The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1876-09-23
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Inc True Position of the Color.
Ell Voter.
Memphis ADncnl

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Ell Voter.
! Memphis Appeal.
! The cnlorcd voters in mis- ..ot,o,
OF the State accuse the patty mana.
gers OF selling them at Nashville il,
refusing to make u nomination fnr
HoSe'n"r. 1h'y are ;,lco dissatisfied
! WIN the prospects ia this district
W h''r they are thus consulting AZ t,i
'ne'F nest interests aud iu,ics under
,'c circumstances they are prepared
'"t ING t'>raS>lonntc words OF t,irnA-
snip We propose in this article. III
Appearing to their good SENSE and
judgment, the Democratic patty L.s
nothing t" gain, as its majority in tho
! State Is near fifty Thousand, and thc
negroes can never hope to overcome
! TINS ma. "'lty On the color line, which
they adopted by voting to ,lisfrau.
ri''se the whites, aud in every c|,,.
t'"n hurting themselves :lyainst the
!! interest OF themselves and their r,n-
pIo%trs' The Democratic party has
nothing to fear from the coio,,d yut,
Ill tennessee, as it has uniformly ,r;-
umpnc,l over their united opposition.
1t is III the interest of both rscca
tI'At we ask the negroes to pause. now
that they arc dissatisfied with their
own leaders, and ask themselves
what they have gained by their rrr-
SlStent war with the whites, and t,bc
dienrc to the Rad;ra|sq The Ric,-
'n"nd Wing isasking the co!o;vd pco.
pie few questions which should hs
pr"Toundel to the blacks throuul,uu.
the South. In advising the colo:rd
people az t" their duty, it ask, Whit
profit has accrued to yop by hardiug
yourselves together under the color.
l!ht Has it won von friends among
those with whom you were hotuaud
raised, and with whom you are bound.
W'l'ing o; unwilling, to live and die
ifas it brought to your assistance
fi'tndS from among strangers to feed
and "ourish and sustain you1 Has
II saved You from The p|uhlcr Of bad
men under false colors uf Christian
love and charity? Ills it elevated
Your moral or your material conli-
ton! Has it, in a word, led YOU into
the green fields promised by these
strangers who have come down To
seek and to grow fat? Where is tho
mule and forty acres promised to YOU
W here the beurhcent blessings of the
freednan's Bureau! DO YOU not
worship God undisturbed under YOUR
own vine and fig trec9 Have YOU
not your creditablo orders, military
companies. yonr political societies
and clubs DO you not discuss, with
out let or hindranccs, MI questions CT
religion and politics : DO you not
vote as you please DO you not
hold your real and personal proper.
ties without annoyance Are YOU
not married and given in marriage
without question:? Are not your
educated at the public cx.
p"nse, mostly from the pockets Of
the whites? DO not tho laws res
pect aud protect your rights of person
and property? IN what docs your
status in the South differ from your
white fellow citizens9 Then, why
array yourself longer under the color
'ne' Why not chcevfully join lot
with the people on whom you dc.
pcnd for sustcnancc? Are you ever
% be the tools to be used by design
ng men for their advantage and to
'our detrimeut? Are You ever to
'e moved as raw'ls on the chessboard
~ the will of those whose life is de-
PENDENT on yonr quiet submission to
heir dictation AFRO you inferior III
Intelligence or moral worth TO tlld
custom House rings of this and other
tiles, who undertake to manage your
political rights for YOU? Your color.
inc, for years. has been greatly d.
n'nisling, and year By year the work
if disinthEration has been going on,
nd the time hastens when il will be
blterated. 1t is the duty of wisdom,
is the demand Of your interest, to
asten this time Let rs be UNDER
TODD. Whites aud blacks are in tho
anne boat. What affects one race for .
God or evil cquall; affects the otl.ers
nd just so long as you shall, as q,
ace, array yourselves aginst the
'hites, just so long will y"n and they \
70 delayed in tile full enjoyment Of \
lie happy fruits Of true liberty. Clan
gainst clan, class against class, raco
gainst race. color against color, can
ut he prcjn'licial to the happiness
nd best interests Of the whole com.
lunity.