Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1870-09-29

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the Republican party. denoun1a &c whole
thing q nsfrsw igh1si. suiDshi vsas and
fasal - che saessas of shas parsy as the
coming election -s-1s a ssssl
Even taking d Ma y polificsl paint of
ysew-waixiag - seeisl bad efiec, -whaa
do these men sxpest - aecomplish By q
general dsnuncis.issl.ef wlise men, and
that too at mianighs in ths dark chambers
Of their sserst Leagues Ar. they mot
avan that coMbinasisn begcts scsn,bius-
ton? WeuM IL st al surprise % startle
them 70 $50 Glads Organize and spsiag an,
detssmlinesa tssuss every legitimate means
10 check. ..as thes ha2lss box, 1tla aaccess .of
an on sanisa,ien thssswas scattering such
baleful seedssof dizecrd in the sboscnl .oi
society? And could the Don,ocmtie par
ty, or. as tiaese faithful term it, the
..wkite element.s he blamed for tais :.
These fast calculasors figure up some
what in this wsy i presume; The colorcd
vote exceeds the white this vote under
eur control will stand in solid phalanx
agains; the white to control it; we must
make every effort TO poison the minds of
the voters by false representations. and
then by incendiary appeals to passion con-
vince them that the white man is their
enemy. This accomplished, We have only
to marshal our forces. 60 to the ballot box.
and the county is Republican. and no
thanks to The white man.
l feel satisfied they will fail to impress
this theory upon the minds at least Of the
sensible, though no effort win be spared,
and in the accomplishments Of this, much
reliance will be placed on what they re-
gari the ignorance of their victims
Who gives employment to our eolorcd
population, rents them houses and lands,
teams and agricultural implsments to oper-
ate with &8 &9 aasaa . aza
When hard pressed for Che nccessaries
IF life aud hooking for employment and
bread to enable them to live, do they 70 to
these woald-appcar-to-be friends; or to
those they must regard and despise as en-
cmics
Il the colored people Of our county were
asked this question, they could am sure
answer it without any prompting what
ever.
Lett alone to their natural instincts, un-
tampercd with by ignorant dcmagogues,
l believe our colcred citiscns win demesn
themselves in q way to command the en-
tire respect and confidence of their white
brethren. Even now, under the inAuence
Of false prophets and teachers, 1 can see
nothing 10 indicate other tlnu the best
feeling between Tia two races. And why
should there bef No one aims to deprive
the eolored Citizen Of his rights-his righl
to register and vote is questioned bynonc,
but admitted BY ALL. He has the same
common'right to this privilege that any
white man has. and should be rres,,mcdte
possess the same right that white men are
so tenacious of, that is 30 vote as they
please without interference or molssoe
tion esI F.. ssss
As heretofore expect b vote the Re-
publican ticket voted for Mr.. Lius0ln
his last term, for Col. w. J.. Albert, the
Republican candidate for Congressin 1858,
when my vote, according to the publish
ed returns, vas the only one in the eounr
ty. Also, for Gen Grant. Noone aues-
toned me on the score Of voting. though
all, / may say, ofmy personal friends and
neighbors, voted otherwise zszs
In the coming election would mivie
colorcd men % vote the Republican ticlsst
with mo, but il they choose 10 vote other
wise IL is thcir privilege and right. which
no i,ian should presume to question.
~ TnoNAs A. n mEAe.
HoHy Sprinys, Sept. 10, ls70. asssaa