Middletown transcript., 1874-03-21
The Nongrsl Cow ention.

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The scene presented by the Radical
Convention ut New Castle last Saturday
va. enough to utterly disgust every man.
Who retains a particle Of sclf-respect, with
the Republican parsy and slMost sufficient
q slitguse the people viz! an elective
government. The much practiccd Gus
tom bypol,fcians of bringing for popular
favor has sisays been absdgenough but
until within the last few years i was con-
fined to white men. But now . conven-
,,ion IT. great political party is called and
en- assembling il a motley gathering Of
negroes and whites In another column
we give j shot. account Of this mixed
meeting.
Hays thsseFMeA who assembled in the
CourrHduse st.New Castle become wholly
lost to in sense Of deccncy and selfrespect
that shcy thus willingly abdicate their
position ,us members Of the favored and
superior race and place themselves upon
political and social level With negroes and
mulattoes? MI.
When few years ago. the subject Of
negro suffrage was broacbed BY Summer
and other fanatics. the masses ofatho Re-
pubIicah party secuted tho idea and many
of the men who attended the. meeting at
II y
New Castle LAST Saturday declared that il
the negroes we're allowed to vote they
wosllttiens cease 70 yote the 'Republican
ticket as they would never vote with ne
groes. Some Of the very men who made
these declarations arswNpon the County
Excentlve Co,nnitsce with Degroes.s What
Has eauscaf tho change ? Their very decla-
sa.ious that they weuld no longer act with
the Republican party if it conferred sutf-
rage upon negroes is evidence that they
did not approve Of that action Of their par
" leaders !? Why then DO they not ad-
here to their former declarations and re-
fuse longer to act with the Republican
party? The answer is obvious, Because
the negro votes add considerably to the
numerical strength Of The Radical party
and they may hope for political preferences
through thc aidgof those votes. The par
" lash. too. has been cracked over their
heads and merely for the sake Of party
they are willing 10 cast aside their manli.
moss and place themselves upon an equal.
~ and hob-nob with negroes. NJ one,
white or black, y silly enough to think OF
believe that tho object Of the Republican
leaders in thus associatiDg with negroe.
is the good, or for the advantage of tht
latter They are governed only BY sci
6sh desire TO obtai6 political power in th'
State. Il is true they deny this. and -
scrt that their purposes are wholly phil
anthropic and they scck'aonly the lgoot
and tho improvement Of tho negro. Blu
ii this be true, why have they 20 long AMI
strenuously persisted in keeping theif col
orcd allies in the back grouod !? If, .
they assert, and profess to believe. the ne
grocs't are their equals. why. when the.
are 50 entirely dependent upon the vote
Of the latter for success at tho polls. d
they mot give some ofthe spoilsato them
Simply because they want them all them
selves. and it is no purpose Of theirs I
share the gains with the colerod men; oh
no. the latter. uust BE- satisfied with vol
ing tho ticket Of their white skinned cor
frerss. That is honor and privileg
enough for them. If these men are hot
est they ought to deal fairly with the nj
groes. The latter constitute tho bulk ,
,ha Republican stsspg.hin this State. an
nrc entitled to. at least, portion Of Il
nominations for Office, but 80 far not OF
has been placed upon ticket for az
position, and the Radical leaders kno
that they dare not put them on. The
dare not submit the issue Of White Nj
supremacy or Negro equality in the ma
asement Of tho State Goyernment TO the
comparatively few ,swhite voters. Thu
know full we'll that should single neg
hc placed upon either their Legislative
County ticket hundreds sf white nj
who. now, vote their ticket would cease
do so.ia Hence the negro must be conte
with voting for bis white allies and wi
I'll rs. = ~ r fI-E N y -
taking what he eau got afterwards. i
.,ss4stssa TT -vf7F 77-ri- e
a TARRlBLE RELlGIous Rlor IN Nj
REQ. "A dispatch from the City Of Mexic
dated March 10th, says: A fearful .,
rage was pcrpetratcd BY mob at Ahu
luico. IN the State Of Jalisco, last Sunds
Iu the ahofniDs . priest delivered an
eendiary sermon. in which be advocat
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