The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1888-10-10

having at the coming elections the fullest
opportunity of expressing their will through
the constitutional and American method OF
perfectly free ballot and fair count.
Respectfully,
J. P. RICHARDSON, Governor.
ANSWER TO FRED DOUGLASS.
Republicans are Not the OwDers Of the
Colored Vote.
(From the New York starr
The letter addressed to the voters of
the country, signed Frederick Douglass
of the District of Columbia, Robert
Smalls of South Carolina, John r. Lynch
of Mississippi and other prominent
colored men, has excited much indigna-
ton among many of their race. While
the letter is addressed to the people of
the country at large, it is wholly an
appeal to the colored men, and contains
many gross Misrepresentation which
are uttered for the purpose of misleading
the members of that race and stealing
their votes from Cleveland and Thur
man.
Among others who have expressed
mach displeasure at seeing in print sucn
misleading matters rs is found IN the
address referred to is Hon. Charles h.
j. Taylor, ex-Minister to Liberia, and
one of the three negroes who ale
members of the Bar of the Supreme
Court of the United States. MIR. Taylor
is one of the few representative men OF
his race who object to the misnomer
sscolored men," He holds that the term
carries with it no distinction OF race,
and believes that it should be obhterated
rom our anthropological vocabulary.
Mr.. Taylor is Democrat from con-
viction, and has possibly gwen more
attention to the welfare of bis race than
either Fredrick Douglass or Blanche 4.
Bruce. He is certainly a man OF rare
intellect and well capable of speaking on
the topics touched in the misleading
screed signed by Mr.. Douglass and the
eleven others. Mr.. Taylor is in the city
at the present time, and was seen by the
Star reporter yesterday. When asked his
opinion OF the letter, he said:
81 regard it as most unfortunate for
the Republicans at this time. While it
is intended to whip the negroes into line,
it falls short of its purpose and goes to
show that the Democratic negroes are
not only giving the Republicans much
| concern now, but have done SO for some
time past. It proves that the negroes
are no longer uoited. Negro Democrats
are everywhere congratulating them
selves on being able to bring all the
negroes of Republican prominence to
their knees and forcing them to recog-
nize the division they represent.
81 intend in few days to publish
full and complete reply to all OF the
arguments contaiued in Mr.. Douglass
letter as to why the negroes should vote
the Republican ticket. l candidly be-
lieve that any intelligent negro who has
heretofore been in doubt as to how to
vote will conclude, after reading this
Republican screed, to vote the Demo
cratic ticket.
s.I shall not deny that there are out
RACES in the South; I shall not deny the
unpleasant sta.e of things reported as
existing between the races, by Repuoh-
can politicians, but shall charge that
party which removed the political dis
abilities of the front men in the Rebellion
with each and every outrage. Il negroes
have been killed on account Of politics,
the murderers are Republicans. The
party heretofore posing as the especial
friend of the negro ought to have known,
and believe did know, that to invest
men entirely poor and extremely igno-
rant with the right of suffrage, to con-
tend with men of wealth and intelligence
was to make targets OF the former Tor
the guns of the latter. Poverty and
ignorance must always fal under in any
contest with wealth and intelligence.
ssThe question of color and race has
nothing at all to do with it. Let the
negroes and the white men of the South
change position, not IN color, but, IN
wealth and intelligence, and the. negro
would dominate just as the white man
does to-day. I have an idea that II re-
ports were coming North that the negroes
were killing the white people, instead
of vice versa, old Yankees who havn't
seen their muskets since the war would
polish them up and rush to the rescue.
elf Mr.. Douglass and the other slgners
of this letter tell the negroes that IL this
ell. ction the election of Harrison is OF
no less Importance than the necessity at
one time for the election o: Lincoln,
consciously or unconsciously they send
forth fslsehood. l fail to see what
more power MIR. Harrison will possess to
right the wrongs of the negroes OF the
South than did Mr.. Hayes, MIR. Garfield
or Mr.. Arthur"
William E. Gross, president, and
George w. Broome, secretary OF the
Cleveland League, sd ASSOCIATION OF
colored campaign clubs, have addressed
a letter to Rev. William B. Derrick, in-
viting him to public discussion Oh the
political questions of the day with man
they will select of their own race. Mr..
Derrick is the recognized leader and
orator OF the Republican voters OF New
York.
The gentlemen who send him the
challenge express the opinion that 1t
would be well to have the colored voters
of New York understand the real ques-
tons they are tc vote upon in the comlng
election, and express the hope that MIR.
Derrick will agree to submit the issues
to the colored men of New York, that
they may be able to judge of them ia
telligently.