The Republican journal., 1877-04-26
9th WITH THE DEMOCRATS, OR DO NOT VOTE A

PF-'i''ies
II will make no difference to the friends of the
negro in the North whether he votes for the Dem
ocrats tand thereby secures safety and Justice for
himself and his family in other ways), or whether
he persists in stohdlv voting for the iemagogues
who uSe HIM las Hayes has done) as a mere lad
der to political power-to be kicked aside as soon
rs he Is used. If the black man does vote for the
Republicans his vote will not be counted-and he
viii gain the Ill will of his white Southern neigh
hors without aiding his friends in the Northern
States
II there are colored men who cannot vote for
Democratic candidates let them refuse to vote at
all
II l. WicEedncsS TO try to keep up a Republican
party in the South excepting on the basis of a
large native white vote 1t will end only i'll still
farther troubles to the poor and misled and too
grateful blacks. The best thing that every black
man can do III the South is to consult his own in
dlNldual interest. without regard to party plat
forms las President Hayes has done,1 in making
dp his mind for whom he shall vote in all future
elections
TIN PRESIDENT WHO HAS BETRAYED THEN"
The allies OF the Administration will urge your
people 10 repudiate my advice, and appeal to them
Ia be loyal to the Republican organization. Let
them turn i deaf ear to these deluding demagogues
or ask them. at least before listening to them
whether they hold an office or are seeking an of
fee ltwoud be great triumph TO the Admins
tratlon party If the blacks should continue to be
lrt the colored people seriously ask themselves
whether it will be Il good thing for their race and
then act as they shall honestly answer this ques-
non, | care nothing for political parties, but
ii" most profoundly sympathiZe with defenceless
classes and familiar / am with the history of
the last campaign III South Carolina and Louis
lama | should refuse to believe that God governs
this world if the destardly treachery of this Ad-
ninlstratl"n to the blacks is not visited with the
destruction OF the party that shall sustain it. The
Republican party, II it submits to the leadership of
HAYES Will not be tit to live. because it will there
by abandon both It's principle and its saviors; the
principle OF the government Of the people for the
people 10y the people. which Lincoln announced ;
and the negroes OF South Carolina and Louisiana
who when the roads were picketed with armed
men, crawled. at peril of their own lives through
m" SWamps and moTaSses and thick woods, i'll or
der 10 reach their county seats where the presence
OF the boys in blue made it safe or even possible
tor them 10 vote, it the silent herosm, this
sublime devotion of the blacks to the party of
their lihcrators that elected Hayes President of
The United States-that gave him the chance to
hctrav these men.
SENATOR BRUCE AND WENDELL PHILLIPS APPROVE
Am not alone among the old friends of the
freedmen in believing that they now owe no al
A-glaucc to the Republican party asked Wendell
Philips the other week-after saving that should
advise my coored friends to join the Democratic
party I'll the Soulful he would blame them for
refusing to remain ill the Republican party and
lulnlug the Democratic party
1T certainly not, was his prompt reply.
asked Senator Bruce why he did not urge the
blacks to desert the Republicans who had deserted
them told him that | would like to sign with
INN letter urging them to do so. He said that
A. Republican Senator he could not publicly adj
vocate this policy but that he had advised all his
friends meaning colored political leaders - to
make the best terms they could with the Democ
racr: To look ont for themselves"
" hat Senator Bruce does and W endell Phillips
approves cannot be a false policy for the Southern
blacks As Il class
a BIZ or PARTING ADVICE TO THE NEGRO
But if | could lead the blacks. should say to
them still 1urther-pay less attention to politics
nd seek power through business Become the
Jews 81 America There two great policies,
both for men and races-Force and Cancellation.
The Anglo Saxon race fights. The Jewish race
CunclllateS. Both have become great powers by
policies entirely opposite. The black race cannot
night. 1t would be eXterminated if it tried that
lnAcy. 1t must win power by the art of peace.
Let the blacks adopt lagos advice: Put money
ia thy purse Work Buy land Own your home
lead and patch of garden Go to school Get
iVhl Ii one county persecutcs You, go to an
other II Il State refuses you protection, leave ii
and seek il home elsewhere Above ALL ask for
schools tor Your children, and leave the State if
they are moi built and kept up for you
tease to array yourselves against the whites in
politics, but at the same time quietly and every
where and always insist the right OF securing
au education for your children. Securing that
ilgill. Vuur children will secure all others by and
by frhernally yours. JAMES REDpArH.
1" Nj. NJ Howard, cX Sheriff OF jefferson
county. Mississippi