The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1874-11-10
s. G,
Tuesday Morning. Nov 10, 1874.
The Democratic Party and tho Colored
People.


The Democratic Party and the Colored
People.
The question OF treatment of the
colored race is one Of the most i'm
portant which the grand success OF
the Democratic party will devolve
npon it. The defeated and disoom-
fted Republicans will. of course, en-
deavor to stem the tide OF this success.
by 'reviving as many of the war cries
and reconstruction policies as they
can. They will represent that the
liberty OF the newly enfranohised people
can oAly be oonsummated and placed
beyond contingency by those who have
claimed TO be par excellence their pecu-
liar friends. We shall expect to see
infammatory appeals in their behalf.
They will pretend that their civil
rights, their privilege Of the suffrage,
their manhood itself, will be all jeo-
pardized unless they continue in the
position OF their protectors But we
expect to live to see them routed from
even this position. and their absurd
Claims in this regard contested. The
world moves and is moving ra-
pidly in this country. The CO.
lored people are not stationary.
They are becoming enlightened as to
the false attitude in which oirolm-
stances and the interested designs of
bad men have placed them. They arc
beginning to feel the responsibilities of
good citizenship, and naturally dis
trust those who have imposed upon
them, by using them as tools to ad-
vance their own ends, and by placing
them in opposition to the peace. ad
vauoement and prosperity of the
States where their lot has been cast.
They will just as naturally be careful
about the formation of new alliances.
There will be remnant of the old an
tipathy to Dem ocrats TO be surmount-
ed. Bat surmounted it will be-, and
thoss considerations OF interest. policy,
good feeling, good government, which
can only be promoted in the end by
ooNlsal understanding between the
two races, will assert their proper
sway. We look, therefore, to see in
no great while the Dem ocretic white
man and the hitherto Radical black
man banded together in political ac-
ton. We find our thoughts upon this
snbjeot 30 we'll conveyed in an editorial
article in the New York Herald,
shat we transfar it mainly to our
oolunns. with our unqualified endorse
ment Of its soundness, good sense. and
spirit OF justice. A high duty is now
imposed upon our people in the South.
and, accepting with thanks the compli.
mentary language of tho Herald to the
organizing faculty and talents for con-
troll of Democratic politicians, North
and South, We must, at the same time,
be heedful of it's suggestions in our
dealing with the sensitive Nor:h. It
Is great thing to regain political con-
troll It will be the solution Of our
own troubles, and the restoration TO
Us of our just political power. We
must be on our guard that We do not
forfeit by any rash or i'll alteration, any
element which tends to the achieve
ment OF the great result. Our safety,
our escape, lies in forming into line
with the greut Democratic movement
which is sweeping the country. Our
duty and our policy blend in the deter
mina,ion to make friends of the colored
peopie, ana in the cordial recognition
and enforcement of their full rights.
Bot, as we said, the whole problem
has been 80 we'll discussed by the
Herald. that we forbear any further re-
marks of our own. and ask the atten-
tion Of our readers to its just OBJ: erva-
,ions:
1--WE have no doubt" it says, "that
the rights Of the negroes will be more
secure in Democratic than in Rspubli-
can hands. It is the tendency and
effect Of the Republican policy to
array the negroes in hostility to the
best classes OF the Southern popula-