Wilmington daily gazette., 1874-05-14
History Repeating Itself.

Twenty years ago the Rel,aLi,can anj the patty
which it sustained uttered political sentiment
in the remark then applied to foreigners, "they
may iide tut We must drive" which Is just low
being repeated by the same paper, to the negroes.
1t is history repeating itself Then the know
Nothing Party" were anxious to obtain the votes
OF foreIgues but 10 iJTeipuer WAS allowed 10
vote uuIess he voted the Know Nothing ticket.
Now, no negro Is allowed To vote unless lie Votes
tue Rldical ticket. Aud when 1t is ascortalned to
be fact that a majority of the .di,al votes are
recorded by negroes, the Radical party dare not
Put negro on the ticket. Aud when IA negro
propounds the question 10 the candidates OF his
own party, whether, II elscted TO the office oi
Governor, Sheriff. or Coroner, they VIII appoint
negroes to Cffce, the pioposer OF such lnterfoga-
lion is at once denounced a ye5el Here We
see tue negro held as political Stare now, and
lie will be 50 held as long he submits TO voting
bis directed by Henry Pickles. {. Ii. Gallagher, W.
ii. Hukll, q. Febiger, DIR. Jump and few 9TH
" To are deter NJ iued 10 use him as a stepping
stoue to office. The negro to-day is the meanest
slave that ever liyed-h dare not be n ireeuIan-
il lie even dared 10 vote as his best Judgment die
lated he would be kicked by either of these men
who now influence the Repujlean 10 call lnm 4
stel beeause he proposes 10 inierfogate either OF
them ~ith ieference to giving HIM his due pro-
portion Of the offices brought within their dispo-
sal by his vote. This Is the case when it Is an
admitted fact that Radical be elected III
Delaware without the whole vote Of the tve or
six thousand negroes. If even two hundred Of
these voters withdraw their supper, the party is
dead
Hence the vely lest meu OF tho Republican
patty have abandoned politics entirely. The men
who control the negroes have driven them away;
ana this vote is in the hands OF the purcst dema-
gogues, who will not stop at anything, if there is
money in it.
In proof of what We say We point TO the
last Republican. That paper has called the neglo
all the fond names that the prolific vocabulary of
political negroisn has been able to invent TO get
his vote, and to use him as a cowardly, mean,
dirty political tool is always used by such avari-
cious,money loving tricksters; but the moment the
negro raises his eyes to look lis political slave
drivers in the face and asks to be used as imam
and brother" he is called a ye5el He asks for
"bread, but they don't even give him IA stone; it
isa kick and cuff and If he docs not "sit," an
other more obedient and willing slave is ordered
to punch his head" So general and well under
stood is the fact that the negroes are wholly IN
the hands Of this clique, that prominent Radicals
often qualify their threats with the word ''pckel"
For instance, Mr. Hukii may say with terrible
significance, "Ill pickeithe - if be underiaie es
to come that game And SO Thompson and every
other Radical candidate in this county has been
picked
The Republican knows the negro Will not be
allowed place on the Democratic ticket, and in
saying as 1t docs that "colored men if "put up
Will "he Knocked down, it tells the ,shte Radl-
Gals that they will be expected to vote against
negro Radical ii he is on the ticket; but II a ne
gro Radical dares to vote against a white Radica,
the slave will be kicked. That is the liberty the
negro enjoys