The Copiah signal. (Hazlehurst, Miss.) 1882-1883, 1883-10-11
SOUTHERN NEoRoEs AND THE pKn.
OCRATIC PARTY. .

NE0hOk0 ANU NhE bkAs
80 OCRArlC PARTY.
Thomas Hamilton, Of Beaufort ono
OF the most prominent negro politi.
clans 10 south C,roIins, has written
4 'e,ter 10 the Charleston News and
Courier roundIy dsnounolng tho RI
publican party. aud insisting that
he negroes rights mos. DO res.
pectsd. lie says:
"All that tho negroes got for their
fealty TO the r publican party 10
some minor appointments. iuoh 40
boat hand etc.,, which n"body else
wants. Toe only good position
which il held by Mr.. Wider. post
mater at Columbis ard be 10 kept
there by Senator H.mp:on. who ~ .
d. mo,tat. All the othsr R,publi.
Eau office holders 10 the State, With
ibe exception Of the underIing. aires
py rsfsrred 10. ars white meu. I
nold chat the negro owes II do .li'm
nothing. Admitting for the sake Of
argument that hs did Owe it tome-
hing after thu WAT, which ! deny. be
has given twenty years Of the most
active SERVES q his LIFE, and during
he,e twenty years. tho party hiss
brought sucb d.sgrsos on th~ negro
name tba. il will take g,ner.tions
% vine il ou.. W,sn tho Republic.
cans controlled this State oil
tire { schsra could grtf r their cer.
'ifcs,ss was for , cents on che dol
lac. Nov. whe the s. a:s u CON.
trulled by Dam cra's. thy ERE
worth 100 cent. Wo the dollar. Edu-
CO ion 10 the one grea: n-rd m tho
urgro ruce. and the party which has
given the most all t. eincs'iou 10
tbs one when the negro = oil sup.
port. Il |, ~ " TOR tho Il '.,ublicans
~ G ngrsss 10 give a'an -xcuss fos
not voting for the nsati MAJ bill
that tie money wuuli BE- pnt in tho
bands Of Democratic sup 'iuirnd.
ans NJ education. We nnst judge
tho fu'urs by ibs p.st. Whit Las
Repnb icanism done Ia this STATE
toward educating Ma negro vonthf
Everybody knows that the Rspubii.
cans deliberately stole the money
int nded for education aud apf lied It
o last horses gold watches aud dis
,nnnd pins. and I v-nturo to say
II the 70 ,bey were tur ed ovrr to tho
same c.ass OF m.u sgniu ~ the gov.
srn,neLt for eduostiousi purposrs tho
negroes wruld never prufit by .
oeut OF It, G ". Thompson. when su-
perintendant Of sdu ,s'ion, did far
moro toward educa ing tho negro
youth 10 four yo,rs. TIA, bs negro
-aisrs dbl n ten, AID his democrat
10 successor ia owing hS +x .uip!s.
I'hs negro J., twice ~ we'll of und-r
Dem" CRITIC admini'ra n. The
nrgross receive more han twice tho
nu,"unt vt -dnc.'iun. and the teach
srs receive I'D Mt thr. times ~ much
fnr ;be,r c ri.6c tts. Will, ja'ors AID
witnes ca yet twice ~ much i,r 'beir
t,cks's. Why. hen. should . regro
b. ashamed or afraid 10 in The dem
ocraiic party. or why should they DO
ashamed or afraid t. cut lo"se from
the r pnblicau part, and stand ~ .
partv by them. Olives, no ding the bal
lauce Of power. aud throw it on the
side that will give them ITEM the
largest measure OF snb ,tantial baue6t
and rsc"gnii'n. / Ia nnns. nse for
tie n-gro % cling Ia the Republican
party. StAlw.rt, aid Ia Rs-ds
Q Q oil ihs same. Pat either of them
iu power spd they will give whit.
mon tue chO,c-s, p so~~. wife the
usgr,, 10 whom they owe everything
must content h,mss.f With the ieav-
,nRs On the D-noc' a's do wors.i
II u bigh time for the negr" to have
lone with ,hs fo'iv OF being irgh''n-
si ., tbs word D m Graz. H. has
but two Questions TO consider now:
F'irst what il bsst for ,hs ntgrof
second What il bet for tn ,un ryf
Nobndy objects :, N mtn-rn wbiss
IN n coming South and 'd'ntiiyi'g
themselves with ne. AMI u they hap
,,eu o d-s-rvs offi ~. let them get It.
Bu' / do ,bjcct. AMI lover will lend
my aid amt a. iso o. ia ary way. 70
any cla.s OF men lssv,rg Wishing
ton wiih their sp.Dln 'msnts ~ tnrir
Do ,kets aud coming mere ID rule
anio x naive CsroliniAun Wbst
arr the plain fact.f Tnere are sbont
$50 while Il pnbiican. In 'hs $ ae.
aud MD n l30 ii then holt govern.
ment ., po,ntn-uts. Tm~e VIII ara
not IN Office ara In hus arss aud
invariably xote The Democrats 3 Ats