The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1868-08-28
The Party Of Fraud.
From the Chicago Post.

From the Chicago Post.
The so-called but falsely called, Democratic
party is the party that most tavors the labor
ing man, is it? 1t is the party above all
others, that, according to its own claim, is the
party of labor against capital. We think the
claim is fraud, cheat, sWiEdle, a lie; but
let us see the lacts-
Labor in the South is mostly done by black
men. The black men are, indeed, the labor
ing men of the Southern country. When one
has job to do, he says-'I will go and get so
many hands, ,"-lneaning, of course, so many
pairs of black hands, each pair having body,
q head pair OF eyes, aud an immortal soul
attached; and in the of the country so
truly IS the black mau the laboring man, he
means nothing else.
The black mau, with this soul, these legs,
these hands, and this body was formerly
slave. Slavery 10 syetoHi by wiIi0tI iIo
cheated, or rather, as we pre- er the word, was
robbed, of all the proceeds of his labor except
that he had peck of meal and three pounds
of bacon week, and one pair of shoes, one
hat and two suits OF poor clothes year, worth
in all perhaps fifty dollars, as the gross result
OF mis- endless toll. The war and the conse-
quent proclamation of emancipation put
an end to slavery; aud what is the con.
dition of the black man now, and what is
his relation to the Democratic party
AS soon as this labOrer became free,
did that party hold to him any such speech
as this:-"Oh, brother, how shall We aid you?
You, poor-yOu, igpOrant-you, low in the
social scale-yOu, oppressed by tyranny
you, struggling against the hard forces OF this
world-yOu, formerly owned by capital-you,
with nothing to begin with-houseless, land
less unprotected, friendless-you, a man as
we are men--you, with soul and hereafter
you, come hither under our protection. We
will tenderly care for your intrmities. We
will forgive your ignorance as we know what
caused it. Come, learn, improve. These are
your rights as men; take and wisely use them.
Meanwhile our eSis is over you. Whose Op-
presses you attacks us 2" 70 have said this
would have been Democratic. And Demo-
cracy is the application of Christianity te the
affairs of State. But, did the falsely called
Democratic party do this, or any OF these
things On the contrary, it showed the bar
SinGtcr-its bastardy-in It's acts. 1t was, as
might, from its winkiDg at slavery, have been
expected quite another song that this party
sung. See what it did in Mississippi
"You nigger," said the Democrats, "you
working niger, you black, loud smelling,
ignorant, and barbarous ngger-there is your
place; take it. There is helolism, peOnage,
serdOm-al that slavery asked for with none
of the amelioratons 1t conferred You shall
own 40 land. You shall have no civil rights.
Your oath shall not be regarded. You shall
be thing under our feet. You and your chill
wages shall bs at our discretion. You shall
have no schools. Ignorant you are, and iguo-
rant you shall remain. Low you are, and you
shall not be raised up. You are brutaized,
and We will bru alize you still more |" This
was what Mississippi said; other Southern
States repeated the formula aud all the De-
mocracy Of the North cried, Amen ! Yet this
party is Democratic, and the Republicans are
radical and destructive
But We need not go back for instances. The
day and its history sufficient, At this hour,
what does the South want? Slavery She
knows that that is impossible; but she would
have the nearest approach that can be made
the black men as tOilers and the white race as
enjOyers-the black man as laborer for such
poor pay as his white employers will give
him, and the whites as the recipients OF the
fruit OF his toll. If slavery was system OF
pay, the system now striyen for is one OF hall
pay or part pay. In either case, robbery Is
what is sought-robberY by the forms of the
law. Having the labOling man beneath their
feet, will not the Ingenuity Of the SOuthernera
do the rest II they may not have all the
labOreTs' wages, may they not have part
How cruel in the Republicans to insist upon
the Observance of that law which binds all
communities tOgether-the laborer is worthy
of his hire-a full days wages for an honest
days work, For striving for this Law, and III
application to every man on whom the shadow
OF the flag falls, the Republicans are con
temned. Yet our opponents are the lsborUl
mans paTty-ars Democrats. i it not TIM
that certain political definitions were revised