Huntsville gazette. [volume] (Huntsville, Ala.) 1879-1894, 1891-10-03

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this bill is SO framed that the good re-
sits that will accrue will be benefit
t. the country at large. While it is di-
rectly in the interest of the black man,
i is also to very large extent in the
interest of the whites Afro-Americans
throughout the country should get to-
gether and formulate some plan to urge
that it be made part of the republican
platform.
IL Tor no other reason, we should agi
tate it as an evidence of our grateful.
ness to Ex-senator Blair in offering it,
| ard for his earnest and persistent ef.
| forts in its behalf
| The fact becomes more and more ap-
parent each day that Virginia Afro
Americans are doing less talking and
more work in the line of progress than
any state in the union. You are con-
tipually hearing the boastings or the
complaints of other states, but old Vir-
! ginia, that is the Afro-Americans, is
moving grandly and surely to the front.
In New York and further east the
Negro population is not sufficiently
great to demand even consideration
politically, and the result is you are
constantly hearing complaints because
OF lack of representation. In Pennsyl-
vaaia, the black vote while consider
abe, the power of the republican party
has been SO overwhelming heretofore
th. the Negro is not essential to sue
cess Things are changing, however,
and the two parties are becoming more
evenly divided. In Ohio the colored
vote is the balance of power. but they
have not taken advantage of it. They
usually are very much dissatisfied prior
to election, but fall into line in time.
In this state heretofore politics has
been the all-absorbing topic, and all
else was subordinated to it. However
with the younger men, who are now in
the van, there is a disposition to let
| politics severely alone and turn their
| attentions to businesspursuits A com
mendable progress is noticed since the
prevailing of this sentiment.
l don't mean by this that they have
permitted themselves to become SO di-
vorced that they are ignorant of politi-
cal issues, for they are still wide awake,
and while not so actively engaged are
as well informed, and better, upon all
questions of political nature.
In Virginia the attention of the race
to the Importance of business ideas,
accumulation of wealth and mechanical
pursuits has become more than a senti-
ment, it's practice. To-day, from an
| educational, business and financial
standpoint, the colored people of Vir-
ginia are far in advance of any state in
the union, and yet they are making less
noise.
Hon. c. L. Maxwell still eDtertains
hopes of receiving the appointment as
minister to Hayti, as he thinks the ap-
pointment of Mr. Durham is but tenn
porary l would be pleased to have Mr..
Maxwell receive this plum, but l hard
| ly think it probable that ne will.
| If the administration has been en-
deavoring to pump such pleasing hopes
into Mr. Maxwell we would advise him
| to not bank on them, or to become too
sanguine as it is hardly probable that
he will ever receive the appointment
| Agents for various loan associations
are travelling throughout the country
cndeavoring to persuade colored peo-
pie into forming branch association
to be under the control Of the main
head.
| We would advise our colored friends
| To oO slow and listen but not act on the
gilded promises of these inflated
schemers. LARPH