The banner-enterprise., 1884-06-30

by. The-vfitef- dees- not ell attentionf to
this subject ferthe purpose ef aseessg ny
undue indignation, hRt n ssnind the
colored menuf the heRdiskAsdg.ssas - are
bang concocted in North SCa!olinf BY
political machines and uaprineipled men to
c~oalesce the RepublicaA with the so-called
Liberal party.
1t is about time thst partisan bosses
should know that colorel voters are not al
waystob Be sntrepped by ua4aeaning sounds;
nor will they in the future, sacrifice their
manhood to. appease the mau.iates Of un.
p~rincipled, and designing men,, The forces
of a party whose origin and prineiplesare>
in direct hostility to general intelligence,
good order and wholesome laws, are being
marshalled by political tricksters for the
sole purpose of massing the coloIsd vote IN
the interest ofthe contemplate w~hisksy1ing.
Sound principles, morality and strict adj
herence to justice and truth seem not to en-.
ter into the philosophical mind of the par.
tisan leaders. Avarice, selfaggrandizement,
such as characterized Husbands and Fam
ming in the infancy of this commonwealth,
seem now to reappear, and to be the only in
ce ntives that actuata many of the leaders Of
tls Republican party in North Carolina.
Principles based upon justice and truth,
virtue and morality, the chief corner stones
of a nations greatness and the pillars upon
which its prosperity and perpetuity are
founded, should be supported by colored vo.
tiers in the coming contest, Of being in
huenced by whiskey advocates to sustain
and maintain one of the most detestable
and diabolical %trafics ever legalized in North
Carolina. If manhood and sound principles
are to be sacrificed uyon the altar of rum ; if
morality is to be ushered into silence il
colored men are to be guided by demagogues,
then a foul and lasting disgrace must in
evitably be stamped upon the colored
element Of this State. Any party that
terminated through the agency of rum
should meet the contempt Of every in
telligent and law. abiding man. a'pH
Colored men say that they are free. Nov
If they are free, let them think, act, speak
and vote as freemen. If q man does not
think, act and vote with discretion upon
issues in which his prosperity, happiness
and manhood are concerned, and in which
the interest, the development and the pro-
gress of his race are at stake, but on the con-
trary is dictated to and misled by q set Of
corrupt men, such a man is not free. He is
a slave: liberty is his but inname. Cor
ruption, chicanery, party policy, and King
Alcohol may exult with a confident air, but
ere long justice, truth, morality and tenn.
perance must reign suptsmely. Too often
have eolored men paralyzed their own
happiness and prosperity, and stigmatized
the whole Negro race by bowling at the bid
dings of partisan leaders. To support a
party to which rum gave birth, is dangerous.
To seek to crafty corrupt and ambitious
men, is absurd. To adhere to party fealty
without being prompted by pure motives
and sound principles, and without acting
in accordance with the dictates ofconscience,
is pusillanimous and idiotic. This may
seem a "little overdrswn," yet it is true.
Look at Virginia. Principles, not parties;
truth, not victory; temperance, not rum
Republleanism, not liberalism, is the writer's
a~pothegm. +.