The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1890-09-18
They Will DO Longer be "HcwcrS
of Wood and Drawers of
Water.'
A REPRESENTATIVE AND 09DERL
BODY.

\ Convention of forty or fifty
of the representative negroes of
the county met i'll the court
house, in Clinton, Oh last Sat-
urday. The immediate object
Of tie meeting was to appoint
delegates to the Republican
Congressional Convention that
meets in Warsaw on the 9th
inst.
They claimed that Chairman
Ward of the County Executive
Committee had refused to call
a convention for this purpose,
saying that the delegates had
already been appointed by him.
WhereupOn the chairman of the
township committees made a
Call for the abOv e meeting, which
they claim to be legal under
their plan Of organization. Mil
tom Holmes presided over the
meeting. He stated briefly its
object and why it VS. called.
He said lie had been chosen by
the "bossea" as u delegate, but
he would not and could not say
that four Of them had the pow
er to elect delegates for the
whole county.
Committees on credentials ana
resolutions were appointed.
In the absence OF the commit
tee Rev. w. Il. Manor address
ed the convention in a very
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spite of the "bOsses."
The committee on credentials
reported about ten townships
fully represented.
On motion the committee on
resolutions reported the follow
ing:
PLATFORM.
We, the colored Republican
voters Of Sampson county, feel
ing that the time has arrived
for Us as men and citizens to
break our silence concerning
the attitude and treatment of
us by the managers or "Bosses"
Of the Republican party in
district and county, do so with
out any hesitation, and relucta-
nee. Every since the return of
the Republican party to power
in the nation, there has been a
silent, but firm and unrelating
opposition on the part Of the
managers and Bosses OF the
party towards giving the color
ed voters any recognition in
the distribution of the patro-
rage at their disposal. We
have always been loyal, faith
full adherents of the Republi-
can party, and shall ever re
main true to those principles
which underlie its foundation.
And because we are such true
and genuine Republicans; we
feel that we can no longer hold
our silence when we see those
who claim to represent the
principles Of the party SO de-
relict or forsaken i'll their duty
and 80 utterly ummindful Of the
claims Of all element which
forms the bone and sinew Of
the party in this district and
county.
To say the least, we think
it very ungrateful in those who
have been lifted into political
power by our suffrages and then
to kick from beneath them the
ladder by which they have
risen. While they do not say
SC in words, yet their actions
are Indicative Of the fact that
they have systematically or
ganized a combination in the
county and district whereby
the whites holds all the offices
and the negroes do all the vot
ing.
AS true Republicans, We de-
precate and oppose the forma
ton Of negro party as inucf
as we do a white mans, but the
J, continued ard persistent dis
; regard OF US who are entitled t.
some consideration for the PAS
services will compel US to as
sert our manhood, self-respec
and Independence in the future
, Therefore be it resolved:
1st, That it is the sens: OF thi
convention that the interest O
the colored man has been great
ly neglected and his just de
: mands entirely ignored by tn
: managers and bosses of til
: Republican party.
f Resolved 2, That it is to th
interest of the race to act