Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1889-10-25
MAKONE THE AUTHOR
OF THE PETERSBURG CHARTER.

We publish below The letter of
! Geo. u. Round to Tazwell Branch,
/ the lealing cOlOred man of South
sile Virginia. Branch is an honest,
industrious shoemaker and neigh
Dor Of Phil. Mckinney. Branch
SAYS he would loose his right arm
rather than woe for Malone and
he cannot see how any cOlOred man
who respects himself can do it
He has always voted the Republi
can ticket and has reDresen ted biz
county several terms in the Legs
lature, A leading viii to citizen o
FarmviIle tells us that Branch hal
the respect and confidence of al
classes ami that he Is man nc
money can buy. lie is q warn
friend of JOhr NJ. Langston
MANASSAS, VA, Oct. 10. 1889.
Td,,ceH Branch, FaymriIIe, Va.
! address You this public letter
and through YOU the other cOlOred
members Of the Legislature Of 1915
> with whom served. VIZ: John
VI. Dawson, Joseph y. Evans. w
y Stevens, Henry Hill, Robt. II
Whitaker. Frank Moss. Rufus :.
Jones, II. Clay Harris, Mart Clark
Armistead S. NIckens, WIN. p.
Lucns, Ross Hamilton, X. q. i,
Paige. James p. GoOwyD, Henry
Cox, Robert Norton, Peter j. Car
ter and John b. Syphax.
call on you and them (both
those that are living and those that
are dead as witnesses against VIM.
Malone. | charge that he was the
responsible author OF the greatest
outrage ever attempted on the
rights Of colored freemen: worse
than the shot gum, for that cOnld
only main a few voters ; and worse
than "tissue ballots and fraudu-
lent returns, for they can only
swindle tor election at time.
The act | refer to. if successful.
would have been permanent in ils
effect and would have brought you
and your race into a worse cOndl-
ton than Russian serts, which I
consider worse than the former
condition Of American slaves.
You all remember "Senate Bill.
No. 5.""an Act to provide a charter
to- the city of Petersburg" You
know that William Malone, then
and now as believe the greatest
Bourbon of Virginia, connected
that bill to establish in his own
city a. absolute despotism as his
protot, pc, the Gar OF Russia, holds
to day over ST. Petersburg. his
capital city. Yon know that 1t
was the boast Of the Mahoneites of
that day that when they got their
meets on the neckS of the Republi
cans Of Petersburg they wOnld fol. |
low it mp by similar bills IN every !
city and county in which there war
a Republican majority.
Who saved lOurpcople from Tins
irresponsible despotism !
fOu will remember that you and !
q be- other Republicans OF the Lrgis
lature, together with the cOlOred !
men of Petersburg, headed by Peter
q. Morgan, asked me to take
charge ofthe opposition to the chart !
er in the House Of Delegates. You
remember how it was opposed by
such Democratic Senators as Pride
more and Cochran and by such
Democratic Delegates as Rid die.
berger and Judge Blair. You re.
member how the cohorts Of Malone
crowded the Hobbies and hotels de.
handing The cOnSumnatiOn Of the
outrage. You will also remember
that when that starred measure
had finally passed both houses that
| appealed on your behalf to a Dem.
0cratlc Governor that | did not
appeal in vain. And YOU rem m.
Der how brave Kemper's veto uaes-
sage was read in The light of his
blazing eiligies IN Petersburg, fired
by Malone and his miniOns.
You and | are Republicans. But
when you and | and $4,000 more of
the same sort vote for your neigh.
Dor, Phil. Mckinney on the 9th OF
we will be asked by
Mahoneites: "Are you going to
vote for a Democrat 2" And some
bogus Republican will demand
"What did the Democrats ever do
for the colored people? Just name
one thing if you can y Thus you
can reply: "Kemper vetoed the
Petersburg charter and majority
of the Democratic Senators sustain
ed Kemper. We prefer honest
Democrats like Kemper and Mckin-
ney. to dishonest and bogus Repnh-
licans like Malone"
| firmly believe that when Gov
ernor Kemper and the Democratic
Senate squelched the Petersburg
charter. they accomplished more
for your race than Malone has
done, or could do IN life time. l
know Kemper was brave man
during the war, for fought agai INST
him but | believe it took more
genuine metal to fight the array OF
intolerance marshaled by William
Malone, than it did TO face Han.
cocks guns on the heights OF
Gettysburg. And under all the
circumstances | consider Kempers
veto one Of the greatest papers that
ever emanated from an American
Executive.
| am 40 Democrat. | never vOt-
ed for a Democratic President OK
cept when the National Republican
Committee deceived by MahOne)
sent Messrs. Burr and LOveland to
advise Virginia Republicans TO vote
the Hancock Readiuster ticket as
the besr means Of heating the De-
mocracy. an 40 apologlst for
any wrongs N" Democratic party
h,s done. But have always tried
to be conscientious IN my political
action and independent enough of
machines to do justice even to
political opponent and to condemn
a demagogue OF my own party.
At the aDprOaching election We