The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1868-08-24
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DAILY SLAEGWHAHGER,
Wheeling. Aug. 81. 1858
MeSSTs. J. j. B., ". p. ", p. II. X. d
90, Editors Constitution. AEorgdntotOn :
GENTLEAEN-What the d-l do you
mean by your continued and persistent
unfriendly and disrespectfuI illusions
to our colored citizens. You will have
the fat in the fire il you keep on much
longer. Haven't You read the news?
Haven't you heard from Mississippi,
from Louisiana, from Georgia, from
South Carolina, from Richmond?
Haven't you received the circular of
the National Committee? Can it be
possible that you are still ignorant of
The change of policy determined on !?
You see, my dear sirs, great party of
principle, as ours Is must succeed at
every hazard. The safety of the Con-
sutuuon Ga good COAX inter 1loS,) de-
mands it; therefore we must be will
ing to make some little concessions to
the force of circumstances. II is appa-
rent to every Intelligent Democrat (of
which / am sorry TO say there are not
SO many as there might be, that there
is no show for Seymour unless we can
carry at least six OF the Southern
States. They can't be carried without
the votes of the nig-I mean cOlored
men. So it has been determined to
change tactics in regard to the mig
colored man. You see, after all, hav-
citizen, and it has been definitely as
certained that those OF voting age have
wholly lost the unpleasant odor which
attached to them while in slavery. But
you say, 1.-The nigger having been freed
and given vote by the Republicans
will, of course, vote with them" Now,
in the first place you shouldn't say
and we ought to treat all our fellow
citizens with respect-exceptingi OF
of course, the id Radicals. In
the next place, you need have
no fears about our not getting the
nig-I mean the colored vote. II you
will read the accounts from the South
you will understand why. Onr friends
have the land, the intelligence, the old
influence which they once exercised as
masters. The nig-negro, 1 mean, is
grateful creature, loyal to the hand that
throws him bone-and then be has
stomach and gets hungry, and has the
instructive love of life Just like the hu-
man species--that is, you know, Just
like the white man; and when he real
ICES, you understand, that he must vote
for US or starve--why, you see, he is not
going to starve If he can help It. These
influences, with the arguments of the
K. X. K. are sufficient to enable his
feeble mental ray to penetrate the situa-
ton. This must insure our success.
This is now the policy. We can make
nothing more here, anyway, out of the
nigger suffrage business. People have
got TOO smart for that sort of thing and
they have come TO understand there is
nothing in it. Besides, you know, we
may want the votes of the nig-colored
men here in West Virginia some day,
SO you see, we must respect their feel
ings. The fact is the nig-I mean the
American OF African descent, makes a
very respectable Democrat. Inever re-
allied this fully till met Mr.. Joseph
Williams at New York; because, you
understand, his vote counts just as much
as white mans.
1 hope, now, the next issue of the
Constitution will be a little less offen-
sive TO our colored fellow citizens. (YOu
will find it very easy TO say this instead
of "niggers" after few days practice.) }
I have written TO MOTOR Cooper TO dry
up.
How are prospects out there? Things
look dish blue here. The id rndi-
Gals are bold and insolent aud swear
they are going to carry Ohio county;
and id II aint afraid they will un-
less we can import two or three hundred
Irishmeu. l suppose yon have none to
Tell Billy Brown 10 get rid of his
| bonds. It's playing the d-l with us.
Camden would sell his. but they're
down and gold is up. The interest is
nearly per cent, you know, and that
would be too much of sacrifice to
make. What the d-l did yon nomi-
nate Hanaway for-anolher "b. b. b. :"
Pm afraid we're gone up.
Yours despondinglY, 81. 8. w.