The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-05-11
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Virginia Falling In Line.
The Intelligencer yesterday referred
to the commendlbie utterances Of ex-
Governor MacCorkle at the Race Prob
lem Convention" in session at Mont
gomery, Alabama, in which he took
strong stand against the movement in
the southern states to dlsfranchise the
negro, some of the radical advocates
OF this scheme going so far as to urge
the abrosatlon of the Fifteenth amend
ment. This is the spirit that seems to
pervade the Democracy OF Virginia,
which is just now agitatlng the ques-
ton Of holding u state constitutional
convention. The object Of the constltu-
tlonal convention is obviously in the In
terests Of what the southerners 80 mys
terlously call white mans govern
ment." In the name of all that is true
where to-day is the colored man ruling
In a southern state, The plea for
white mans government" is the silk
est subterfuge. 1t Is conspiracy on
the part of the south to maintain their
prestige with the national Democratic
party by continuing the solIdlty of so
much of the south as has been left to
them. The loss Of West Virginia, Mary
land. Kentucky and Delaware in 1895
has given them fright. Talk of whlta
supremacy! Hasn't the white man been
supreme in elections for years past by
the use OF shot guns anu violated ballot
boxes? Virginia is but following in the
footsteps of South Carolina, Mississippi
and Louisiana. Hear what the Freder-
icksburg Star has to say and be con-
WINGED:
Are you satisfied with the present
form Of government? Are you satisfied
with the black and tan constitution
formed by Underwood and his scala
wag gang. and rammed down your
throat with the federal bayonet? Are
you satisfied with constitution formed
by your enemies. and which you were
forced to adopt in order to escape mil
itary rule, and settle down to peaceful
conditions?
Then listen to that unreconstructed
sheet, the Richmond Dispatch, which
still holds to the embedding faith Of the
''I6st Cause" Commenting on the edi-
torial Of the Fredericksburg stnr, 1t
says:
Pertinent and home questions these.
They leave no room for ambiguous an
swer. The reply must be a clean-cut
Eyes" or mo" There is no room for
lodging. Yes" means to endorse every
Il To-
OF Virginia that was made by the vile
gang that assembled In our state cap
Itol in the winter OF 1SG7-'6S. II mat
ters not that some of the more infa-
nous OF these propositions were not in
corporated into the Underwood consti-
tuition as anally-formulated, and It mat
tiers not that President Grant opened
the way for the people to eliminate 9TH
ers The spirit OF dinboIical mallgnlty
that controlled the mongrel convention
still pervades the instrument as It
stands, and our contention holds,
Now let US turn from these ragged
and ruGlIng sentiments to the calm and
judIclous appeal of Ex-Governor Mac
Corkle. man who was born in Viz
glnla, and a southerner in everything
that should typify the boasted chivatry
OF that section. This is what he said
Montgomery on Wednesday:
eve are striving to close that gulf
between two great secuona. This de-
mand would again open wide the bitter
ness OF the olden days. 1t would say to
the north, as Abraham Of old said to
Lot, Separate myself. pray thee, from
me. II thou wilt take the left hand,
then will go to the right but ~ thou
wilt depart to the right hand. then l
will go to the left 1t would be back
ward step. 1t would be practically a
revolution. 1t would loose from ia
mornings the crystallzed sentiment Of q
third of century. 1t would practically
again raise the Issues OF the war
"The repeal or modification Of the
Fifteenth amendment means the practi-
cal turning over to the south OF the
negro question as local question. Are
we able to bear It? Is not the question
OF the political status OF 100000 OF a
different race. living amidst us, burden
sufficient for the whole nation. which
can only be settled under the province
OF the Almighty. by the earnest. hearty
and loving corporation Of the north
and south? This action would, as
nothing else. destroy that kindly CO.
operation"