The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-10-16

| even went so far as to reproduce Tor the
| Gazette's benefit that portion OF the
| article in The Times to which we were
| sure II referred in order that IL might
| SEQ how unjust to The Times was this
| assertion and we expected nothing less
| than frank retractlon on the part Of
our Alexandrian contemporary. But IN
stead OF this It attempts TO verify Its
assertion by quoting garbled extract
from the editorial aforesaid. deliberate
" surpressing such portions OF the ar
ticie as are necessary to an intelligent
comprehension Of It's full meaning.
This article appeared in the Times Of
October 80. and in censusins the Presi-
dent for appointing a Desro postmaster
in the South, We said
Wo wish most heartily that the Pc
publican party would unload the negro
SO that those white people wEo are ~
Dublicans in their instincts mlSht openly
proclaim their choice and thus produce
two parties here that divided upon the
question OF the day rather than upon
the color OF a mans sikh.
We hoped that the beginning OF TINS
day mad dawned after the last prcsiden-
tial election. There were thousands OF
white people in Virginia and in all other
parts Of the South who thought that TIE
Republican party OF the nation had aoan-
doned It's old time effort to rule inc
Southern States by the negro vote ana
who were pretty nearly ready 10 break
with the Democratic party and openly
join the Republican party. II must not
be supposed that The Times was ono or
these. The Times is Democratic ana not
Republican, and nothing could ever make
70 have the smallest liberation Tor the
Republican ideas Of government But
The Times recognizes the fact that there
are many white people in the South who
do believe in the Republican ideas OF
government and The Times hoped the
time had arrived when these people
would no longer be cOCrced into a union
that does not suit them and when they
could act with party associates who
agree with them.
Now It is perfectly apparent 20 any
man who will read the extract in full
that what the writer meant by saying
that 1T must not be supposed that The
Times was one Of these" was that The
Times was not zone Of these who were
prctty nearly ready 20 breal, with tho
Democratic party and openly join the
Republican party
Please note carefully that the sentence
is introduced with these words:
1--WE wish most heartily that the Re
publican party would urlcad the negro
so that those white people who are Re
publicans in their instincts might openly
proclaim their choice and thus produce
two parties here that divided upon the
questions OF the day rather Than upon
the color of a mans skin"
OWE HOPED THAT THE BEGIN
MING OF THIS DAY HAD DAMNED
AFTER THE LAST PRESIDENTIAL
ELECTION" Hoped what? THAT the
Republican party had determined to I'M
load the negro. But it will be observed
trat the Gazette deliberately suppress
ed this introductory sentence and the
concluding sentence, and so attempts
to make The Times say exactly what 1t
did not say.
But the thing is not without its lesson.
It serves to show to what lengths the
extreme silverites viii go in order to
make capital against an opponent 1t
is a poor cause truly that needs TO be
bolstercd up by such tactics as this and
this is not by any means the first time
this paper has been thus misreDresented.