The weekly Anglo-African. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1859-1861, 1860-03-17


stone of her liberties What the Demo
cratic party complain of is, that the Repub
lican party-not for the Negroes, but fol
their own political Observation-Disclosures
the necessity for check upon the spread
of the blacks-not as free, but in chain
not as men, but as slaves for in this
that the blacks, as free men, shall have
neither rights, footing, nor anything else
in common with the whites, in the land
both parties are agreed; and in looking al
matters as they present themselves to us
at this moment, we are not sure that if any
of the many withheld rights were to be Sc
cured to us, they would not come from the
Democratic side after al, Notwithstanding
the great excuses their leaders frequently
carry them into We mean the great body
acting, as it will some day, Independent
from the party leaders. The great masses
if left to themselves to act up to their true
instincts, would always do much better in
matters involving right and wrong than
they do when operated upon by what are
generally supposed to be intelligent lead
ers. These are generally great dema
gOgues or great conservatives, neither Of
which have done the world any positive
good. Whatever Of worth it receives from
them is the result of their negative posi-
ton.
The Republican party today, though
we believe in the minority, being the most
intelligent, contains by far the greatest
number of these two classes of men, and
hence, though with larger professions fol-
humanity, is by far its more dangerous en-
envy. Under the guise of humanity, they
do and say many things-as, for example,
they oppose the re-opening of the slave
trade. They would fain make the world
believe it to be a movement of humanity
and yet the world too plainly sees that it
is but stroke of policy to check the spread
growth, and strength of the black masses
on this continent. They oppose the pro-
gress of slavery in the territories, and
would cry humanity to the world; but the
world has already seen that it is but the
same black masses looming up, huge, grim
and threatening, before this Republican
party, and hence their opposition. Their
opposition to slavery means opposition to
the black nothing else. Where it is
clearly in their power to do anything for
the oppressed colored man, why then they
are too nice, too conservative, to do it.
They find, too often, way to slip round
it--fnd method. how not to do it. If toe
hard pressed or fairly cornered by the op.
posite party, then it is they go beyond
said opposite party in their manifestations
of hatred and contempt for the black man
and his rights.
Such is the position of the two parties to.
day, and it is yet to be seen whittier they
will drive in the political storm they are
creating, and which is now raging round
them. In their desire to chem in" and
crush out the black man, they form per-
feet equation They differ only in the
method. We have no hope from either as
political parties. We must rely on our
selves, the righteousness of our cause, and
the advance of just sentiments among the
great masses of the Republican people, be
they Republicans or Democrats. These
masses we must teach that it will not do
for them to believe nor yet act upon the
declaration of their party leaders, that we
are naturally low and degraded race, and
unfit to have or enjoy liberty and the
rights of men and citizens, and hence must
be crushed out of the land. We must
teach these masses that all this is fabri
cation, great political lie, an abominable
injustice to an outraged but honest and de.
termined people, who cannot be crushed
out-a people outraged by overpowering
brute foIce, and then declared unftto come
within the pale of civilization. All this is
our work, and rising by all the forces with
in our grasp high above the chicanery
and vulgar policies of the day, we must
perform fully and well our duty in these
respects.
A WORD OF ENCOURAGEMENT.
Mr.. FDIToR:-I have noticed with much