Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1870-05-05
So wHITE"-WAsHED TRUCKER Y.

THE RING WRITING ANoNYMoUs LETTERS TO THE
CoLoRED PEOPLE.
At meeting OF colored citizens of this city, at
Bethel Church, on Tuesday evening, document
was produced, which we print below, to show to
what means the enemies Of Freedom and MAN.
hood Suffrage are willing to resort. They are
new writing anonymous letters to the colored
people, urging them to take various steps, such
as, it is hoped, will prejudice in the public mind
the exercise of the colored citizens right Of
suffrage. The letter referred to was handed to q
committee, consisting OF John W. Layton, Levi
Anderson and Charles Mason, to publish. 1t is
as follows -
Washington April 81 1870
To Mr Levi Anderson Daniel Anderson
Thomas Walker Bennett Hill Abraham
Blake Spencer Williams Daniel Veasy
That YOU meet in committee and write and take
To each free school in the city OF Wilmington on
The day of may each one oil you two coulered
Children to each school and demand seats and
II you are refused leave those children and see
II ihey dare to turn them out had On interview
Sepitor Sumner and Morton on the subject and
They say that is the way to do
And If we don't succeed action shall be taken
On II Immediately
Please Keep those doing secret till the morning
Arrives thare would be croweds at the schools bad
Feeling pervail :.
Accomplished
Your friend an well wisher
God speed you
It will be noticed that this is headed "Wash-
ington." But the envelope bears the post
Office stamp, "Wilmington, Del" showing that
item i emsnated from no other locality than this, and
that the sne1kng writer covered up his tracks
very poorly, indeed 1t was directed to " Mr..
''Levi Anderson, Coulerd, Wilmington, Del"
We have had, in our charge, for some weeks,
missve quite similar In Its character, to which
we will call attention, 10 connection with the
above. It is q printed circular, addressed "To
the Celored Voters of New Castle County," urg-
ing them TO present candidates for Office, nt this
election, and was sent through the mail to col
ored man at Middleiown. 1t may have come
from the same source as the former letter, since
IL, too, Is postmarked at Wilmington. Certain
pain ''ear-marks" about ii, readily noticed by q
printer, indicate that 1t came from the Gazette
office. How many hundred copies were distribu-
ted we are not able to state.
We print 1t In full, as follows:
TO The Colored Voters Of New Castle County:
1t is claimed by the Republican party that, with
the aid of our votes at the next election, the
Democratic party can be defeated throughout
this State.
If this be true, then the Republican party will
secure to themselves certain offices, viz: the
States Senator, Legislature, Levy Court, Sheriff,
and the appointment OF Collectors and Consta-
bes, etc., etc.
Now my brethren IL we hold such power in
our hands, why should we be excluded from
having some of the offices
In view of such facts, urge it upon you to
concentrate your votes upon one of our own race
for the office of Sheriff of this county, and de-
mand q pledge from the Republican party, that
we shall have fair portion OF the appointments
of Collectors and Constables In consideration OF
casting our votes for their party.
The Constitutional Amendment which confers
upon us The right to vote, also gives us the right
TO hold Office.
Therefore, 1 make the earnest appeal to you
all, that we demand our rights viz fair por-
ton of the offices we are asked to bestow upon
others. Respectfully submitted bya
CoLoRED VOTER.
NEW CASTLE County, March IA, 1870.
These are low-livea tricks. The authors Of
these letters were not bold enough to stand for
ward in their proper persons, as friends and adj
visers of the colored people, but they are mean
and despicabe enough to urne them, by these
anonymous letters to take these steps, which Ii
is hoped will injure The Republican cause, weaken
Its numbers, and put the RiDg once more in power
over the State, not only to oppress the white
people, but to continue in force the Infamous
'black laws" which they have bound upon the
limbs q the colered people. In their days OF
power they oppressed the weak. openly; now
| they seek to betray them, by cowardly and un.
manly means. Either plan is infamous.
| But 1t Ia satisfactory to be able to record how
utterly these tactics fail of success. The coored
people thoroughly comprehend the situation
| They understand that the success of the Demo.
cratic Party, is the snccess of Prejudice, Disfran
chisement, and Injustice. They stand fairly and
sQuarely by the Republican party, and the efforts
OF these anonymous snakes will fail Of effect. Tht
p.ison from their hidden fangs Is easily detected