Wilmington daily gazette., 1874-05-05
WILMINGTON. DEL. MAY q. 1874.
Going for the Negroes Votes.

The time for the nomination election is rapidly
approaching, and many Of the candidates are
making n dead set for the negro vote. Negro
meetings are organized, and the most favored
candidates are invited to visit such meetings,
where some of the more shrewd of the negroes
thoughtlessly put questions TO them which are
not pleasant to answer, at all AS was the case OF
tho question at the meeting in BrowDtown, where
MIR. llukill and Mr. BAILEY attended, and the
question was asked if negroes would BE- appoint
FL as bailitlS TO serve wrs, in case the Radical
ticket carried This county, and the gentlemen
were elected. The question was more directly
put 10 Mr. Bailey but 1t was undoubtedly n-
tended for both. 1t was not answered openly
and fairly it should have been, hut no doubt
pledges were silently gwen thai the negroes
should have their share of these Offices.
If the negroes are good the white people,
which Is one OF the cardinal principles o; the
Radical party, why should they not have halt
the Offices? The Radical patty cannot teach this
doctrine TO the negroes and then deny them the
position which they cidim IN consequence of that
teaching.
But the negroes put in another reason for their
claims TO rroportionatc share of the Offices liz
Delawalo more than half Tie votes recorded ior
the Radical party are deposited hy the negroes
Now, in all fairness, if the doctrine Of the Eadi-
Gals tha: he 10 is as good rs the white, is true,
the negroes should have ihe proper share Of the
Offices.
II lie does not get this why Should lie take t.c
trouble to 80 to the pol!s and vote, when by stay
ing away he will save money that he would be re-
quired to pay in the shape of increased taxes, in
case OF the success of the Radicals.
Some OF the Radicals in approaching the ne-
1roes with demands for their votes have gone so
far as TO say the negroes were bound to vote their
ticket because they gave them the light 10 vote
But this argument we see has Just been denied
BY one Of the negro orators at the Browntown
meeting. This man PLAINLY stated 10 his audi.
tors, II he is reported correctly, that the Govern
ment gave him the right OF suffrage and ho meant
TO use it 10 his advantage. lie evidently nsinu-
ated that these seeking his vote now would not
have given him the hight to the ballot had they
been able to dispose OF it. And that they now
seek to be kept in olhce by the aid OF the negro,
and would deny hun tair share OF the offices.
This man had evidently got tired of going behind
the door TO fX up arrangements by which
olhcc'setheIs are KEPT III place aud power. lie
sees plainly that the Radical Office holders are
dependent upon the charity of the negroes, and
he desires his race TO have that oha,itg acknowl-
edged-for their votes Is a charity If they receive
no Offices IN relurn-or pledges of far share of
the official patronage
The negroes argue that the Democrats employ
them and pay them tair wages, and do not de-
mand thor aid; ii Is, therefore, they saw ungen-
erous 10 bestow all Their suiiagcs upon one party
WHEN that party refuses to acknoW ledge them
openly, and are all the while deceivng them with
promises never filled. What would the Radical
party be in Delaware bc without live or six thou
sand negro votes We are todd that the negroes
laugh at the threats d the lamp men, who de
nounce all who win not 90 with the Ring, and
also insist on pledges from the Levy Court Com.
missioners; and are only kept from intcrrogating
both Thompson and Jump by the strongest per
suasion They clam thai their votes entitle theil
race 10 ono or two of the county offices as wei
as To dcputyships from The Sheufl and Coroner
and as citizens they have iight 10 PROFOUND ia
DIR. Jump quealions similar to those they pro
pounded at tho Browntown meeting