Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1880-06-03
Blanche X. Bruce.

At q meeting of prominent colored
citizens, held in Washington, d. c., on
the 18th ult., an address and resolr-
tions were adopted urging the nomina-
ton of Blanche X. Bruce at Chicago
for .Vice-President on the Republican
ticket. The document, which has been
printed in accordance with the order of
the meeting, and generally circulated
throughout the Southern States, sets
forth the following res sons why Mr..
Bruce should be nominated and sup
ported by the Republicans for the Vice
Presidency:
publican party can afford to put Democratic
ex-rebel generalin Republic IN cabinet, it can
afford to have loyal colored Republican in the
Vice-Presidency.
2, He should be nominated because II the
Irish and Dutch receive Cabinet positions on
account Of their fidelity to the Republican par
ty, the negro should demand and receive some
respectable ,recognition for his answering
fealty to the party.
8. He should be nomin ated because he, of all
men, can break the ''solid Sonth;" b cause. II
nominated, the black voters, to q man, would
walk up to the polls and vote bis ticket, though
death and hell stared them in the face, and
each voting precinct became a human slaugh-
ter-house!
4 He should be nominated because he is
the recognized leader Of one million colored
voters who, as part and great factor of III.
Republican party, clamor for his nOminA-
ton.
5. He should be nominated because his
Congressional record makes HIM worthy o.
liz, and because race pride demands the
honor.
6. He should be nominated because he is the
most avai.a able colored man In the country and
best reflects the sentiments and wishes Of the
colored people.
z He should be nominated because he is q
strong champion Of educatioa and Of labor.
g. He should be nominated because he Is an
untarnished, pure and able statesman, and
would not put the ticket on the defensive, but
could make an az ressive fight.
9. He should be nominated because he was
bold and brave enough to investigate that rot
ten Frredmen's Bank and to recommend that
the QopOSlCOTS DC TelLuUuTScu, al dCL WHICH uO
other Republican dared to do.
10. He should be nominated because he is
q conscientious and CHRISTIAN statesm An, wor-
thy to fill any position which the PEOPLE in
their sovereign power see fit to bes.ow upon
him.
This movement Of the colored Re-
publicans caused no small amount of
CONSERVATION in Washington and else
where among those Republican politi-
clans who had already cut and dried
tickets for the cunning campaign, with
out the least thought Of recognizing
the claims of the c,lored brother, ex-
cert in the time-honored capacity Of a
voter. To show the influence that a
solid action ON the part of the colOred
Republicans of the country would have
at Chicago, it is only necessary to point
to the fact that they may, if
they choose, control the action OF
the following delegations, who will
have 1870 out of the 379 votes necessary
to choice: Virginia %. North Caro-
lima 20, South Carolina IA, Georgia %,
Florida 8, Alabama 90, Mississippi l6,
Louisiana 16, Texas 16, Arkansas IL,
Tennessee "a. 1t is, therefore. appar-
ent that If the delegations from these
States should 60 to the Republican
inspired with the full deter
to demand the recognition of
the claims of the colored Republicans
by the nomination of Mr.. Bruce for the
second place, a refusal to grant the re-
quired concession will be likely to lead
t. serious entanglements. In the mean
time the Democracy will watch with no
small amount of interest this new phase
Of the r publican programme, which |
promises in speedy and direct manner
10 put to the test the sincerity OF Repub-
ican sympathy for and faith in the col
pred people Of the South.