Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-09-15


and glorious nldC commonwealth, we have begun
to thiuk seriously on this matter ourselves, but
are little pcrplexcd when we look round at
matters and zee things as they are, especially
in reference To the real earncstness of the cry,
| by those who are before uS for our support at
| the ballot box on the 4th Of November next.
! And our perplcxlty arises from few facts ike
| these; thar Is. We have men here in positions
who profess to be true Republicans, for whom
we have worked night aud day to secure them
| appointments from the Federal government,
| ard while they were undergoing the dreadful!
ordea! fJr the position, We were united, and
all kinds Of promise, made Us, but none have
yet been fulfilled Now we, as black men, claim
| that We have been very moderate 10 pressing
our claims for positions, from this fact: that
we believed $50 much though to our dlsadvan-
tugc) that those men who pretend to Dc our
| friends would see that we were provided Tor Ill
| proportion to our ability, and it was natural Tor
Us to have INDUCED III such supposltle0, Tor We
were just cut o slavery, and had no experience
| in luattcrs ike those which would come under
our notice, or probably our immediate charge,
| by placing Us IN positions OF responsibility. %
We chcerIully committed ourselves TO the care
| Of our Republican friends, tbluklng time would
| bring things ri sht. Now the reader may re-
! member Que thing: that is, that we do not
Want black men appointed to position tor no
other reason thaa that their skins are black, Tor
We don't by any means give c uotenance 10 any
such thoughts, ard We strive to bury them
wherever We see them peerlug aov9e the sur
| face of week aud mbrclIe brain. But We do
claim this, and it is natural, that if the Rcpub-
lican party in this Commonwealth was coup )Scd
chiefly Of Irish every one would look 20 see
thcu ho!dlug the chief POSITIONS whether By
Federal appointment or Otherwise, ana II CON
| posed chiefly OF Germans the same result might
Dc locked ior but the fact is that it Is chiefly
composed Of negroes, and of course W. cinu0t
eXpcct exactly the same result, but We did
expect SINE inferior I. cogultlOn irOu those
whom We 50 willingly gsye way TOR But let
Us see what We received. In the p0st9tflce
we can truly say that 20 negro a>plraat has
ever yet had the pleasure OF hau1tlug that
stately structure When we goa lite higher.
say the second ii yor, &c tod one OF the du>ky
SOUS OF llauI there, IN the position OF janltor
lust where one Of his kind would have been III
anti bcl!um days. Yet it Is true that the ind
vidual who has charge Of tiis flor (the Gus
tom House, has nearly done his part. NV let
u: 90 Il itlc higher, 10 the third floor, or the
Intcrna! II Venue office, and what sight TO
behold Ii is bur necessary to look, 10 see hos
ii,t.c OF this party and how they have treated
The cDored ln-n, aud sill close for this time.
The collector was appointed during Grant
first term. by the latiur;.cc OF black Mcu, aud
now what black man did he appoint; well there
was one OF those lncu VINO helped To get iIlm
appointed, sharp enough TO borrow Il sum,
trom =, who, finding mat there vas 10 I'D
mediate ciIauco of getting the mon"y returned.
appointed this gentleman to a position, and
shortly after the motley Was returned there Was
10 storc-kccpiug for bin to do so back to his
or. lnal occupation he went. Now the collector
ruled ln cx,acy until the Reelection OF Grant,
aud a. We all know the assessor : Office Wa>
abolished, somebody else wcut tcr tie position
The collector came for the cOlorci Republicans
10 indor,c his Republic :n,m; this they iailed
10 do, but through some hocuspJcuS or other,
he still rctnainS IN his position III unea>lnes>
but what has he done this tine? He, III the
Ii2h; promised position TO IL cO0red man. but
il vas not such IN one Is the gentleman waited.
So il was turned over to young man Of ability,
though he was down at the tune with con-
sumption. and in fact was given up by his Jc-
tors, yet, in i dying condition, he was appoint
cd to the position Of gaugcr, but h. soon passed
away frOm earth to go:y Now the Collector
did not care TO make another appointment but
ere long the County Convention would meet to
| elect delegates to represent the county IN the
Lyuchburg Convention and deputy wanted
to be delegate, but the col9rel men had be-
gun to show signs of di$approbaton Of his
course, 50 something must be done to regain
their good vii, aud young cDored man Of
ability was appointed TO position, but he has.
not made dollar out Of the place. Now let
me show what Influence the staff has One
of them received TOUR votes in the Convention
to nominate delegates to Lynchourg, one of
which vas his own, and today he could not be
elected to any position from his own ward.
Another one was never known to vote a Re-
rubiican ticket unit! appointed to Federal 20
>ition With all Of these facts and this Is not a
beginning, could any one be a>tonShed if K.
". Hughes was defeated in this county. tell
you, gentlemen. the colored men will no longer
be tools for office seekers There are numbe,
of young colorcd mcu that have spent their
time and talent in the service Of the parry, and
yet they have to go to the railroads for their
bread, and tell you we will 20 logger be dupcd,
and having. as we consider, been cheated out
Of our rights, somebody vii! doubtless suffer,
uolc<s there is great change in certain quar-
1crs For some of the stat" their day Of grace
has been siuucd away COMING AGAIN.