The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-02-13
The Negroes Discover Grants Du-
plicity.

The speech of Mr. IiRrcr tho negro Sen
ator from Mississippi, on the nominaron
Of the man BILLINGS for United states
Judge in Louisiana is one of the most re-
frcshing uttcranCc. which have for II tong
time been heard in the Senate chamber.
1t shows that all the negro voters Of tie
South are not SO oh ,dicnt to The Whlp OF
Overseer GRANT "a he imagiuos. II iudi-
Gates that Eimmor of the truth Of their
situation is entering tho heads Of the hon.
est leaders ofthe colorod vote at the South.
They are finding that GRANT. instead of
being their friend, is in truth their worst
enemyi that he is playing toward them
the game of duplicity, and has no more
real interest in their prosperity and prog
ress than the Whiskcy Rings had in the
honest collection of the Government taxes
on distilcrcs.
The troubles from which the negroes Of
the South suffer are of White House cren-
tion. They are fomented by agents OF the
Republican party for party benefit, and IN
order TO keep the bloody shirt wet with
gore against the Presidential election. NJ.
BRUCE spoke from intimate knowledge OF
affairs In Mississippi, and as one of the race
OF whose wrongs MuRToN tries to make so
much political cap tai, when he said that
"negroos were being slaughtered, killed
IN cold blood, because it helped to main
tain the Republican party in power at the
North" What are n few dead negroes
compared with third term, or MoRroN's
ambitious for the Presidency?
In dcnouncng GRANTS preteuces to be a
friend 81 the blacks, and the claims Of the
oarpct-baEgcrs to be considered rs their
alles, Mr.. BnrcE exhibited true in light
into the fraud which has so long and so
successfully been played upon the colored
voters. These two forces have been used
TO stir ny enmity between the blacks aud
whites, 20 keep Southern politics forever
divided on the line OF color, and to pre-
vent the sectional prosperity which is rs
much the interest of blacks rs Of whites
When this colorod Republican Senator
announced that il was time for the ne
groes TO make terms with the whites from
self-intorest, that they could no longer
afford 10 have their blood spilled for
political effect, that rs the white man
owned the land and the negro did the
labor II was mnnifestly for the advantage
OF both parties that they should come to
some understanding and not keep in social
and political nntagonism, he uttered self
evident tru'hs, but such MS his better in
structcd Republican associates in the Sen
ate have revcr felt il TO their gain to
themselves proclaim, or otherwise to allow
20 be put before the colored victims Of
their msruc IN the South.
Whatever the end Mr.. Bruce had in
view in making his remarks, he said true
things and gave his people advice which
they would do well to follow. The inter
ests OF the southern negroes are iucxtri-
cahly tied mp with those of the Southern
whites, ana their political liberties will be
best kept by alliance with the whites
They cannot be helped 10y any party at the
North, trading on negro sympathies, and
can be only injured by the carpct-ba-gcr
who use them at home to foster corruption
and to stir up needless race auimosities.