Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-10-23

to the cOlored people here to-day, who,
by their presence. manifest their
wishes to join hands with us, not as
Democrats, not as Republicans, but
good citizens Of Warren county, who
desire peace and prosperity, who de-
sire to break the shackles by which
they have 20 long been bound by po-
litical bosses, the chronic o~fice-seekers,
and assist in restoring this county to
the hands of honest men who will be
satisfied to act as the servants of the
people and not arrogant masters; who
will discharge their duties faithfully,
according to the law and protect the
interests of all parties.
You, the colored citizens of Warren
county, are in this election, especially
called upon to show your appreciation
of the great and responsible duties of
citizens, to fully comprehend the stu
alton in this county, and to show to
the world that your public obligations
are sacred in your breasts, that the
right to vote intelligently was not
given to you in vain. and that you will
exercise this privilege at the ballot
box to elect honest, efficient men, men
fresh and pure from the ranks of the
who are pledged to give us an
honest administration of our county
government, to give that security to
our public and private affairs. SO long
desired by all good citizens Of the
county. For years and years you
have been told day and night, that
your allegiance and duty were due
alone to the Republican party, that
you owed that party a debt which you
could pay yearly, by %electing the Office
seekers, who claimed to be Republi-
cans, that the Republican party alone
protected you, and if it ever lost
control of the State and Federal Gov
eminent, your liberties and rights
would be in danger and eventually
lost. At first it was natural for you
10 believe what they told you, because
you had no reasons to believe any other
way, but now, after you have seer the
Of such statements, it is time
for you to consider who are your real
and not professed friends. The carpet
baggers who come here and those who
were born and raised here, protesting
to be Republicans, did so not for your
good, not for the education of your
children, not to keep the wolf of want
and poverty from your doors, but for
their own selfish aims to appeal to
your fears and ignorance so that they
be kept in Office, so that they
fill their greedy pockets. Did it
not ever occur to you how anxious
they were about your rights, your
political rights, when election time
comes around, but never thought of
your wants at home? Did they, after
you had time and again placed them in
office, ever come around through the
country, and enquire of you, how are
you, how are you getting along, if you
are suffering for foods for clothing to
protect you against the cold winter
winds that whistled mournfully at mid
night around your lonely cabin door?
Did they ever offer to assist you to
make a crop, buy a mule, go your Sc
curity for provisions, plows, wagons
and meat and bread, so that you might
make a crop upon which to support
,our families? Oh, no; the giving of
he good things had all to come from
'ou, from your side of the house; you
wed the Republican party a debt, which
hey, as of~ice-seekers, were authorized
o collect and when having collected
# you on every election day, they
vent into Office and did not know you,
lid not want to see you or be bothered
With you any more until election day
'omes around again. Is this not true;
it not as true as that the Gospel light
hone from the Star of Bethlehem?
low much longer are you going to
,ermit yourselves to be deceived, how
Ong yet are you to be left from the
Promised land of peace, happiness,
md plenty by the false teaching of
selfish political mastersp We Of
If the Democratic party have now
lriven these desperate ofiice-seekers
% the wall. these despoilers Of your
peace and happiness. We of the
Democratic party have proven to you
10 clearly, that you can no longer
loubt that the leaders Of the so-called
Republican party here have wilfully
md for their own greedy aims deceived
1ou time and again, that we have
proven every charge made against the
Democratic party false. The Demo-
rats to-day have control of every
in the State except Warren;
hey have the State government; and
he President Of the United States is
/ Democrat the highest Office of the
and l ask you earnestly, are
lot your rights and liberties as secur
as ever, and are not your people
Advancing in a moral spiritual and
educational point of view greater
han at any time under Republican
administrations. Now I want to ap-
peal to your own common sense, to
place before you the naked truth SO
hat you can see for yourselves and be
convinced. You all know that the
white people of this county are
ii Democrats except perhaps three or
our who call themselves Republicans
lot from conviction, not from duty,