Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1889-09-26
FAE RACE QUESTION.

For the benefit of those Of our read
ers who may not be aware of the wide
spread attention that the Race Ones
ton" is attracting all over the Union
we give below few extracts from diff.
fsrent papers. Read them
The Cambridge Ne,cs says: "If
the Republicans carry any county in
Maryland it is negro supremacy and
negro rule. as they constitute the bulk
of the Republican party in these parts
In Dorchester the Republicans don't
claim to do anything in politics, ex-
cept giving out the Offices. without
negro aid. They have colorei men in
their conventions and on their COM
mittees. but none in Office, because
the public sentiment would not for an
instant tolerate it.
"For nigh unto twenty years the
colored men in all parts Of the coun-
try have voted in body for the Re-
publican party. In many States their
votes have often been source of Re-
publican victory and as often the
cause of Democratic defeat. In the
last election the Republicans would
have lost New York, Indiana, Ohio
and Illinois if the darkeys had voted
the Democratic ticket, or had not voted
at all, and TO day Cleveland and not
Harrison would be President. These
and other facts show that the black
men, politically. have always been
the enemy. bitter and unrelenting, Of
the Democratic party. notwithstand-
ing the fact that to Democrats he
owes his employment and the means
OF support for himself and bis family.
The black man seems never to have
become independent in either thought
or action, though in personal liberty
he is as free as the SON. of the men
who fought the English wars and
achieved our country independence.
For years and years at the South car !.
pet baggers aud other INSCRIPTIONS
Republicans used the negro to ride
into Office on. but for the last ten
years the white people down there
have risen in their might. seized the
reins of government and relegsted the
black man and his INSCRIPTIONS users
to back seats. The latter, seeing that
even with the solid negro vote they
can no more attain Office, have formed
plan to have q great white Mans"
Republican party, and have made up
their minds that the black man shall
no. vote their ticket, because they
hope to gain more than enough white
votes to make up the loss. President
Harrison, dispatches from Washing
ton state. has Endorsed the plan aud
shown his temper by discharging one
half of the colored servants retained
about the White House for years. We
thus see that the Republican party, in
some of the States, thinking it can
get along better without the negro
than with him, has deliberately thrown
him overheard after using him for
years, and President Harrison 10
party TO the plot.
NEGRO SERMONS.
The Baltimore Sun of recent dates
contain the following reports of utter.
ances Of leading colored men upon
this question
The Rev. John 81. Collett, color
ed preacher in Baltimore, in SER
mon on race issues, said: II don't
kGow whether you will agree with me
or not in what say, and I don I care |
whether you do or not. The white |
men, before the war and during the |
war. were against Us. The grand |
trouble with Us 10 that we have not |
proper leaders. and our people are not
properly instructed. / don't believe |
the negro 10 inferior to the white nan. |
When God created Us all Of one blood |
he never meant that We should be in.
ferior to the white man. like the |
word negro. Call me negro if you |
like, but don't cali me niger. III
am proud of belon sing to the negro |
race. Did you ever notice that the |
white men always spell negro with q |
little n. while the colored men al. |
ways spell it with a big n What |
treatment are We receiving to-day |
from Southern regulators Look in |
the daily papers and see. The policy |
of the President 10 the cause Of this. |
The truth of the whole matter is that |
they want TO crush rs out. God |
moves in Q mysterious way. Every |
slave In the South cost the lifa of : |
white soldier. The nation says moth
ing Of the treatment We are receiving