The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1877-05-01

James Redpath, who ia sort Of second
,nl abridged edition Of Wendell Phillips,
has taken it upon himself to give some
idSice TO The negro population Of the
United Stat-', and more particularly the
aIlrks OF the South. Thia he does through
The medium Of letter Ia a colored man in
5lis,iaippi. It seems that this colored
Iaau had con4ulted Bedpath as to what,
N his judgment, the blacks should now
DO in view OF the Presidents South Caro-,
lima and Louisiana policy, the hypo!hesi,
being that a crisis had arisen calling Tor
action, and possibly for new departure,
On tbs parL OF the colorei race. Ia an.
aver to the categorical question, "What
should the blacks do 2" ReJpath replies
thus:
First oil all, they should be taught
mat they can now freely tfhd honorably
choose their political associations with.
mt reference 10 the past history Of their
rIce. They should be taught that the
men who fought for their freedom are
Row in helpless minority in the Repub.
;ican party; that the blacks owe it no
slegince whatever now; and that its
sacOgni2ed leaders, who WELD the power
OF ths government, are to-day the recre.
ants who advocate and defend and decree
.heir abandonment"
The plain English Of this statement is
that the President having failed to sns.
tain Chamberlain aud Packard with the
army OF the United States, ha1, by that
act, abandoned the negro to the tender
nercies Of those who elected Hampton
and Nicholls, delivering him over to a
merctless shot gun policy, and virtually
taking away from him the elective fran.
chise. According to RAdpash it is better
now ior the negro that he should proceed
to strike hands with the Democrats Of the
south, and become hereafter = powerful
element in their ranks, He says;
There IL absolutely no difference what.
ever now between the Democratic party
aud the Republican party (as represented
By Haye') on the question ol the rights
and condition of the negro, except in
one important particular. That excep.
lion ia vital one. Ltpoint5 out the path
nl safety to the black voter. 1t points
out alao the path OF duty. We owe allie.
gianre where we owe protection. The
Democrats protect the Democratic negro.
The Republicans abandon the Republican
negro. The Democratic negro is the SAT.
eat male creature that know OF in the
Call States. All other males muat fight
Tor themselves. For him only every
ghitO0hot gun il ready to DO battle to the
death
The next reason why the blacks should
hereafter cooperate with The Democratic
paryis found in the statement that there
movement on foot in the Republican
party to limit. the franchise to men Of
"iaeation and property. According to
Relpath,
The continent has sprung out OF the
l.fTnpHon4 Of shilleiah rule IL New York
HnU N'hSr northern cities that are con.
''y,leI oy lhe Irish vote. The Democrats
%'l' resist this measure on behalf bolh OF
Tue IRISH and the blacks, because the
negro vote Glves the South SO members al
congress, which the Democrats have now
yatned forever, in consequence Of Uayas,
southern policy.r
Redpath says that he i, uot alone in
Soming TO the conclusion that the freed.
'aen nov owe no allegiance to the Reppb.
iienu party;
y asked Wendell Phillip. the other
Sses-after saying that should advise
my colorcd friends to join the Democratic
party IN the South-if he would blame
them for refusing to remain in the Re.
publican party and Joining the Demo.
cratic party? Certainly NOT was L;s
prompt reply. asked Senator Bruce
Thy he did not urge the blacks TO dcsert
Ioe Eepublicans, who had deserted them,
1old him that | would like 10 sign with
MN = letter urging them to do 40 He
4'H shal, IS Republican Senator, he
Soald not publicly advocate this poiiey,
on' mat he had advised all his iriepisE
meaning eolored political leaders In
make the best terms they could with the
democracy, to look out for tbsmseIvss;
What Senator Bruce does and Wendell