The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1873-08-27
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dent BOOKER made speech.
III this speech BOOKER declared that the
negroes were oppressed not only Ohio,
but throughout the United ssstes."r They
had met to better their condition and to
/" demand of the Republican party our
rights" He deplered with great emphasis
tie fact that they, the blacks, were elevated
by political party. They were not like
the Irishmen, the Germans, the Italians, and
all other nationaIities, invited to this country
to enjoy justice and equal rights, but they
were elevated by party which claimed thelr
gratitude. /" 1t really seems" says BOOKER,
agpray bear with me for the seeming insult,
I" that zoe belong to them 1.-THE Republicans
!" then claim that we oWe them debt OF
1" gratitude that we cannot pay in time, ana
scarcely in eternity" Loud laughter anq
applause.1 BOOKER continued: "They lthe
Republicansl have promised us rights which
thew have withheld, and us parties IN thls
| country are very short-lived, we have some
fears that the Republican party will die ana
leave us in the ditch Laughter ana
appIause.l Had the negroes been treated as
| the foreigners had been, BOOKER asserted
that that convention would not have been
held. Exactly but will they ever be treated
as the white foreigner anywhere? .,1
But BOOKER proudly proclaimed, " We are
"not in the Republican party as the Irish
"n,an is. ,rho has sold himself body and soul
to party." 1t is to the credit of the Irish
man that the African seems ever to select
bin as the illustration by comparison of the
manner in which he 0he Atrican) is neg.
Elected. Having been slave, he cannot see
how benefits are conferred unless as re-
ward for seryility, and so he naturally pro-
nounces the bold, independent, and generous
freshman, who commands respect by bis
genius and manhood, purchased partisan.
But BOOKER swore that the negro would
support the party that benefited him
most" as long as it supports the rght-that
| is, the Republican party, and o.support the
right is to give them office and social
equality. He concluded by Indignantly de-
clarlng that the 6: party lash would no longer
whip the negroes into the traces" They
were "no longer foot-mats to be trodden
"on, for them [the Republicans to wipe
"their feet on, and then to be thrown away
" when done with" [Cheers.] They would
"act for the interests Of the majority of the
''colored people of Ohio, and anything
coming in the road Of this movement UlH
abe ground under foot, and ought 10 DE-"
Brave BOOKER of course it ought to be.
| Are not negroes the superior race, and must
| their claims be ignored for white people,
especially Irish? Mr.. HUGHEs's ideas are rife
amongst the q" darkies" of Ohio.
| Next in order were resolutions, and these
were soon produced. They were very
strong. Africans are always defiant and re-
solute in resolutions. These resolutions ar
raigncd the Republican party for faithless-
ness to their platforms according entire
| equality to negroes. They declare that to
sustain the claim Of the Republican party
I" OF being the special friend of the coored
oman, it has now become proper for that
s'party to do something for him 10 echich At IS
| "7.ot d,7Uen by necessity' Hard hit J Is it
possible that, after eight years of time, this
Republican party has done nothing for the
| negro that it has not been driven TO do as a
matter of necessity?
The resolutions are an emphatic arraign-
| ment of the Republicans for utter faitbless-
uess to the constitutional amendments and
| the civil rights bill. This one of them is
quite specific:
1.-THE right of voting should carry with it
the right of being voted for, and the duty of
the parry. in which we are almost to a man
enrolled. is to see that that right is respected
and enforced"
Why don't these delinquent Republicans
force somebody to vote for the negro. We
don't like forcing in general, but it seems to
us that the Republican promises imply that
force ahai be used if men will not vote for
the negro without it. Certainly force has |
been freely used in the South to elevate the
negro. 1t would be only eyen-hauded jus |
tice to compel Ohio Republicans to vote for
their BooKERs and CLARKs of dusky skins.
And the resolutions, after accusing the !
Republicans of utter taithlessness, resolve
that the negroes do not consider themselves
"under eternal obligations to party which
"favors us rs u class only in proportion as it'll
is driven by its own necessities Another
resolution warns the negroes against pledg-
Ing themselves to Republican nominees, and
ADVISES them to vote for candidates accord
ing to their best judgments. .......s.
The preamble and resolutions were finally
adopted by accamation.
And will the Africans adhere 10 them Il
Not bit Of it. They only make a fuss TO
get office; if it fails they will still adhere to
the Republicans or those northern men, the
descendants of the men who bought negroes
with New England rum in Africa and intro
duced them as slaves into this country. The
finest man amongst them only cost q pint OF
rum, and the same race thus treated Is now
bound body and soul to the sons of the men
who enslaved them, and will vote as they
desire.. They are prone to complaining and
protesting, and equally to submitting. 1t is
their nature. = II .:ti 81 'ri"..a' go |
Some funny things happened. One man
moved that the Convention resolve that bar
bers shall open theit shops to Gull men
without regard to Color" This-scemed to
be forgotten in the melee of wrapgling. One
Colonel RoREnT HARLAN desired the negroes
to be temperate, and TO say something in
favor of General GRANTS "splendid admin.
istration." This was received with wild
derision. The Colonel's resolutions to carry