, 1879-03-29


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GARTER HARRISON AND TIE NEGROES.
OAnTEn lIArntsoN's principal morning Of
gan finds n srocial Significance In TINT got,-
tloman'a attendance at the political meetings
| of our colorod fcllow-citizcns, and hia appoal.
ing 10 them for their sufrnge In tho approach
lug city election; md 30 there Is special
l. Significance to tho occurrence, but not ex-
ac:ly OF tho kind which OAnrEa'a organ puts
upon 1t. Tho Significance Is TINT GARTER,
though nativo Kontucky gentleman, tho
god, Airl" and though imbuotl with pro.
slayery traditions, has como to tho conclu-
| sion, unlor tho circumstances, tl,at "a mig
gors veto is ns good as M Irishman's."
That's tho way tho Democrats of the HAna1-
SON order put the caao, and, wlntevar tho
result may be, tho 1rishmen are not likely 10
relish tho comparison, most Of thom hnve
not overcome their prcjudicea to tho
extont tllat hfr. HAnR1sos rrotenda to have
mustered lts-till election fs ovor.
Tho HARRISON organ, IN Its efforts to aasist
OAarEn in "playing 1t" Oh the colorod
voters, Says 1t is high time that the blacks
should ccnso to vote tho Republican ticket
simply becauso tho 1sepublicnn pnrly ro-
doomed thoir race from bondage aotno years
ago. Probably n majority OF tho negroes,
with vivid recollection OF tho last afl,ninis-
tration by Democratic masters, may have
different potion of gratitude. But II tho
service rendered tho black reop!o IN this
country by tho Republican party be no longer
q CHIN upon tho negro vote, what now claim
Inns tho Democratic .party upon tho suIfrago
Of tho colored man? II the Republicans
have uot been as generous as tley should
llave been to tho blacks in the distribution
Of oftices (as CARTER HAnnlaoN md his
friends are ondcayoring 10 mako them be-
liove), how much moro generous will tho
Democrats be2 It is an insult to tho averago
colored voter to treat him Us being
stupid enough to believe that the
Democrntio party, now as much
as ever under tho dominion Of tho Southern
nigger.hators, will ever adopt tho African
aa special political protfye. Or has CARTER
1Ann1aoS Bpeoial claim upon the negro
voters bacause his Inst not In Congress WINS to
support tho revolutionary attempt to repeal
the National Election laws aud thereby do
prive tho Southern blacks of tho Inst rom
nant Of protection for their polit ical rights
Has CARTER, in visiting tho colored mons
political meetings, read to them any account
Of Tho recent negro exodus from Southern
States, or has ho described tho Systematic
businoss-swindlost md outrageous political
and personal abuses, which have driven tho
blacks in large numbers to seek homes clsc-
| fyf,arn 7pffE oE pto
boforo them? Wo fear GARTER has urged
mono Of these facts upon tho negroes Of
Chicago rs raasoas why they should vote for
him-a southorn, state.soveroignty Bour-
bon-sImply to dofoat the Republican party.
Tho simple truth about the oolorcd vote
this spring seems to bo TINT CARTER HAnn1-
BON lias surrounded himHolf with small
nuuabor Of oolored mon who nre not regarded
rs shining lights among their own people,
and is thus endaayoriug to crcato The i'm.
preston among Tho 1nnss Of tho blacks tlat
ho is very friendly to him. Tho rumor that
l.e and his hired gang layo been required to
leavo certain oolorel Republican meetings
undisturbed would indicato tint ho Is not
making much lleadway, CARTER Ia at seri-
ors disadvantage rs compared with his DEM
ocrato frionls ut tho South, since ho oanuot
organize an armed band Of butdozers to 20
around aud kill of few ncgroos as warn-
ing to the rest tllat they must either vote
tho Democratic ticket or not vote at all. He
cannot disporso co'orol Republican meetings
in tho summary fashion adoptod by Ills fel-
low-Domocrats in South Carolina, b1issis-
Hlppl, and Loniaiaun. Honco ho has adoptol