Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-05-30
FI.oRIpA REPUBIICANs.
The White Element Contemplate CUT
ting Adriff frnm the Rrather i'm Black.

The White Element Contemplate CUT
ting Adrift from the Brother in Black
Correspondence az TIE NorRiRg Netcs.
JACKSONVILLE. FLA, May 81 have
written to You from time 20 time OF the
disgust that is entertained By the intelli-
gent and conservative element among the
white Republicans respec ting the arrogant
and insoleut demands and attitude OF their
negro allies. This sentiment is waxing
stronger daily, and has found expression and
decided utterance in one Of their organs. II
Is the first time that a Republican paper has
ever dared in this state 10 speak out so boldly
and Enthusiastically. and its views deserve
notice as indicating marked ami important
change in the opinions Of large and inhuen-
tial class OF the community. Fer some time
past there has been serious dissatisfaction eN-
isting between the wing Of the Republican
party composed of the class that neither seek
nor desire Office and the main body, consisting
Of the ignorant and irresponsible ne
grOes, controlled and manipulated by the
Federal officials for purely selfish purposes.
The cup overlooked during the late State Con
ventiOn. when the whites were coollY ignored
disdalnfully snubbed and given plainly 10 un
derstand that they were expected 10 take
back seats. For two DAYS they ulsconsolately
wandered about. unnoticed and unregarded;
while the negro delegates held caucuses ana
arranged the programme. ms was more
than an Anglo-SaXon stomach. even when
connected with a Republican body, could en-
dure, and an intense nausea resulted, with q
cOpiOus outflow of language not adapted 10
ears polite. Many left the parti-colOred as
sembly. resolved never again 10 be seen IN
such motley gathering. They have haG a
full dose Of African ideas, and the pnyslc mas
effectually cured numbers Of them Of their
Metropolitan.
In January last. the Florida Ne,0 Yorker,
published at Lake Eustis, flung TO the breeze
its banner. upon which was emOiaZOnet the
legend, ian uncompromislng. radical, reu-ho'
hepuOl eau weekly" ana sci Olt on lts hNoN
ed mission TO uprOot and demollsh the Demo-
cratic party. From the bold Svowal OF the
course lt intended 10 pursue. the pubuc very
naturally supposed that no dose would prove
too unpalatable. no flavor too ohJecuonable.
no pool too filthy. TO swallow luhale or wal
low 10, II necessary 70 accomplish us pur-
poses.
1t has taken Just four months to work a
wonderful alteration in the sentiments o. the
editor. lie no longer perfumes his handker-
chief with odor d' Antique. and snappishly de-
clines to act as godfather TO negro babies. lie
is a sOured. disappointed man, having discov-
cred that the statues which he supposed were
chiseled out OF Parian marble had been
moulded from vulgar clay.
The movement started in Georgia recently
for the organization of a White Mans Repub-
can party has found imltatOrs here, and IS
gaining ground rapidly ana growing IN p0pu-
lariry daily. You encounter no difficulty now
in finding white Republicans who VIII not
hesitate 20 tell you that they viii never assist
in placing the candidates Of the negroes IN
power. 80 far as tins state Is concerned. They
say that they cannot take any such risk. and
that 10 would De rulnOus 10 the interests OF
the State to put them in such keeping.
From two recent editorials in the paper
above mentioned, the following samples are
clipped:
1T is plain they Lthe negroes are deter
mined to manage the party as now organized,
and this management IS invariably ruinous,
and il must ever be destructive of any party
TO have majority Of colored voters in lis
councils. The social idea runs through our
politics. as in all countries. and cOlQred man
can never be recognized socially by che white
race. hence the party depending mainly on
c0lored votes win be the Niger party as
long as the colored people have the elective
| franchise
The problem of the African race on this
continent is not solved and who can say how
il viii be- The Republican party has tried to
solve il; they have failed ANONYMOUSLY, and
now their m stakes are coming home to them
They have gwen the negro the elective fran
chse. and thus given the South more than
thirty more cpresentatiyes-all white Demo-
Gratis"
dutch. Dane, Swede or the English labor
ers NAV come to this country. and in q gene
ration or two viii mix With our Celtic civili-
cation and become one Of US. but there is No
hope Tor such contamination with the cOlorel
man. He has his own 1hurch. his own school
I MS own caucus. his own teachers. DuilLltAls
social and scholastic. anil he Will not mix
with the whites. He is drawing himself far
| III r and farther away from the white people
every day, and all to bis own detrment. We
are paving for schools for the c0lored people
| and it = simply astonishing to see the ignor-
auce OF the teachers thew elect. 1t is gener-
| ally conceded that mixed schools are impOs-
/ sible and what are we 10 dO1''
If the success of the Republican party viii
| place negroes in Office in Florida again, there
| are not many of the respectable white OF
colOred Republicans who would hope for such
success. There are thousands OF honest and
| intellig gent colored people who know that tC
contend for official position ia the South
would be suicidal for their race. and few
white Republicans could tolerate such folly
At the convention OF 1865 the white meI
managed the business; we carried the state
and held il eight years. At the convention OF
1870 the cOlored men led the white. and We
lost the state. The eOlored men have lost
every Southern state, and when the white
men drop out and leave we find that the col
ored men are a cipher"
THE white Republicans can vote for a white
Congressman for President and let the state
officers be elected by the Democrats.
The white Republicans cannot afford "a
allow the colored people to have any control
in the state government
1T l. reported that a convention OF the
white Republicans of Florida viii meet al
some point in Florida soon TO organize the
National Republican party Of Florida. and
cut loose from the negro element entirely
As TO the Independent movement, the editor
charges that that faction has not the courag &c
70 come out openly and face the music.'' be-
cause they know thst the mass Of their fol-
lowers would desert them il they were openly
identified with the niger party. There
are only about dozen Of them. anddhey want
Office" He plainly intmates that such Goa
lition would not be profitable to the Hepubll-
cans; that the less must come 10 the greater,
and that tbev are still Democrats in disguise.
Altogether these are refreshing documents
at this early period of the campaign, and
show what healthy reaction is taking place
among the thinkers of the Republicans.