Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1883-03-23
Plain Task to COlored Men.

Under the above caption, the Frederick
Times, Republican paper, gives the fol-
lowing advice and admonition to the
colored brother. 1t seems that the colered
citizens has been taking on considerable
Importance In Baltimore city OF late in
reference to the proposed removal ofcollec-
tor Dirty, for whose place Joseph S. A is
ton and John Henry Sellman are looking
out. 1t appears that a large number OF
co'ored men are employed by Mr.. Ditty
and they are afraid they will be ousted by
a change in the Office. Hence the commo-
ton which the Times so forcibly rebukes.
In this connection, it may be agreeable
for the colored citizens in this section to
know that Mr.. Hart B. Holton whom they
so faithfully supported for Congress last
year, is doing all he can to get Mr.. Ditty
out. The Times counsels as follows:
1--WE wish the President would either
notify Irving Dirty that he intends keep
ing him in office or turning him out. The
reading public are becoming nauseated.
There's entirely too much Ditiy in the
newspaper. In this connection we may
refer to the action of the colorsd brother
regarding Mr.. Dirty. The colored people
.ot Baltimore appear TO be endorsing hin
and their orators have
commenced to make threats about what
''heyll do if Mr.. Dirty is net retained.
Now the colored brother may get his tribe
into trouble if he is not careful. or course
he may sell his influence and vote for
cash or office, but If be persists. not only
in this sort of conduct, but at the same
time indu' ges in almost bloody threats. il
will not he many years before he will find
himself badly in the lurch. He will dis
gus' decent Republicans. and the result
will be that the party which give him hi,
freedom win drop him on his fate. 1,
my be that the Republican party will
suffer defeat, but in the eyts of many this
would tie preferable to an existence de,
pending on The support nj the colored
ffoster and broker OF his own manhood
The colored brother must he careful not
!" go too rapidly. He has his freedom
but he hasn't got he world at his feet by
a long way. He cannot make and unmake
the universe. We think we know the
place of the colored brother. and as long
as he lie in his place we are his friends.
When he moves out Of his place he will
make enemies just as other people do;
and il he does not keep his place i, will
not be many years before he has no place
20 keep to- We Just throw in this sort OF
Mother Shrptors prophecy free Of charge;
If the eofnred brother docs not mind his
p's ana as, in less th,n ten years time he
viii find The races arrayed against each
other, and then bel begin 10 realize the
false less of his position and the power.
fessness of il.
The color-d brother ought tn 60 10
work and let torcs of Circumstance push
him up in the world He'll never win
collectively 10y the force Of his jaw. lie
will have t. wait IL he called hv the
world He can't esH the world. The
world moves around IN one direction and
the colnred brother needn't cxpect 10 turn
it the other wsy by getting on the other
edge. The only result, viii he that he'll
be flung sky high"