Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1880-10-27
DEMOCRACY AND THE NEGRO
wore.

The Democracy love the negro. the
voting negro. as the devil does holy
water. Down South in the good old
slavery days they loved their black
skinned, woolly. headed brother for his
general usefulness and what they could
mako out OF him. And the more valuA-
BILE his services were. financially. the
better they loved him. The same might
be said Of their mules. and fne-blood
horses, were IL not that their eolored
servi,ors were more easily commioslsd
with. socially and pbysically-s sort Of
connecting link. so to speak. between
the white man and the animal. They
loved the gentle negro for his abj'es.
helpless submission to ssrviiuds aud
usefulness to his master. and their love
and appreciation was gagged BY the
scale OF his practical usefulness.
The love they now entertain Tor the
colored man Is Of q different style. some
what, yet Influenced still by the degree
OF his usefulness. availability and sub
lection to the ruling race and old mas
tiers. The recslcitrant colorsd citizen
and voter who presumes to be Q Repuo-
licau Ands no favor with the Solid
sou,herner; yes. and II be ands a chance
to vote at all IL mus, be a. q Democrat.
And they in,erestsdly cultivate the
friendship Of the colored voter. espe-
cially Just before general election day.
and even Aatter his vanity and ambition
by placing him in nomination for some
Office which they know he cannot win.
or II he does win 1, IL because they have
have some shrswd object Of their own in
allowing him to do so. even running
him as q burlssque on Republicans
sometimes. Hon. George ". Cassidy,
In his speech at Virginia City the other
evening. placed considerable stress upon
the statement in q Georgia newspaper
that they are running today in the State
OF Georgia, on the Democratic ticket.
for local offices such as Clerks and
Sheriff. and members OF the Legislature
and oil that sort Of thing. over $50 ne.
eross. Said he: ~ read in the same
paper that precisely the SAM state oil
affairs exists in Alabama and South
Carolina. and other States Of the south
ern hall OF the Union" But Mr.. Cas-
sidy understands as we'll as our Solid
Southern brethren the true inwardness
OF all sIch nominations and their
chances OF success. same as he did two
years nc in the State Senate at Carson
when he nominated that noble Carson
Zulu. Glenn Barry. as porter OF the Sen
ate. But We will let the genial George
tell the story himself as he told II to his
Virginia City audience:
There were 10 that Senate seventeen Re.
publicans and eight Democrats. The eight
Democrats. not icing able to elect any
body. did not put any ticket In the Geld in
the organization Of the Senate; they sat
and voted for such persons a. were put
forward BY those seventeen Republican
Senators. I sat there all day and voted
the straight Republican ticket until IL
came down to the distinguished position
OF porter VI the Senate. Then II was that
rose from my seat and aaid to my fellow
c.. .ll.... ska R.nphltaan ~tn0
Of that body. that i had been voting . Re
publican ticket all day, but. | proposed to
bolt right here aud now, and ! went TO
work, aud with all the ability that I pos
sssssd. and in the most persuasive lam
guage and manner that I could command.
named q distinguished colored fellow
citizrn for the high and honorable position
Of porter Of the Nevada Senate. Imagine.
after r,aect'ng with reference to the pre-
tense Of the Republicans Of this State.
after recalling their solici,uds for the
colored people Of the country-imagine
nv disappointment, II you can. when the
roll was called aud the seventeen Republi-
can Senators voted against the negro (it
was old Glen Berry, aud the eight Demo
Gratis voted for him. And that's how Glenn.
got Left" Notwithstanding the Efforts OF
III AAAsdds paw WV
organization.
This is Q pertinent illustration oil the
sincerity OF Democratic preference for
the colored voter North or South. And
Glen. Berry understood 1t just as well
as George Cassidy did. Glenn 10 . good.
square Republican. endowed with an
eminent degree Of common sense. and
thoroughly appreciates Csssidy's kind
effort in his behalf on that occasion.
Glen might reciprocats on this occasion
by voting for George for Congress. but
he won't. Neither will he vote for Han.
cock the superb. who loves the Solid
South and ''don't believe in niger dom
ination." or q protective tsrif against
foreign competition keeping working
mems wages above the price Of slave
labor.
II 10 OF the utmost importance that