The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-08-25
THE NEGRO QUESTION
The Paramount Issue Involved BOO the
Pending Political Contest iu Virginia.
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In the pending political contest in
Virginia there is one issue beside which
an others pale aud sink into .usisnlh-
canoe.
Il is this: Shall the intelligent. cdu-
Gated white men OF Virginia have
the control of her govern
ment and carry her forward
To "A higher degree of civilization. cul-
tiyate and develop her Intellectual. age
ricultural. mineral aud manufacturing
resources. aud establish her upon 90
plane Of financial prosperity, equal. at
least. 60 that Of any OF her sister States.
or shall she be- controlled by an ign0-
rant and mali2uant race. whu would I'M
hct "a damung curse and blight upon
her name, who Noull clog the wheels
Of her industry, shut out inn
migration from her borders. and
completely Withor up and anuihilale
all OF her vast capabilities fair pros
pects for future moral and material
wealth and greatness who, in adj
ditiOn 20 all this, would iu-ui. her WO-
men. humilate, hob. and murder the
whites. according 10 their uncultlyated
barbarous IDEAS of right and cNpedi-
ency.
This. white Nirginiaus. rely upon 10.
is the paramount. Oyefsba lowing issue
which conironts You and which dee
mands your most serious attention in
the pending political contest m your
State. This Is the chaiiced cup which
the Republican party would commend
10 your lips. What mOckerY If tie
term-what a bald-faced imposition for
such II purity to assume the name OBJ
Republican
No one who knows the ignorance. su-
perstition and credulity Ot the negro.
bis brutal instincts and propensities. bis
bitter hatred and envy Of The white
race. and bis intense. burning desire lO
put his heel upOn their necks can for
moment believe that have drawn tcO
strongly the contrast between white sue
premacy and negro domination iu
our State. Allow me 10 enlarge
briefly upon tins point. White suprcm-
acy means am intelligent. honest. peace
full, prosperous aud progressive State
aud government, which wlll command
The respect ana admiration OF all civil
lied people and Will attract immigra-
ton aud wealth from all portions of the
civilized globe. Negro domination.
supplemented encouraged and strength
ened by uuprlnclp.ed "a hlte men. means
the fanke-t corruption IN high
places. wholesale plumber. such as some
Of the Southern States experienced
during the days Of reconstruction. the
most oppressive. intolersble treatment
IF all respectable. patriotic white PEG
pie, moral and intellectual d. genera
ion and decay. a ruin0us depreciation
)f values Of every kind. and reign Of
generally.
TINS then. repeat. is the paramount
vital issue upon which we are forced
10 fight, and must fight. if sc would
leieat the Republican party for the
supremacy in our grand old Common
y ealth. IL is entirely useless for the
nongrel Republican party to try and
whistle this question down the
Winds: 70 Try and obscure and resist
* electric, searching rays. and substi. /
ute for it in the canvass such
insignificant questions
IS the tariff and the State debt. Upon /
hese questions We would have the ad /
in discussion: but we cannot /
iford TO be led away from the issue /
low most vitality affecting our inter
SITS. Let US FIRST kill the serpent that I
would bring woe and destruction into 4
ur social and political Eden. then it
Will be time enough to turn our alien
ION TO merely economic questions.
which it is plain are merely
ugged INTO this canvass by the Repub-
leans for the purpose Of diverting the {
ublic mind from their reasonable aud
evolutionary design. and from the only
rae teal and vital issue involved I'm
he present contest.
In view of the foregoing cOnsidera-
ions which submit, every intelligent
lind must appreciate our State is in a
ondition of serious peril from the de-
lgns and assaults OF powerful organ
latlOn Of her enemies within her
orders, backed up By a corrupt
nd sectional administration. | ap-
cal To all true Nirginian,
D put your shoulders TO che wheel. and
4 US make long pull, a strong pull
nd pull all together, and we shall
chieye victory which will not only
g momentous aud glorious 10 our
tate, but it will cause universal re
).clng among our fellow Democrats
lroughoIt the country.
ANGLO SAXON.