The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-06-19
THURSDAY, JUNE 10, 1890.
.ppnEss or PRESIDENT INGALLS,.

ics' Association, now in session at Fortress
Monroe. President Ingalls,, OF the Chesa
pcake and Ohio Railroad Company, gave
expression TO the results of his Observation
in this State with reference TO negro sur
frage, in series Of remarks distinguished
for their practical sense. and on the ivsipie
for a Just perception Of the real condition o'
affairs. Among other things he SAID; "lhe
people Of virginia have believed that the
control of the government by the negroes
meant the destruction and waste OF thell
property, and | have never seen com
munity yet, when ii came TO direct ques
ton between property and misgoyernment
that the property would not light Tor it'
rights and in the end win. Ii Is undouDt
edly true that suffrage should only go will
intelligence and education, and one way Of
solving this question here would beto amend
the Constitution of Virginia so that no man
white or black, could vote unless he coulC
read and write.
IL have seen in the last year glimme
OF light that Is growing stronger and whicl
believe i'm the next three years Will solV'
this question any way, if in the mean
time. the people can work along and ex
hibit patience, moderation and justice. TIT
relief is coming from the ''bOomer." witt
the mines that are being opened In th'
State, with the mills that are being erected
with the villages that are being butt up
with the immigration that is pouring IL
here from the North and the West, the pro
portion OF the colored vote will decrease, an(
il will become relatively so small shortl.
that II will be no longer a menace TO th'
prosperity and good government of thu
State. The moment that takes place The
temptation for the demagogue TO use th'
colored vote will be done away with and Tho
negro will be left like other people to con
slider his own interests and take the advice
Of his own friends, and his vote will divide
and instead Of having two parties here II
this State, one white and the other colored
YOU will have two parties divided like they
are in the States OF the North and the col
ored vote will be found on both sides. When
that day comes the future of Virginia il
safev
There is every reason to believe that thest
views Of President Ingalls, are based upon
the soundest course of reasoning. Every
addition 10 the wealth of Virginia, every in
crease in the size of its white population is
an approximation to the full settlement OF
the difficulties that arise from the presence
in the commonwealth Of large body OF
negro voters, who, if they could carry out
their purposes in important elections, would
long ago have sunk the State into the lowest
condition Of disorder. This condition would
not have been the less deplorable because
the negro voters act under the direction o.
INSCRIPTIONS and selfseeking white lead
ers rather than upon their own indepen
dent judgment.
81 have seen no place in the world" SAID
President Ingalls, in the address referred to
"where the colored race was treated ST
kindly and so well as in Virginia in regard
10 everything except voting. The white
people have carried the elections just az
they are carried everywhere else, am sorry
TO say, and either by fair or foul mean.
prevented the negroes securing control
While II is wrong and in the end will pro
duce its punishment, who is there to throw
the first stone -
In opposition 10 this expression of opin
ion as to the fairness Of the elections in Nir
GINA wherever there is a large number Of
negro voters, the statement may be conf
IDENTIFY made that in no Commonwealth o.
the Union are the elections marked, AS &
whole, by stricter regard for justice thar
IN this Commonwealth. Take the last gu
bernatorial election as an example. stu
pendous as were the issues dependent upon
il, il 10 doubtful whether that election wa,
in the smallest degree yitiated by the EN-
ployment Of improper means by the Demo
cratic party TO secure success, certainly no
by the employment Of means that wert
brought to bear upon the negroes alone, ant
still.more certainly not by the employment o.
means unknown in Northern elections
When 1t Is recalled how vital TO the pros
perity, If not the very existence of Virginia
Democratic triumph III all the principa
elections in the past have been, the asser
ton may 10 yentured, without tear Of con
tradjcti0n from any one with any knOwl
edge OF the case, that never before has q
race like the negro race, just emerged from
slavery, ignorant, vicious and degraded
and with its whole disposition set directl,
against the white population, been treated
with such forbearaDce, kindness, justice,
~ this race has received in this State from
the very beginning.
When the proyocation TO an entirely
different course Of action on the part of the
white people is recalled, ii can he truly said
towards their old slaves and the descen.
ddhts Of the latter, constitutes one Of the
most admirable chapters in their his
tory, illustrating most clearly that their
moral sense has not declined, but rather
has maintained the high level Of the moral
sense Of their forefathers. The very best
evidence Of the fact that their moral sense
has not declined, has been their determined
unwillingness 10 submit to negro DONNA
ton. In any shape or form, or under any
conceivable circumstances. If they had
consented 10 submit 10 this domination,
even 20 the smallest extent, they would
have shown themselves 10 be wholly un-
worthy OF their descent and the traditions
which they had inherited.