The Washington bee., 1889-06-01
WHAT WE EXPECT.


drifted somewhat from its moor
ings. As we are taught to regard
it, republicanism encompasses all
that is fair and Just in govern
ment. 1t means civil and politi>
cal equality, honesty, fairness and
protection in all the various ap-
plicatiens to just and proper govs
ernment. 1t champions the cause
of universal enlightment, freedom
of speech and of thepress, full and
fair criticism of administrative,
judicial and executive methods
and exercises and maintains fos-
tering care of every political and
social force which may tend to
strengthen and purify the body
polite. And the party which has
declared these doctrines has
pledged itself to make them prac-
ticable by a firm, radical and
persistent policy of administration.
Its object has been declared to be
political education, practical as
well as theoretical, whereby the
various elements may become ae-
quainted with and fitted for the
duties of government. This is
the party we represent and firmly
support. Any other, we regard
ss spurious and a mere abortion.
In its practices it declares itself
in favor of the practical represen-
tStion of It's various loyal elements
in the award of honors and emol-
ument. This is the practical and
substantial side of republicanism.
Moreover this side with but a sim
gle exception has been maintained
with singular uniformity and fair
ness. The German, the Irish,
Italian, French, Swsde, Scandina-
Wan aud other elements have q
share in the honors and emolu-
ments in something like commen-
surate numbers, save only the Ne
gro element. This class it would
seem are either independent of
such honors and emoluments or
they are not of sufficient impor-
tancs, politically to justify recog-
milton as a loyal element. The
fact is that the above named cat
egory has nothing to do with the
case, however much parties may
desire US to believe the contrary.
The loyalty of the colored vote at
the North alone clearly demon
strates this.
There are upwards of 10000
voters ProvidentialIy distributed
throughout the North in such a
manner as to control sc electoral
votes. Through their loyalty to
the cause of Republicanism they
have been instrumental in fulfiill>
ing the prophecy of Abraham Lin
coin that the suffragesof the negro
will keep in it's place the diadem
of the republic. And il will be
through their instrumentality if
the permanence of republican in
stitutiens and republican orgaplza-
tions are to be maintained. The
idea of shifting the colored vote
in the vain hope of securing &C..
cessions from elements which from
the results of education and of
religion render them stable and
even pugnacious; or from sparsely
settled new states will be found a
task Emore easy to contemplate
than to secure. Moreover these
accessions must be at great cost
than that which is calculated to
maintain the loyalty of an ever
and rapidly increasing eolored
element. The Negro wants moth.
ing unreasonable. He wishes
nothing as a result of extortion or
of incendiarism or of threats. But
he is intelligent, and al the North
where he is affective he cannot
readily understand why he should
be expected to keep in power q
class of statesmen and politicians
who Systematically ignore his
claims to recognition and offer
him gittering generalities, alb
stract principles and political dog
mas uninfuenced by practical sub
stantial benefits. To him this is
obscure and unjustifable because
he asks himself why should the
loyalty of the Northern colored
voters be unrepresented? What
class are in need OF the full bene-
tits of republicanism to a greater
extent than the Negro and what
class is more uTlrepreSentcd? What
class is more patient, more loyal,
more undefant? These questions
are asked every day by the North