Richland beacon., 1876-09-30
Letters from two tO,ored
Preachers.

On Monday last u co,ored man
banded US two letters, with rrgues; 10
publish, with which request We corl-
ply by copying as heIow--not rerb1-
tim ct ldcratgai-bui We have taken
the publishers privilege of punc,ual-
ing. changing the or,bocraphy ana
grammatical construction, but we have
tried to preserve the sense of the text,
or meaning of the i.i,aS intended To
be conveyed aud, 10 fact. nave maG-
a. little change in the language and
construction a. pas s!ble To make them
inirliigib'e. We have the originals.
which have only To be seen To con.
vince the brhnlder tnut they were
written by colnr.d men "f very imit
ed education, wh'sno dnubi lcaracl 10
write without ever going to school q
day in their lives. But they want to
reach their friends through the n,e-
dum of the paper. and We grant ;heu
the privilege So here nre ,hrir letters
Srpt-mhrr 25. 1876.
NV dear friends of The -i,ocra;ic
party We have followed the Raii-
cal parry for eight Years and are
worse off to.ia, than we were when
We iir-, hcynn 10 fellow il. ain a
hard lab"ring man aud can hardly
get the clnihing ! need. The Eadi-
Gals tell W. they are our friends. bur
it is jnst 10 gcr INTO oiiir- when they
are here | iind they are not nv
friends. hope all NY colored friends
will support the Democratic ticket, for
! ! Am convinced there is 40 gu,d in
the Radical party; buI ir- leaders are
: vagabnnds and thieves, whu come to
| the Southern States nonr carpr' bag
: gers and 90 Out with their p"ckeIS
full If money, and leave our children
crying for clothing aud food Let Us
all rally like men aud relieve our
country of his burihen, aud stop all
= this confusion and distress in the land,
hy standing together Ike men who
! mean business.
/ The Democrats own all TIE land
! We rultiva,e in the Southern States :;
We are all Southern born ID South
rrn raised, and why not go with th.
men whom W. know. whom we see
continually face 1" face ahd eye To eve
| and c,nv-rse vii teeth Ia teeth. Nv
col"red friends, ! hope ,ou will not
he so blind a. t" suffer yourselves led
! further into starvation and ruin by
the Radical party. bu, that you will
take my advice and yn with the Dem
ocra,ic party. Let us try them four
years. REV. NARDLAw JONES.
September. 25rb, 1876.
Nv dear friends Of the Democratic
party 81 am already convinced as to
who are our frieuds; the Democratic
speakers did not convince ne, but |
was thoroughly convinced by the
treatment The culored people have re-
crivrh at the hands of each party in
the different safes in which have liv-
I'd I; and find thai the Democrats do
show uS the tnn>t kindness in every
respect, ~, determined lo act regard
less Of the Republican party in the
future. In private conversation with
many of my culored friends | have
found them thoroughly convinced of
Of these sane facts aI>o.
! | have found out Ina, whenever any
Of those men Of The Republican party
gp, into trouble aud 90 To seek help
iru,n their parry friends they always
fail To get II; then the distressed aud
troubled man returns to those who
are called his enemies. aud ] have
| always found that he got the assist
ance be wanted to move him out of
his trouble and that fro.n Democrats
WIN are called the co.ored msn's en-
-n,ies.
Editor Brac N | an, sa i-i. d that
The above u,epli"n-d are facts.
| Yours Truly,
REV. ID + FLETCHER.