The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1868-05-18
Treachery to the Negroes.

OHeuSlVc, anu l0I1mOuS COituuCts
Treachery to the Negroes.
The Charlottesville Chronicle has recent
ly expressed it's preference Of the negro
BAYNE to District-Attorney CHANDLER for
Congress, and for NORTON (negro), in the
Williamsburg district, over any white Radi-
cal. HuSNlcuTT is indignant at the sug-
gestion, and AYERS that the object of the
Chronicle is to prejudice the interest not
|" only Of the colored people of the Sos.th at
athe North, bit the sohole Repablicanpar-
:"ty.n
What right has HUNN1oUTT to assume
that the election of negroes to Congress viii
prejudice the interests Of the negro at the
North ?. He is evidently alarmed lest some
negro may be sent to Congress and in his
canting, hypocritical style declares that,
lin the fear of Corr he begs the negroes
to g act with nodesty, prudence, and aois-
dom; NJ. e., not to aspire to Office not, by
any means, to go to Congress, lest the inte-
rests Of the negro and the Republican party
be injured thereby! Il
This is treachery to the negro-down-
| rightand impudent- land discloses the pur-
pose of these dishonest men to make the
negro Q mere voter to elect them to Office
mere beast of burden-an ass, to bear
them and work for them. But he must
never enjoy the rich pastures of official
grass, never feed upon the sinecure corn,
and repose upon the soft beds Of. the COM
Portable public stables. He must be COM
mon ass, living upon the common, and must
be the common carrier of the filthy bur-
thens Of carpet-baggers and white SCALA
wags in general. A most convenient black
ass indeed, which costs the wretched white
hypocrites and renegades nothing, and is
ever ready to be ridden and spurred by
them, ~ ,s.s sss ssEsa.G
HuNacUTT@ and his set have no right to
oppose the bestowing of Office, high or low,
on the negro. They have advocated his
elevation to the ballot; and that gives him,
per consequence, a claim to the offices.
The cornerstone of republicanism is the
election Of public officers from the body of
voters. And those vino would make the
negro o voter are traitors both to him and
Republicanism who would withhold Office
from him. Boris considers the Constitution
recently framed by the Radicals the best
ever offered to the people Of Virginia be-.
cause it gives the elective franchise to the
negro: And yet, false to his logic, he de-
clares the negro unfit for Office by imploring
him not to demand it. All !! he is only to vote
for Boris and HUNNIcUTT-that's all. No
body of men are fit to vote unless there is
capacity among them to fill public Offices
and govern the country. These hypocri
tical whites know this; and, by way of
escaping the consequences of their own out
RACES, they are beseeching the negro not to
ask for Office, but only to elect them!
The negro is not such, an "idiot" Us not
to see the selfish and greedy purposes of
the Hunnicuttites and "carpet-baggers."
We agree with the Chronicle that, in COM
parison with these unprincipled whites, the
negroes might be preferred for. Congress.
Why, should not LINDSEY (mulatto) be pre-
ferred to PORTER LINDSEY is more sim
cere, frank, and honest man than PORTER,
and would be more creditable to this dis
trict than PORTER. LINDSEY, with his fine
impulsiyeness and ringing voice, would
make grand forensic display in the great
hall OF Congress. How he would grind and
hammer into the assembled wisdom of the
nation the principles of equality! We're
peat, he is better man than PORTER-his
election would be more honorable to the
district. And his political toeleyation
tothe positionis an indubitable deduction
from his admission tothe elective franchise.
Boris knows this, and hence he begs such
as LINDSEY not to seek Office. Oh no, it is
not healthy for them! Only let them vote
for Boris g. Co., and continue to discharge
the mental duties ofthe Republican camp.
Poor negrol he has q great deal to learn.
The day is rapidly coming when he will
heap curses upon the wretches who now, de-
lude and alse him. ~
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