The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1885-10-17
\ SHERMAN, of Ohio, is showing

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roo. y .uunde le J0NN SHERMAN, of Ohio, is showing
WS1kness as we'll as his bitterness in
n -. ro6ching his crusade in favor Of cur.
r Oc Hling Southern representatives in Con-
-.S0, ress, BY diminishing the vote of the
r pon, egr0es. John and any other man should
,ads m,,EQn0w fhat it cost the country billions of
-As l0neY md million of men to free the
T egro nd give him the constitutional
LII l.rotsctiQn Of voting and we think it
vilf kabout the same to take it from
~ im. The South fought against both,
ndthS Republican administration and
: .hKepnblican Congress paid no atten>
!loG ~ he wishes of the South in these,
41I and now, that it does not pan
kINell for the party Of moral ideas
swsllas formerly, they turn around
|SIANpnd say, let us take it from these gno.
INT dafkies as they are mostly used for
yelling majorites against their own sen,
~ >tments and friends. The mistake in
~ his thing lies in two points: The bal
81 Was not given to the colored man to
Increase the strength of Republican res
aATn xegentation to the disadvantage of the
JUlN p8En0Cracy. 1t was given to elevate him
3theu uses and powers of a free citizen
hippo that he could protect himself in
-, I nsxights and enjoy the elevating infu-
| |lnce both moral and habitual, growing
IIDMtofEit. Not only John Sherman, but |
VA'pSnX Southern men OF both sides of |
Ulilics forget that the negro has learned |
0n1&thing on his own account in exer,
NJ IREE alnK this high prerogative. He has
lQt Earned it in the accademical and |
phe1tate institutions of the country, but
the rugged teachings of friction, by
! lC Cltrking his uneducated mind against the
IVkDlheage end conclusions OF the white race,
vh9Were born and reared in the exer>
ss l,0lsy 4; sM political rights and constitutional
'iSn busines Sss 0Yexnment 1t has been a slow pro.
,sax taking all similar progress in the
- annez direction, when opposites of INTEL
RsoN gence and Ignorance are brought into
Neey I'D l0nstant collision. One of the first and
neof the happiest rays of light struck
rorl the flint and steel OF conclusion, was
Ar hat the negro was not under eternal OBJ
gations to the Republican party for
av0rs they may have conferred upon
\ nm. 1t at the start was but the last
rance of war, which they seized and
ID 0N1Fned to the advantage of the Union f,
)UVlmy and the consequent perpituity of I
- negovernment without special interests f
kthe negroes as the French after the {
m lestruction OF the second Empire, and de- q
=" H0yed special titles and dignities in the n
ands of the privileged classes to estab- h
9hthe Republic, upon basis of equal k
J. lghts amongst all French citizens before tt
helaw. Again, if there was any special tt
n n sbligation due the Republican party, the u
OUl@l0ed people have'paid them fourfold OF
nablind devotion to the name and in Of
erests OF John Sherman's party, and d.
heyA are now in every State, casting ID
lb0nt for good and able men to represent a. 81
acco' heix interests in Congress, in our State ',
king Leeielature and in the courts, and in all a.
k,g 10 ythar departments of a free government ar
N|thout reference to color. The name of N
---pemocrat has lost its fierceness and M
my begin to see that man can be
Denocrat, and an earnest advocate of
heHghts of all classes, all races and all G i
sotors who enjoy the rights of citizen.
hip. They have passed the silly and
ayen dangerous conclusion that nothing ge
out decared political Republicanism has We
lsNny euphemism in sound or any good in
lpplication. In this wise conservatism w
dour colored people they are to be con- DC
gr1tUlated on the contest of the body DO
Mcwill insure peace. Tocome to the polls
lfee citizens and vote their unboueht tIol
.,v sh0ice without Haunting banners, beat. e the
M ng dfums and solid masses is happy Gr,
\ H|shanBe, and any good citizen, whether Ro,
Vlernocrat or Republican, can extend to
tne race the hand of welcome, in this ypr
Qew departure from old customs and Ha,
ways Pea