Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-09-19
REpUBL1cAN NToLERArIoN.

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The Republican party claims to be more
and is less than any organization in his
tory. Mention q virtue and instantly the
Boosting z. o. p. lays claim 20 1t. In
enumerating its manifold virtues it uses the
word freedom q good deal. IL is down on
mOnarchiss, especially, and in its virtuous
denunciation of themi its pct word, freedom,
is lugged in neck and heels.
But. examine into this party of great
moral pretensions and you are astounded
to find nothing backing up these preten-
siOns.
The favorits theme Of Republican boast
ers has been the eolored a he was
taught to believe that ne owed his physical,
moral and spiritual salvation to the Re-
publican party and could never repay the
debt-the least he could do, in fact, was to
always vote the Republican ticket. After
q quarter of q century of moral slavery to
the z. o. p. the colored voter began to
think whether, or not, be was better off for
having voted the Republican party into
power all these years, whether he hadn't
already paid a good slice Of the debt, which
it was alleged he owed that party, and
whether he hadn't as good a right to vote
AZ he pleased as his white brother.
Everything he heard from Republican
orators wa sailed, peppered and ~vinsgered
With freedom, so he came To the final con
elusion that he would try a little of 1t
politically, himself, especially as a Dem
oerstic administration did not put him
back into slavery as the orators predicted,
but positively treated him with more con-
sideration than any Republican admins
tration ever had
The colored man, consequently, decides
10 vote Independently.
Now, then. How about the party that
is always virtuously bowling freedomf
They immediately put a boycott on free
dom.
The independent colored mel of the n a
ton hold a convention ut Indianapolis.
The national z. o. p sends its emiSsaries
there to introduce dissension among them
or to buy them of. Republican organs
everywhere give false reports of their pro-
ceedings and in other ways refuse them
that freedom they boast Of 80 loudly. The
independent colored men of West Virginia
ont a State ticket in the field. They have
lust ~ much right 60 do this as the Rspub-
licans have. The Republicans don't think
80. The Republican campaign managers
aeud their emissaries to every member OF
the colored ticket with promises, bribes
and threats, and in the event of these fail
ing, the colored men are to be subjected to
a boycott for daring to vote as they please.
A case in point is that ofC: f. TURNER, OF
WelIsburg. Mr.. TURNER, a bright young
oolored man, is the nominee on the colored
ticket for Auditor.
He teaches a school for colored children
in wellsburg. The Republican leaders
probably failing to cajols Mr.
TURNER into sacrificing his con-
yictions, have, with that love OF
freedom and fair play, for which their
party is noted, determined to try the effect
OF persecution, at least it is reasonable to
suppose 30 from the facts.
They have played upon the prejudice Of
many ignorant people in Wellsburg and
got them to remove their children from Mr..
TURNER'S school. The school is now
d~emoralizsd. They have dubbed Mr..
TURNER a Democrat and his prosecutors
are working for his discharge. How's
this? He is a colored voter, and an Amer
lean citizen, and surely has all the rights
and privileges of a white voterr Aud yet
the freedom loving" 4. o. p. feels revenge
| ful toward him, because he refuses longer
to vote the Republican ticket. Can this
he political spite? Assuredly.
This is tho result of political spite.
The freedom loving Republicans Of Wells
burg desire to revenge themselves on Mr..
TURNER because he has the courage of his
convictions and desires his race to throw
off their political bondage!