The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1871-01-05
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Why he voted the Democratic

"Avery," OF the Cincinnati Commercial,
who is now travelling through GeOrg.a,
thus writes to that journal:
"a thought strikes me in regard to
leading Georgia Republicans" that we
hear so much about. How many are
there7 If the negro element was strick-
en- out, the whole party in this State wo'd
be leaders. According to the number OF
whites IN the panty the number OF white
leaders, oficers-holders and politicians Is
enormous. In oil my travelling and exPer-
fence in Georgia ! have never met q white
Republican who was not an office helder,
or who had not been IN office during the
war. The whole animus Of the white por-
ton of the party seems TO be to get othce.
If they can't get Office there is a row. !
am sorry it is so, but any amount of sor-
row will hot alter q fact.
YESTERDAY ! heard an old negro *
planning to a few of his color his reasons
Tor having voted the Democratic ticket
Said he, as he made fierce gestures with
his weather beaten hand, N"Yes, you're
right, / did vote the Democratic ticket
It's the first time 1 ever did, and unless
they run this here Comment better than
the Radicals have, it will be the last time.
I propose for to try EN-. Why is times
hard, and why amt thar no money in the
country? The Radicals are playing smash
with everything. l commenced for to
vote the Radical ticket over two years
ago, and ever since that time money has
been getting scarcer and scarcer, and now
I don't see q ten dollar bill once q month.
! hain't got ten cents now where 1 used
to have dollars when / commenced for to
vote the Radical ticket. We must have q
change IN this here business, or weInan
60 up white and black alike. Talk about
the Radicals beng friends to the coiored
mani Any man with half an eye can see
that they amt friends to anybody but
themselves, There arter the Office which
draws them big pay and takes all the mo-
ney out of the country, and makes cotton
go down SO that a darkey don't earn
enough in q year to buy a hoecake for
Christmas. That's what they do. Who
lent me a mule last summer to finish my
crop, when mine broke his leg trying to
get over the fence Was it a Radical r
No, they'd have seen my crop go to weeds
afore they'd have did it. Fact Is, mighty
few of them have any mules to lend. 1t
was q Democrat who comes to me and
says, Joe, you've had bad luck, you will
lose all your work unless you can get q
nag to finish your crop. Go to my stable
and get that old mule that's blind in one
eye, and pay me what's right when the
crop is made. 1 paid him like a man
When I was sick last summer, and didn't
have q bite in the house to eat, who bro't
me the hunk of bacon? 1t was this same
Democrat, and now when he wants my
vote he can get it. A man who sticks to
me I'll stick to him all. the time" and SO
saying, the ancient negro walked of, leev-
ing his little circle Of listeners to comment
upon the speech and digest his wisdom.
One said that he had been boughtup that
bacon wasn't any account. Another said
his head was level, and another said some
thing about fools. 1t seemed to be his
opinion hat they were not all dead yet"