Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1868-03-05
CORRESPONDENCE.



Messrs Editors Did YOU ever meet will,
man afflicted with dior h ndnuss Ii not take
| Il "TRIP down the lruusall. and You will not b.
long III hndis numerous casts. fttTu are many
casts ul long standing; Sulue havt il hld. hey
are Rational enough On fancy culurS lit they he
come almost insane On black. 'ravv dislike every
ming black. Tor M other reason Than because il
IS black. Some would hardly drink whiskty
from black jus. not because they do 10, like
iht wiilskev hut sinpy on account Of tlir color
OF It's vessel. They even carry their blind dislikcs
to men 1t matters not how good or intelligent
he may be-. if lie has - black covering they drs-
| pise lin. We met with one of these men some
days ago aud tried 10 talk il out Of him. But we
found that liz had the disease bad We snid to
HIM, My friend. this is all prejudice; let me
give yoia pair ul spccticles with clear unpreju-
| diced glassts, Take II look through them and
the black Will disappear, or nj least look less re-
| pilsivc." hut 1t was no use. lie had bigger on
tile brain, and like OTHERS afflicted Nth the same
dtscnsr, was fearful the offices would all bc filled
~ hisgtrS, from Governor down, apparently ad-
| ihltliiS that tile black race are Capable OF high
cultivation under favorable circumstances Or
thai inc white race are sadly dcgciirruliug.
| well, sad lie, ''onc thing is rcrt.lin,t nimrcr
viii never vote by the side of me
/ why not!" we asked
! . Because he is black"
. That Is not II good and sufficient reason You
sometimes ride in the same vehicle with black
men; work around the SAINT machine it'll them;
and some who blow The lou,tst drink from lie
same jug. You sit in the blrbers chair and allow
every shade Of color, from the slightest tinge
down to Ebony blacklist, to wipe their fingers
across your lips, and twist your nose first This
way and then that, and Of necessity blow their
breath in your face, more than he would ut the
polls.
Yes, but he is then in the capacity of II SER
want"
No more SO than the German Irish, or French
barber. You do not object To voting with ihetn. y
" But they are white" (ticre is where color
blundrfs" comes in ngain.)
Then II Is 'liiiniy because he is black r.
. Yes that is it,"
Then if u man IS sevcn-eigths white, accord
me to Your rule, you must allow him to vote
.even-elghths oi ticket, half white half a
ticket, and so on. Is That the dra p
: No, he must be white man To vote"
I" Your whole theory sreIis to ham. upon, color.
If purity Of color is the requisite, aid tile only
requisite you would disiranchisc some Of the
best men Of the State, and admit some at the
polls whom you call niggcrs. We can find scores
OF men who are said to be Of African descrnt md
scores OF Others reputcd u he Of pure American
who il placed together aud dressed alike, il yol
did hot know them, you would pronounce tho
black man the whitcst and the white man III,
blcekest. How would your rule work in Iii.
case."
| " We would not be governed altogether b,
color, but u he had one drop OF Niger blood il
him he should not vote"
. Then your whole theory resolves itself into
ia'ieu va wv flct simply Dccatlst tnler pfUlen
iors were Africans? ~
: Because he is black Of M inferior race. ieno
rant, and always will be-"
You have no ground of proof that be alway
wlll he Ignorant. You could expect nothing els
q but Ignorance from II race held in bondage. M,
| denied all means of improvement. generation
after generation. Take the child OF Il white mn,
. and Keep him and his childrcns' children in bond
r aye, without opportunities of education, AM
raised with associates ms ignorant as himself |
would be strange ii he was not as iguorant MS iii,
coored man of the present day. /"
: well, gentlemen, we cannot see alike
That's SO; and we hope we may never BIZ af
Ilcted WIN color blindness, hat we mag see nlikc
We admit that there is too much Ignorance n
the polls already, but that is no Just reason fo
y excluding Il whole clnss, who have among thcl,
at least some men OF Intelligence not greatly in
fcrior to the white race. If Irishmep Ind ber,
! declared the privilege Of voting until the prcspn
day there would be the same amount of prr iudic
, against admitting them ut the polls us there i
against the blacks, not perhaps in every case h,
} the same persons. But prejudice would he ms
as strong, and you would find persons talking M
llppanty against admitting ignorant Irishlnen /,
the polls as you do Mt present abont ignoraut.snip
gers" The whole thing is prejudice. 1t has bcei
schuoled into us by the customs of the connlr,
To look upon the race ignorant " nggers,
who were of no account except as clIatttls. ma
chimes, to do our bidding. We all have il. NOR,
or less, even we who profess to be the friend o
the coloiea man are not entirely destitute of it,
But the time Is coming, and will come, when al
men shall be Tree and equal as the Patriots Of "a
declared they should be UNCLE NED.
Kent county, Del, February, 1868.