The Hartford herald., 1880-05-12
BLACK MEMS BURDENS.
Address by ID. ~. WtIkfn>, COiOre<a. OF
mOpkinSyilie. ky.-rhe black Man
Republican Paea Horse.-HDW me
Bows to Hts Bu ursleu- and fs Turned
Out To Graze for His Food.

There il no longer any question rs to
whether the colored man of America Is
man of power i'm the political contests
of the day +; nor will the contending
parties deny that the party with which
the cOlOred men act, 80 long as they
stand as they do, united-pOlitically
united-must to no small extent be the
ruling party. The Republicans will
elect their President next November,
because the colored man will support
their nomination. The Democrats will
be defeated because the colOred man il
practically opposed to their rule.
Thus the colored man becomes quite
a factor in the political atmosphere Of
proud America, and must be courted,
petted and buttOn-hOled by whichever
party would gain his vote and ride into
power and no sooner does the black
man bow his back and take upon too
willing shoulders the white man and
raise him to the courts of hOnor-tO the
pinnacle of fame-and say, "Remem-
ber me when time goes well with yOu."
then his political rider boots him from
the vestibule and thanks him by say
ing, "Go thy way for "a more convenient
season-the master hath need OF thee
next fall again. Well done; take thy
rest" etc. And thus the cOlored men,
with their great power to do better, are
mere political tools in the hands of the
Republican party, with which they beat
back the enemy and ride into political
mastery.
And the colored man, filed with en-
thusiasm ut the frequent triumphs of
the party which stood by him in the
late bloody struggle for his liberty, very
naturally fails to see that he is thrown
down a. a stepping stone for the white
Republicans-Our party friends-to as
cend the stage of honor and power.
We are sick and tired of this sort Of
treatment. Give us some of the spoils.
.SiOg yOur faith By your t0orks. III you
are friends to the willing OK, show it
not only by working him, but by feed
ing him too.
The Republican party owes US better
treatment than we are receiving Mt its
hands. We have paid il a thousand
fold for all il ever did for colored men as
such, and it rides our backs proudly as
ii the debts were made but yesterday,
and il held due bills. If a colored man
is nominated for an office, no white Re-
NOtt lOi Nnl lcll1l COult-
ty, KY, is Republican county, and
Hopkinsville Republican city, and yet
every time a cOlOred man runs for an
office; there the white Republicans unite
with the Democrats in defeating him.
But the colored Republicans always
rally to, and elect the white Republic
cans.
MIR. Eddie Glass, leading colored
Republican, living at Hopkinsville, is
urged by his many friends to become a
candidate for a certain Office i'm this Re
publican county, and, ON being asked
by the writer why he did not do 80,
stated that it panied him very much to
have to refuse his friends in this matter,
but that he had seen so many of the
colored men sacrificed ON the Republic
can altar at the hands of white Repub-
licans, he could not do otherwise than
decline. Mr.. Glass is no child i'm poll
ties, and he moves with a great deal of
caution. Ii Is true, they elected some
colOred men to the Louisville conven-
ton, but am informed that they must
pay their own expenses i'm this work for
the Republican party. Indiana, in
sending up delegates to the Chicago
convention, was careful to send only
the riders, and leave the horses ut home.
The colOred man must submit to all
this in silence, and "vOte the right way
at the elections"
Brother colOred men, let US contend
for our rights at the hands of the Re
publican party, and not give too much |
of our time to quarreling with the
Democrats. We act with the Republic |
can party, we keep that party i'm power
and we have a right to expect fair play |
at their hands, if the Democrats against
whom we vote are not disposed to treat |
us fair. And If the white Republican |
don't learn to respect and vote for coli |
ored Republican when they are proper
ly nominated, let US teach them n les
son by having nothing to do with their
State and county elections, thereby |
showing them how nicely the Demo-
cratic party can pass it ON them with !
out the aid of the colored man.
/ do not advocate the colored man |
voting with the Democratic party; no |
indeed. But / do most emphatically |
say let us have patience awhile longer,
and pray at the Republican throne few |
more prayers for common respect; and |
II still unheard, il still unnoticed, If the |
white Republicans still refuse to elect |
us to an Office they know We are COM
petent to fill, then say let the eOlored