Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1886-10-23


they will write an article and get him
TO sign his name as though he had
written it, calling on colored men TO
vote against their best interest by vOt-
ing ticket made in a convention where,
Notwithstanding il was called republi-
n,they told the negro that he was not
wanted. They ask YOU to vote against
Moonlight and Kelly or they will call
yOu a boiler. Just tell them that if
George w Click was good enough tor
ingalls,, Martin and sol Miller in 1882,
you can't see why Moonlight is I good
enough tor you i'll 1886. Oh. but you
%il be handing the state into the hands
OF the democrats. Answer them that
il democrats had the state for two wears
under Click and br white bOltin9 re
puhlicans wishes. why cant the gallant
Old Umion colonel have il for two years
at The request of boiling republican
cr!orcd men: Oh, but, boys, you must
remember that we freed You, and the
| present uuirages i'll The south. We
remember MI that and more We re-
menhcr that somehow you republicans
seem to have lost ali your power just
after this freedom was given. Why
don't you protect us in that freedom
from these outrages? You do not an
swer. viii speak tor YOU. 1t is be-
cause you know that the scalawags and
| carpcibaggers from the north are the
| orisinators and prime cause of all these
troubles in 1868, when you extended
The right 10 US, as you claim, TO vote,
YOU also sent II lot of northern worm
10 Ia II W
office was not satiated, to be voted for.
Easily could they prejudice our people
against those that had held us, because
we were smarting with Indignation at
ever having been held; and we, be-
lieving everything republican to be
angelic, made the mistake of our twen-
~ years freedom in voting strang-
crs into Office instead of selecting the
most conservative Of our home people.
Naturally, they became angry and i'll
censed at cur action. They owned the
land, the well-being of the southern in
stitutions were on their shoulders, and
they rightly objected to men who own
ed nothing among them, and who cared
less about the success of their section
holding the Offices. This brought on
disturbances, ana the tramp carpet
Dagger would disappear i'll some place
Of seclusion until the storm had spent
its fury, and then wiring his hands with
sorrow AT hearing that a colored man
had been sitin Wendell Philips, John
Brown and Harriet Beecher Stowe did
nos agiiaie the country as auti-slavery
advocates in order alone and solely to
give republicans votes. l love them
too dearly to think so. Colored men in
4 a IN IN ms l-n IA nd Il
, wherever they can, and to stand by
| those men, locally and in the state, who
d! recognize them TO be citizens with
rights which should be respected.
| When we learn to acquire property, 10
gain intelligence, to form corporations,
! to make discoveries, TO write books, to
build railroads, TO do our own think
ing, TO strike back when we are struck,
to manifest to the world clearly that
we are no longer babes but men who
can think aud act as other men, then
and only then will we find ourselves
admitted to every place in this country
an ;,n equal footing with other men.
! We are too sensible, | take it, to want
/ to ill situations unless we possess in
every way the fitness requisite to the
! honorable filing of the position. The
! gard to this question is that we don't
ask places on the ground of color,
neither do we want TO be prescribed or
Disseminated against because we are
colnred. Voting any one party's ticket
will not remove the prejudice which
we find existing against us. Class lesis-
latIon will not remove it, meeting in
conventions, whereasing and resolving
&c .in,S
is TO act SO manfully that "acts'' of ours,
as intelligent men, will put to shame
that accursed prejudice which will al
low dirty Chinaman iust out of his
laundry TO purchase a meal i'm first
class restaurant but refuse respecta-
bic negro just out of his office, not
withstanding the fact that out in the
kitchen an old colored woman is cook
ing the food, putting her hand in it and
could do more if she wanted to. For
God Is sake be men. Remember that
soon slavery will only be known as a
fact in history and a blot upon its pages.
Be men and all is well. Care nothing
for party whip and party lash Strike
from the shoulder. Give republicans
TO know that Lincoln Is dead, and that
If they would make us their friends
they mnst show acts of kindness day
by day; that past benefits in the pres
cnce of present indignities do not
suffice. Vote for Moonlight and Kelly
and prove to the democrats that COM
plimcBting our race shall not be allow
ed to go without grateful acknowledge
ment. If there is any one thing more
than another that the colored people
are exceedingly proud of and speak
concerning it is the bold and manly
stand taken by President Cleveland in
re-appointing Matthews after he had
been rejected by republican senate.
The republican senate rejected him be-
cause they wanted to say to colored
men that they Ould not tolerate ne
gro voting the democratic ticket We
are learning to thank all nen who favor
us, be IT men in the democratic party
or republican party, and i'll conclusion,
| desire To say TO the colored men that
i'll the local county fight vote for the
. county ticket which seems to be your
best interest. and don't hesitate for tear
you will be called bolter; for in every
county in Kansas you Will find white
republican, boilers; " hatever is good
/ tor the white wing of the republican
eagle is good for the black wing. Don't
fear voting against certain county
/ ticket running your prospects, for the
/ colored man starts III with such a little
that if he should temporarily lose it he
would not lose much, and beside you
can do without the white republican
just about as well as he can do withOL
you. Hoping to hear great things
your action on November 2, perm
me to still remain yours for the .'ol- :
pressed be they white or black,
G. ii. L. TAYLOR,
Sec'y Col'd State Central Com.