Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-10-28
SUNDAY. OCTOBER %. 1888.
A Reply to Fred. Douglass Letter.

were negroes and because the voters OF that
race ought b present, so he said, a united
front 10 the white Democrats, whom he con-
sidered the enemies Of us race. This appeal
was no doubt issued with the sanction. and
pad for with the money, Of the Republican
National Committee.
But The negroes are not Ell the "dumh.
driven slaves" thai DOUGLASS would have
them TO be. A few d The intelligent ones
B|clriered here and there over the land have
Bcnse enough 10 know that the best friends
tbo negroes bage ia he world are The whites
OF the States lately known rs slayeholdiBg
States. And tins wouid remain true il 1t
could be proved that the stories are true 10
which CDASDLrn, SHERwAS, FORAKER, and
Other malignants affirm that the negro vote
e. Systematically suppressed IN the South.
in his heart every true negro must recOg-
uizc tho fact that in The South he Is almost
Uniyorlsny treated with Kindness, whereas
g. the North tho rule Is 10 treat him with
Unspoken contempt.
Without much hope Of reaching even the
most Intelligent Of the Virginia negroes, we
shall proceed TO give some extracts from a
couutor-appcsl 10 the nero voters Of the
United States addressed to them by CHARLES
H.. j.. TAYIon, q uc2r0-and very shrcwd.
6harp. intelligent negro De is. lie was a few
years neo appointed United STATES Minister
70 Liberia, but after residing there for a time
10 was thoroughly convinced that Liberia
was no place for him or Tor any other pro-
~ chic, ,or.,,s.
60. /, b. oo yN
~ssoteun % mat "it fo.dsv deprivcstb color.
Ell men 81 tne former slave States of their
eouStdntonnl right To vote uy fraud V'o-
n". '1'i. mr' .". r'G In wiWT
1hoi.or,,iio di.finctnres the IMAGE of lbe
party and hundred, a. o,hcs, no less honest
and 10 lees capable 'tlpns t., " true, makes
Us no' "nlY 'IH ms ,u' 'I,""S "u"oinnI
Uov 10. ,n.ir w. .,,tcn,nts Lv t'v.
Inc nat che "P,pgblran party is the
party " culture. industry, and pro-
Efe'slFe ti'n' my 20 iuI'neI, h',
over ihe yery gateway 81 lis pla,iorm re-
Moved dcyo'lon 60 IA. rirhttand liberties of
our peoplc.r Now. / submit in an candor
that fea,ou wouid hive to be dethroucd m
order IN have ipl.ihrent men fake the pIc-
tute az thc Rennbnc,n n,rty and recognize
e. az bcinc n true likeness. with such hien.
Iorded ouir,rss ,~ieuro in any section ~
n,r count, - Le.e o,nttcmcn would hove
,s it, are LaiI, .cen.s In tLe Paradise
- a.. Tf,ited c,,tcs- thc Sontb 10 believe
mai the pcnubnr,ns t,N the truth when they
s,v therr i. ma nee hallot ,n the south il Ia
dceide mat the Kenu,bc,ns deserye deleat.
Ifue enough lhe "epuo"cah party was
IN power n = rule from 1861 to 1884. IL
paSsed the reconstruction laws. IL framed
ehe th,,tsop,b fourteenth and Gteeptb
~-. -, uan, 49, 49,
enVn""e'''" "u INV" = ."'V '" e"o
rd Constitution. IL compelled Toe southern
Rtates 20 ratiy those amendments. IL re-
admitted the southern States TO reprcsenta.
s.. Co,n whv dta ,h., ror, ,eoloo,
!" wv ~ ",A
through OIL theso long years TO eNichu 10 the
negro that protection which DOUGLASS and
bis eang vould have the pegroez believe II
- ea.a Inn vu.rrsov ,ho,l, Ia
"'u'u e -
electea! iAfLok presses ths polut nonlo
upon the Republicans. lie says:
ocro,t tho ,r,,,htrlro,s ~ ,be,r claim
.od a.. oro co,nnoliod 10 vote tho Deno-
- 49,, tor - IA peruhlcsrs hod
80, cnoush :, free ne tbcv certoinIv
pp0"ht ~ bayc remained snfpcicntlv mower.
80 90 n,o,sc, us IN onr ,reedom mill we
- nPonnortnnu ~ hsve scou,red ,hose
,ifncs which we 80 very much needed 10
enshle Ms 10 cone with the peopIe of that
other race
81 donot mean that | credit the statements
circulated by Republican campaigners in
rderence 10 the unlrlendiy relations subsist.
snr between the races az the South. l be-
Iteye a great many Of their statements 10 this
Suspect 10 be iaisehoods started for political
90, wLsn tbev tall mo thnt tho nesroes
- go Ia ,ha Soutb ord tba1
- ,ha, 80 ~ 49,, oorntad I
80 $50 20 hs,,evo thot nv ,nforn,er "a
- ~ Lneve' ~ he tats
..n seton, !, h.,i.vs he e. 10th n ,he
~Ln.at 80 ,ha 800 A. 20, xc,a ,hcn
80 ~ 49, - cotorod mor 10 IN ,ha
80 - INV" =" ~ b"
-. W. ts A tss, s,sc,s tbsir tn.,,cas thoir
ns'.htos thctr shar,G. the,rN comwis.Son.
ers Of revenue / met scores Of these ON.
era ss l,te as The nresent year everywber /
-, =, ,So S,n', PtIf nnr 80, 80, r n III
sh., d. colcrsa men In the Sontb in evsry
ysy ara ceiling alonS better tban the co,ored
men Of the North. | have no recollection OF
sSl negro On''eu states senator, lieutenant,
ssom anv other s,ctisn th,n the south Not.
wtuhstanding. these Republican gentlemen
would have you know their party to be
80 poslessNc, s.u no !uuges nave ven
our eoun,ry exeent thai betNeen the Gulf
and Mason Il Dlxon's line. Republl.
cans are quick 70 speak OF color and
rae pIosc.,p.lon IN Georg,s ana Alaoams,
and osstscles sre In the wav 81 The coIored