Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1878-07-24
THE COLORED VOTERS BOLrING.

There is trouble among the Nationals.
Since the withdrawal of Garrett and Bigelow,
the candidates nominated by the Republicans,
many negroes have expressed determination
to bolt the National ticket The blacks can
not be deluded by the game of duplcity
which is to be played. In order to secure
Democratic votes, the ticket is called Ma
tional among Democrats, and when election
eering among the blacks it is called Repub-
hcan ticket, and the names of those old ma
lignant Republicans, Kortrecht and Pierce,
are referred to as evidence. Such fraud and
dupliclty have disguised many colored voters,
who openly avow their determination to vote
the straight Democratic ticket, composed of
men who openly and honestly avow their
party allegiance. The blacks throughout the
south have expressed their determination to
no longer be "hewers of wood and drawers
of water" for Radical office-seekers
In Alabama, Arkansas and North
Carolina the Republican committees
have met and formally dissolved
the Republican party. The Radicals in Ten
nessee and Mississippi will make no organ
lied contest against the Democratic party.
But they will endeavor to transfer the colored
vote to the Nationals, under whose banner
they hope to divide and defeat the Democ-
racy, and thus restore the Radicals to power
But the colored voter will follow none but
the Republican banner. In Charleston, South
Carolina, the blacks have cut loose from
the disreputable white crew who have hith-
erto carried them in their pockets They
propose hereafter to do some thinking for
themselves, and when they seek counsel from
white men to apply to people whom they can
trust rather than the adventures who care
nothing for them, except to trade their votes
The leaders Of the Republican party in
Charleston, with the bigamous Bowen at
their head, have been a very bad set, and
any signs of revolt against their rule are to be
heartily welcomed. In st. Louis we see the
same manifestation of independence among
the blacks. The colored voters of st. Louis
have presented the name of J. Milton Tur-
ner as candidate tor congress. The st.
Louis Tribune, the organ of the blacks, says:
Although it is loudly asserted that certain
white Republicans high in machine party
confidence will refuse to lend their assent to
his nomination, we are not yet prepared I'M
til future developments establish the fact to
accept it as true. That this weapon has been
often used by the Democratic party to show
that we were unwise in paying unyielding
homage to the Republican party, and that
that party would under no circumstances as
SYST our aspirations to high political trust is
also true. That Mr. Turner's candidacy for
the nomination to congress affords ample
scope to test the sincerity of our white Re-
publican friends and to disprove the position
- H. N
ed persons must agree. That we are large
factor in the party, so far as political strength
Is concerned, has been fully accepted by those
who were prominent IN the last Presidential
election, and it is therefore no longer our
purpose to remain as 'hewers of wood and
drawers of water" Our political indie
pendence must be asserted, and what
is still more our votes must be re-
speeted. We cannot command respect so
long as we allow our white Republican friends
to lead us by the nose. The time has come
when we mast acqult ourselves like men, and
not permit ourselves to be constantly casting
our votes for those who care nothing for us
after an election is over. We desire that our
position should be clearly stated and correctly
understood. We claim no superior in our
devotion to the Republican party, and we in
sist, as a matter of right, that when we pre-
sent to that p.;rty man as capable as MIR.
Turner is acknowledged to be, our wishes
should be consulted and respected.
The colored voters in every part of the
country are manifesting the same spirit In
the mongrel ticket opposing the Democratic
nominees, the blacks complain that they were
not allowed representation corresponding
with the large vote they were expected to
cast for the ticket. The result is a conven-
ton was called and the colored Republicans
demanded additional representation. This
demand the Nationals refused to recognize,
and the result is thousands of negroes will
vote the Democratic ticket. The Nationals
are building their hopes of success upon a
solid colored vote. But they will discover
their mistake. The blacks know that they
are an important factor in politics, and they
demand representation in the selection of
candidates corresponding with the vote they
cast. They have discovered that they cannot
secure respect and justice until they deserve
both. They are not welded to the Demo-
cratic party, but in this election will vote for
its nominees in rebuke of those who have re-
pudiated the candidates selected by the
blacks