Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-10-12
THE RACE PROBLEM.
REPUBLICAN DUPLICITY TOWARD THE
COL0RBD NAN.
Significant Facts R,lstsd and Suggested BY .
Leading Gslorsd 0ltisn-why OOlorsd
Men Should Break Away From
TIE Republican Party.

Leading Colursd 0ihisn-Why Oolored
Men Should Break Away From
tie Republican Party.
The following letter, which should bs
read by every colored voter, was wntten
by q lsadiug c,lored citizen of Chstta-
nooea, Tenn, t, the Chattanooga Times:
| TO tie Chattanooga Times.
Oh, dire fate that would seal up the ne
gro's civil rights, and thou cruel eourtthst
would doom the whole race to political
seryitude! And thou, too, treachery, hast
found thy mate. o, sir, when we can sp-
psal TO our countrymsn without rancor and
bate, it would be far bettr for the state.
Would any other race upon the earth sub
nit to the outrsges to which the negro has
bsen subjected under the guise Of rpubli-
canism without resentment! Would that
the republican party could call back tbs
days whereupon thsy could have proven
true to their pledges but alas, they are now
numbered among those OF reeedipg CEN
turtles. Oar grief bat adds pain to tho
wound. In the time Of civil strife, war
and bloody carnage, We fought, bled and
died for this, the most glorious country
upon earth, and along by our
side stood thu democrat and
republican whose blood commingled
win ours, that this government and its in
situations might bs ptrpstuated for I'M
numbered generations yet to come. yet ig-
aorance with its shapeless head and hideous
form dares to rise up and tail the int.lh-
gence of this age that the Republican pa ty
reed the negro. Oh what interests can
issue forth from the mouths Of corrupt
falsshood and bypocricy When the M gro
tresh from the plow, was called to arms
they were not citizens, but things and
chattel property to BIS used in SUPP ressing
\ great rebellion. Two hundred thousand
negroes took the field TO save the Republl'
can party and the Republican government
rom utter defeat and destruction, and the
Democrats OF the North and Northwest
4ided with the government in order to
effect a resi- grafton of the Statee, and now
we are told that the republican party
feed rs. What folly.
WlIi the negro ever be mau enough to
reBnt this insult? He helped to save the
Republican party and that party was
bound to render unto Caesar the things
that were Ce ,aI's and unto God the things
that were Gods. That party was bound
20 render unto the negro his rights for
which he fyught. His liberty was his
God. given right which no power on earth |
bad a right 10 withhold. His Liberty is |
his natural right and he is under no obli-
gat on to thank any parry, race or nation
Atty for that which God gave him and to
whom alone he should be grateful. But
the Republican party arrogates to itself
the thanks that are due to God. Demo- |
Gratis and Republicans alike are entitled to
credit for crushing the rebellion, bat the
negro owes no gratitude to any party for
doing what it is morally bound to do.
1t il said that the writer should look to
Arkansas, Mississippi, Lou siana and other
Sta e3 for murders aud outrages perpe'ra-
ted upon the negro. 1t is not necessary 10
look there, for here in our immediate vIcin- |
ty mob violence aud murder took Place
under Republican surveillance and con-
nivsuce. Race oi,turbancee are of frtqueat
occurrence, but thete are not to bs con- |
fined 70 any political party at al times
Nsy, verify, Republicans Of the other lace
have brought about disturbances in order
to make political cspiial.
But who is responsible fer the condition
of the negco in the South? Aye, the
treachery end cowsrdly pusillanimity OF
the Republican party OF the Northern
st Ites. And like q trolicksome calf that
skips over the meadow and plsys with tie
wird Northern Republicans would make
promises to the ear of the negro and break
them to his hope.
The civil rights bill they passed, snl
then declared it unc IN, titutioraN; so with
the enforcement act.
And although the freedmsn's bureau
was for time a blessing it was handi-
capped by R.pablican sIealsge If freed
mans NOR ey, and the Democracy urder
President Cleveland made it possible for
the negro to receive pItlon Of hi, money
bscS.
Pray tell me, is there any god to inure
20 the race by sntagonizing the whites OF
the South for party that cannot project
them and coUli net if it would and would
not if it could? Yes, that party has nm
loaded you ard only need you when office
is the objective point. All over the South
whits Republican clubs are organized
with the motto that no negro need spply.
Blu. they have been false to tie negro as
well as to their profess, d principles, there
lore they will not sutc Ell in breaking up
the solid South by leaving the negro.
They cry aloud that if the Democracy il
again placed in control Of the government
that
THE NEGRO WILL BE RE-ENsLAvED.
No one but Judas or knave would
seek to inculca'e any such idea. tits pre-
pOsterous. The south is more sggrs i've
and prosperous than ever before. The Re-
publican party gave them back Il e negro,
and by the negro's vote the South has
thirty-Seven representatives IN Congress,
aud tie same number Of electors; all OF
these are Democrats, aud the Republicans
msds all of this possible. A parry that
has been SO false and trescherous, deserves
to 20 down in infamy, and the day will
come WHEN the impartial historian will
record the crime.
ALSO HIGH TARIFF,
there can be TO question that IL is system
that enrictes thu few and robs the many.
It is not net essay to quote statistics here,
bat tie psop'e of this country passed
thror gh o psriod Of distress, bread riots,
sroIlation of property, death and destruc-
tion, while the tariff system was at its
highest, under Republican rule, and this
ought to be sufficient to convince even a
fool that prohibitory tariff is not the best
for the people Of this country, and especi-
ally the negro, for he is foreign to the
system.
Tee manufacturers, trus's. monop,lists
snd combines are Of little interest 70 the
negro so far as wages sIe CO2cerned.
There are about one negro employed by
manufacturers to fifty thousand en-
posed. Great nun bsrs Of them err pro-
duciog cotton, corr, etc. Aud here is
where the Republican party has failed to
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