The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1867-06-03

candidates7 Surely u they had fallen from Jupi.
ter they could not be greater strangers. lie was
10 favor Of intelligent men being nominated, and
for that matter John 7. Cook would have been
preferable. Even though he Is black, he i, in
telligent and In earnest, and that Is more than
the white radicals were. ,-
Colonel I. D. Florence was then introduced,
who said IL was the duty OF all to add words Of
advice 10 q crisis the most important 10 the eiti-
sens Of Washington An element foreign 10 the
best interests Of Washington, had been intro.
duced into this municipal contast-the duty Of
every one who feels that he would maintain the
proper dignity Of his race suggests itself. He
was confident that two 8fths Of the eolored voters
registered were not legally qualiAed. Proper
vigilance exhibited all over the city will secure
desired result. He was better friend Of the
colored race than their leaders In this city. He
was for saving the colored brothers, who were
fast finding out from tho white radicals that
| "evil Communications corrupt good manners"
Dug wallach and Colonel Porney,. when he first
came hero, were shining lights in. the Democratic
party. They have gone to perdiHOn' "Re9ms'-
cat in pace"
The fns,timabIe privilege Of the elective fran;
ohiso which has been confsrred upon the eolored
men ought to prompt them to remain true to tho
interests Of former friends ID.
Every friend Of liberty and law ought to devote
every moment Of Monday next to their best in
| forests, and to protect-th ballot-box.
DR.. Charles Allen was introduced, and In re-
ferring to the records Of the Republican candi-
dates, said:
Mr.. Boswell, tn. candidate for register, refused
to vote for tho negro suffrage resolution in the
| Philadelphia Convention. A candidate on the
Radical ticket for Council In the Seventh ward,
who was now loud in his professions Of love for
the negro, few years ago assisted In violently
breaking up negro camp meetings In Virginia.
| Voice. Name him!
| Another voice. l will name him II was
Hen. Knight, Of tho Seventh ward.
Mr.. Allen said that was the man-Henry M.
Knight. 1t was not necessary to refcr any fur
Their to tho record Of tho radicalsi but he chal.
lenged any one to prove that any candidate on
the Conservative ticket-general or wnrd-had
ever done violence to the colored people per-
sonally or In their meetings.
John Sargent, n eolored Conservative, was next
introduced, and his appearance was greeted with
the loudest applause. He commenced by saying
that he was Democrat inside and out. Ap.
piause.l He had been rocked in the cradle Of
Democracy. [Cres Of that's right 60 1t old
man. &c. A cloud has been spreading over the
reached the South. lie wanted the colored men
to understand what II was that brought them
from Africa. They were brought from there by
the people Of tho North, and were carried up
North and kept there until they were worn out,
after which they were sent down South. After
WhHe tho people North iound tley hau no more
use for the colored people, and they said, now
we arc going to free you. 1t was not for the
good Of the colorsd man that the North freed
him, but because they could get no more plumber
out Of him [Appause.l 1t would not do to
tell him that he was loved so much by n people
who had stolen him from Africa, and then sold
him South after they had no more use for him
He did not believe any such nonsense. The
southern man had never turned the negro Of
when he became useless, but whom no ran away
he left tho corn house, the bacon, and the doc
tors bill behind him. lie had no confidence in
the pretended friendship of the radicals, aud
would therefore vote the Democratic ticket II
his hand was chopped of the next moment. Zap
plause He loved the southern man, and would
not 60 back on his southern friends.
He loved his colored friends, but they did mol
love themselves II they permitted themselves t.
be persuaded into voting for the radicals. AL
the radicals loved the colored man, for he was Il
{ get into office and stay there through the vote
= OF the oolored man. lie was never going to yot
for set of men who only wanted to got Office
and had never done anything for his advAutOg
or benefit.
| At the close of Mr.. Sargont's speech, oil
motion, the mass meeting adjourned.