The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1880-08-24


DID NOT EMANoIPATE THEIR POOR SLAVES
at once, as they compelled the people OF
the south to free their slaves. They passed
laws by which their slaves were made tt
serve them until they were too old to earn
living for themselves, and many Of tho
younger slaves were shipped away to tho
south and sold there. So that the emancl
patton of slaves in the north did not cos
the masters anything. They either solo
their slaves when in the prime of life &c
southern masters or compelled all they
kept to work for them until they got al
work they could, and then cast them of IL
their old age to shift for themselves.
So, when we come to examine history
and look at the facts in the light Of truth
we find that it is people OF the north who
owe the colored race the obligation they
now try to put upon us. But we must not
stop at this. Let us sec how these Repub
lcans of the north acted during the time
teey had supreme power in their own
states, concerning the colored race. Be.
fore the war and while the war lasted they
had control of their. own states and Of the
government. Did they give the negro the
ballot in all that timer No, they did not
Did they elect colored men to Officer No.
1t was not until after the war that they
gave the colored people the privilege Of
the ballot. They first gave it to the freed
men of the south who were ignorant and
not at all so well qualified tor it as the col
ored people OF the north were, who could
read and write and were accustomed to
freedom. 1t was not until 1869, five years
after the war, they ratified the fifteenth
amendment, which gave the elective fran
chise to the colored people in every part of
the United States to vote.
Who have most profted by the elective
franchise to the colored peoplel In the
north we never hear of colored man 60
ing to congress, and very few of them-not
half dozen-have been sent to the state
legislature. How many of our people are
elected in strong Republican communities
to Offices of high trust, honor or emolument
--sheriffs, county clerks, mayors, alderman,
&c.s | need not tell you that
NONE OF THEM HAVE EVER BEEN ELECTED
Governors or Acknowledgements Still,
they nearly all have always voted the Re-
publican ticket, and they keep on voting it,
as if it was the only ticket they could vote.
1t is about high time we should begin to
look about and do something for ourselves,
and to show these ungrateful Republicans
that we are men, not machines for them to
run as they direct; that we appreciate the
blessings of freedom, and with it are deter
mined to do something for ourselves, if only
to teach them that we are a thinking, re-
fleeing and manly people, as well as CRATE
full and considerate for those who are our
friends and who honestly and earnestly
sympathize with US.
The constitution is the same for the
white man and coored man. 1t is the
same for all races admitted to citizenship
and all classes. 1t assures to US the same
as it does to every other race or class, the
liberty to vote as we please, five cannot
do this, If we are oblige to vote as white
Republicans direct US to vote, our bodie:
may be free, but our minds and our con
sciences are not free-they are enslave(
and subject to the will and caprice of oul
harsh political masters, who compel US t
do the voting by which they shall enjoy tn,
rich offices and feast on the fat Of the land
If it was for this we were invested with tn,
ballot, let them take it away it is a wors
form Of slavery than that which our unfor
tunate race SO long endured in tn
south
In conclusion Capt. Dodson stated tina
he believed that the Democracy were true
friends to the colored race than the Repub
licans. He then caustlcally reviewed Gar
fields Chinese career and his corrupt rec
ord, and urged them all to vote for Han
cock and English, if only for one reason
and that was the anti, Chinese plank in tn,
Democratic platform.
VOICE OF THE PEoPLE.-Hillsdale, Mich
r. V. Pierce, NJ. d.: l had serious dis
ease OF the lungs, and was for time con
fined to my bed and under the care of
physician. His prescriptions did lot hell
me. | grew worse, coughing very severely