San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-11-26
AUSTIN LETTER.
A CoIored Man Discusses Politics
and the Negro.

L thought it was about time
should make another small dratt
upon you by asking a little space in
your valuable paper. The excitement
of the greatest political campaign has
now past, and one of the greatest vic
tories achieved by the gallant repub-
lican party, or any other party In the
history of the nation. Inc greatest
and best school for one to attend Is
to enter the printing office OF hrst-
class newspaper; there the type-set-
ter and proof reader come INTO aaiiy
contact with the foremost mlndS OF
this utilitarian age, where thougnG Is
expressed in the choicest words culled
from the Hottest realms OF the repupc
lie of letters. Now that the smoke OF
the contest is driven by the gales in
to oblivion, one might express a hope
that many of the evils now existing,
will be remedied. The action OF the
incoming administration will be put
to the severest test and scrutiny, ana
expected to redeem every pledge
made during the lovely days OF the
campaign. And everything con-
demned in outgoing administration
must not be practiced by the new.
The victory Just achieved was so
widespread and sweeping. that the
whole responsibility of the execution
of present laws, and the making OF
new laws, devolves upon the repup-
lican party; watched by an uncom-
promizing opponent. We oeileVe,
however, that the party is capable or
filling the bill, and fully realizes the
gravity of the responsibility. we
trust Mr.. Harrison will be saved
from pretended friends, and surround
himself by men whose judgments
are not shaped by party or parties al
together. Some news m0ngers are
trying to shape the president-elecGs
southern policy, as haro as they trisd
to make the Hon. j. &. Blame the re-
publican nominee for the presidency.
But if they should fail in this last at
tempt as they did in the first, they
must acknowledge that they have iost
the game. Every one who under
stands the reading of our constitution
knows it to be prerogatiye OF the chlef
executive to protect the lives ana prop
erty and the rights of all the cltlzehs
in the states and territories; the army
and navy are placed at his command
to enforce the laws and protect the
citizens from domestic az we'll as from
foreign invasion and violence
wherever the governors and leglsla-
lures are not able or decline to do so.
Nearly one million of negro voters
prayed and voted just like they
prayed. 1t ought to be against the
progress, spirit and genius of this
country, or any part of it, to shoot
down and drive from their hard earned
homes any class of citizens because OF
complexion of skin or texture of hair
or the preteXt that your race was once
my slave; let the past with its train OF
abuses be buried. The civilized ma
tions are beginning to realize the fact
that all property marked and stamped
by the image of the Creator is PAD
property; and all money invested IN
such property loses its value. MI.
Editor, am aware of the fact that II
I had written these lines at
any time before the cleo
ton, the biased would have accused
me of writing a campaign document.
We have no mind to dictate, but we
feel free to express it that many por-
tons of the south, my native land,
ought to change it's theOretic doctrines
toward the negro of the south. Ihls
ought to be done in one of two ways,
viz: Close the door of knowledge
against him for ever or accord to him
the rights, all and singular, to those
enjoyed unstin teddy by all other citi-
zens. Friendship of the negro, spoken
of by Mr.. H. w. Grady, in his Dallas
speech, holds good; and every south
ern orator of note fails MOTTO make the
point in their powerful OratiOns. That
friendship has stood the most severe
test. viii our southern white friends
in the future show the courage OF their
convictions on this one of the five
points? So far as the negro fOrsaklng
the repu blican TO 20 over to the demo
cratic party, that will never be unless
he has something to 90 for. Let d
reign of peace, and equal justice to al
be inaugurated, before you calculate
on the division of the negro vote. Be
fore I close this long article let me III
form our many readers, that the Higt
school for colored youth, and cent"a
grammar school of our city, has beel
struck by cyclone seemingly; there
has been a regular stampede among
the students of these grades, all be
cause q female teacher in said schOo
has acted very imprudent, or Immoral
The patrons asked the dismissal q
said teacher, but the board differed
Tillotson Institute, under the dlrec
ton of the American Missionary So
clety is the gamer. My circulation
are Increased by this move.
frtrl / lINNT
DentiStry.