The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-10-29
OOLORID DEMOCRATS,

The republican leaders affect to believe
that no colored man Is in principles demo-
crat or supports democratic ticket except
on eompulsion. They do this for political
effect. 1t is one of the means by which they
FIRE the northern heart and keep alive sec
tonalism. To suppose such thing, to de-
clare such thing, 10 an insult both to the
intelligence and tho character of the colored
man. II the freedman has the intellectually
and the information necessary to make him
a ratiorsl.vo,er, a suffragan in whose hands
the welfare of the country is not endangered,
then he has the intellectually and the infor
nation to think for himself, to study the
principles of the different political parties
and decide which one will most .conduce
to the prosperity of the country and the
happiness of the people, and SO thinking and
deciding, it is n slur upon his manhood, q
sheer ut bis honesty, q doubt
of his patriotism and of his worthness of the
ballot TO charge that be is never democrat
in fact nor casts u democratic ba lot of his
own vOition In every southern state, aye
in every county in every southern state
where he colorea race is to be found, there
are colorod voters who are as sincerely and
as conscientiously democrats in their politics
and who support the democratic cause as
enthusiastically as white democrats. The
camp followers of the republican party, the
political trsmps who here in the south subsist
on handouts" from the public kitchen, are
the swift witnesses to tell the people of the
north that the 'rebel democrats" of the
south bulldoze the colored PEG 10 who vote
the democratic ticket, forcing them
under penalty of death to vote
against their principles and thousands
of good people in the north believe these
wretched purveyors of mondacity. A few
days ago there was Il gathering of the freed
men in North Carolina, at Carrituck court
house. 1t was an immense assembage Of
these voters, for they had met to hear one of
the ablest and most popular colored speakers
in the state, sspeaker able to hold in wrapt
attention any audience, for he is not only
highly educated, but is n natural orator.
with the frey eloquenco of Demosthenes
and the clear cut logic of Pericles. The
meeting WIS presided over by B. F. Sears, of
Carrituck county, with Rsv. w. j. Porter,
OF Perquimons county, MS secretary, both
colored men. After the speaking Hancock |
and English club was formed of all the
colored men present. and they were
representative men, too. The club being |
formed, Mr.. w. e Ferebee, another colOred
man, offered the following resolutions, which
were unanimously adopted: Resolved,
That we have full confidence in that gallant
5 der of liberty and union patriot, Winfield
s. Hancock, and we believe his election to
the presidency will op an era of peace aud
among the people of this state, who
have been estranged from each other by the
party schemes of designing politicians. Re-
solved, That the republican party, and es-
pecially its northern managers, since tao war,
have involved us who have supported the
in conflicts aud troubles disas-
trous to our peace and best interests, and |
have deserted us whenever their party |
schemes required us to be sacrificed, and we
III Nforo appeal to Our friends il he moth,
ern states to change the administration by |
nlectng General Hancock to the presidency"
Now, where was.the compulsion brought to
bear on these men? The meeting was held |
voluntarily by them, to listen to speech
made by man of their own
race, and while they still profcssed to be re-
publicans in politics, they voluntarily formed |
a Hancock and English club, because their
Judgments and their consciences dictated that
the best interests of tho entire untry
would be served by the election of Hancock
and English. Can any f4ir-mnded, unpreju.
diced northern man believe these colorod 70
puolicans were coorced into forming tn
Hancock club?