New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1876-09-16

IxTTER FROM A PROMINENT COLoRED CITIZEN
WHY CuLoRED MEN VOTE TIKI REPUBLICAN
observation-disclosures PTsACuCE6 NORTH AND
SOUTH,
70 the Bdftor OF The Trfbgns.
SIR: There is in the present Presidential
contest such constant reference the negro that VIII
mot seem strange for negro TO something In cohnec
tion Herewith Hc exciting ce'ucnt in politics. ana
will continue to until decent regard shall be had Tor
his rights and feelings Political parca should SO de-
peap themselves toward tho colCrod man that no may
consistently affiliate with any party IN the interest OF
reform or for any general purpose The Democrauo
party in afating with the South in the manner II mas
in becoming It's willing tool championiDg slavery acing
rebellion 10 Cypress the neo assisting the South IN It's
every effort TO depress him. to deny him equality before
the law presents itself 70 the ooloTed man ana 10 a
true lovers of freedom and equality in repeling atti
tude. Sensitive coored men feel that the Republican
party has been ready in yielding their interests but
they also feel that Democratic party has done moth
ing but repel Their adhesion 70 the Republican party is
not blind adhesion They see in that party ioyaitV
and that it Is favorable TO freedom.
The matter Of aiating with parties is seriously DIS
cussed Coored anxious for state OF things IN
parties that win enable them TO ally themselves with
any party No intelligent, honest eOlored man can JON
the Democratic party It's present leaders and man
agenent and must labor to keep it from power II 10
not simple intutive sense that says but facts that a
peal to the say that the eve OF serious
political encounters. Outrage VIII slaik Doiu any
merefu IN extended sections; OF the dearest rg1ls
OF an American viii be stricken down through lhtlinua
ton and murder; freenen viii not be allowed 10 cxer
else as freemen tho right to vote There comes " my
mind the dark DAYS of 1868 those bloody days OF car
mage When HOraiO Seymour, the banner-bodef OF tno
Democratic party, addre sed brutal dl5ioya ulOD III
NeW-York-yes. addressed his friends traitors
craGleplunderers, the burners OF an orphan asylum
when he addressed his friends persons VINO seized
little babes tore them from the breasts OF their ranuo
beseechng mothers and dashed thei- brains out; whcn
Mr. Seymour whom the Democratic party put IN nOmna
fiop for Governor addressed bis riends pei sons
who hung unOffending TO lampposts, and eut lNe
pieces of flesh from their quiyerug bOdes-al OF which
and more was done by Mr. SeymOur's rionds TO ad an
effort destroy the Government believe tnat pOcy
OF intimidation has been agreed upon with te view oi
carrying the Presidential election AS III Is6S ppu s,
outrage exhibiting itself in New-10rk ihtm'datlDn
and murder not to DO confined TO HAMBURG D. ", 70
mississippi louisiana to Alabama. and 10 otheF bOutL
sections. We made to look for them IN Northern
sections. Outrages in NeWYork in Maine, IN Mass'i
husetts and in other States admOnish US 10 prepare LOT
yuI4igeS in our midst 10 look for as an agency 10 DC
Used by Democrats to obtain control OF the Government
lhey failed TO destroy. Newspapers that nave wac GU
ustion that are respectable, that have been cOnsofV
I've that have denied the existence OF the ABOVE
tendency are beginning 10 realize its existence. Tue
ebel South Is already This spirit must De ais
coura0ed Intimidation In the South would not nave
been carried to extent 10 has been had cue North con-
WINGED the South that they really meant equality before
the law for cOlOred men. d.
NeiD- York, SEPT. 10, 1876.