The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1890-02-20
NEGROeKICKERS.

There will be ''razzers III de air" in
the elections in North Carolina next
fall There is a revolution on foot en-
gineered by the leading colored men
of North Carolina against the admin
istration, and a fight against Presi-
dent Harrison's denomination will be
started within a few weeks.
A Washington dispatch of last
Friday says: A half dozen colored
men from the Tar Heel State met in
the rotunda of the Capitol and com.
pared notes on the situation of affairs.
They were delegates to the National
Colored Convention which met here
last week, who remained to look over
the field for the purpose of coming to
some conclusion as to what course
they should pursue in the future. The
little group was composed of Prof
j. G. Price, Who was chairman of the
convention and is President of the
Afro-American League; j. II. Will
hanson, of Franklin county, who has
served twelve years in the Legislature
of N. c; j. H. Harris. of Raleigh, who
has served ten years in the North
Carolina Senate and House of Repre-
sentatives; William Henderson, Chas.
Richardson and John G. Dancey.
These are the most prominent color
ed men in the State of North Carolina
and whatever political action they
have decided upon, heretofore, has
never failed to be ratified by their
people. They decided to return to
their homes and issue call for con-
vention and there inaugurate the fight
against the white Republican leaders
of the State.
"Our grievances are many" ex-
planned j. III. Williamson, "and we
are forced into an open rebellion. No
colored man in the State can get an
Office, although without us there would
not be Republicans enough in the
State to hold the window books on
days of election. The white men
there who pose as Republican leaders
have entered into a combination to
allow the colored men to receive no
recognition; even Congressman Cheat
ham is ignored. He cannot secure an
appointment above spittoon cleaner
and he has been allowed very few of
them. He tried to have William
Anderson appointed to special
census agency and he had been prom
ised the place, but it was stopped by
the combination when they heard of
il.
'This combination is composed Of
DIR. j. NJ. Mott, John B. Eaves, Eli
hu White, Collector of Internal Rev
enue for the Fourth district, ard A.
w. Shaffer, postmaster at Raleigh.
They have promised President Harri-
son the delegation from the State to
the next national convention; but they
will fail in delivering the goods. The
colored roters Of North Carolina com
pose the Republican party ofhe State,
and for the future aO5 qUiN control our
oaon affairs. We have made up our
minds never to send another white
Republican to Congress, and only
colored men will go to the national
convention in 1892. We will issue
the call for the State convention with
in ten days, and you can bet it will
be we'll attended.
Congressman Cheatham has not
lent his name to the movement, but it
is understood that it has his full SYM
pathy.
This utterance, coupled with the
fact that there are ten negroes to ev-
cry white man in the Republican par
u in North Carolina, means that the
negroes are going to rule that party.
Isn't it time for WHITE MEN to with
draw from it?