The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1870-08-11
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THE COLORED VOTE.
The politicians are already figuring to Sc
cure the colored votc-the politicians Of both
parties. This was shown very plainly at the
meeting held here on Saturday evening,
vixen tie De.oes.sic Asysr - sabeieyex<
pressed such high appreciation Of Senator
Revels, preSerring him 10 any other man as
Senator from Mississippi, and, few min
utes afterwards, ealing attheSenator's room
aud telling him what speech he hadnade,
and how much he honored the negro Sena-
tor And this from a man who opposed
colored men in their attempt to vote in this
city less than four months ago. This Is as
it should be, and ~ all sagacious Republicans
predicted and desired. We are glad to see
the "high-toned" down On their knees, and
think mot Of them will black the bocts of
their former slaves bcfore.th century is fin
i-hed. Our Mayor would make an urbane and
courteous hair-drcsser, and would sprinkle
in the little remarks about the weather
and the European war with snavity worthy
Of Cheaer6eld-while there il no doubt
whatever about the superiority Of John II.
Morris and David Gordon, Of Fort Scott, ~
public speakers.
But we began with the intention Of saying
something about the politicians on the other
aud our side. There were hardly platforms
numerous enough to hold them ON the fns
Of August. Everybody had slserh ready,
and dozens went away exceeding sOrrowfnl
I1canse they had no opportunity to assure
the colored people that they were ''all
right and their ''friends' II was big
occasion for making records. If man is
true and sincere Republican we think the
colored people know it. For ourselves We
mus, say that We shall decline jumping on to
every dry goods box we zee because half
dozen colored mef happa to be stasding
around It in . listening attihsie We do not
do It TO any other class of Our fellow citizens,
and We have always been opposed to dis
tinc,ions on sc,uunt If color, rscc, OF previ-
o,ls condition Of servitnde To the many
sorrowful ones who got no chance to speak
We offer our advertising columns, at the
usual rate, and with no limit as to space
Let the brothers come forward and make
sire ofthe friendship and votes ofthe colorei
men.
Ono man wlsV came over irUn Lawrence
with two-hour speech TO open the cam
paisn with, got mad and left the Turner Hall
meeting be1use he WAS no; given l'rece'-nce
over Senator Revels and Judge Lowe, both
Of whom had long betore been invited to
speak and had accepted the invitation. This
was Clarke, Sid. Clarke, who opposed negro
suffrage less than four wears, and who low
lies about that fact As he does in regard to
the Neutral Lands the Black Bob fraud and
the various other swindles which lave made
his name 50 offensive to honest men.
At the Republican State Convention, held
at Topeka September 9Th, 1856, the Commit,
tee on Resolutions reported the following:
ResOtrsd, That We recommend to the next
Legislature the submission Of the question of
impartial suffrage to a vote of the people Of
Kansas. . - ,-.
This exceedingly mild resolution, looking
to negro suffrage only in the genlless way in
the WORLDLY the Legislature saw fit and i
the people voted for it,-was adopted by the
Convention, and Clarke was thrown into a
Juror of excitement and indignation as soon
As the news was taken to him. His strikers,
Worden and Speer, were there, and he be-
sought them and others, begged and entreat-
them, to get rid Of this "nigger" contsmina-
lion. These creatures did his bidding.
John Speer made motion for a
and to have the "nigger''
struck out of the platform and re
scinded from the proceedings Of the Conven-
lion. All Of Clarke's personal strikers obey
II his orders and did their hest to have the
defeated, Clarke using all his in
iuence to accomplish it. The vote was TAX
m and Speer and Clarke were beaten.
These facts are within the personal rccol-
ection of many of our readers and are also |
:iven in the newspaper reports of that Con-
7ention. And vet this double-dealing shys-
or now claims to Ike the lifelong friend Of
he colored men. He says he cannot carry
Lawrence or Douglas county by the white
ote, but that the 'niggers" will help him
'ut. Wedo not believe it. We believe they
will vote intelligcntly, and that they know
riend from an enemy. r--..'r