The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-10-12

Eicninond. Va
.v.uS,xc 10 rnr SOUTHWEST
ooeo, the weakest points IN INC -
- nos;,;on Of Virginia Is the iac'
. .'", il. large negro population Is re"'',
'"" into comparatively sna,'
;ns,ead Of being distributed wiz
"'sa lice Of equality tbroushout'he
lilo s,yent OF the Common"e'''"'
rhs sou,hwest being removed by IT.
ooormous white majority from the p's
Utility Of being afflicted WIN '"o,'
~asn.ra,,ng and degrading local e''''
that weigh so heavily upon the '1','
.~,s If the counties III tins part u NV
c,ate ia not so likely to realize as 'u"'
.,.,sa,xss what an indesciiDaD'e @
80 the election of Malone "h'cn
I'D mean negro supremacy "o"'"
v;rginia. We have every reason
- believe that the Southwe7' l. '"oi
ourhly Democratic in sentiment o"' -
's.;hle for it to understand a.
,ully as the residents Of the oou''''O'
Or T,dewater section do what Tue p
,:.;.aI ascandeucy of the black popu'a
..s;,,,sss And yet there Is no al
x;s,on of this Commonwealth WIZ
ought to appreciate this as tooro"s''
,na Southwest. because none l. ~
italy concerned in Democratic sue
cess in the pending election
T,a ,iar Of Southside and lidew"'ci
c,onnes have SO long been cursed III al
,ho;r material interests by the disas''o"'
;ntuenc. of the presence OF 'he n'e'
tbat his elevation to political supreme
conld not at this late day strike i"'"'
hlow at the prosperity Of their m"'ei'I'
affairs But would this be the case WIN
that great extent Of country 'y'ue -
49, sbadow Of the Appalachian chaln'
from Harper Ferry to b'is'oi -
naciaiIy would it be the case WIN Wv
Southwest. which, chiefly undeI NV
D.a,;c administration, has becois,
the scene of the lveliest lhdus''' H.
activity; mo,
We say emphatically 1t would no.
be. s...
Reinv the most prosperous part Vi ''''
Commonwealth, with "a future eA'1'''
~, before il full Of the grandest ma
,oT;al possibilities, it should be pecu
I,rlv solisitous that the government o
49,. e,o,a should be in the hands o'
men who represent the most upi's"'
corssrvative and disinterested eiemenV
of, the community. 1t should be hAe'
and resolute in its purpose th"' 'io ~
aoa,ce shall be created with their con
se,t that j, likely to throw the slisn'e7
cloud upon the present or iu'"''
EXPANSION Of their material prosperity
And it should cast out with the deep
80, a,a Indignation any man VINO ha
the audacity and eilrontery 10 ten '"V'
that a government composer 81 ="
.If. T.
most VIGOROUSLY unscrupnious' se'i'''
and persistent politician that tn. ''''
has ever produced and his stan OF oO''
unions and vindictiye followers Cal
sub.erye their interests with more sue
ce.s than government MADE UP .
men remarkable for high character "n
matured Judgment and sustained oy 1"
who are most deserving OF respect a."
consideration in our midst.
Is there anything in the mere Lag
that the Governor 8 Mansion 10 occuPio
bv man who is bent upon desr"u'"
,i.n race and section, that Is calcu
lated 10 advance the prosperity OF GU
Southwestern population Can Z" L's
;sls,nre prepared to assent to any feN'
lutionary measure he proposes adu Oh
rthe To the pecuniary returns OF 'n'
,.o,lo from, their mines and furnaces
Can the spectacle of negroes lnso'en''
shouldering the whites, under the Il
enence OF their political TRIUMPH II
crease the influx of capital from aDio"
into their midst
No man in the Southwest with al
reputation for judgment Will say th'
u will. On the contrary. he Will II
coynize at once that the ascendency
Malone, with a legislative majority
negroes and whites at hls beck meai
violent agitation aud continuous I'll
o,a IN this Commonwealth because
signifies the complete rupture oil q
neaceful relations between the race
condition Of things that ia certain
fr;ybten of the capital that woul
otherwise be invested III the Southw e.
AZ well az elsewhere IN this State
Scenes will be enacted that Will brlr
discredn upon us all, aud bltterne
and batrei engeuderei, the evil inh'
euce of which will descend 10 times i
mote from our Own.
II there be a single individual IN II
Southwest who honestly believes That
vote for Malone will DO to foster tn
spirit Of enterprise that now preval
around him. let him take these Sugge
. lions into consideration and be warn'
before it is too late.
TaE first Southerner who VIII
.i.ctod 40 the Presidency Of the CnIle