Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1867-08-02
The Political Negro-The Negro Voter Must
be a Negro OGfce-EIolder.
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hvc Old has as good rgh to be President as any
Whte man-lf hC can get votes enough to elect
HIM. The right 10 hold Office is right with an
| 'If " to it. The being President of
the United States depends upon the votes of five
millions Of men, more than four-ifths of whom
are white. Ii any native negro thrty-tiye years
old can obtain the votes of two millions and three
quarters OF these, why shOuldhe not be PreGldent
of the United States: The question then would
not be as to his right to hold the Office but as to
the right of majority of the American people to
give it to him.
from the Springfield Mass Republican,
That men should be elected to Office withou re-
gard to their race or color is the logical and nat
uTdI sequence Of equal suffrage, and Uereis Ted-
son oc|y black should not aspire to office and
become candidates for tue positions for achict then
are fitted. Starting with these obvious corrolla-
rles OF repubhcanlsm, some of the white men who
are manipulating the new voters of the South
urge them to demand 4 share of the offices in
proportion to their numbers 1t will be
the elimination of political equality when men
can be elected to Office upon their merits, without
reference to their color, and THIS is to come
but to elect men because they are black, when
there are white men better fitted for the positions
to be filed, would be just gross a violation of
political equality to elect white men because of
their color, to the exclusion of black men of high
er Capacity and merit. The black voters of south
Carolina will Outnumbcr the whites and will have
power to take Offices themselves, to the exclusion
OF the unfortunate bIcachcd race, but it would be
great political mistake for them to exercise their
power thus proscriptivey. II the possession of
political power is made a question Of race, the
colored party must inevitably so to the wall.
TFrom the Palladium, Oswego.l
negro for Fice-President is coming to be the
Cry among the frecdmeu in all the Southern de-
pendcncios and the cry is echoed by our brethren
here with emphasis which means business. ="
Some of the Radical editors pooh pooling the
cry, calling 1t "impudent," etc, but the cOlOred
man is not to be showed aside in that way. He
knows his strength, and he IS bound to make it
telt-when the time comes. He is master Of tho
situation i'll the dependencies, and the Radicals
Il first h.
gong to have fair share of the Offices. He is
not only going to v0te but he is going to be voted
for, or he will know the reason Why Their favor
ite for Vice-Presdcnt thus far, seems to be very
respectable COlOrCd man named LanGston, resi-
dent Of Ohio, but if they cannot get him, doubt
less they will take Fred. Douglass or the Rev.
SAM May, Or any other person OF the same color.
From the Newark IN. j. Journal.I
The IrjbWtc is throwing cold water on the de-
mand of the Southern negroes to have candidate
for the Nlce-PrCsidency man OF their own color
but the demand, nevertheless, is pressed i'll a
manner which the I'7b""e people will find it diff
cult to Withstand by the Anti-Stdoe1y Standard
who says that without the negro vote Republi-
can candidate for the President cannot be elected.
The Africans already begin to declare that they
will not be used us material for carrying cleo
tiOIs, without they receive 4 fair share OF the
Offices and patronage. There are several ne
grOC9 fitted for the position OF NicePreSidout, and
that claim that the second Office in the gift of
the nation shall be flied by negro" That, they
say, must be accorded to the black race by the
Republican party proof OF the honesty of it's
profession OF attachment to the principles Of equal
rights to all men, regardless Of race or color If
that dem and is refused they Flll consider the Re-
publican party dishonest In its professions and
vote against it in the Presidential election.
From the New Haven Comm Register.
This is only carrying the reconstruction policy
to its legitimate conclusion. Ii the Southern ne
groes should be allowed to voto to protect them
selves, they should be allowed TO hold office for
the same purpose. The demand Is made by the
negroes that one of their number should be run
for Vice-President at the next election. Thus we
are likely to have an irrepressibo conflict " to
decide who shall hold office, blacks or whites
They manage these things better in Tennessee,
where the Radicals get their votes, but refuse to
let them be voted for. That is the only way out
of the difficulty. Brownlow and his party, North
and'South, only desire negroes votes.
[From the Missouri Republican, st. Louis.l
The colored men Of Mobile, on the 25th of June,
addressed letter to Major-General Swaync on
the condition and situation OF the cOored people,
politically and otherwise. The cream of
this letter to General Swayne comes out toward
the close like the postscript OF wOmans epistle.
The " "colored people" have genuine Radical ap-
petite for the "spOils they want Office. They
say: "We think ourselves wronged in having
withheld from places and positions under the
city government AS the colored folks in
that region are Radicals they have fallen heirs to
the genuine Radical doctrine that they have ma
turaI right to office, and that they are
wrongedS vixen denied access to the public crib.
+ The colored race is creating new school
of politics and new science of government and
the principle now is that not to place man
III Office is to wrong him. These Mobile colored
gentlemen tell General Swayne that they think
they should have " in the police department one
half the places" THIS is certainly modest. But
ia it not strikingly inconsistent with the doctrine
that the matter Of color 1s to have nothing to do
with regulating the privileges of citizens? They
ask that exactly one-half the police offices be set
apart for them, the black people. Why? Be-
cause they are oIack. There is no other reason.
The remaining half IS to be assigned to the
whites. Why? Because they are white That
is color, which is not allowed to be ground of
Distinction is made the basis for an equal divis-
ion Of the offices.
These poor deludcd creatures appeal On such
grounds as these to General Swayne to lis
military power to give them their rights In this
matter Of appointment to office. We speak of
them as deluded, for this appeal to Gen. Swayne
is not their work, it is the work OF white hadi-
cal belonging to the Jacobn party which is in
stilling into the minds of.the colorod people no
tiOns of rights never to be realized They are
expecting to share in the lands OF their late mas
ters, and are assured that they have fright"
to them. They arc instructed to demand cfice
on the ground that they have right to official
position and that to deny it to them is to do them
wrong" and injury. To instruct them thus is
q cruelty to them and a wrong to society. EX-
pectations are created neN II to be realized dis
content and insubOrdinaton arc produced; society
is disturbed, and the common interests OF black
and white are impered. If the white race should
adopt similar course in dealing with the differ
ent and classes of society, with people from
various sections of the country, and with those
of different nationalities indaning each with false
notions of their ''rights' and Of the wrong
done them by falling to apportion among them by
some strict arithmeticaI rule the offices OF the
State, we should soon have pandemonium of
angry conflicting classes, finally to result in blood
shed and anarchy.
from the Doylostown tPenn.) Democrat
The negro, unfortunately for himself and the
white man, who has SO long played an lnportanG
part indirectly, in the affairs Of the country, ls
now about to appear III new role. Hereafter
when considered anG discussed lie must be viewed
in the light of political negro, and not laborer
who is to work for living. He ls no longer an
African, but an ' An. erican citZen," friend and
brother" man to vote and hold Office, to go to
Congress, sit the bench, marry white women
and breed up muatto race. How much soeyer
we may disrelish this programme, the negro, With
his thick lips, crooked shins and musk box, ap-
pears to be on the high road to reach all the goals
mentioned. The enfranchisement OF the negro
will turn out to be unutterable curse to the
country, and those who are now it's most stren-
mons advocates will bitterly lament IL must lead
to boN. political and social equality there can be
no other solution to the question. When you put
the ballot into mans hand, you invest him with
all the rights it carries with it. There is office
in The land that is not then aCtin has reach. The
negro element is strong enough in the United
States to claim a distribution OF office, and IL
,CW be Uery strange If ii is not granted. The
negro vote becomes purely an article of
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