Telegram-herald., 1888-03-20

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battlefield fer the lifs sna honor 4 his
co0niry. eauas kassIa 40 holaiax up
szHpty slesses sad. Appoint one 81 ~. aaa
tkas shes wear sppFecss1lon - e4f ss4t
ssFvlEes "a e<hSa ~ tae Jaioo. and = nea
J hesra tbs kspQ6lieSn fnaslasni seY -
theaa 1ou hsss our - APATHY, eal there
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39insa the hepubssoan f=Fis aid 80 aust
10 same z1inE 70 esmpanssle Aln Ter 20
doing - sbzf es csn ges oihsr loufedsTste
bFsgA5ier-teaerals snd go-rlllas - 40 the
sane. Nc cant appoint yoa. We s1h4
have - give tAs place to hlas, suo ne VAS
appointed. 1 SAY. xhea I saw al these
thlags iEansplTs zaa os,aas 10 pass. verify,
verify ! szsl 1nso myseI i soadef Il my
1 keoUbacxn party has bot conle very near
boostnk the Conie5ersey int0 tue saddle
Then I compared these izcts w.tb ths sec
tionsl editorials IA ny Republican paper
aud became sIlil more cQDfoss9. Finally,
! resolved 10 60 down sna inses igals these
1 things for myself As the tram speedea
s0utn o. course | experiences feeling of
| umldigy. D0I knowing out they m.snt snis-
tsse me FOR man of color AID lnumldzte
NE. 10 New Orleans 1 formed the acc usln-
tsncs OF one OF the best aud most cultured
families Ia the city. ] wss invited 10 their
home. before retiring f8r toe night they
all gathered IN the psrlof. snd there.
on their beaded knees. around thai family
alter. they asked God to bless
their homs and their eonniry. ! thous bl -
! myself surely these people are not Demo
Gratis. Bu' you can judge Of my surprise
when, Ia the morning. II response 10 al IA
QuiTy, 1 was informed that they were Tega-
/ lar old-f4shionsd bourbon Democrats, Of
4 the st.lfsst kind. Now, ladies and gentle.
"a en-, Il Is = tact that Will be acknos ledPed
| b, eysry one who has ever travelled through
oul taat part oi the eoantFy, that the brains.
morality and intelligence Of the South are
| today 10 be found Ia the ranks Of the DEM
ocrstic party. while the ignorsnt and slum
element are largely In the Kepu Olican psrgy.
II anyone should say The reverse of IAls Is
/ true IN the North, / should not dlspuis him.
| TO understand the remedy needed. we must
| nrst understand the conditions that produce
| and surround this difficult Southern prob
! lem.
Now. do not for moment doubt but
that there are large numbers OF cclored mcn
in the South who 10 not vote, sad / have
no doubt bgt that many of them are intiia-
idated la various ways. aud illegally pre-
| vented from voting. The excuse Inat is
given for tnis by some Is taat the white
people own ali the property. and the backs
own comparatively nothing. Ihe blacks an
some States being in majority, II all were
allowed 10 vote. wolld elect themselves To
| office raise their oxa salaries, enormously
none OF the burdens would fail on them,
would tax the white peoples property un-
I'll il amounted TO extortion. Inls Is the
eYcuse. IL Is not sufficient, for believe
that every man. who by the constitution
and laws of the country has the right 10
cast a ballot. should have an opportunity
to exercise that rigat. no matter what the
consequences may be- Yet | SIN frank 10
say that il we of the North were placed in =
potision where our property was likely 10
be taken away from us oy unjust and ruin
Gus taxation, there would be strong tempt
alton for Us u stretch a point III order 10
control aud determine the results OF an
election. This is the evil end as long es
the white people of the South are IN one
party, and the coloied people in the other.
so long this evil will continue. and this
division will remain so long as the political
parties that created this division exist. The
coored people stay In the Republican party,
because they dislike the other party and
consider IL their enemy. The white people
stay in the Democratic psrty. because they
LOOK upon the Republican party rs the
author of their wrongs. Ii is not the in
dividuals that they dislike, but the ole
| party names and the memories that surround
heir history. What is needed in the South
today is new issue, TO split up and remove
those old parties. and the bitterness and pre-
iudice that acc 'rnpsny them. An old Co.ore,
minister from Mississippi biz the mai. squer'
on the head. when al the great mass meet
lug in New Orleans. in his peculiar brogue
be said. "Bretheren. we've peen dividiH dis
here country along de color line from Eas
TO West for de past twenty 1--WE yesrs. Now
what we wants most for dis country. ans
what We wants most for nav people IS 70
have dis here probishion party come int'
power, and just splitter dc other way IL
spoke the truth. Let new pariy
) | with new issue that will divide both iacs,
{ come into power, and tie race problem snc
3 | all the other questions that grow out OF II
: | will be ssttleQ.
Can the prohibition issue accomplish thi
resuli2 Already we have abundant eyidenc
, that it will. In the prohibition amend
ment campaigns Of Texas and Tennessee
| the white people on bota sides worked bar,
to secure toe coloTed people, for tbei
respective sides. This created "a interest
OF each race in the other. la Atlanta
the ladies from the frat families Ia the cit
pinned dry" bsdgss upon the coiored peo
pie, served them with free lunch and coffee
and lsbOred with them 10 vote against th
. saloon. Let the Prohibition party raise ia
! issue III the politics O. the South Sn q you g
= once divide both races. and the white peopl
on either side will see that all the co!ofe
/ people who may desire 10 vote TOR their "a
' spsotiyes sides. have an opportunity 10 do 90
|
/ counted. as il is FOR their personal inisTes
10 so do. This will st once remove al
| opportunity for ballOl-box frauds, FOR ther
will be shrewd. sble, white men on escl
side. who WILL be interested .o see that ~
, fraud takes place. i believe ihie 10 be th
!. only way the cOlored man will ever seCur
( the opportunity 20 fully and freely e1er
: else the rights of citizenship. We mus
. create a condition in which escb race vii
| take N interest in the conduct aRu Weif4r
of the other. We need this new Isuy Z
heal up the wounded feelings. and remov
/. the traces of Last bitterness from the present
. that the pages OF the future ma
i not bs msrred and blottea by to
Q unhappy memories of the forgiven pas
g We need q new union OF men 10 hsDdl
9 new reforms. This union cannot take pisc
3 within the ranks Of either old party, be
}. cause Of this past prejudice. Nhere. tkel
a must IL take placer We sre compslled b
2 the inevitable force Of circumstance to Sc
n upa new standard out here on neutrs
| ground. sronnd which none OF toe bite
= memories OF ne past exist and trusting 4
4 the strength ~ the issue and the rigbieou
Y ness OF the cause 70 draw 70 u al Eegunii
e cans and Democrats who bsiisvs Ia tbs
l. pfinciple xni around this uee standard "
l. will baisd party into G majority that al
: be large enough and united enough 10 tax
4 / possession Of TINS Government nominst
= and elect officers who are IN sympathy VII
n / the reform aud all work for its triumph
a and sbsu this shall have been done. e.
J. starry iisx viii no longer wsTs its pryfsci
i ing i0ics over ZT5. .o09 iexaszsd gfDg shop.
Is gentleman. some tine sgo, vriiiB
e ircm Fiofids, sad. We Of The south c.
e neveg unite with the RepuolirsB yartg eve
4 ifs sbo1id take 5p this rsfarD. ipT g % =
2 ws would ts compsiieo - wsik over =
= / graves ~ ear 6ast s<,as and fstners nor G