Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1889-03-23
THE NEGRO QUESTION.
They Want Mixed Schools and
Many Other Things.-What
the Republican Party Of
Maryland is.

year grow holder until finally
they would demand Of the Re-
publican party that they must
have the white schools open to
their children. Below we pub.
lish the address Of the colored
mems convention held in Balti-
more on Monday last. Here
you have the demand that they
shall send their children to the
white schools, that they shall
marry white people il they
please. that our agricultural
colleges shall be open to them,
and. in other words, all bar
ricrs Of race shall be done
away with and that they
shall stand equal to the whites
in all respects. Now what Re-
publican paper in this county
will endorse this address ?
What Republican paper will
take an open stand against it ?
What Republican leader will
dare denounce the address =?
Yet year after year the Repub-
leans of this city and county
drive these negro voters to
the polls like dogs and compel
them to vote them into office.
What would the Republican
party of this city, this county,
or this State be without the
negro vote? The Republicans
lure them on with unkcpt
promises, and year after year
they are forced to await the
fulhllment of the dreams OF
free schools and the other mis-
cradle lies told them by the
leaders of this selfish party.
White men Of Frederick, me
chanics and laborcrs, read this
address. 1t is the poor white
men that would be effected by
such laws. Those of the Re
publican party blessed with
sufficient money would send
their children to schools where
the dusky faces of the little
darkics could never darkcn
the school rooms, where their
little ones were sent to be cdu-
Gated. But alas what is to
become of the little boys and
the little girls of the poor white
man? They, if the RAIDS, ever
gain power in this State. will
be forced to endure all that the
darkcys may demand. Rcbub-
leans and Democrats, read
the demands of colored men,
who met from all over the
State in Baltimore on Monday
last. Here it is:
An ADDRESS To TIE PEOPLE.
\ committee of one from
each ward and county was APP
pointed on resolutions and
rules. and spent several hours
in preparing their address to
the people. a section of the
address spoke of the services
rendered by Isaac Myers, ID.
ID. Dickcrson and DIR. II. !.
Brown, and recommended DR..
Brown. for appraiser of the
port Of Baltimore. This was
cut out, however, in committee,
and the report was adopted by
the convention, except all ref
ercnce to individuals. The adj
dress calls the attention Of the
legislature to inequalities and
invidious determinations in the
present State laws said to cx-
list as manifcstly unjust TO the
colorcd people and in violation
of the common law and the
Fourteenth amendment. and
which it is asked to eliminate.
1t is asked that the word
white" be stricken from the
Public School laws. and that
one or more schools be main
tanned for at least ten months
in the year free to all youths
between six and twenty years
Of age this for the purpose of
admitting colored children to
the white schools when there
are no colorcd teachers. That
the school fund be apportion-
ed according to the respective
white and colorcd populations.
That the law prohibiting the
intcrmarraige of the races be
abolished, because it is based
on the theory that the negro
is inferior 10 the white race !;
to admit colorcd students of
bo,k ea~.,, to ,Lo S,,,. NJ.