Daily Republican., 1882-11-24
1he sold COlOrSd voters.

FRIDAY NOVEm hER 24S lSS2
1he sold COlOFSd Voters.
1t is just probable that the cry I
"Relling out" at the recent election b
the colored votes is little too generl
and misapplied. 1t is doubtful if moi
than two hundred can be found in tn
county who for a consideration sol
their voters to the Democratic party
That there were some cannot be doubt
ed, and we would not be sparing of ou
denunciation of those who did, but nc
more so than of those hundreds of whit
people, who, for paltry consideration
in money, barter their liberties at every
election. 1t there were two hundred Of
more colored men who sod their votes
at the late election that were moiety
compared with the great mass of the
Republican vote that is and always
will be loyal to the Republican party
To expect that all colored men, no mat.
ter how low sunk sOme of them had be.
com g in debauchery and crime, to be
virtuous and honest politically would
be expecting much more than we look
for from white voters. We have no
hesitation in asserting that of the same
number Of white voters that there are
colored in Wilmington or in the State,
there are two white men to every black
man THAT barter away their votes. The
habit is despicable it is true, but it Is
no worse for black Republican than
white Republican to sell his vote.
There are some exactiDg people who
say that the black man owes more to
the Republican party than the white
man. This to certain extent is true,
but out of such mass of untutored and
untrai1ed voters can it be expected that
there would be no unprincipled ones |
IT'LL becomes the white Republicans to |
indulge in wholesale denunciation of
the colored voters, because perhaps one
out of twenty of their mum ber did what
one out of ten of the white voters did.
We think that black man who votes
1he Democratic ticket as matter OF
choice as expressing his political senti-
ments is fool, but then there are fools
everywhere amongst white and black.
We just as naturally think that a great
many white people who vote the Demo
cratic ticket are political fools. The
fact is, the colored people of character
and principle will naturally be Repub-
licabs. They can 6e nothing else will
out being ungrateful and ingratltude
never was a leading characteristic
Of the colored race. They will be Re-
Publicans SO long as the Republican
party continues to be their friend. l.
was their friend away back in the dark
days Of the rebellion, when, through
the force OF circumstances more than
those of conviction, 1T gave them liberty
and afterwards gave them the franchise
which is the badge of manhood. 1t has
been their friend ever since and has
done all it could consistently do to pre-.
serve itself as a party to elevate the
manhood of the colored race.
This of course makes Republicans of
the mass of colo-sd people and to the
Republican party all of c aracter and ,
respectability will adhere. There ney- ,
sr was more faithful ally of the Re.
publican cause, and had it not been for
the colsred vote the country would
long ago have been delivered into the
hands OF the Democracy. The colOred !
vote can be relied upon still for the Re
publican party, Notwithstanding the 6
denunciatious heaped upon them on ac-
count of a few unprircipled men, who, t
like their white brethren, sold their
votes to the Democratic party.