National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1881-09-20
Republicans and lI,r Negro.

y 10 the Editor OfTIfE REPUBLICAN,:
h have read Mr.. Dewitter Dumas care
4 I'm Saturdays Post. One may not impugn his &C
3curacy In stating his personal experiences, an
here Is considerable truth In the charge that ther
4s still an unsocial feeling toward men of color OF
*the part of many Republicans, but cannot belev,
4that he knowingly compares the Democratic mart,
2ayorably with Republicans in that regard. To d,
fso would he publishing an infamous lie" which
would be disproved by the history of this countr,
xand the testimony of vast majority of colored
3men themselves.
SrHE LEADING SPIRITS or THE REPUBLICAN PARTY
3those who prevent 1t from settling upon its lees
ware the men and womeno the old Abolition party
4who stuck to the cause OF the negro through good
Sand evil report until the Almighty so directed
ievents us to secure him at least promise of lega
frights Ifall Republic ans do not act and feel lik
3Ihose heroic spirits y is simply because our re
1crults nom the Denic;rntic and Whig parties can
inot wholly put on old prcjudices Mr.. Duma
1shonld not expect oldHlottles-some very Old--tt
1man 1t seems TO me that the Justice Of the Repu6
alcan would be preferable to The uncertain Kind.
ness OF the Democrat, which tossed me a curse
tanu dollar one day aud sent me 10 the block OF
3he whipping post on the next holding the chastity
f1f the negro's wife or daughter In contempt ali
3the time. VS.
THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY NEVER
3gaye the American negro right under the law
llntli Republicans compelled II to. The Dem.
iocratic party is maintained to-day as a protest
5lghlnst the legislation by which the negro Is
llNRnliy man itBqute natural that Democrats
9in this latitude should feel some sneaking kind.
lness ior negro, seeing that In any one OF most
AFRICANS he recognizes Il possible kinsman' 10
ioehold pAiernal instincts triumphing even in n
ipcmocrNt refutcs the doctrine OF total denrayi ~
ana makes an old Abolltionist glorify God
THE SITUATION AND PROSPECTS
lnl the Democratic party to-day remind me of a
.rulhed castle in Gerinany, which was supposed to
nave been made thipregnable in a horrible way
walled and suiocated or starved as the for
1sss grew; it the cSpcdient faled of course, and
lne hlouldering ruins only serve 10 remind the
tourist Of the folly Of doing evil that goods ques-
iOnable good in the castles case-might comej
tneIeDy. AS me Democratic fortress-the Solid
he blood OF Republican victims, from those OF thel
Nechanics Institute massacre TO Cornelia nndl
Tommy ChiS0lm sand Henry Pinkston and hisI
baby while, immured within its horrld.walls, al
whole race has died Of political asphyxia Con
ndlng In the impregnability OF this base OF opera
THE BOURBON LEADERS
sally forth IN eternal warfare on the rights OF man
II successful Mr. Dumas would find the black OOdesi
revived IN All their beauty, and his only hOpei
would be to get back under Old England's meteorI
nag; But wtile God Almighty lives and the Re-
publican pnrty acts OF It's original platform" ALI
lhlngs whatsoever ye would that men shOuld do,
unto you 40 ye even so 10 them n-Demoeratlc IL sue.
cess WIN be but the iieetng struggles OF dyingI
'vii spirit. The solid South will bo stormed andl
aken IN due time, and while II bcoomesJ
ne abode OF bats and owls, the sons of Mr.. Dumas
9ins WIN attain all Of the rights of men under al
nag whose reprOaoh has been taken away by Re. 5
luhlicAn yalOr aus lavf which have been enacted
" Republican Justice and common sense.
PENNSYLVANIA