New national era. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1870-1874, 1873-04-17
LETTER FROM OHIO.
CINCINNATI, April 10Th, II

"l spirit. Ethiopia stretched forth her hands
unto the ring OF Republican FOUNDERS (yclert
a convention), and the cry of distress was
responded to by the nomination of one OF the
sons of Ham. Nevertheless, the fact that
he was "a man aud brother had not set
tied into conviction in the minds OF major
ity Of voters. The handwriting on the wall
q. c. balots) lid not contain his name often
enough to make his " election" sure, though
he had been loudly called There is
"wecIinc, wailing and crashing Of tccth"-
especially, crashing Of teeth. The whang-
doodle mourncd for lis first born and like
another Rachel, the "black but comely''
"ncw citizen rciuscth to be comiorted.
Politics are snarcs to catch the unwary.
~claL.
Al Of which means to say tia; Peter IL.
Clark va, not chosen to represent us in the
Constitutional Convention. IL is more our
misfortune than his. There are many cues
tons 10 arise in that body affecting our in
tercsts, and he was the man Of all others 10
see and understand the bearing they would
have upon us as citizens o.the State.
over titt IGillilc tour 'rttillili us }
Mr. CLARK was subject to much scratching en-
account Of being thought a preacher, :; Ger
man paper having designated him as such,
and on t!is side he was scratched for not
being a preacher. \ dcpositor in Mr..
Pharoah'- bank calls this " whipsawiug with
a vengeance"
Mr.. CLARK states that lac is satisfied in
having demonstrated to the Republican party
that a calogcl nominee does not weaken the
ticket, yet | hardly tliink another colored
man in the community could have pollcd any
thing 50 large 4 vote. Fourteen thousand
Ul,oUOl votes is an Indication of some
strength in a city where less than two thous-
and (2,Go0) are colored. However. the Re-
publicans are iubilant over the fact that they
pulled down the Liberal and Democratic
majority Of November from 900 to less than
1000, and are confident Of winning next
time. The colored voters begin to "kick in
the traces" and ere long there will be many
outside Of the Republican ranks.
by the way, presume that on the princi-
pie, generally followed, OF giving Office to re-
tired Congressman or defeated candidates,
Mr.. Clark has won his commission. The
only place apparently laying around loose in
this vicinity seemed IL be the Post Office.
There is assurance that no Chief Clerk
would have 10 run the Office for more than
the first wecl. anyhow, under him.
The Democratic papers spoke in great
praise Of Mr.. CLARK, both before and after
the election, and many voters Of that faith
gave him their suffrage.
Colorcd men appreciate the courtesy shown
their candidate by the opposition press and
one only needs to 90 AMONG them to learn its
effect.
The following from the Ecc1ey Star Of the
Sih needs no comment:
''SHE CoLoRED VOTE.
'The independence and care exhibited by
many Of our colored citizens in making up
their ticket give assurance Of what we NAV
expect in a few years. Heretofore they have
been treated rs mere tools TO he used by I'M
scrupulous politicians az a matter of course.
The day is fast coming, if il has not already,
that a low Republican hummer can have the
cheek to thrust ticket under the nose Of
every colored man approaching the polls,
and say with braZcn impudcnCc, here's
your ticket
1.-The fate OF Peter ii. Clark, whose ability
and worth should have commanded the votes
at least of every Republican, will be Il lesson
not soon forgotten. We know ofmany DEM
ocrats and Liberals who scratched their tick
cts to his advantage, and yet with this out
side aid he runs behind.
This is a fruitful subject for reflection, and
we think every rejecting colored man will
reflect upon it,
\ recent change in our municipal code"
by the Legislature provides a system of
METROPOLITAN POLICE.
in charge Of four commissioners and the
Mayor, or c6icio. The Mayor and three of
the commissioners are Democrats, and as
nearly all the force under the late admins
tration are Republicans they, in the words Of
German paper, look sadly toward the day
when the new Board of commissioners will
take the scepter in their hands and will allow
the Damocles sword of dismissal to hang over
the heads Of our honest blue coats.
The blessings Of the police bill--the Irish
club POLICIES not a very desirable or pleas
ant compensation for the dismissal of our
present excellent corps" in which there is
about twenty coiored men. We have reason
to know the full meaning of the term Irish
club police" and we are well aware of the
Importance to us Of good policemen. Cincin-
matt has enjoyed the protection afforded bv
efficient guardians so long, that days Of riot
ing and bloodshcd cannot be tolerated under
any circumstances.
In the days Of the Irish club police" of
the past, whenever crowd of roughs de-
sired TO have some fun, they would clean out
a colored church meeting, and as we are so
very religious (sic) we could always accom-
modate them by having one in session.
\ friend Of mine once went 10 MAYOR
Satin and asked protection for his people,
who had been greatly complained of for re-
sieting one Of the usual attacks. In extern
uation Of his friends, he related that they
had called upon the police, but were refused
protection. The mayor thought "nigcers
had no right to fight white men any how ~
'In the name Of God, Mr.. Mayor. what then
are we to do" said my friend. .Why." re-
piled lac, run, damn you, run" However,
think there need be no apprchensions on