The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-08-13
Democrat say, the Negroes Voted With the


To the Editor Of The Times:
Sir.-Your reply in the 9uhIaN
OF the 18th ulumO. 10 my commun.ca-
tfou criticisinc your editorial uI inc lllA
of July on the 'pccaDtnce OF Iuuilc
Morals" will surprise eyer. man lt VIZ
ginia who participated ln the poullcS on
fhie stare from 1853 90 1873 more than the
statements contained ia your aIucl' OF
the llth. surprised me. .
do not see that the further discussion
Of the question as 90 when lfau1 vas
introduced into our system OF ele. tioA5
Will bee of any public Deheht' sNilt
doubt II many of the errors you nave
fallen into should Dee allowed 10 go 70
the people OF this State unchallensel
and for this reason. ] nope you VIII ale
low he short repolnler.
that the Rcaliusters received an the nee
gro vote east in The election or l,F Us
wholly erroneous. on the contrary, tne
Readiustcrs received no negro voi -
that were not bought. ana rs me uNi-
css or "Dcht-payers. hAl az least yen
dollars go the Rcallusters one DID thal
canvass. and used the n4k OF y ih 1uy
ing negro votes H. follows That they
received ten times as many negro votes
as Gid the Eeadiusters.
Further the negro was. On sentiment.
q dcbt-payci. that b., having no proper
~ To- be taxed and nothing 20 lose by
the burden OF taxation. which the age
sumption OF tho entire state debt would
have imposed. he was willing 10 see inc
burden fastercd upon the white proper
fv-hOlders Still the negro. then as now,
was ND 10 the highest bidder. and OF
course the Debt-paycrs got the most ol
them.
10 convince yourself Of the truth OF
this statement. You need only refer 10
any or an inc politicians Of the state
Who participated in the elections from
1853 TO 1879
Tho tahulated statement in your art-
Gle. Of the number OF white and negro
fr na
majority of votes received ~ certain
ocunt.ts hy the KeadJuster candidates IN
the election OF 1879, is entirely erro-
ucous and misleading The statement
fails 10 show the actual vote cast M
any one of the counties named. Your
table shows 5S6 negro votes ~ Wash
inetOn county for example, and YOU as
sumo sis YOU DO in all the other cOuu-
Ties. Shat This entire vote was cast for
the Roadiustcr candidates. Now the
truth u.s. there were over $40 negro votes
en- WASHINGTON county in 1873, and more
chan tWO-thirls of them were east for
the Funder candidates. and 10 is equal
IS true that the keedJusters in that
election carried a large majority or the
white vote i'm the Valley and the South
west. AMI that party, az one time D.
another, carried Louioun. Fauquier.
Fairfax Culpcper. Green, Orange Able
marie. Nelson. and FluVnnn8. My state
ment that the stronghold or rc3dJust-
mcut was i'm the white sections OF the
proof, and as an item of cy.lef ce of the
fact. GOV. Cameron received him prin-
cipal maioritics in the Southwest and
the Valley.
Your tabular stat, ment shows twenty
five Readjuster senators elected in 1879.
and you say fifteen FJnder senators
were elected but you fail TO show wheth-
er any Of them we're elected In districts
having majority of negro votcs. while
YOU allege that pine of the Readjuster
senators were elected in counties having
a majority of negro votes. Now, as
sumo your statement 10 be true. what
does II prove? Nine fCm twenty-five
leaves sixteen Readjusters elected On
white districts. Then, If the entire fiji
teen Funder senators were elected in
white districts lido you say they wereO.
still the Rcadjusters would have ma
jOrity of the white districts by one
Again. YOU say: Look. then. AT the
House OF Delegates. There were sixty
Readiusters In H. and thirty-nine Debt
PAYERS Bnt nineteen Of the Rcldiust-
els came from counties In which the me-
groes were in the majority" Now. IS
nom 50 leaves Al 80 that the Readjust-
ers carried the white counties over the
Funders by two majority. assuming that
the Debt-payers were all elected in white
counties.
In all fairness. think you owe II 70