Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1868-05-21
Ca1ored People Gor Office.

The Ytitc advocates o.. negro Suffrage are
,dreadfhlly afraid that negroes will Eaot 10
hold Office. That is exactly what va, not IN
tended. The}negro, under the sealIa%ag pro. 4
gramme waslonIy to vote; aud to/yote Tor the
white scaawag. So when any colOrcd voter
desires to go to Congress lle,i most earnestly
implored not to press bis claimz-i egW VAL divide
the party-he will ipjure the negro lclu>e j
Why will heri pjuEeuthe negro, CAUSE Mill
Radicals dare to object. to bis holding Office =
to his admission into Congress?
t. When q man advocates the comforting ntthe
right of voting upon negroes, and dehles5thelr
capability to hold office, he sluliies himself
The white men who defend the negros right.
to vote assert his capacity to govern; and
when they try to exclude him from office they
show their own selfshness and ereed-that'
they have pretended to be friends o., thenegro
merely to get his vote for themselves wthat
they have, by false pretences to him, sIugntt TO
get offices and honors they could not obtain by
white votes The negroes will best,show their
own sagacity and honesty by probing these
white allies oftheir's, finding cut tier rotten
ness, and repudiating themas soon as possible:
The seat in Congress. Is worth ten ShOusano
dollars. To- white intriguer such as those
now engaged in deluding the negro 1t is great
prize, and he has struggled for 1t With an ac-
tivi,y and unscrupuousness which shows how
much he values it. TO get it he had TO con
troll the negro vote. Fearing that some aubi-
tious negro men might aspire TO go 10 Con
grcss it was a matter OF the last Importance
that any such aspirations should be nlpped n
the bud. So the ca7tcus machincry-in which
| the cunning of the white scalIawag always
trinmphs over the confding coIored man-was
| introduced This did the work This result
was surprising to the negro and TO keep down
any revolt against it, and prevent independents
| colorea candidates from entering the field, the
| ieda that to clect,ncgrocs to Congress would be
| injurious to the race, was put forth and most
strenuously supported Bolts declared il;
Hunpicutt sustains it.; and so especay,Lo the
| white nominees whose anticipation OF the JOY
| of receiving five thousanl dollars per annum
| from the Federal Treasury, is the delight OF
their thoughts by day and dreams by night
| Now, If the negro is deIuded in this manner
he will indeed have given a proof of his unit
ness to exercise the privileges of a Tree man.
| He viii, indeed, be guilty OF political suicide
| if he fails, now that he hes the opportunity,
| to test the sincerity OF the white men who
| have been playing upon his crcdulny. lie
should bring them to the proof by demanding
| the positions in the Government which they
have declared him not only entitled to but
capable of filing If they luean- to deny them
to him --ifhe is to be driven from them7-ii
valuable Offices, such as a tn thousand dollar
seat in Congress, are to be kept exclusively tor
white scaawags, while the small places SD sad
mental positions, such as Messenger toz6Te
Common Council" are to be reserved tor, the
negro, ought be not to know it at once? lie
should know it, and he will be traitor to him
self if he don t. -Rict3n0ad Dispatch.