The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-04-16
PHILADELPHIA, March 20, 1880.

PHILADELPHIA, March 20, 1880.
II. PRICE WILLIAMS, ESQ.,:
have thought /: prudent to keep out Of the
Presidential agitation for the reason that ! am
down upon the whole nation. think my race
has been treated by it with The kindness that a
hungry snake treats helpless frog. I am as
near rebel TO this Governm ent as any negro
ever got to be. Ny race has been treated with
so much treachery, vile contempt, and diabolical
meanress that have but little interest in the
country any way, except to eEe out my exist
ence and get out Of this world with prospect
Of finding better. j am not talking al random.
l have been 10 nearly all parts Of the entire
nation within the last four years and know
whereof I speak, and have studied the negro
phase as thoroughly as my ability would en-
able me, for ! have The negro on the BRAIN
And while studying TIE negro ] have been
made SICK a thousand tmes-wished | had
never been born, 20 that | might not have
been witness 10 the deviltry perpetrated upon
10Y people by a so-called civilized country.
But / cannot enlarge dpon that matter now.
Time Will not permit-besides, we are all too
familiar with these horrifc facts to need re-
cital of them.
You ask me, however, to give the many
readers Of the Recorder nv views as to the
proper candidate for the Presidency, or words
equivalent 10 that. have only 10 say that
Senator James G. Blaine, in my opinion, stands
head and shoulders, in point OF ability and fit
ness, above any other man mentioned get,
either by tie Republicans or Democrats. for
that exalted position. Senator Blaine as a
statesman has no equal among the men spoken
of, nor do ] believe he has All equal in this
country, or superior upon the face OF the
globe And should we succeed in nominating
him for the Presidency, hls election is as sure
as the sun is sure to rise. And he will be nom
mated unless cheated out OF IT as he was be-
fore by tricksters who are opposed 10 the ele-
vation OF the negro. For # Blame is elected
President the unconditional manhood OF the
negro will never be questioned again, nor Will
Ku-Kux, White Leaguers, and ballot-boI
suffers curse the land any more. He has the
grit, manhood, will, and craftsmanship to put
! it down, and, if elected, will do 1t. Some are
talking OF wanting strong man. In Blaine
we have a mighty man.
THIS nation is on the verge Of fearful revo-
luton. The signs Of the times are pregnant
with terrible issues. Another avalanche o!
death may de!uge this country at any moment
and should 1t come, the negro will not be
neutral spectator lie viii want strong man
strong statesman, a strong friend. One that
Will dare TO maintain bis rights; and James G
does any one suppose the rghts OF the negro
South would have been frittered away as they
have been for the last seven or eight years
No; the heavens would have fallen fret
Neither would this cou-ttry have been drencheC
ID the blood OF its loyal citizens, TIL, as l an
told, foreign nations look upon it as the lane
OF mobocratic rule. When David, man o.
blood, had fought the battles OF Israel an(
marvelously conquered their enemies, ther
God called TO the throne Solomon, man o.
peace, one not acquainted with blood, tha; h'
might organize a stable government, shpulatt
terms OF peace with all nations, gather arounC
him all races, all languages, and the genius ant
culture Of all people, enabling him to do what
David was not fl for, yet was indispensable tC
the nations comfort and perpetuity; erect that
mighty edfce, the Temple, which comprehend
ed in it's code OF morals and laws the rights o
mankind, regardless OF race or nationality. So
as we have had Presidents of blood for years
war generals,) God wants another wise, peace
able, and prudent Solomon, TO shape the desti
nies o. another heart -heaving nation, and aver
the dread calamitles which threaten its exist
ence; and Blaine Is that Solomon.
VI. VI. TURNER.
The real contest in the Chicago Convention