Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1890-06-28

v ltn anu the Negro Will De lelJ like |
,ther people to consider his own inter
friends, and his vote will divide aud
N stead OF having two parties here in
his State, one white and the other
,olOred. you will hav, two parties
divided like they are in the States of
the North and the colored vote will be
found on both sides When that day
comes the future of Virginia is safe.
We agree with him, and devOut-
ly hope for the heralding OF the
time of which mention is made.
But 4" Come it will, the day decreed |
by Fate Mr.. INGALLS, looks
far into the future and demon
strates that he is not blinded 10y
prejudice and dominated by a
aldeouS night mare which has no
existence III fact. This is an age
OF reason. We believe that the
enunciatlOn of such views will
serve to open the eyes OF many to
the true condition of affairs and
cause both black and white to work
together for the prosperity OF the
Old Dominion.
The Richmond Dispatch, the
Bourbon Democratic journal OF
this city does not like MIR.
INGALLS, admission relative to the
suppression of the Negro vote aud
says relative to it:
''Such is not the fact. Mr.. INGALLS, is
mislntOrmeu, or, II he speaks from nis
own observation, his eyes have been
decelvtng hInn. There Is not State in
the Union where voters are freer 10 cast
then ballots Than in Virginia.
The above is amusing. and must
have been especially so to Mr..
INGALLS, when he remembered
that the contested election case
OF WADDILL VS.. WISE III the
House of Representatives bad
thoroughly informed the country
Oh the subject. The purging of the
registration books, listing of
live men as dead, denial of the
right 10 vote 50 far as colored men
were concerned upon the most
trivial pretexts, and the open and
barefaced intimidation practiced at
the polls all over the state, which
was understood by the magic
words sent out 10y the Democratic
State Chairman when he wrote
{ To be forewarned is TO be FORE
ARMED" And the Democrats
went 70 the polls armed with JIM
proved revolvers.
In the election of 'SS within ID
minutes ride of the Dispatch office
500 colored men we're denied the
right to vote.
In the guberDatOrial election
of 'S9 over two thousand were
denied the right IN the same warn.
The Northern press representa-
tives witnessed the outrage, and
teIegraphed it TO their respective
journals.
In the face of these facts, this
editor has the audacity to dispute
President INGALLS, statements
1t says:
SIN Virginia, however, the colOreC
man stands side by side with his employ
er at the polls, and while the latter
drops in a Democratic the former drop
in a Republican ticket. Is the darkey
badgered or bullied or discharged for 81
doing? No."
OF course he is. Dozens o
cOloIed men were discharged las
year for this cause, the names o
whom we can produce
The Dispatch is we'll enough
Posted TO know that its assertions
cannot be supported by facts
But of all assertions made con
trary to all logic and common
sense the following caps the climax
1--WE cannot admit, nor agree to hea
without,very positively dissenting, tina
''ether by fair or foul means" we ar
preventing the Negroes securing co
: troll" The means we use are Lawful
and proper, and the results are adva
CageOus both to the whites and black:
therefore are not FOUL
We have cited the means en-
plOyed. We leave a patient, bu
right thinking public to draV
: their own conclusions.