The bee., 1883-01-27

to the never-learn and never-forget
Democracy, composed as that opposi-
tion was of white as well as black men,
Ms one of the most encouraging signs of
Ne times:
&orthern Republicans exhibit feel
Ting of lukewarmness in matters per-
tanning to the negro. Too many of
them feel that we have played the
"colored brother" for all he is worth,
now let him go for himself. Notwith-
standing this painfully apparent feel
ing on the part of not few Republi-
cans, we cannot GO SO far as some of
our more wordy but less cogent friends
who counsel such an exercise of the
elective franchise by cOlored voters us
would turn TIE nation over to Bour-
bonism. We do, however, advise our
people in the South TO join hands with
the opponents of that element in their
section known as the straight-out
Democratic party. In the North there
is no difference among Democrats. The
sympathy of Northern Democracy is
with the Bourbon Democracy of the
South. So that the colored man in
the North, if he desires to oppose the
element most antagonistic to him, must
support the Republican party. Right
at this point we feel like saying to
Republican leaders in the States of
New York, Pennsylvania, Connecticut,
Indiana and Ohio that negro votes are
of value, and that the possessors of
them are not to be led like semi-idiotS
to the poles to vote for half-hearted
candidates who are forgetting thier
colored constituents all the time be-
tween election days. Republicans in
the above mentioned States seem to
rely upon the necessities of the negro
to support the Republican ticket; there
is much force in that idea Let, how
ever, a healthy opposition to Bour-
bOniSm in the South be secured, and
in our opinion will come an attempt on
the part of the Northern Democracy to
place itself in accord with the sue
cesSful party in the Southern section
Of the Union, and then the negroes of
the North like their brothers in the
South, will be found supporting an
Anti-B0urbon ticket composed as well
>of Democrats us of Republicans. 1t
may be that the much talked of can
didacy of Gen. Butler for the Presi-
dency will turn out to be a movement
for bringing about an anti-Bourbon
organization among Democrats of the
North. Such a movement would un-
dOubtedly meet with no small degree
of favor on the part of colored voters
in the North. 1t is to the South we
must look for the crushing of the spirit
born of slavery. There has the evil of
the institution been made most mani
fest in the poverty and utter ruin
brought about by a wicked war waged
for the perpetuation of the monstrous
wrong, The blacks have for two hun
dred and fifty years known its wicked
ness (; the whites, who are progressive
to-day. seeing the darkness and gloom,
the inactivity, lack of enterprise and
general backwaTdneSs hanging over
and surrounding the South, caused by
adherence to injustice, will strike
hands and resolve upon such change
rs will elevate justice and advance the
best interest of their section. We trust
that the colored people of the South
will see their way clear to assist every
earnest attempt to overthrow Bour-
bonism. Its overthrow accomplished,
the course will be opened for us to
push on in the pursuit of happiness"