Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-06-15
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A Double Dish of Crow which
COmstOck Republicans
Shrieked Over.
Virginia CNev.l ChronicIe.l

Virginia Nev.) Chroniele.l
Late on Saturday night some wick
ed democrats spread the report that
Sherman had been nominated for
president by the Chicago convention
on the second ballot, and that Senator
Bruce had been given the second
place on the ticket by reclamation.
There was some fearful kicking among
the republicans of the Comstock.
Great heavensl" cried one well
known stalwart when the dreadful
news was communicated to him.
Sherman and Brucel A chunk Of
ice and a niggerl Why, any ticket
the democrats can put up will beat
thatl'
lit falls on me like a cold brick,
said another, almost in tears. "Sher.
man is a pretty bad crow, but / can
worry it down. AS for Bruce, I'll be
good bad blessed if I'll ever vote for a
niger for vice-president."
1t was good fun for the democrats
to hear men who for long years have
been bowling ~long-range sympathy
for the oppressed colored brother
skrieking out their determination
never to vote for a id niger"
A democrat said to a party Of dis
mayed stalwarts in a saloon "What'l
the matter with Bruce? I'd rather
vote for him for president than anv nj
the white men yet named by the re.
publicans. Nothing has ever beer
said against his character, public Oh
private, and that's more than can be
said of any of the other men before
the convention"
Republican chorus-but he's a mig.
ger
Suppose he is ?" retorted the dem
ocrat. "He'sa smart fellow, looks and
acts like a gentleman, and has always
been a republican. He can't heir
the color Of his skin"
we don't want to live under a mig.
ger government p cried a leading re.
publican.
What's the vice-president got t
do with governing the country ?" de
manded a democrat. "You have beer
cursing the south for fifteen YEAR
because the people didn't like ever
state and federal Office occupied b,
ignorant blacks, and yet when you &c.
a real good chance to vote for a col
ored gentlemen to fill what is practi
cally an honorary office, you squeal, al
ifyou had been jabbed with a red
hot poker"
1t was no use for the democrats t,
argue, however. The republican
simply declared that they'd be mad,
e~ternally miserable before they'd vot,
for a niger" Its all right for us VI
north here to brag about how We Low,
the niger in the south" said a lead
ing republican lawyer. "That's poll
tics. We give the darkies taffy be
cause we want their votes, but tn
time hasn't come yet when white me
will vote to make a man vice-presi
dent who has African blood in hi
veins. What would the people q
Europe say if'the people Of Americ
should elect a niger vice-president.
And a democrat replied
! They would probably say that tn
/ republicans had proved that the
really meant what they had been say
} ing for so many years about their Low
, for the colored brother. The peopl
| Of Europe don't share our prejudice
/ against the black or brown skin.
A is only in this glorious republic, whel
e all men are free and equal, that tn.
/. noble prejudice against a mar on az
G count of his complexion is found /
9 its full force and beauty
G Not one republican was heard to So
S that he would vote for Bruce.