Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1878-07-05
THEREPUBLIcANs.

ed man that it is his bounded
duty to vote the Republican
ticket. To this end they tell
them all kinds Of Munchausen
stories. If the intelligent color
ed men Of this county will but
consider for a moment, they
, will find that every white man
who has been, and is now in the
habit of attending their midnight
meetings, is an aspirant for Of
flee. The majority of them
have, at some time in their
lives, been Democrats, and
knowing, as they do, that they
can not get anything like a re-
spectacle number of white men
to vote for them, are now en-
gagged in the laudable attempt
to induce the colored peope to
vote for them. The men who
are seeking these votes are
chronic ofiee-seekers; they
have. some of them. held office
heretofore, and Office is what
they want again. They, as a
class, have done nothing for the
colored people, and never will
do anything for them; if they
hid a.dcsire to do SO, they have
not the ability. 1t is notori-
Gus fact that whenever negro
gets into trouble, he always has
togo to a Democrat to help him
out. There is no antagonlsm
between the whites and blacks
in this county. 1t is a safe es-
innate to say that three-quar-
tiers. of the colored people, who
are either farming on their own
account or renting land, are oc-
cupying lands that are owned
by Democrats. The Demo-
Gratis of this county own by far
the larger part of the property
and pay the largest part of the
axes. They are interested in
an economical administration of
county affairs and want honest,
capable and efficient county Of
fciais.
Its universally knoxn that
the Republican party, as a party
in the State and i'll tie manage
nent of State affairs, isirrcvoca-
bly, and forever dead. 1t can
never be resurrected. The self
constituted leaders of the Re
publican party in this county are
trying to make party issue,
when. in reality, there is no po-
litical question at issue in the
county. It makes not the least
difference which way the coun-
ty votes in the State election.
The Democratic State ticket
will be elected anyway. The
colored people of the county
are certainly interested in hav-
ing an economical administra-
ton of county affairs, and if for
once they would forsake the
men who are endeavoring to
use them as tools, and vote with
the respectable white people,
the taxpayers of the county,
this could be ACCOMPLISHED. 1t
must be apparent to the color
ed people, by this time, that their
white Republican friends want
all the fat Offices; they want
every Office in the county that
is worth having or that has any
money in it. They may do
some very fair talking and
make some ofthe finest promis-
es-they are most promising"
set-but when it comes to nom
nations, the colored element
will find themselves left out in
the cold. The colored people
viii doweil to bear this in mind,
and ask themselves, what have
these ofice-seekers done for us7
What can they do if elected
VIII it, in the the remotest de-
gree, better our condition, re-
duce the rent of land or lessen
taxation? Is it not reasonable
that a man should stick to his
friends? The Democrats have
always been friends to the color
ed people, and the only real
friends they ever had, because
they alone have the power of
helping them when they need
help. Reason, common sense
and justice would indicate that
the only true policy of the col
ored people is in joining hands
with the Democrats of the coun-
~ in county affairs at Ieart