The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1868-04-11
"LoyaI Blacks"

What II rascally absurdity Is that
Dbrass loyal blacks~ HeIe al set of
nsople whose feeble mental Ry can't
nsnetrste the meaning of 10 words
rsed by III. Radicals TO descbe them,
and who would he "loyaP to lnything
or any body that would supprt them
without work, selected, set airt and
Olorifed as the only representatives, OF
.loyalty" in the South. 1t ishothing
that their willing labor fed Puthern
armies during the rebellion. us moth
ing that they are the only re that
cheerfnlly accepts a conditionlf slav-
ery and thrives under il better ban IN
freedom. 1t is nothing that is race
has no knowledge of and no loi for the
Government. any farther tha as 1t
premises support in laziHis. All
These. and the Thousand Otht condi-
tions surrounding the negro, howing
him TO br 10 more fit for politid power
than an idiot to pilot vessel through
Hellga!e, are forgotten, aKd chsrous
repetition still vcxes the pdic ear
with the villainOus verbiage "loyal
blacks"
"Loyal" how. Why as thtdOg is
"loyal" to the hand that tosseshim q
bone: as the OK is loyal to crib n stall;
as the hog is loyal to the tough.
LOYAL" to what! Why to the ftunes
of "Scalawagarie," which promia food
without work. raiment without 'rice,
satisfaction for lust, and a coiupence
in exchange FOR vote.
Is il remarkable that these iSdent,
work hating, vice-lOving people, sould
cling to the men who tempt theipss-
sions and ply their weakness vii all
the Influences 20 which they are scep'
tibl.f The emissaries of Radidisnl
have taught them to abandon iabd for
the nation would support then tC
break their contracts because reels
were parties thereto, and to set theaw:
at naught, for they were merellth'
chains werewith the "aristOcrat' haC
fettered loyal" manhood. Those mis-
saries have taught them that th'
land of the South was theirs lnC
crazed their silly brains with pm
ises of cOnfiscatiOn and lis
trJution. They have deluded ten
with assurances of social equalitylh
white mans parlor was to open to tam
They have turned their heads I'll
schemes of negro supremacy aadal
African empire at the South. lfs
teachings have wrought their lefi
mate results in the distress of the Sod
the desolation of her fields, the ruin
her resources, the prOstration of
business, and the disorganization OF d
society. And now because the nei
has followed the instinct of the br
in remembering the hand that fed h
because he has voted as his passi'
pointed, his devotion is iInmortali
in mock heroic eulogy, and himself
apart for canouiZation in the politi
calendar as loyal black"
There is a remarkable fitness in
conjunction Of the two terms. I
are interchangeable, and at the $;
time we'll mated. The first is the sy
nym of iniquity the nation over. IT
is not crime in the catalogue Of
laiuy but has been cloaked under
canting catch word. BUTLER with
spoons, BINGHAM gibbeting Mrs. s
RAFT, and FERGUSON with his car
bag are all representative "loyalis
and for q comprehensive term to
clude under one general designat
their favorite rasealities rs well as eN
other variety of vilainy, no be
word could be selected than
choice term of the DEVILS coiDai
loyalty" 1t was a happy thou
that linked with "loyaP the v
black" They are q pretty pair, al
would be difficult to tell which
tributes most to the joint stock of I
beauty. Loyalty" is nothing III
black" and 'blsck" would pale
pine if uDrelieved by the choice c
paniOnship Of loyalty"