Charlotte messenger. [volume] (Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., N.C.) 1882-18??, 1886-10-23
DUR PARTY OF PRINCIPLES.

The principles laid down by the
republican party in convention as
sembled at Raleigh recently, are the
true principles OF the party. That
the correct way to keep party or
ganization, was to run republicans
for public office, and not run after
strange gods. Liberalism, fusion
and independentism means defeat,
decentralization and disintegration Of
abe party, complete surrender of
the manhood of the party-Ours is
a party of principles and not party
OF plumber. The vote of the county
Is nearly evenly divided between the
democratic and republican parties.
There is a strong feeling of opposi-
ton to the democratic party and its
old leaders for broken promises and
business depressions and hard times.
which they promised, should be al
tered for the better, when they came
INTO power. 1t strikes us with pc
culiar force, that this is the time
above all others, that we should be
represented by an able republican
ticket-true and tried men who have
borne the burden of the party-men
who have stood the ostracism and
tyranny OF the democratic party for
long years-men who are fre-tried,
patriotic and unhinching in their de-
Votion to principle.
But the Independents urge their
claims upon our party, for the fol-
lowing reasons: That we have been
uniformly counted out at the ballot
box, and that the men now being
run on the independent ticket, are
the very men who were familiar with
the frauds and the peculiar manner
OF manipulating the ballot and the
count, when the frauds were COM
United in former years, and that they
know how to prevent a recurrence of
those frauds, that the friends of the
ticket and the promoters Of the
scheme are the very men who have
been manipulators of elections on
the democratic side in former cleo
tons, but have left the democratic
party for the reasons that the different
appointments under the general gov
eminent in the revenue and other
branches of public service, were
given to others in the party, who
were not active in their frauds, and
that these men now should be placed
on our ticket, and we, as republi
cans, compelled to vote for, them to
keep from being defrauded out of
eour vote. We express most I'M
equivocally, our firm opposition 10
any such code of moral or politi-
cal ethics.
We should support the independ-
ent ticket for the reason that thew
are exceedingly friendly to the re-
publican party and its principles
then if 1t be true, why not make an
even division Of the spoils and let us
have union ticket-half republican
and half independent But if this
arrangement is made there must not
oc any SUCH arrangement that col
ored republicans are to be excluded
from the ticket. When republicans
are placed before us for our support
We never ask the question as to the
color OF his skin. If he is honest,
capable and reliable, we feel it our
duty to support him, but we think it
to the interest of the colored race
that in public office. there should be
no discrimination as to race or color.
When the colored men casts nintv-
nine hundreds of the republican
votes in this county, they should
have some representation on the
ticket This is only lust and fair.
and unless this is conceded to us, we
think i should be the policy Of the
colored republicans to set right down
on them on election day.
We have the strongest assurance