The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1868-02-22
The Negro Element in the Chicago
Convention.

The people of the North are be-
ginning to appreciate and feel the
degradation to which the white race
is exposed in the debascd negro poll
cy Of the radicals. The New York
Metropolitan Records has the sub.
joined forcible comment on this sub.
jec'
Forneys Philadelphia Press, a
leading Black Republican organ an
nounces with an air Of ill>concealcd
cxuitation that nearly one.half Of
the Republican delegation from Ten
ncssee to the Chicago Convention Ito
nominate n Presidency are negroes.
This, he says, is a practical ex-
qualification of faith in the doc
trines they preach on the part of the
Union men Of that State"
As Of Tennessee, so of all the
other Southern States, under Radical
manipulation. II looks, from pres.
ent appearances, that about the same
proportion of negroes will be sent
from each Of them to Chicago and
thus the spectacle will be presented
Of lot Of ignorant, british, scarce.
ly civilised Africans, exercising a po.
tential influence in deciding who
shall, or who shall not, be tho pre-
siding Chief Magistrate Of some
bord American citizens
Many Northern people Of intelli.
gence have all along been laughing
to scora the very thought of what
has now como, before their eyes, to
pass. They could never be made to
believe that things would 90 SO far.
They never expected that these un.
lettered and, in some cases, hardly
human beings, who but yesterday
were known only on the cotton and
sugar plantations of the South MS a
lew removes only from the gorilla,
or ursng-outang, or chimpxvzee Of
their native Africa, were to be made
the governing class not only for the
South, but the governing class like.
wise for us of the North tina. they
were TO be made State Consultation.
makers and makers Of Presidents |
Yet so II Is Thore Is the shame in
black and white, and the shame must
be borne as long az the people can
bear the Infamous party which is the
parent and patron Of IL all.
IT this abomination is not 10 BE-
discountenanced, IL this studied aud
systematic dersdstion Of our race il
not checked, miScegonstion, amalga.
ton, and all the other unmen.iona.
bio hcstialitiss which negro equality
implies, will speedily be in full bloom
among US, in forms and shapes which
can never be got Of. Mon may shut
their eyes to the fact il they like,
but ii is nevertheless = iaot.
PaEsrIcE.-We copy the follow.
Ing from the Louisville Journal
Forney praises the generosity Of
the Republicans Of Alabama in con. |
eeding to the Northern residen.A the |
several Congressional nominations" |
Think Of " follow -counsrymsn |
Northsfa men selected for an the |
Congressional nominations in a once |
proud Southern State Northern
mon chosen who went there with car. |
pct-bags ia their hands, VI packs
upon their backs, expressly to grab
the Offices aud whsteve. else thew
could Not solitary Southern man
deemed Fl to be Yankee adyeutur.
er's competitor And this, oh mig.
ger, is ehy work And, oh Cosursss,
!, is thine And, Oh sanp, /, ia
Ar, Wilson, Of Mssssc usst.s, Do.
oiarsd 10 tho Senate the other dsv
that the powers Of hell could not 81.
vail ssainst the reconstruction meas.
arss. As trusted representative Of
those power, Wilson certainly ought
to ksow what they can or can not DO.
Ies declaration may b regarded a.
The white radicals 10 the South
Arv ths mesnsst Of human things,
And The niggers are not much bette,
The Loulsiant radical oYnvvstios
i seens, are about 10 Ok the salaries
81 tho Secretary Of State, Treasurer,
Nd Auditor st two thousand dolisrs.
This Is about Is 40 per day. The
aiggsrs and msa, whitss Of he Coz.
'sntion have 6Ssd their own com
peasAtson st - NV day sad twenty
'ss'. mileage, bat they sAiat Is 10
psr Day aad 10 suiisass qsite eaouxh
'or Ssesstavy Of State, Treasurer, ssd
Asditorl vsiaabIs nig.l Iavalv.
'bls moan white fo!ks'
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Whea sls new reconstruction bill
: pssssdt Il should b presented To
- sesth, Pisnsd upon ! bsyosst.
lrrssiee. 7,
Napoleon shakes his heed .bo,t
.sndisg = minister to The Court of
sares. lie esat ~ II.
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