The star of Pascagoula. [volume] (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1873-1878, 1875-07-31

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Raeical rnlo Whit have so 10 show ?
Amcsl Mckee, where once sat The
great, glorious aud illusirious Pr,n.
tiss; Bruce occupying tho place once
held By POindexier, and Peasc die.
bonoriug The place once honored by
Jefferson Davis. hmcs has gone
away. lie ia in Massachusetts, or
Long Blabeh. or somewhcre, not in
Mississippi. Davis has let the pcni-
tertiary loose upon you TO make votes,
and all these pardoned conyiots will
vote against you, The leaders who
taught the innocent negroes 10 be-
lieve tina; they would be with them in
their troubles; where are they? Where
we're, they during the unfortunate
troubles in Vicksburg? All fed, aud
the poor negro was left TO suffer.
Where was Morris and Pease, and |
Mckee, end old Mygatt2 Where was
Ames, that chivalrous friend Of the
colored men who elected him? Where
is he now? He was then and is now
bathing al Long Branch, or he was
at Bunker Hill, or on the sea coast,
while lis poor dupe9, whom he prom
ised TO protect, were suffering, with
no friend among all that cowardlv
crew to lend helping hand
Capt. Young then gave brief his
tory Of the establishment of the Color
Line by the negroes in Vicksburg,
when they nominated ain almost entire
city ticket OF negro candidates, and
forced the white people, in self-pro.
lection, to organize for their own sal
vation. He concluded, at the end Of
one hour, with an appeal to every
white man TO rally at the polls in
November, finishing with beautiful
tribute to the ladies. Capt. Young
was loudly cheered during his speech,
and he and his ablo address will he
long remembered by the people oil
Scott county.
col. o. r. SINGLETON
the veteran politician, general favor
te and noble gentleman was next in
Iroduced, and in lengthy and forci-
bic address put the present state OF
affairs so clearly before the people
that large number of negroes on the
ground in spite of themselves nodded
their assent, and were frequently
heard to say, 'dat's 80, dat's so.' ave ,
must win the coming race said he,
we must win it by the ballot and not
by the bullet, and we will do it as sure
" as that Tomorrow sun shall rise.
This is struggle, not for men-wo
care not who our candidates are SO
that they are capable and honest men.
We have determined to throw off the
Yoke Of tyaranny which has so long
oppressed and that now oppresses US,
md that will continue to oppress US
,nless We unite all together and cast
t away. By an effort Of this kind we @
put down the Infamous constitution
,f 1865, and are we less powerful n
han then ? Are we not stronger ? I
The colored people know who their a
rue friends are. They know the
people that they can rely on in their
roubles, and they have seen tie cow
lrdice and per6dy of the men they I
,ave been supporting so long. Ours Q
s not a proscriptive party. We
want all men to unite, whito and COL c
,red. We want to convince them i
that we are friends to all, and we
want them to vote with US. If they 7
.hink proper to follow the advice Of t
heir enemies and ours, and vote
against Us we shall meet them lace 10
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