The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1890-09-10

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Republican PRESIDENT The answer
is easy. Vote against Brewer and
put 'sBaldy' Williams, a Democrat
J who is also an honest man,. in his
place. Break the link in this un>
holy chain by which corrupt reven-
ue officers reach the ear Of Repub'
lican administration in Washington.
History tells US that the time was
in Rome when even the highest Off
ces we're put up at suction and sold
10 the highest bidder, and Roman
4 guards inducted the purchaser into
Office. Not many years thereafter
Roman liberty perished. Ifthe Off
ces must be sold, l believe 8 public
auctionis rather preferable to a sneak.
ing bsck-door performance in secret.
II has at least the appearance Of more
fairness in the sale. These men would
divide up and parcel out the offices
Of the government among themselves
like William the Conqueror did the
estates Of the Saxon bsrons, after the
battle Of Hastings, among his sold.
iers, which resulted in the establish
ment Of the Feudal sys elm Of land
tenures that for centuries was the
most grinding and oppressive slavery
recorded in history, hardly except
ing Jewish bondage In Egypt. and
traces of it can be found in English
laws to day, alter the lapse of more
than eight centuries. Mr.. Brewer,
writing t Deputy Collector Woody,
speaks Of W. r. Neal as your WI
liam. Yea. WoodY's Bill Neal,
Woody's Webb; my John, your Jack,
just like slave owners thirty years
ago spoke of their slares. Yes, white
Slaves now, ready to take public
office-a trust created for the great
aud noble purposes of government,
to be prostituted at the bidding OF o
petty backwoods revenue officer.
Republicans, do you like the picturei
Is it oyerdrawn? ....
A word to you, my eolored Rspub-
lican friends. / shall never cease TO
remember with gratitude your votes
given to me on several, occasions In
the past, and no longer ago than the
last election for q high and respon-
sible position; but you have ordered
by solemn resolution in q convention
at Raleigh last week, composed of
intelligent, educated, representative
men Of your own race that l must
leave the Republican party. You
haye resolved, if correctly reported,
that your race alone is the Republi.
can party in North Carolina and no
white man, withoR any exception,
can be trusted by you. You have
by your action shown that you have
| no higher conception Of the dignity
and responsibility Of American citi.
zenship than TO get Office and that
none but your race should have the
Offices, so far as you could gil them
by your votes. A few day thereafter
you shook hands with the "Revenue
Ring" and resolved with acclamation
than the Lodge election bill should
be forced on the people.
IL this suits you, then / know
where you stand as q race. / Joined
the Republican party, and cast my
tirst vote for 1t in 1868 TO reconstruct
the union on q basis allowing you all
your political rights equal to my
own and / am content still that you
should have them, but am not will.
ing for you to barter away with q
few revenue officers, my own liberty
rights and privileges with yours.
Mark my prediction. If you follow
that crowd under your Lodge bill
resolutions adopted in convention in
Raleigh last week, You will soon find
yourselves like Mr. Woodys official
papers-"lost In the woods" They
would barter you and your Liberties
away for their own political gain,
with as little remorse Of conscience
afterwards as the slave driving spCcu
lator sold you and your ancestors and
their wives and children rs chattles
thirty years ago and they would eat
up your liberties as citizens like o
Dutchman eats cheese. ~
Now We part company, politically.
We have come 70 q fork In the road.
Good bye. have though. at times
/ would stop voting altogether, being
elled with disgust at results But on
reflection, seeing as / do, q political
revolution going on the like Of which
has never yet been seen in American
history, feel that my vote belongs
10 my country more than 10 me in-
dividually, and il would be q plain
violation Of the duties Of citizenship
10 abstain from voting.
FELLow REPuBLTcASs Of the ,ohite
race ID Moth Carolina, you who
neither bold nor seek TO hold, politr
ical Office: Z
We are now pretty near being po
litical orphans and il il. hard 10 tell
in the confusion where We ought 10
find our future political home.
But this far at least to day, II no.
farther i am going TO travel . new
political read, and resolve 10 vote
for Mr.. Bum, the Democratic cans