The bee., 1883-02-10
OUR REVIEW.

ROBERT PURvIS, THE CoLORED INDIE
PENDENT AND THE BEE LIBEL
SUIT-THE COWARDLY RETREAT
OF THE POLITICAL SATELLITES
THEIR INFIDELITY TO THE COLoREr
RACE AND THE REPUBLICAN PARTY
THEIR APPEAL TO THE COURT FOR
REGRESS-PURvISA ATTEMPT TO SAVE
HIS SONS FROM THE OFFICIAL AXE
THE DUTY OF THE REPUBLICAN
PARTY-CAN HONEST MEN BE CALL.
ED THIEVES AND NOT BE DEFENDED
THE DEFEAT OF HON. GEO. NJ
ROBESON-ROBERT PURYIS DESIRES
TO BE INDICATED FOR HIS TREACH-
ERY TO THE REPUBLICAN PARTY
HE HAS APPEALED TO C.ESAR-LET
CESAR DECIDE 1T.
When we see men who have been
heretofore identified with the Republic
can party, and pretended that they are
loyal tethat party and the colored race.
and then pin an Independent party for
the purpose of dividing the Republi-
can party, which gave over four mil
lions of negroes freedom and independ-
ence, is an migrate, which honest men
will not deny.
ROBERT PURvIS,
of Philadelphia, and his independent
political satellites have done all the
harm to the Republican party that they
can do, and now finding that his Inde-
pendent party of Pennsylvania, has
proved failure, he now comes to
Washington and enters criminal libel
suit against the editor of the BEE for
his condemnation of the Independent
party of Pennsylvania, of which he
was distinguished leader. If the In
dependent party of Pennsylvania had
been successful; this champion of ii
new party would have had no cause to
issue warrant against the BEE. He
claims that the Republican party has
done nothing for the colorcd race. He
now has one son surgean in charge of
a colored institution, and another in
government employment in the South,
all under Republican administration
and supported by party which has
ever been faithful to the colored race.
1t was
ROBERT PURVIS,
who was the commissioner of the Freed
men Saving Bank, drawing salary of
$4,000 per annum, and when the bank
was abolished, or rather he was legis-
lated out of office by the Bruce bill, he
leaves the city and joins what is known
as the
COLORED INDEPENDENT
party of Pennsylvania, which was in
strumental in dividing the colored men
by false political issues, and a circular
is issued in Hon. George NJ.
Robeson's district with his name and
about one hundred other colored men
attached, charging Hon. Geo. NJ. Robe
son with having corrupt admins
tration, he deemed it advisable to de-
fend this honorable gentleman against
the vile virtue factions, and charges
made by this circular with PurviS,
Still Fortune and other names attached,
and condemning the political treachery
Of these men, and the so-called indie
pendent policy-that his cause and his
abuse of the Republican Party
and the charges made against the Hon.
Geo. NJ. Robson were unj njustifiable
he has warrant issued against the
BEE for criminal libel. thus presum-
ing that he will get regress. Yes
we shall give him regress., After
having issued his warrant, by engage
ment, we met Friday afternoon, and
after having submitted several propo-
sitions. we declined all and told him
since he had appealed to Caesar let
Cesar decide it. This resort to the
courts of law goes to show the weak
less of the Independent Party, it is a
RETREAT
from so-called high independent
policy of which he claims to be proud.
Before we would sit, and all such men
rs PurviS mislead the colored race by
,alse political issues, our bones should
est in the common jail for century.
His party is not strong enough to stand
he condemnation of the BEE. He
lees like the cowardly Arab, and ap-
,eals to the courts for justice. He
hall have justice and the Republican
,arty, the negro and the Hon. Geo
VI. Robson will be vindicated against |
he vile abuse of Purvis and the Inde-
PENDENT colored party.
THE REPUBLICAN PARTY
liberated over four million Of slaves, |
his party made us free and indepcn-
lent citizens. 1t gave us a Douglass,
# which the nation is proud, it gave
Is Bruce, whom the country honors,
produced Lynch, the champion of |
'olitical liberty, and last and least it
,ave us political negro demagogues.
The Republican party protected the
'irtue of our daughters against the
lie raviSher it defended us against |
he midnight assassin and the rebel
it established equality be
ore the law for all men, it increased
ommerce and built our great and glo-
iouS institutions of learning, and the
egrOes who were 50 ungrateful as to
DIN the Independent party to defeat
ur conservator is an migrate:
OUR COURTS
f law established to defend men who
all honest men thieves, the American
onstitutiou was not established for
hat purpose. We have acOuntry that
We honor, we have law for the civ
ized and ruler whom we honor and
steem. The defeat of
HON. GEO. NJ. robson,