Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1883-07-06

How the colored voters vote. a. hs' to S's a.
Treated What renee Law
ia the FutuFe-A
Needed etc .etc

Mr. Eiitor.--As tbs Vll Stb n u.
Of great political harvest WITH l, min O, y,
. ,i !, cang a. candidates are Iua nh "a up
3 -; ,e' a., na nr,. =" Of the State, for e''l Office
that !. within the gif Of j y, rs to IL.
l[em Tue ne g suua,v surveyor, it behooves
III J % col :, voter. Of Charles county as
;. Tell a u IT, y" ~ hive bCen deceived long
j , a,.', o.,cci,liy IN Charles county.
i, Now, Mr. Editor, one L al t to lc %o,'
]. ,' ~, u, ', r. ra,ienIy waing The ac.
10 ,ivi,y which works for cer.aIn end.
" will prove the Industry and 'slll Of the
, worker. but the strain upon bis tntar-
ance win not be felt then as painfully
as when his labor isoger be Wai'S :, ,ne re-
g suit The colorcd voters Of CHARLES
county has been patiently whiting tue
rssnIt other labor for at least ten years,
and has not received anything bal prom
i.es from their so-ealled white hepubli-
can friends yet It will be remembered
chat it was said By our so-ealleu white
Republican friends, about four years
700 when an the federal offices was in
the hands of the Hon. John b. Thomas
nd company. that if we could get a man
from Charles county, or from the Fifth
Congressional District aiPoIn'Sl as
col. ctor or Navy Officer, we would be
all right We would then have some
eolOred meu appointed to some OF the
federal oiiees from Charles county Aud
when the Hon. Doctor was ap-
pointed IS Navy Officer from this
county, we thought We were all right
sure enough, but we very soon found out
that we w,rc all wrong for we heard less
about federal offices than we had ever
heard before. But suppose that the
Doctor thought that the colored voters
Of Charles county belong to him politi-
cllly, and therefore would be satisfied
with the promises But we are not sat
isGed, we have men qualified to fill some
of these Federal Offices and would like to
see some of them appointed, as we will
nominate men of our race this fall for
some of the county officers that is to be
filed
Last fall when the Hon Hart b.
IIolton was before The people he was
leld up as the greatest friend that the
.olored voters had in the Fifth District,
nd the colordd voters in this county
urucd out at the primary meetings held
t Hill Top (when there was not white
republican to be seen on the ground, }
I'd elected full delegation Of coiored
oters to the convention held at Port
obaccO, and they also turned out on
ectiOn day and voted the Republican
;ket. And what have they received
r their frankness Nothing, and it is
iely that they will never receive any
turn, and as we are the bone and sin
, of the Republican party in this coun-
as well as in the whole State. 1t
ly remNins for us to repudiate these
'noxlOus leaders and choose Moses of
If own race.
We are badly in need Of fence law
this county, and two years ago we
ected men to the Legislature, who
romised us to advocate suoh law, but
it'll two exceptions, whep, they were
Iected they turned theirLkA'ks upon
;ich law, and uHerefore$ rSct sisz-
f people had to do wit6o e fence law
we years longer, and here in this neigh
rho0d their cattle are taken and chain
to trees and kept there for three or
,ur days, without food or water, and
nc owners know nothing about where
leir cattle are, until they are nearly ex
austed. These are some of the many
lings we have to undergo in this coun
', because we have not been on the
,okout for men who are Republican
rom principle and not for the sake of
n Office. But ndWs yerrOns, ID future
,r ourselves
concur with the Hon. G W. Will
ans, Frederick Douglass and other
-ell known colored men, in the call for
convention to be held in Washing
lgton some time in September to give
Expression of discomfort at the way the
oiored men are treated, socially aud po-
tically. | also concur with the indie
endent colorcd Il publicans of Howard
ounty 6,r an Independent State Con
entiou to adopt platform for our
uidance. Beelnse our white so-called
republican friends has been using us as
ools in securing tbei. political harvest
,ng enough. And therefore we want
hem to understand that we are about to
ttend a little political crop ourselves
nd would like very much indeed for
hem to help us in so doing. We want
0 vote the true Republican ticket this
all. and we will do so IT We have to
ote for some of our own race.
But says some of our white friends it
J not their fault that some OF the colorcd
nen are not appointed to federal Offices,
hey had to do as this one or that one
avs. But | will say, gu taed "tfam
ecit per se. And therefore there can
&c no getting around the facts in this
natter for they are too plain to be hid
rom us any longer.
We have been waiting Tor these So
allied friends for ten years IN Charles
ounty TO see il they would recognize our
lights, but they only do 1t every two
ears when they want an office, thus
hey will shake our hand as loving as
,rothers. and will make US any promise
hen to get our vote and influence, and
Ifter they are elected they hardly know
-ou when they meet you in the road.
And we are tired of such treatment,
md we are determine to have better for
worse we cannot have.
Thanking you Mr.. Editor for your in
lulgense, / am yours very respectfully
Morn non