The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1872-10-17
The Colored CitlzenS ana Their POI
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WnEH1INo, W. VA, Oct, Is, 1s72,

WHEELING, w. Va, Oct. 10, 1872.
To tho Editors OF tho IntslllEcncsr;
You will confer q great iavor5on iht
writer II you will allow The following q
place In your valuable paper:
In reading the Rhselln0 Register Of the
above date, ! noticed an editorial article
stating that "lhe negroes In several OF the
large cities have shown themselves un.
worthy Of their political privileges" Il
10 hard for US to be silent when our raceiS
insulted in this manner, although we do
not wish TO resent Ii by the use Of deadly
weapons, as the Register says We are In
the habit OF doing. We cannot agree
with his rule that the white people arc
tolerant and good humored In their pc.
litical opinions, because, II such was the
case, there would be no interference OF
the colored people, We deny the asser.
ton that we are quarrelsome and easy to
insult; but because VIC will not stand
and be beaten with sticks, clubs
and be stoned We are charged with being
qnarreIsome. This Is the reason why the
Register speaks thus: The colored people
were and arc reconciled 10 tho white peo.
pie, and by this you have put the saddle
on tho wrong horse. Do correct this mis-.
take. You know as well as any man that
the only lack OF reconcilement Is on the
part OF the Democratic party toward the
colored people, Why then should you
not say soi Have you forgotten It's never
tagging and even bitter opposition to the
abolition Of slaveryI And how intensely
hostile 1t was TO tho Freedmen's Bureau
and TO all other measures for the enlight.
eminent and the protection of the poor
treedmans 1need not 60 farther back
than the last Presidential conflict for am-
pie proof Of the murderous wars which
the Democratic party has carried on
against the black man. The sympathies
of Its candidate with the rebels against
our glorious Union are too well establish.
ed to be denied. 1t was he who called the
New York rioters while they were burn
ing COIored Orphan ASyIumS and hanging
and burning colored men, MY Friends"
Since Gen. Blair's bloody plan Of getting
rid OF the negro having any share in the
government, the same party has con.
stantly kept up its war upon our race.
Even at the very last session Of Congress
its members voted solid against allowing
equal civil rights 10 the colored race, and
against Ku.Klux Democrats who spend
their nights wandering through the south,
dragging men aad women from their beds
Of rest, scourging them mercilessly or
hanging and shooting not a lew of them.
The sufferers are to be counted by hun.
dreds and even by thousands.
Speaking OF the Cincinnati riot, who
was the agressor, a white man or color
ed man? Was it not a white man, and Of
your own partyE Was this GSsGuH not
insult, which called forth retaliation?
How about Georgia? Were VIC quarrel.
some there, although by force We were
deprived Of our political privileges? Who
were the aggressors2 The colored men?
No! Messrs. Editors, that kind OF talk
will not do. Your subjects might suit
better II you were lecturing on "Cats."
With great regard, yours, &c,
ACoLoRED CITIZEN.