The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-09-03

One oil int LlJSl developments VI AAlS
negro race is in journalism, several news
papers having been established devoted to
the interests Of the race and constituting
altogether "The Colored Press Association"
The Glole is a weekly published at New
York, and there are aIsothe L0uiSaHidn, the
Charleston Ner Era, the Progfsirc -Ame,
ieaa and Others, The Globe has lately been
questioning the policy OF further adhesion
10 the Republican party by the colored
race, claiming that the party emancipatcd
the slaves moi from choice, but from mill
tary necessity. The meiournal publishes
this week communication, supposed
to be from George I, Downing in which
he asks
Has the Republican party in its distribu-
ton OF patronage and OF honOrsexhibited
lack oi consideration and respect for us,
and us consequence have we not been
deprived OF the advantage OF that respect
from the mass Oi the people which arises
from holding positions OF honor and trust
Has It's cOurse suggested that it had the I'M
preston that 1t owned the COlOred voter Is
il well for lis to strengthen such IN impress
sion2 Is il the interest OF the cOlOred peo-
Pile to refuse to affiliate with any but one
political party? So,
These questions, which are now attract
ing the attention of colored men at the
North, were forced much earlier upon the
attention OF colored men ut the South, and
show that tile loss Of Republican votes IN
that section is not entirely due to BULLDOG
ing. The colored race have found in Nir
ginia, for instance, native party which
they greatly prefer to the Republican, and
on local issues they have become quite
generally divided throughout the South
The Nclc EmmentiOned above counsels the
colored people OF South Carolina to join
"the out.and-out Democracy" rather than
any independent movement. a
The colored people Of Philadelphia gave
Mayor King the compliment Of we'll
conducted public meeting to thank him fol
appointing four ColOred men as policemen
ColOrcd voters will watch thenext Assem-
bling Of Congress to see whether the Re
publicans, being now in Il majority, will
give the clerkship Of the House to Mr.
Rliney OF South Carolina, to whom they
gave the empty compliment Of a unani
NOUS vote when they were in a minority
The Globe Counsels the race to take Cour
age from the struggles and lOrttule OF thu
Jews and their success to-day Throughout
the world and urges the negro. to aspire
not merely to success in professional life
but in business and commerce, Wealtl
and culture are the great requisites to Civ,
the race power This is good advice, bu
they need also political integrit!
and good sense, Every colored maj
who gets into conspicuous posi-
ton for which he Is unfit, like
the colored cadets, does the race more pre-
ju1ice than dozen successful men Of the
sumo race can Offset, For when colored
man fails, itsunconsCiously sctdOwn To- The
discredlt Of his race, but when u white
man fails il is not. When Lieut.. Flippel
embc1zles 5000, everybody says, "tht
colorcd cadctW When Capt, ITowgatt
steals 100000 nobody remembers that he
is II white nun, or charges him with his
race. Colorcd men should have proper
tiOnal share in the public service, 50 far us
they eyince fitness therefor.