Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser., 1884-11-14
The C6iofed Citiseh.

Now that it is settled that the Federal
government is to be again placed under
Democratic control and that all govern
menal power. State and Federal for the
regulation of the rights of our people is
to be welded by Democrats. the status OF
the colored citizens that live among us
under Democratic control ought to be cor
rectly understood by the people and cor
rectly communicated to the colored Poop E.
We have learned that some of the more
unscrupulous of the Republican white
leaders in the c,unty have beer torturing
the minds of the ignorant colored people
by holding up to them most discourag-
ing picture of the hardships and privatons
of light which they will have to endure
under Democratsc contro, some OF them,
we have heard. going so far as t, renew
the cd "put We back into slavery" false
hood. We have heard it said too, that
some Democrats have permitted themselves
to add to the real fear and anxiety which
these co'ored people seem to feel as to their
future rights and privileges, by themselves
taunting them with such prospects.
This is not the part of wisdom or bene
vo'ence As we have heretofore quent-
ly maintained the colored peop'e are not
seriously to hame for the par they have
taken in the scheme of negro domination
in these peninsu ar counties. Their igno-
rance has been imposed upon by the un-
principled white leaders who, in the worst
of faith and in the most wicked of deceit,
marshaled them into a solid political fac
tion. While we shall never interpose one
word of protest against the white promo
tiers and abettors of this n,farious scheme
suffering for all time the full penalties and
odium of their shameful treason, we do not
think it is the part of wisdom or justiCe
tor the white people of the county to har
Dor any resentment against The ignoran'
colored voters who have been deceived in
to the false position they have occupied,
The attitude of the Democratic party
toward the rights exercised by the colored
citizens is we'll known to al int ligent
Democrats. Their perpetual freedom from
the bonds of servirude. their right TO exer-
else the privileges of voters and their e
quail rights before the law to personal lib
erty, personal security and private proper
ty, is, and has been for over a decade, full
ly recognized and conceded by the Derno- :
cratic party. 1t is not PROBABLE that any
Of these rights Will even be called in ques-
ton by the Democratic party; nor is it
probable that any special class legislation
either for or against the peope OF African
descent, will ever en'er into Democratic
policy.
These facts should lie communicated -
the colored population in 4 spirit of friend
y assurance and benevo ence These peo-
pie are for the most part indus rious, good
ord ry citizens and their labor is needed
to carry on our agricultural pursuits
They can be made fat more usefu and re-
liable citizens by kind and inst treatment.
now hat their ears are no longer open to
the false and reasonable poison in,.iIled
into them by the Republican leaders for
their own Sc fish purposes. They viii soon
earn that their rue road to happiness and
prosperity lies in industry anil economy,
and thst being protected in The fruits sf
these. hey should surrender the control OF
popular elections % those better ulliti-d
by intel igence and interest to properly
direct them.
The colnred people Of the more South
ern States cou d never learn these 'essnns
until their carpet b.g deccivers hal once
en- hur'ed from power and the represen
heir own affairs But this once accom-
III d. and the cnlnrel citizen being
ught o understand that def was
'nger he proper policy, he snon earn
~ the kindness and Justice he received
were his true friends and thus today
le South, though the blacks predomi-
in numbers in aliaost every State, for
freed from The d"gr I'd ition ef negro
ina;i,n
pw that The r R.pnblican purity h 5 been
zen from the contro' of the Federal
ernment, the great question which ad-
ses itself o the representative people
his couny is to regain the coatrol OF
lie of their Southern brethren and
p' a course of Kindness and benovo-
e toward the colnred population, this
follow las the nigh the day" and
bw quickly.
is universally conceded throughout