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the whites that the Republican party stand:
no earthly chance without the negro vote
Hood, Harris, and MADISON may be said tC
lead an influential ring Of the party. Should
these men succeed, Abbott and Pool will he
driven to the wall. It is understood tina;
Representative Cobb is in favor OF the black
wing Of the party.
Other complications have sprung out o,
this post office imbrogliO. At least two 81
the Congressional districts Of this State have
undOubted negro maiorities-Colt's district
and what used to be Dockery's. Harris lives
in one and MADISON in the other. Harris WAS
defeated in the last convention because he
bolted the previous convention. but the par
tlal action of the state central committee in
ignoring intelligent colored men and picking
up scrubs of their race to serve as mere
color bait, and at the same time ss the sup
pie tools to defeat deserving men of their
race, has had a tendency 10 restore Harris To
the confidence Of the voters in his district.
and he r talked of as the next nominee.
Nomination is equivalent to election, as the
Democrats and white Republicans combined
cannot carry the district against him.
Settle power has heretofore been supreme
and he has been able TO keep down all mutiny;
but the blacks have been so poorly rewarded
for standing in the breach when the State
was needed last year as an indicator Of the
colored vote against Greeley that they have
lost faith. They have alienated the white
people among whom they were born and
upon whom they depend mainly for liveli
hood, and find themselves discarded by the
men who have assisted them to make enc
mics of their home people.
what do you think of Mr.. Vance ." |
asked Of one of those colored Republicans
the other day. "Mr Vance is Democrat,
and don't expect much of him." he replied
HE don't do anything for us in politics, but
he never promised anything. | would trust
him though before | would Senator Abbott,
who came to this State after reconstruction
and BY professions of friendship and an ap-
pearance Of fair dealing got elected to the
United States Senate. aud built up a town
upon cheap wages, and now he is opposed to
the colored mans holding office above the
position Of Policeman
Would your people vote against him il
he should be nominated by regular Erpub-
lican convention? ''He never will be nom
mated in this state again for anything, nor
any man like him. We begin as a people
to understand our power. Do you think that
il we we're voting with the Democrats they
would ignore us as the Republicans de- ="
No, indeed; the Republicans think we belong
to them. When we talk about boiling, they
ask rs where can we 90? We will show
them. We can be as useful on one side as
on the other, and If the Democrats once get
us they won't let US go. They want power,
and know that we alone can help them 10 it
in this State; and if they can get us they
will do as well by us as the Republicans po-
ltically, while socially and indu,trial!y our
lot will be a great deal better"
Conversations with other ColOred men were
to the same effect; and | doubt not quite
stir will yet be made in the Old North State,
where, under Republican government, both
State and National, the negroes don't hold
a single tirst-class position, though they con-
stitute two-thrds of the Republican party
and have some of the abcst men in the
South among them.-N. y. SIM.