The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1882-10-21
The Colsred People and the Repub-
Ilcan Party.

The Colored People and the Repub-
lcan Party.
The colored people of New England
are waking up to the fact that they do
not belong to the Republican party, and
they do not propose to be used much
longer for the special purpose of giving
the Republican party predominance in
the affairs of the Republic. The city OF
Newport, r L., has citizen, MIR. Geo.
L. Downing, one of the most intelligent
colored men of the country. who pub
fishes his views in the Providence
(R. IL Journal, and boldly takes the
position that the Republican party owes
fully as much to the colored people as
the colored people owe to it, and that,
as there is at issue between the two
great parties no question in which the
colored man Is specially interested. he
is at liberty to join whichever one his
present circumstances show to be best
disposed toward him, irrespective of
any sentiment Of gratitude for past
favors. Mr.. Downing maintains that
whatever help was given to the negro
by 1.-The Republican party was given for
the party's own ACKNOWLEDGEMENT and
profit, and not for any philanthropic de-
sire to free the slaves" Undoubtedly
Mr.. Downing's view of the subject is
correct. Doubtless there were men in
the Republican. party who wanted the
If the RennbiIcsn marty were not inn
bned with anv suc6 Sentiment with
them en,anc;nst;or was = war measrre
srd rot : -aaoo nor = hur,sr;tv matter
Tho TTr;o,,r ,,-ss -, ono s;de and sloverv
IN the other side 70 the IJn;on cn,jd
ba saved bv Getting rid of slavery,
anon IF The IIn;o2 con,d he saved
w;thort oatt;rr "a ~ slavery amer
AGAIN r that SOP In letter written
h1 Abraben, lincoln Auonst % 1859
~ Horace crosisv the Pres;dert said.
~ ,ro',rd s.ra IL Trn;,r would
s.va r. the sbortest wov nnder the Con-
snthor;ty can he restored tho resrer tho
Union vi, III 10 The Union ~. 10 Il ,ras II
thers ha tbose Who would not sare tho
fIn;or unless thew could Of tho same
t;r,a s,,,s sisy.~v Do not srroo With
49,, r. 49, =. .sS,sa Nh, s,,o',,a 49,
sns,n ~, T1~;oe ,,,'Iass tha ~ ,,,J ~ ~,
800. 49, 1880. siaus~,, a. ~
srros With ther nv nsrsmount Oh
;act =, .,';s ss,s.,ac-,. 80, ssva tha Irn;on
snd i rot a;tter 70 ssve ~ dostr,y
ssavors ~ cnr,J ssre tho II Ill.,,
sr;,bn,yt fraa;nr cns, sl.va + ,vn.'Ia 10 -.
"a = oo,ld 800. y = Si hr frss;Uo al ~ th ~
sI.v . 7 would a. =. sgd ;sI eo,,sd 10
!. ~ f-ae;so 900 ~ ~, ard ,a.r;r sthers
.ioya ,.se,,,S A. H.. wh.t ~
sSnnt si.rer. .nS a. ,,a no" ossio~.,l' AZ
haos,,sa Ihai;aro :. hs1,s - sava ~.
Irn;",, o "a mS.tI sorhapp. ~ fo,.hoorh In
oansa AZ ~, "H hsi;ava - ,,o,,lJ hasn -
ssvs ths TIn ,S = " ~ p =
Such - The lero..oa ~ the ;oreot
,.aSsr - tha is3;aa' .t's go
c;rst;on for e 1 ~ ~ncd - tIa s1ara
s,psnc;r.t;o, ~ thee ce',so ~ hmr,sn;tv.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. ow;nr 70 The crime a35
c,,rsa e sIsvarv Tor, no mart Of the
Ranmbi;csr ;Je. r. MOS eyrsnc;n..;on
for the ss1v.t;on ~ The I1 n Ersrv ,.
thine OF Turned mon the IIn;on noth;nc
,,,c1 tha ~, rvs1, fe;nr - tSa sIavo r. g
Mt ~ s, mr. tbserafore That ;nto1l;
.rort coIpraJ s,or hsva como - tba CON
e e,ns;on that thew owe the Rennh,;can
1 : 49,: - o. nrI,:
patty doa IL. a thu s c1s"r sH ,Ipsa
Pin point Of supremacy. everything.
!. Is wen sala snas ,wls9oe MI the negro
U cose nos one ossac N 2. Inc p Na.'ona'
nili1he ~. wvusv NC ul.ao. oPuonv-
an c0nCrOl. Inc sum maJOrltlcS IN Doth
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