The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1882-01-07
Radical LsYe for the Negro.
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Two years ago, when the Repub-
lieans in the House of Represen-
tives had an opportunity to mani
fest their love for and appreciation
of the colored brethren, they came
boldly to the front and rendered
to the Hon. j. II. Rainey, a color
cd statesman residing ID New En-
gland, but who has heretofore had
the good luck TO have "a seat in
the House as the REPRESENTATIVE
Of South Carolina constituency,
real OF imaginary, the empty honor
of a caucus Nomination FOR Clerk
of the House. This eomplimt'
was of very cheap, empty and
trashy character, for the reason
that the ent erprisiog pafiots who
',tenderedit, could, with equal pro
priety, have offered tosmake him
Prime Minister of England. The
power to confer the latter was
quite equal to their ability to elect
q clefk,bf the House in 1879. The
nomination of the colored broth
er two years ago was nothing
more than "A piece of hypoeritical
sham, a keeping of the promise to
the ear, while breaking it to the
hope, and was intended sorely as q
bait to catch African gudgeons.
Mr.. Rainey, and the other color.
ed statesmen, were Immensely
elatedat this hypocritical pretense
and the former was credulous
enough to suppose that his pale
faced allies were in earnest in theil
pretended desire to elevate him
but Linden saw another sight
when the Republican caucus o
the Forty-seventh Congress as
selnbled at the Capitol last Satul
day. Republican appreciation o
the merits and gratitude for thu
services of the colored troop
vanished into very thin mdrathe
malodorous air. Brother 1saine,
was whistled down the wind with
out compunction, and Mr.. Edwar'
Mcpherson, who has been tuggini
at the public teat for lol thes
many years, was nominated. Il
] his long career 40 an oflice-holde
Mr.. Mcpherson has never yet, s.
l far as is known, subjected hiinsel
to the Scriptqral denunciatiol
" He THAT provileth not for hi
own household is worse than a
] infidel.n On the contrary, it
I currently believed that IN bis Ion
arduous,l statesmnlikek ! deyotio
to the eyangel of hate and polit
zeal sliscord, Mr.. Mcpherson ha
not been unmindful Of his ow
personal interests, and has SUI
ceeded in making the bloody shil
as lucrative as it has manifestl
been congenial to him. His nom
nation, therefore, oyer BrothC
Rainey, was eminently proper, a
though the qualifications of tn
latter are conceded on all hands.
The Democrats Of the South
little Mr.. Malone lus suprcm
pleasure in calling them "Bou
bons ARE often sotthdly abuse
dbeeasse they'd not elect eolore
men, without q 1.-THE / ( Nr. Rail-
ey's capacity, to responsible pos
tions but as our Republican frienC
have found that "the line must |
drawn somewhere" we are reioi
ed to know that they have draw
It against a colored man of unusl
/, al Intellect and information, ill
the late Representative from Sout
Carolina. NhN
The case of Mr.. Rainey, no,
ever, is not exceptional. The viii
7 Republicans have no love for IL
negro save as a voter, in whiC
capacity he can be made very us
full as q handy littles step-ladd'
upon which the white bosses an
H Iinksrnss9rs sall climb intopowe
This fact was emphasizedFa at Il
October election in Ohio, in vei
striking manner. Col. Bob IIarla
a tine-loolling and very intelligel
eolored man, was placed in non
nation for the'legislaure in Ham
ton county, and while everybot
else on the ticket was elected
some three thousand maiorit
Colonel Bob Harlan vas defeatet
Later, in Mississippi a similar i