Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-02-19

'hu II ~ not good policy or practice TO
turn the How OF that which follows. for
the more we can get In the race the
more complete Will be the grinding"
what do YOU think as to the real
ginia?"
1T is principally composed OF negroes.
as YOU know There are thousands OF
names ON the registration books which
nave not been purged. which n purged
OF Which under new registration, would
melt away"
virginia Is white mans State No
where IL the Anglo-Saxon blood stronger
then IN Virginia. Just as this race
stands pre-emnent I'm the world 50 does
u stand predominant In Virginia. and
thero are few white people that forget
this when the veal or woe Of the State
is az stake"
"One statement from the census Of the
United States $500 ought to satisfy any
unprejudlced mind that Virginia is inhe-
rently Democratic. The population con-
sists of-whites. 60 per cent; negroes. 40
per cent. Ergo-Democratic 100000
whites and 100000 blacks-inference ire
sistible. Only once since 1870. in which
year the State emerged from District
No. L as the chrysalis from the cocoon,
10 assume new life, has the combined
opposition 20 the Democracy Of Virginia
gotten control Of the State. The history
OF those two years viii never be forgotten
by the white people of Virginia. Public
education, which had been fostered by the
Democratic party, placing the public
school system on its feet a year or more
before the Constitution Of the State re-
qured it, suffered a blow from its So
called friends that well-nigh ended II.
"Blacksburg College. an institution or
ganized so that poverty might be lifted
to the same plane with wealth and the
poor boy given an equal chance in the
race OF life with the more fortunate
wealthy neighbor was well-nigh wrecked.
The Virginia Military Institute, that edu-
Gates fifty young men, sending them out
annually as graduates after a four-years
course, all at the expense Of the State,
met a similar fate. The one was reduced
TO seventy students. the other 20 100
mostly sons OF wealthy or well-to-do peo-
pie. Public schools were whitening under
the blight of coalition.
1.-TWO years were enough to open the
eyes of the people, and in 1888 the white
people. under the lead of Democracy,
cleared the deck, and to-day we find
Blacksburg with its magnificent work
shops and its technical courses, educating
400 young men. many OF whom pay no
thing but their labor I'm return. The Vir-
ginia Military Institute. the West Point
of the South, with it's splendid corps OF
200 cadets, has sprung into a new and
useful life. Education has been nurtured,
nliteracy has greatly decreased, and crime
is abatlng."
AS TO CAPITALISTS.
II know too, that capitalists are much
- .,,t..
when the Democratic party of Virginia
is in power ! have had great deal
TO do with negotiating city and county
bonds, and bonds for railroads and other
improvements. And IT matter not how
radical q Republican he may be. In
Boston New York. or Philadelphia, he
prefers to loan his money on city, coun-
~. and railroad bonds where the munich
palities are under Democratic control.
Under the blessing of a kind Provi-
dence we are possessed Of a good eli
mate, and other natural advantages
which are causing those who have
hitherto looked to the bleak and cold
Northwest to turn their eyes toward
us, and industries which have sought
the home Of the blizzard and the cyclone
are offered inducement 10 partake not
only of our genial cline. our crystal
springs and limped streams. but 10 take
up our lands amid our social and educa-
tiOnal wealth. where their children may
be raised in the fear Of God and the
love of UNDERSTANDING where the Sab
bath is respected and where peace on
earth and good will 10 men prevail, re-
gardless of politics-and all under Demo-
cratic rule.
To-day our schools. our higher insti-
tutions of learning, our asylums ana
hospitals our Institutes for deaf. DUMP
and blind. compare favorably with those
OF any other State in the Union.
On no State are the colored people
better cared for. They have the same
educational advantages that are accord
ed the whites, and 10 the Democratic
party are they indebted for it.
",rhe revenues of the state are In round
numbers. 100000 and OF this amount
the negro pays 100000; and yet SlOO0,01
is appropriated and expended on pubic
schools. and the negro schools get nearly
one-half of this
eve have seen that the negroes con-
stitute 10 per cent. Of the population yet
they pay only per cent of the taxes
and receive nearly so per cent OF the
school fund, and all under Demo-
cratic rule.
"The annual criminal expenses OF the
state are about $4,000, - per cent or
negro population.
CRIME.
"Tbe census of 1890 gives the number of
native white people convicted oI oI'Hie
In groups as follows
Il North Atlantic States.
80 North Central States.
go South Atlantic States
- South Central states.
mos and . embrace all the Northern
c+o+os evrent the extreme Northwestern
States. and a population Of 100000.
mos. and 4 embrace all the Southern
states. except Missouri, and population
Of 2O,0OO,O0O
I'm Nos. l and the number Of native
whites convicted Of crime and incarce-
rated are rs per 10000.
In Nos. and it is 80 per 1000; ana
in Virginia IL is 23 per 10000
'"rhis does not speak badly TOT our
state. under Democratic rule.
'grhe census Of 1880 discioses the fact
that everything that industry integrity,
honesty. and energy could accomplish
has been accomplished in Virginia; and
this too. under Democratic rule. one
million more acres OF improved land
o o0o more farms cultivated, and millions
of bushels and tons more OF wheat corn
hay. and farm products generally; KoVV'-
900 more pounds or tODaccoi o'vVVVvV Jus"
els more Of potatoes; 800 more manulac-
turing establishments; l9'OO more en-
nlovees: Si2OOO,0O0 more wages PAID;
soo oOo 600 more material used, valued at
s27 Oo0 600 more; 1900 more men engaged
In fisheries; and 100000 more capital;
and taxation % cents on 800, value less
than when we emerged from carpet-bag
and scalawag rule.
police regulations and society have
been no better in any State than in Nir-
sinia. Conjugal relations speak vol