The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-03-11
THE COLORED FACTOR.
Colonel W. q Robinson Has Some
Views Upon the Political Future
of the Colored People.

Though colored Will @. Robinson is a
man of property, something of a sch )ar,
qualified TO teach in the Public Schools, and
altogether a citizen of large information.
Politically Mr.. Robinson is a Democrat, and
he has been that way since the party
turned 10 with Sumner Julian and
Giddens. and voted for the great
and good Horace Grsely. He may, therefore,
be regarded as q pioneer of the political
exodus destined to swell the Democratic
majority as soon as the colored people learn
tha1 Republican defeat fails to affect their
constitutional rights.
Meeting this gentleman in the gallery OF
the legislature lately, when he was watch
ing with interest The proeress'of DR. Thomp-
sons civil rights bill, a Sentinel reporter en-
gagged him in conversation.
Repor,er-"Ars the colored people CON-
ple,ely Ieconciled to the present political
order of things
Robinson-'After the public MIND has
time TO realize that q Democrat is indeed
President 1t may safely be written that sll
pprehenson on the part of the colored
! people has subsidized. Once quiet,
they will reflect on the monstrous false.
on which they have acted. This will cause
reaction. My people never will forgive
the Republican party for having deceived
| them. The restlessness and feverish solicit
tude evidenced the first few weeks after the
report of Mr.. Cleveland's election prove
that the negroes bad fears A few feared
return to slavery and the great bUik feared
that they would be Invested OF sons Of tneir
constitutional rights. In the popn-
lar tranquil ity and progress destined TO
| cheracterizs the administration OF Mr.
Cleveland they will discover that those fea 8
were groundIesr; that their intelligence bad
| been insulted. Instead OF having their
rights disTegarded, their legal privilege VIII
be enlarged and where they expected pain
they VIII find pleasure. The Democratic
party will give them something for gratitude
rather than resentment Hitherto Demo-
cratic colored men have been regarded as
enemies of the ece-apostates-but that
time has passed. The Influence of Demo.
cratic success will be nowhere greater than
in developing the colored citizen"
Rep Then, | infer that you think
the colored vote will divide with the proper
encouragement from the Democrats
tine c)lored mans natural place is with
the Democratic party, and he will ask no
more than evidence of goodwill. He will
ask Office. He would be unworthy Of Amer-
can citizenship if he did not"
What is the colored vote Of Indiana?
About - co.,"
Then they hold the balance OF power"
eyes, they hold the balance of power IN
New York, Ohio. Indiana and Illinois"
What influence do you think the psssa ,e
of DR.. Thompson's Civil Rights bill would
have on the colored vote OF Indiana?'
"My word for it, it would swell the Demo
cratic ma ority to at least ID Co.,"
The glorious privilege of bsing negro
always ade life a season OF such vast de.
| light to Alfred Harrison that his develop.
| ment IS statesman was sore surprise 70 his
| friends. The mere consciousness" he said
| "of being a col0Ied psrson, was source Of
| the most exquisite pleasure" and then IN
| addition to the distinction of being an
| American of African descent, he grew am
bilious to be Democrat. The elements in
| his composition are of the character that
| proclsims TO all the world; This is the
image OF God cut in ebonyn Though once
| defined by the Constitution rs owing ser
/ vice and labor" he has fine mind, tbs
| polish Of q good education and large reading.
| BE has that which is respected by all men
| which lifts the individual above lace or
| previous con dition-scholarship
He ssys that the spirit of the age, the
1 Christian sentiment abroad in the land, all
| cor duce to the advancement of his psople.
| Democratic vic,ery IS especially crafty
| ing to him in that it will demonstrate to bis
people that no political party is disposed TO
| combat the negroes advancement.
He regarded DR.. Thompson's Civil Rights
| bill with anxiety. and for the reason that 1t
| would go far towards assuring his peoDls
| that the Dem 1crat!c party Is not unlrisndly J
| TO the black man.