federal Courts In National elections. The
present election law Is good enough in state contests.
but there luOpholes In it which might allow the
Federal Courts 10 interfere IN Congressional elections.
put this question TO the editors Of these papers
II every negro in Virginia would the so-called
Democratic ticket, would be debarred from the
privilege OF voting as they now are SPECTATOR.