The daily gazette., 1876-05-03
G. p. JOHNSON. EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR
WILMINGTON. DEL. MAY 1877
The Coiorcd Republicans"

The Commercial, having found Its ap-
peals to the white Republicans unavail-
ing yesterday addressed long appeal to
its colored friends. 1t fears that they
will, as heretofore, vote in II mass, and
be governed by some one who is not IN
its interest. 1t says;
"THE CoLoRED REPUBLICANS. -,The
Abatement is current around town tha
a desperate effort will be made to poll
the colored Republican vote SOLID at
the approaching election for delegates to
the State Convention, and to control the
result by such vote. We hope that
this is untrue, and that at least, If there
is any one claiming the name Of Repub-
lican who is capable of attempting to do
the party SO grievous an INJURY that his
schemes will recoil on his own head
The colored men have been misled and
deceived more than once before, and
have been used by Men who sought
their friendship only for selfish ends
Only the other day the Commercial de-
MED that there was any lewiston in its
ranks. We now find that the seeds of
dissension have been spread broad cast,
and it would appear that the Commercial
Is lulcuU On uidhllb thc bapco "ANSA'
It is most true that the "colored men
have been used by men who sought
their friendship only for selfish end"
As proof of this the Freedmen's Bank
they have been robbed are monuments OF
shame to the white Republican leaders
who managed them.
Further on in its appeal it says:
"At the present juncture in the cleo
tion of delegates to the State Conven-
ton, there are differences of opinion
within the party, aud variance OF
choice. This is natural and, of itself,
not harmful. between the gentlemen
who have been proposed as delegates to
Cincinnati, different persons will make n
different choice, and this the colorcd Re-
publicans have the same right to make,
that any Republican has. They may,
and should, exercise discrimination,
looking to what they believe will best
serve the party's future interests, But
what they cannot afford, and what, to
the party, would be most serioIs injury
is to allow their strength to be massed
bodily, in the hands of men Who hope I,
control the pcfty'S actioH by II. The col
ored people are in the party they ar,
part Of it; they must not make "A colo
line, and array themselves in solid mas
against the body Of the white Republl
cans"
1t is all right for the colored people t
vote solid for the Republican part,
But then it is all wrong for them to vot
solid" for any candidate who will pron
ise to give them fair share of tn
offices, or the clique who will promise t
put some of their men on the ticket
They should divide against themselves
party that swear they should remain i
the position from which they ough
never to have been forced..for part
ends.
The negroes are not so dumb as not t
know that "a house divided against it
self cannot stand :" neither can rae
If the negro desires to have influence
the Republican party he must scout IL
advice Of the Commercial.
We Democrats tell them fairly an
squarely We will not give them office
from cur party they shall have no polit
cal position that white man desires
fll-we will only give them fair play an
good government protection from a
impositions-"e rill not gire them our rot
oad DO not ask for their votes. When II
Democratic party seeks negro votes
will not have the meanness to beg the
AS gratuity. This has b en- done !
the Republicans to keep scoundrels
office who have long since deserved IL
tate OF thieves and robbers.