The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1866-09-08
A Black Annie of DiscOrd.

. The report from the Radical ConveI
I ton at Philadelphia, printed elsewhere
a shows that in the negro delegate, tn
e reno wned Fred, Douglas, a%troublesom
y test question has thrust itself upon tina
!, convcnticle Of saints. Fred, was al
pointed a delegate from the Rocheste
(N. " district. lie received his ere
: dcntials, and has made his appearance
: in Philadelphia. From a letter undc
, his signature OF August 3Oth, he cvl
, IDENTITY had doubts whether he would b
properly accredited, and whether tn
/ Convention would rec, i've him undc
+ any circumstances. ii spoke oft a
an "unexpccted honor, and took oc
, casion to add that "if they reject m
him they will only identify them
selves with another Cor 1ention, which
from mean motives, turned its back up
on its true friends" I'll $ intrepid, ant
we must say, intelligent advocate o
the equality Of his own eace with tin
whites, seems to appreciate proper,
his white brethren who lrofess, for pc
litical ends, to have so tender u regNt
for the negro. lie fears them as Greeks
bearing gifts, oras knaves who "keeI
the word of promise to the a ant
break it to the hope" He was aston
ishcd that his own white fellow-dis'
trict men should send him, and frankly
expressed doubts whether he would bl
received. The first proved to be u re
atty, the latter seems yet in doubt
The loyalists have prolcssed themselves
in favor Of negro equality, and they
now have an opportunity to practice it
on Il national scale. Fred is there
with his credentials, n | his color.
lie is, "a man and a b%rotL ar." lie is
mqncstionably loyal and radical. lie
hates the President. He spits upon
the Constitution. lie desires to wreak
a lifelong hate on the "dominant class
at the South" lie has every qualifica-
ton Of heart and head to associate with
the best who compose the body. He
has education, which some of them,
whom we know, have not. He is hon
est, earnest, and has never changed his
principles to profit his pocket, which
some Of them, whom we know, have
done. And yet his claim to seat are
subjected to q caucus decision. 1t is Il
question with the white and light-col.
orcA members, whether the negro
should not be squelched in general
committee, pushed to u back seat in
the body, or gently persuaded, on the
score Of policy, to keep on the outside.
But Fred knows his rights and feels
bis importance. He went to Philadel-
phia to assert them, and he is ambitious
Of being the representative negro on
the continent. Douglass sitting in Il
national convention Of white men in
Philadelphia is greater than Soulouquc,
Emperor Of Hayti. He is not disposed
to forego his opportunity. He is there
IN propria persona, and demands from
his palefaccd Radical brethren an hon
est yea or nay. We hope he will fight
it through, and test the sincerity of
Radical negrophilism to the core. We
want to see whether they think the ele-
plant they are playing for is worth the
Keeping Union American.
1t will be seer from the above that
negro equal;tyis meeting with a fair test
in the Radical Convention. The ne.
gro, Fred. Douglass, is an accredited
delegate from q district in New York,
and of course his Northern friends will
insist ON his taking his seat.
1t remains to be seer what the South
I'm delegates will do about the matter.
viii those East Tcnnesseeans, who
'omctime ago made so much noise in
opposition to the negro, 10Y quietly
lcquiesce in the demands ofthcir North
IN brethren. OF course Brownlow
will swallow the pill, and 50 will the
'thcr Radical leaders of the South, but
viii the masses Of the party do it? Per.
laps the deluded followers of Radical
will nor get their eyes open.