The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1888-11-20
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There is no good reason why the vic
tory Of the Republican parry should cause
the colored people to rejoice. That party
has never shown any love for them. 1t
IS true that 1t was President Of that
party who issued the emancipation proc
lamation, but the proclamation was mil
tary and political necessity, and was not
dictated by desire to benefit them.
All the legislation OF Republican Con
crosses in which the coorc'l people are
directly interested was for the purpose Of
perpetuating thu power OF the Republican
party, aud not for The purpose OF better
iug the condition of the colorel people
and lifting chem to a higher plane. This
Legislation has undoubtedly afforded them
opportunities for advancing and improv-
Ing, but these opportunities were not the
purpose Of it; they were the necessary in
cideuts of it.
Have the Republicans in the Northern
States shown any particular appreciation
OF The colored people: Have they recog
nlzed them to the extent Of their voting
power in the distribution Of the Offices !:
They have not, and it is very rare
thing i'll Northern Republican State to
find colore.l mn in Office Does not this
condition Of Affairs show that the RepuF
hcan party aims To use, not to help, the
colorel people?
When NJ. cleveland was elected the
colored people were somewhat alarmed,
bat they had no reason to be, and they
soon found out they had not. Have they
not enjoyed their rights az completely
since Mr.. Cleveland has been President
as they did before he was elected? In
fact, has not Mr. Cleveland appointed
more colorrd men to good Offices than
his immediate predecessor
Ia the South the colorc1 people in po.
hIlcal matters show an understandable
hostility to the white people. 1t is true
that nearly All of the white people ale
democrats, but that is no reason why the
co!ored people should be opposed to them
in politics. They have kinder feeling
for the coiored people than have the
northern people, and, besides, they are
the employers and patrons Of the colorcd
people, ami open the way for them to earn
their daily bread.
Has it ever occurred to the colored peo-
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ploy only white men as dravmen, cooks,
walters, laborers, etc, and palronize only
white BARRIERS, washerwomen and me-
chanics, the colored people would have a
rather hard time of it? The Southern
people, as a people, are not different from
what they are as individuals, and are not
disposed to maintain toward the colored
people, as a race, an attitude different
from that which they maintain toward
them as individuals. The colored people
now fill the places for which they are
fitted. They will fill different places as
they become qualified Cor them.
1t they will think of the matter careful
ly, they will see that the Northern Repub-
licans want to use them, not to aid them.
The Southern people are willing to aid
them. In fact, the Southern people are
aiding them all the time. Who provide
the schools for their children and the
hospitals for their sick? To whom do
they turn when in trouble? In the great
Yamacraw fire in this city few years
ago for instance who suDDOrted those