Huntsville gazette., 1886-05-08


independant. Hence all their ariill-
cry is directed to making that pal ty
odious in the eyes Of the colorsl vo
tors. C0lored men who adhere to
the Republican PARTY are vilified as
slaves, officeseekers. services, kn,ick
le close Republicans, as tools of
white men. traitors to their race, and
much more Of the same sort. Per-
haps no one has been more prouti-
nent target for such dsnunciati"n
than your humble speaker.
Now, the position to which these
gentlemen invite us is one Of nen-
trality. between the two great polit
ical parties, and to vote with either
or against either. according to the
prevailing motive when the time for
action shall arrive. Iu the interval
we are to have no standing with eth
er party, and have no active influence
in shaping policy of either-but We
are to stand alone. and bold our
selves ready to serve one or to Sc, We
the other; or both, as We may incline
ut the moment.
with all respect to these political
doctors, must say that their remedy
is no remedy at all. No man can
serve Two masters in politics, any
more in religion. If there is one 20
sition 10 life more condemned by ma
ture than another, it is that of nell
trality. Besides. if there is one thing
more impossible than another, it is a
position of perfect n. u!rallty in pol
itics Our friends, Fortune, Dow
ming, and others, hlatter themselves
that they have reached this perfect
ton, but they are utterly mistaken.
No man can read their utterances
without seeing their preference fol
the Democratic party. The fault is
so much in their intention, aud iD
their position. Thep can neither act
with nor against the two parties I'M
partially. They are compelled by
their position to either serve the one
and oppose the other, and they can
not sci We or oppose both alike. In
dependence, like neutrality, is also
impossible. If the colored man ;does
not depend upon the Republican
party, he will depend upon the Dem
ocratic party, sud if he does neither,
become nonentity in American pol
itics. But these gentlemen do, in
effect, ask US to break down the
power Of the Republican party, when
TO do it is to put the government in
! the hads Of the Democratic party
and to come out Of it is to defeat
it.
For one. ! NUT say that the Dem
ocratic party has as yet given me 10
sufficient reasons for doing it aEy
such service, nor has the Republican
party sunk 80 low that | must aband
on it for its great rival. With all
ts faults it is the best party now in
existence. In it are the best element
Of the American people. and if any
good is to come to US politically, it
will be through the party.
| must cease to remember great
many things and must forget great
many things before | can ask
any man, colored or white. to join
the Democratic party, or to occupy
a position Of neutrality between that
party and the Republican party
Such position Of the colored people
of this country will prove about as
comfortable as between the upper
and neither milestone Those Of our
number now posing as Independents
are doing better service to the Dem
ocratic party under the independent
mask than they could do if they came
out honestly for the Democratic par
ty.
Fellow citizen, am disappointed.
The accesin If the Democratic par
ty 10 power has not been followed by |
the results | expected When the
tiger has quenched his thirstin blood
and when the anuc .nda has swallowed
his prey, thay cease to pursue their
tire milling game and sink to rest; so
I thought when the Democratic par
ty came into power. when the solid
South gave la~ to the lanl. when
there could no longer be any pre-