The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1892-07-28
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VIEWS.

States army a. many suppOoe' 'h"s Ho wa
nevar n soldier of the line at all. but only
ouarterrnaster in that army with the ranh
~ major. we advised him TO cancel at once
bis engagement TO speak in Richmond IN
september with Weaver. We shall refer
br;sAv this morning TO some other matters
touched on by Quartermaster Field in the
interview in which he warned our people
! that they might soon look out for an advent
of Weaver and himself as supplemented by
another interview which he has had with
newspaper correspondents. published IN
TIE TIMKs Of July 9th.
| In the latter interview Quartermaster
| Field said that he and his party were strly-
ing TO break up both the old parties in the
South. We know then exactly what be is
aiming at. Quartermaster Field hos. OF
course. no sort of hope or expectations that
/ he will be elected Vice-President Of the
United States. nor that the South-hating
Weaver will be elected President of the
United States. II Is enough for him II be
can break up the Democratic party IN the
Southern States. This statement OF
his wishes and purposes IS IN
entire consonance with those Of Mr. Haskins
Hobson. another Third party leader, an-
nounced on Tuesday last at Hicksford
when he said that if Weaver were not elected
he did not care a ninepence which OF the
other two succeeded, Harrison or Cleveland.
We know exactly then what the task IS that
these gentlemen have set before them
selves. The dearest wish Of their hearts
is TO disrupt and end the Democratic party
in the South. Can any reasonable man
suggest any good ground for thisi
The most bigoted. pig-headed man would
be forced to admit that since the Southern
States threw off the reconstruction and car
pet-bagger government their situation has
been far better than it was during that pc
rod, and always since then they have been
under the rule and control of the Demo
cratic party. Further. it is impossible to
deny that the Government of each State has
done all that the white men could think OF
or suggest to forward aud improve the best
interests of the people of each State. We
say the most bigoted man would be COM
PEELED to admit that this is so. What, then.
have the white governments Of the
Southern States done in the past
fifteen years that makes it so desira-
bic in the opinion of Quartermaster
Field and Mr.. J. Haskins Hobson that
they should be dethroned? tits apparent to
every other person in the world and ought
to be apparent even to them that govern
ment for Virginia which represents and is
chosen by the white men of Virginia is far
more likely to be good government, On
honest government and clean government
than one which represents and is principally
selected by the solid mass Of negroes When
all the facts and conclusions are so obvious
upon our side it is hard to understand how
men with ordinary intelligence can wish to
see the white people ousted from their con-
troll of affairs.
Quartermaster Field made a statement in
his first interview that almost forces the
conclusion that he has some sort of maleyo-
lence against the white people Of the South.
Being asked from which party be expected
to draw most Of his votes in the South be
said he expected to draw them from the
Democratic party of course" Here, then, we
have him stating first that the object which
he is aiming at is the overthrow Of the
Democratic party in the South, and second,
that in aiming at that object he expects TO
do so by skirmishing around the edge
of the Democratic camp and picking up
enough stragglers TO reduce their force
TO point that will enable the
Republicans to rout the Democratic army.
He is not fighting for Quartermaster Field
and his party, but to reduce the number of
the Democrats TO a point at which the Re-
publicsns will be able to capture them all.
Why call this fight for the Quartermaster's
party? Why not come out openly and pro-
claim that it is fight for the Republican
party. for that is what il is in reality.
In his latest interview Quartermaster
Field made the following statement:
I'll tell you, it's mighty hard to per-
suade the Virginia Democrat to leave his
party. tbeFe 10 boCiei us Wei hS pOiticai
relation involved
In Virginia the people think that the
man who leaves the Democratic party sac
rifces himself IN this world and the next.
that he brings damnstion upon himself.
They regard him as Judas. and think if he
doesen't bury himself somebody ought to
bury him"
The Quartermaster certainly hit the nail
squarely on the head here. The people Of Viz
Rinia do look upon the white man who will
deliberately take part IN the movement that
must end in nothing or in the restoration of
negro government to themselves AS a badly
deluded man. or if he is not deluded, as "a
Judas, and think if he doesn't bury himself
somebody ought to bury him" Finally
Quartermaster Field said that the Force bill
was a bugaboo. a dead ghost" Ii is
not reditable TO the intelligence of any
man to speak of tho Force bill
as dead issue. Whoever keeps abreast
OF the times knows that it is THE purpose OF
the Republican party. That psrty believes
il can control the South through the negro
vote if there is a company of United States
soldiers at each voting place and they mean
to put that company of soldiers there if they
can carry the coming election. He must be
not only blind man, but deaf man also
who does not know this to be- fact. This is
the goal for which they are struggling. Their
whole party polite consists of determine
ton to control Northern votes by buying
them with the money to be furnished by
protected monopolists and to control the
South by the negro vote upheld by Federal