The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1872-05-23
What a COIOred Voter Thinks
of the Greeley Nomination.

of the Greeley Nomination.
,, [correspondencs of the Cin Times and Chronicle
! New ORLEANS, La, May 9.
!, The Cincinnati Convention, tn
a elimination of Democratic schem
!. which began in Missouri, has met
labored, and presented Mr.. Greele.
[ to the country as Presidential
> candidate. We have carefully Pc
rused the sentiments of the. North
ern Republican and Democratic pa
, pers which have, up to date, en-
dorsed the nomination. In discuss
ing the probabilities of Mr.. Gree
ley's election, they count on the
negro vote of the South with a math
ematical certainty. Now, if the
success of Mr.. Greeley is based or
no better assumption than that the
seven hundred and odd thousand
colored voters of this section will
aid the Democracy and disaffected
Republicans to carry him into the
White House, the sooner he retires
from the contest, and, like second
Cincinnatus, buries himself in the
rural shades Of Chappaqua, the bet
ter it will be for his good name and
ambition.
AS a colored man, repeating the
sentiments of his race in the South,
we entertain for Mr.. Greeley person
ally the kindliest feelings in the
world. His lifelong service in bat
tling for freedom has eudeared him
to the colored people in the same
chain of affection with Sumner,
Garrison, Phillips, and the many
Others who labored for us when the
realization of universal liberty in the
United States seemed to be in the
far distant future. But. however
strong the emotion of gratitude in
our race may be for Mr.. Greeley's
elevation, we are likewise mindful
of the fact that in the continued sue
cess of the Republican party alone
is our political salvation; and for
this reason no man, however brill
liant his record, who goes outside of
that party, can receive the votes of
the colored people. We reason on
this wise: If the Democrats had
not always been, as they still are,
our political enemies, they would
not be so anxious for the success of
the Cincinnati scheme, even though
for the time being they should lose
their party identity. When Mr..
Greeley or any other good Republi~
can has such grievances against
Grant that they will forbear going
TO Philadelphia and there taking
their chances for the nomination,
thereby hazarding the success of the
party, their fight is degrading down
to one of personality, and not of
principle. If General Grant is SO
strong with the people that the unit
ed wisdom Of the people cannot de.
feat him, despite the abuses alleged
against his administration, then we
are unable to comprehend either the
propriety or policy of supporting a
boiling ticket, urged on by our willy
and inveterate foe, the Democracy.
Boiling is so essentially abhorren
to our people that even Charles
Sumner, with his great name hall
lowed in our hearts, could command
but barely respectable vote from
our people were he the nominee of
the Cincinnati Convention. The
reason is obvious. UAlettered, and
therefore not given to the solution of
intricate politics, we consider our
safety to be in compact unity, rigor-
Gus discipline, and strict fidelity to
party action. We are unable to see
at this time the sore abuses in the
Republican party that necessitate a
correction outside of that party.
In travelling through the parishes
within the last four weeks, it is re-
markable to notice the utmost una
nimity of our people in reference to
Grant. To give single instance:
l spoke to crowded audience in
the court house at t--. The
magic spell with the colored portion
of my auditors was the name of
Grant, with ejaculations-"that's SO!
we know Grant. He is a bully
President" &c. To Offset this great
meeting during the day, the official
appointees of Gov. Warmoth, the
only "Liberal Republicans" in the
place, baited the colored people by
lavish bestowal of boots, clothing,
and groceries, to come to an anti
Grant meeting in the evening. AT
the time of meeting we found the
number eff the colored people who
attended the meeting as follows:
The procession was colored lad of
about fourteen, beating a drum, and
another about twelve, in company.
Ludicrous as it may seem, such is a
fair sample of the colored support
that Mr.. Greeley may look for
among the colored people of the
South, and especially of Louisiana,
Mississippi, Alabama, and Texas.
Our people will not be "liberar'
enough to jeopardize their welfare
with boiling candidate. T,
A farmer reading a newspaper to his
wife, in which was the sentence, "The
President was received with three huz-
zas," pronounced the last word "huz-