The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1868-02-19
DAILY PRESS.
g h77o1g PORTLAND.
Wednesday Morning, February l8, 1868
I,aliticai ssiscegena,ion.

One OF the best things VIM. II. Seward ev-
er said was that Senator Douglas could new
er be President. Said he, "No man, sir, can
be President who spells negro with two g's."
There was not little philosophy underlying
this iocose remark about ';the Niger" The
disregard ofiustice and equal rights implied
by the Observation-Disclosures in that orthegraph-
ical popularity has been fatal to more than
enc promising political advcnturer. The
rights of mankind cannot be traupled upon
without the occurrence of reaction danger
Gus to the individuals who are guilty Of tbe
crime, though Of course so trifing an express
sion as Che above is Of no importance except
as ippddicatipg the aainps Of the persons EN-.
pl9ying il. "a . -,.,-
Spelling negro with one "gs is not the critic
ron of political success, but regard for hu-
man rights is. The party OF reactio. and
tristocratic institutions, fiom which the po-
iitieal power ri tie United States has DEPART
Cd, are beginning to find out The truth. As
the result Of this new light, breaking slowly
upon the opacity of the Democratic intellect,
we have curious development in local poll
tics. We haveit from the very best authority
that the Democratic managers in this city,
overcome by feeling of desperation IN re-
gard to the coming municipal election, have
been negotiating with The colored people
with view to an Airico-Democratie alliance.
Our colored fellow citizens are promised that
If they will vote the Democratic ticket on the
I'd day of March they shall share for the com.
ing year the municipaI Offices and their
emoluments. An effort is made to tickle the
more susceptible of the race with visions of
the stylish uniform and bright buttons OF the
police force. Years Of abuse, oppression end
disdain are to be forgotten in the blaze OF glo-
ry attending the elevation OF a colored man
to the position OF night watchman. The
blacks are t 0 be assured that though ercum-
stances over which our local Con eryatiyes lad
no control have sometimes placed the Demo
Gratis in position of antagonism to the freed
men, yet, as a matter Of fact, the interest of
the colored race have ever been peculiarly
the object Of the tende1est solicitude with
"the old Democratic party Ethnology is to
voted humbus in every Democratic. club
room in the city, and Helhers ."Nojoque"
with the Old Guard and Day Book are 10 be
publicly burned by the Democratic heads
man. Fred Douglass is to be talked up for
the Presidency, aud wealthy old Democrats
are to invite likely young negroes home to see
their daughters All these things are to be in or
der till the evening ofthe I'd of March, when
ethnology, "a white m ans government" and
Nojoque are to be so EN- NJ restored as parts
OF the Democratic faith and Fred Douglass
and his associates are to be instantly remand
ed to their natural position as San inferior
race '-7'"A' @aR ia = ~ .lsolA o5s 81
We do not profess perfect accuracy in oil
the details of this grand strategic movement
on the part OF the down-hearted enemy. We
only youch for the correctness of our state
ment of the general features of the plan,
and all the rest follow as matter OF course
The promise of subordinate positions under
the city government, as reward for assist
ance in carrying the election against the Re-
publicans, has actually been made. l2t
Wewatch the further progress of this nego-
tiation with interest, but without the slight
est excitement or anxiety. 1t Is fayorite.
form of expression with Democrats who have
nodesperate poiticalbattle to fight,to speak of
negroes as "green." The epithet is but newly
discovered as humorous term descriptive of
certain assumed characteristics of the freedmen,
but "green negroes" may now be seen in num-
berless places in the current issues of almost.
any Democratic paper. But we fear that the
Democrats of Portland, in deciding upon this
heroic treatment OF the political situation
have made a mistake in supposing that the
colored people Of this city are so siolly green"
as to lend their aid to a party whose cardm-
al doctrine is resistance to the elevation of
party which has for its Immediate object the
establishment of the equal rights of all men.