Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1873-01-11
THE WHITE MANS PARTY.
n ,ifssto by Samuel Townsend-Whst
tho Coming Convention 10 for.

yd,foys Of Fvsry Evening IL send you a
r lines for publication. q. z. johnson
q. in bis Gdzsfis that there Ia call out
az State Convention on the 10th INST. to
Il sm a white mans party, and that persons
s.,, cot Il out. The Advertiser says II Ia
onixotic move of mine johnny
o'gyne. because he came to Delaware on
a Onixoilc excursion, lance in hand, to
Il Or all our knights, and made failure,
shsnld not liken me to himself until my
IN lure is as plainly written on the wall as
H. 10. He appears so well pleased win
nv attempt TO get clear OF hereditary
family domination, that he Is almost ready
10 forswta' negro equslityieni, and, lance
in hand, fight by my side. Johnny, l
would like your help In go good cause as
Have embarked in, but honesty compels
m to saw to you, that IL those hereditary
families were put down, your chance Of
p,.fcrment would he as distant as ever.
would prefer you to continue your pres
81, course towards YOUR white lrlshmen,
in wing to convince them that they are
ma better than negroes. This Will have
He. eff, ct Of driving these noble sons OF
l.. and into white mans party, where
II. w IN be respected rs white men, ana
be- socially and politically above negroes.
With regard to this call for state
Convention. / will state that | was writ
ion 10 by persons requesting that ] would
wife TO or call on persons in this hundred
and county 10 meet at Dover on the 10Th
inst. with view to orcanize white
peoples party ard not having the time
10 ride around, nor feeling like taklcg the
trouble to write host of letters, | wrote
an advertisement and had Il published so
H. public could see II and act as they
chose Every white man can see since the
ii q inception of new dc arturo In 1870
and the fual act Of humiliation Of the Ma
uctal Democratic Party Mt the Baltimore
Convention. IL has ceased to hold out any
hi res to white men IN the late slave States
where nearly all the negroes reside
I, creforc. to secure the white mans SUI
premacy in sad old slave States, the
white men, without respect to tine old po-
lnical parties, must rally as one man in
one tnrty. and know Of no better battle
cfy than white peoples patty for white
nrape's supremacy over all other races
and colors.
The groes were given the right to vote
bv the Republicans solely to ketp them in
mower, VIII white men tolerate such
political hypocrisi2 l think not. Now,
Nj. G.. p. johnson, four years ago next
M,y, lust after President Grant Issued his
pr clnmation saying the so called 18th aud
i5h amendments were the laws OF the
Land, ROT out call for State Conven-
ton, 10 form white mans party. your
paper favored the movement, but as soon
as YOUR masters Of the ring found out that
cal WAS got ont by me, you backed water
ami the Wilmington ring set to work &c
Kill the movement. The salisbury paper
at Dover did the same thing, and but few
attended the meeting at Dover; and tC
Keep from making a split In the Demo
cratic pariv, we went home without or.ani
ling. What has been the result since
In 1870. hy calling the party " Democratic
White Mans PatY" we carried every
conaty; in 1879 took an old wool-dyeC
ubdtionist up for President and dropped
the name Of viii e mans party, and wer'
beat in the state on TIE popular vote, ant
ouy tavcd the Legislature BY the skin o
our teeth.
DO YOU think il advisable to 20 into an
other battle under the name Of Negro
Equality Democratic Party VIII thos'
Old wings who came To us in 1870 on a,
count Of the party they had acted will
adopting negro franchisef Do you sup
nose negro franchise TO them Is an.
sN,etcr under tue name Of Democratic
Nero Equality than II is unde
Blualityl think rot | want al
good sensible white men in the late slav
States. no odds what their former prede
Melons may have been, to meet in on
bcly, az was done in New orleans yestei
day, and stand together for their super
ority over the inferior race and their allies
We do not propose TO misuse or take an
tights from the negro, only what wa
given hiu in the Fourteenth aud Fifleeut
Amendments, and their accoupmyin
acts Of rnsctlity.
Ia this proposed movement for Whit
peoples PARTY, am seeking no prefer
mint or Office. / only wish 10 figure as
think God Intended me to-a flee and il
dependent minded white man. But, O
this will assure the Old Democratic rim
masters, that a whito peoples party wi
he formed this time, and they can fall int
II or receive II crushing defect In lSt-
But hope the good 81, sc Of all true whit
men Will 20 MT ont to them the white pee
pl,'s patty as the only remedy again
negro equality.
SAMUEL TOWNSEND.
TOWNSEND, Jan. 7th, 1878.