Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-10-09
WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 9, 1889.
Our Instructors.


On page 1895 % the Congressional Record
for the Fiftieth Congress It appears that
Mr.. BURROWS, OF Michigan. who has come
10 Virginia 20 instruct us in our duties
presented in the last Congress protest
against the removal Of the tax upon to-
bacco. This fact does not prove that Mr..
Brnnows is opposed 10 the abolition Of
that tax. but Will justify his Virginia lis
toners In asking HIM 20 state in his next
speech whether be is or ia not IN favor of
,nlsinc the tobacco-planters 10 continue TO
suffer under tax upon this product Of
their land and labor. No other product Of
ii, farm or plantation is thus taxed.
By the way. il would soon put an end 20
III cG ITS IN this State Of Mr.. Burrows
spj other northern missionaries If they
were closely questioned on the stump, IN
old Virginia fashion. rs 10 their views on
tie negro problem whether they favor a
national elcction-lsw OF not, whether they
aye for or against the RmDLEBERGER settle
mont. &c.. g.. Ask every Republican
stump,r. northern or southern. whether or
not hc is iu favor of national election
law and of debas.ng the congressional
elections in the South by putting them un-
d.r the control Of negroes and other Re
publican parii~aus. the leading officials
AMONG those miserable partisaus TO be APP
pointed by the President of the United
States upon the recommendation Of such
mon as WILLIAM MALONE; We suppose
That every Republican speaker whom Ma
roSt bas imported into thi, State 20 at
tempt Go bolster up ms failing cause Is an
advocate pf mixed schools. Al any rate 1t
can do no harm 20 interrogate them
ali upon that most important subject
Tbeuthere ls CLAEEsoN. % high official un-
der A. Administration which processes 10
bcfrcndly 70 civil-servico reform, ask him
how many thousand efficient postmasters
J., has b,heaicd and whether he fayors
al. policy of purchasing Virginia voters
JIM blocks of five IL would be too bad
toGsi l.m how much money each one of
the Use constituting the block may expect
90 receive By the way, Si,fBo ought 80
haze Ei fun share of the corruption fund,
seeiu. that the men Of his race will have
o. do the most of tho voting. We have
heretofore advised tine negroes 10 claim
their rights ia this matter. If Mr.. QUAY
Il- even DE small sum (-mall TO HIM of
uae hundred thousand dollars 90 invest In
Virginia voters each one of our one hundred
counties ought o. boz "fertlized' to
tho extent of 70 thousand dollars. aud SANDo
ST. the man who ought not only TO receive
TIM sum but 20 dishursc il 20 his brethren
of African descent. But as not more than
g ~ al IN
their population large proportion of ne
proe- the other fifty counties might rea-
sonahv ask for two thousand dollars each
10 De divided amongst the negroes. or, as
General MAHoSE styled them in 1881, the
faithful allies Of the Republican wire
workers. We repeat, 10 would hardly be
allowable for the Democrats to interrogate
BUmows, or REED or CLARKsoN, OF any
other one OF more of MAHoNE's northern
missionaries a. % the amount of money
which il 10 be used next month for the
purpose of olecting MALONE Governor Of
Virginia, but the colored voters might ask
10 be Jet into the secret.
These northern gentlemen who have
come hither, OF are to come hither, to in
struct Us, might also he Intercepted as to
the seating Of the five members of the
House of Representatives who have just
been elected III the four would-be new
States. Is this seating 10 be done before
that body is organized; If objection be
raised in Congress to the admission of the
members from North Dakota, on the
ground that the enabling act has not been
strictly complied with bv that Territory
viii these instructors vote or speak to al
low them 10 be admitted and to participate
in organizing the House? Wouldn't 1t be
queer condition of things to have Sena-
tors and Representatives speaking and
voting upon the question whether they
had or had not been admitted Into Con
grcss IN contempt Of the constitutional
requirement that States shall be admitted
by the Congress mot by a presidential
proclamation into the Union? Can any
number Of presidents Justify such viola
ton of the Constitution, which is the
palladium of our liberties?
There are dozen Democratic orators in
Virginia who could make General MAHoNE's
northern visitors rue the day they ever
undertook 70 instruct US as TO our political
duties. But will our instructors agree to
take lesson or two themselves? Not
they Like MALONE. they VIII find some
excuse for not undergoing the lash in the
hands Of oar Democratic orators. Like
MALONE. they will refuse to " cut jackets
with our Democratic whip-handlers.