Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1880-09-20
EASTERN DISPATCHES,
BUTLER AND fHE COLORED MEN,
He Explains to Them Why He Left
the Republican Party.

PrrrsDURo, September lS.-Gensral
B. F. Butler and Col. John W. Forney
arrived in this city this afternoon. and
made their headquarters at the st.
Charles Hotel. About 3 O'Clock Paul j.
Carson. eI.Dsputy Sheriff, together with
a number Of other colorsd men,. called
upou General Butler. Mr.. Carson was
the spokesman, aud. in . brief speech,
stated that they wished to pay Q tribute
Of respect to one whom they believed Q
bsnsfsctor to their race, and to whom
they sscribs the merit Of public services
10 them whom their fate and future was
In a critical state. Butler, In response.
said that be had done nothing but what
he conceived to be his duty in the war.
which was not begun for the emanci.
patton Of the slaves, because all would
remember that. at the first procla.
nation Of President Lincoln. the troops
were called out to rstaks and possess the
United States In property. which had
been seized from them. and to execute
the laws. After reviewing his career
from 1860 to 1865. he continued: For
sixteen years since the war I have acted
with the Republican party. in the hope
that they would extend that protection
to the colored race ct the South that I
deemed ought to be done. / tried to
get IL done in Congress. but It was not
done. I fought the campaign for Hayes
in 1876 to have that done, under the
promise OF the platform and the party
leaders that Il should be done. and what
was the resultf The very first act OF
| Hayes Administration was to turn over
the States OF Louisiana and South Caro-
lima, where 1t was claimed there were
Republican Governments elected by
negro votes, or else Hayes was no.
elected. When that was the fact. he gave
the Governments 30 elected over TO the
Democrats. From that hour. for four
years, not one thing has been attempted
to DO done for the relief OF colored men
or anybody else. There has been. II 10
true, q little attempt to stop the Illicit
| distilling OF whisky and brandy In the
South, and Q few men have been caught
and let 60. and some men killed by law
less distillers. and their murderers have
not been punished. There has not been
proper protection for men living South.
That being 80. in the best interests OF
the South and the best interests OF the
colored men I propose to have q change.
II the Republican party cannot provide
this protection in sixteen years I do
not propose to try them twenty years.
General Hancock has said that be will
enforce the Thirteenth. Fourteenth and
Fifteenth Amendments in their letter
and spirit. Nobody who knows him
will doubt he will stand by that IL elected
and given power. and nobody doubts
that the Democratic party has the power
to protect the negro l: they get into
power. Their great leader has said be
will do so. I propose to try this exper'
iment for four years, and then, IL the
Democrats cannot do better than Hayes,
I shall turn round and help to kick thea
out at the end OF four years. One thinl
certain, / cannot be moro powerlesa
during the next year to give the coloret
man proper protection than I and ever.
other man has been in the past.