Wilmington daily gazette., 1872-07-27
coIoved Candidate for Congress

Under the above head the Washington Chroni-
Gle calls the attention OF the people OF the District
OF Columbia to a "meeting of some OF the leading
colored men OF that city, held II few days since,
where the project OF demanding the nomination
OF colored Delegate to Congress from the Dis
trct warmly discussed
The Nron,ele then denouIces the movement in
language that cannot tail to awaken the negroes
icas have long been guilty. That paper says
cit will not do to stand quietly by and see
"the creation ot cIannish spirit among the blacks
II blacks are TO have equal rights under our edu-
catiunal system, in onr churches III the primary
meetings, and NJ the ballot box, there can be
justice OF proprety III their entering INTO combi-
nations 10 demand right, nominations and
appointments based upon color
1t was all night for the "hlacks' TO hold meetings
from the Southern States. where there was no
probability of electing white Radical But it is
all wrong for the .'5Iacks" to attempt such thing
III the District of Columbia, where it is quite easy,
through the acts of Congress to elect white Rad
lcal with negro votes from the District and ad-
joining States.
The Chronie'e has eyideptly been awakened to
the danger there OF the negroes taking
OF its party and running the machine to suit their
convenience.
An Indiana paper indulges in language some
what similar to that of the Ch,oncir 1t says:
I'VE can not afford to have any difference OF
nationality III this country; we must be- all Amer.
leans II We would prosper to the fullest extent,
and 1t /, dangerous sign to men OF one race
sticking closely together, 1t certain to breed
dissensuns III the future, to array the whites
against the blacks, and perhaps to produce quar-
rels and fends that may last for years, and lie OF
lncalculable harm to the country. For the sake
OF the colorcd men themselves, whose cause we
have always maintained, we deprecate their pres
ent attitude Coming as they have from bondage
and AN ignorance exceeding the blackness of
Egypt, It is perhaps not surprising that they should
be easily led by plausible men to their own hurt
but We warn tnem that, however right they believe
their cause To be- the people will tolerate no vio-
ience upon their part III efforts to proselytze"
The sams feeling that the Ghron, Gle denounces
III the "blacks" is exhibiting itself IN Whining
ton The election to-day will exhibit the "clan-
sh disposition OF the negros. 1t is not altogether
their fault. 1t is one Of the inevitable results;
and III the nature Of things could scarcely be other
Wise III n free country under the circum stances
One ot the evidences of this "clannish'' feeling
may be seeh III All article IN the Every Eo emmy
OF Friday In this article one Peter s. Blake
urges his fellows to vote at the nomination cleo
ton, and uses the following language:
'All should have our power through the ballot
But as 1t is impossible under various circumstan-
ces tor us to divide. We must march, we can only
afford to march, IN solid body. Not only one
but all Of us. has felr the keen sting Of the past"
Here Is an effort on the part Of one man to con-
troll the SOLID vote and throw it for one Of the can
didates
In the condition Of the Radical party in the city
the negro vote # cast all together. will determine
the candidate THIS may be agreeable TO the
Radical party here now but it will not prove
agreeable long. But as they have found "clan-
nishness' to exist in Washington and grow in
to an evil to be complained OF, 50 will they find
it TO grow here.