The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1867-07-15
Are Negroes Eligible to once :


! A negro for Vice-President is coming to
be the cry among the freedmen in all the
southern dependencies, and the cry is
echoed by our brethren here with nm en-
phasis which means business" Some OF
the Radical editors are pooh-poohing the
cry, calling it "impudent," etc., but the
colorcd man is not to be showed aside in
that way. He knows his strength, and he
is bound to make it felt-when the time
comes. He is master Of the situation in
the dependencies, and the Radicals may as
we'll understand first as last, and he is 60
ing to have fair share of the offices. He
is not only going TO vote, but he is going to
be voted for, or he will know the reason
why. Their fayorite for Vice President
thus far seems to be very respectable
colored man named Langston, resident
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
The Tribune is throwing cold water on
the demand Of the southern negroes to
have candidate for the Vice Presidency
a man of their own color; but the demand,
nevertheless, is pressed in manner which
the Tribune people will find it difficult to
withstand, by the Anti-Slavey Standard,
who says that without the negro vote a
Republican candidate for the Presidency
cannot be elected. The Africans already
begin to declare that they will not be used
as material for carrying elections without
! they receive fair share Of the offices and
patronage.
From tho New Haven Conn., Register
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 the negroes votes.
From the Missouri Republican.
The colored race is creating new school
of politics and new science of govern
ment, and the new principle now is that
not to place man in Office is to wrong
him. They are instructed to demand Of
flee on the ground that they have fright I"
to official position, and that to deny it to
them is to do them wrong" and in
jury. To instruct them thus is cruelty
to them and wrong to society. Expecta:
tons are created never to be realized, dis
content and INSTRUMENTATION are produced,
society is disturbed, and the common inte-
rests of black and white are imperilled.
From Doylestown (Pa.j paper.
Even now they 1.-THE negroes] ask for
office, and decline to give way to their
Radical white friends. In less than five
years we shall see negroes in both the Sen
ate and House-sce them as officers in the
army, and in civil Offices Of all grades.
Suppose the negroes at Presidential cleo
tion should offer their undivided vote to
that party which promises to put Fred.
Douglass in the Cabinet, would it be likely
to be refused in close contest? We do
not believe it would be. But suppose the
bargain should be for Vice-President,
would not the result be the same
The present negro programme will lead
to all that we predict, if it goes on. We
do not believe the Radicals intended it
should take this direction when they inau-
gurated it. 1t was conceived in all the
scliShuess for which the Yankees are so
proverbial, and benefit to the negro was
not thought Of. They hoped to control the
entire negro vote for their own purposes,
aud use it to elect themselves to office.
They will hardly be content that the prize
for which they have labored, and robbed,
and he'd, shall slip through their hands and
be monopolized by the negro.
1t is easy to see from the above extracts
that some persons think negroes already
eligible to office, and others that they will
be within few years. Like the Doyles.
town paper, we do not believe Congress
intended to give any negro the right to be
elected to office. He was to vote, and
HUSSICUTT, UNDERWOOD, BoTTs, &C., tc
hold the Offices. But Sambo 81 can't see
it," lie desires to be mayor, judge, coun
Gilman, or justice. lie wants office. Ant
unless Congress shall take action upon The
subject there is danger that he may sue
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