Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-11-16
BLACK Ineratitude.
The colored voters of Buffalo have
just published a lengthy statement OF
| their grievances in which they saw

The colored voters of Buffalo have
just published lengthy statement OF
their grievances, in which they say:
1--WE think it will pay (not in pecuniary
sense) in some localities, especially In this, Tor
ms to act IN the future as men, and not as dumb
driven cattle 1t is a wise axiom which teaches
US to praise the bridge which carries US over.
This can be done very conslseent "a " k,n me
county, where. they have mallcarrlers, mes
sengers, clerks, janitors, constaoles, Justlces
of the Peace, etc. They can act eosStnsr az
friends. But what is our duty here In Buffalo,
we who vote, vote and vote, and are IN no way.
shape or manner recognized bY the hepuohcan
officials VINO have any important patronage IN
the city and county, and could. II tney SO ue
sire act toward us as they do other nationah-
ties Once, and once only. nave we ever peen
recognized, and then not by representative
man man CALCULATED c.b to IMPRESS %Dd To-Day
although we have colored men among us ol
good sound financial standing, not one Is sum-
noned by Republican Sherln 70 90 July
duty. the preference being given to lot OF
| political hangers on. whose only recommends
| ton is that they are white. Not man IN our
post Office or custom house, with hePuoncah
| place for an assistant or a needy celored
| woman We are dissatisfied with this stage OF
| things, and we are becoming more SO. we are
tired of this deception-oI t1ls OH p ST
| friendliness without any evidence OF it. We
| are tired of seeing our children continually
| forced into mental service because OF thlS pre-
| JUDGE on the part of our so called 'pohueal
| friends Our experience Is dally teacnLng US
| that here, at least, they are treated as
well by one party as anotner, IN iact
| better by one as it promises nothing and does
| it, " lille the other promises everything ana
| does nothing Taken as mass, we are SAID 10
constitute ore-fourth Of the Republican party,
! and whenever that party has everything SO
completely within its control, as 1t has mere, II
| il disgrace to it and insult to us to expect
that we must unquestiona6y follow wherever
| its chiefs NAV chose to lead us. But soon the
| voice of the orator will be heard telling us OF
| the debt we owe them, how they emancipated
| us and clothed us with whatever polltlcai PRIV
| leees and prerogatives we enjoy, and how close
| we should stick to them as our only Irlends
| and protectors. This is an old story, ana a
new one had better be invented, as it is too old,
and therefore we claim that to acknowledge
| any debt to the Republican party is TO ADMIT
| our emancipation and Embarrassment as
political gifts and not as constitutional rights
There is a good deal of chunky truth
in this statement. The Republicans
rarely put colored man in Office in the
Northern States. No colored man was
ever sent to Congress from Northern
| Congressional district, and the party
take good care that the colored voter is
kept out of local offices. The Republi-
can administration at Washington occa-
sionally gives some minor position to
colored man. Promises are given in
abundance, but they are not kept. The
colored voters all over the country have
noted this disposition.