The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-09-17
BLACK AND TAN WRATH
The Union League Club Will
Not Admit the Niger to
It's BuzZum.
ALFREDO CosEY's BLACK EYE.
he Is a Nice Fellow-fOr Darky,
but the Force-bilIites
Won't Have Him.


colored brother of this city over the man-
that great exponent of high moral ideas,
the Union League Club. The colored
brother has heard the members Of. tho
club both individually and CO
lively denounce, with almost
ligious fervor. the attempts of
Southern brigands to prevent him fir
riding in the same car or sitting in t
white men, and in other ways attempting
to assist the superiority of the Caucasian
over the African race. The anxiety OF
Major Pangborn, Samuel Dickinson,
Revenue Collectors Finck and Smith. and
other patriots for revenue who belong to
the club to make the black man an equal
of the white man by an election bill
power for years to cd 5ne. had nos escaped
the colored brothers attention.
The unmistakable evidences of the
Union Leagues love and affection for the
colored brother filed his heart with joy,
and he fondly hugged to his breaststhe
delusion that the party the Union League
represented was the only true friend or
the colored man and stood with arms eK-
tended to clasp him in the brotherly en-
brace of equality, and warm him at its
bosom with a new and better life POLITE
cally and otherwise.
THE INNOCENT CoLoRED MAN.
The colored brother did not propose to
let the club get weary holding out its
arms. He thought IL would be the basess
ingratitude upon his part if he passed by
in silent contempt this great anxiety of
The Union League to show that the great
party of which it was shining example
was the one only friend of the African;
the only party that recognized him as
man and a brother, and the only party
that would take him by the hand and in
vite him to come up higher.
In theinnocence of his heart the colored
brother conceived the idea that the best
way to show their appreciation of this
kindness on the part of the Union League
would be to have one of his represents
tive men proposed for membership to the
club. So they selected Alfredo B. Cosey,
one of the most Intelligent and progress
sive colored men Ia the State.
Cosey is no ordinary man, white or
black. He is gentlemanly in his appear
ance and demeanor, and Is educated far
above the average white man. His father
was an intelligent Spanish negro who
came to this country from Madrid.
| was handsome cctoroon, and though a
slave, had been favorite in the family of
her master, who had given her a good
education. Cosey married her and es-
capped with her to Washington. She was
the first colored school teacher in the
District OF Columbia and was highly
| respected by her own race and the white
people of the District. The elder Cosey
| enlisted in the war and was killed while
| fighting bravely before Petersburg.
AN INTERESTING HISTORY.
The younger Cosey has always held
| good positions and commanded good
| salaries. He occupied position of trust
| with the Pullman Car Company and
| recently filled a similar position
| in the parlor car service of
| the New York Central Railroad.
He has always been a good Republican,
| and has dORe much valuable service to
his party. It viii therefore be seen that
| Cosey was in every wav qualified to be-
come better member of the Union
| League than men who now lounge about
| its luxuriously furnished parlors.
| But as has long been known to discern
| ing men the preLestations of affection for
| the colored man on the part of the Re-
| publican party are Fourth Of July bun
combe; all smoke and noise. The colored
| brother of Jersey City has just discovered
that fact, and may be he isn't mad.
Mr.. C0sey was proposed for membership
| away back in August, and although the
| club has held one or two meetings since
| then and has taken in six members,
! Mr.. Cosey still remains on the anxious
seat. The colored men are just Begin
| ming to realize that the Union Leahue
| has been fooling them and they propose
before long to assert themselves and tell
| the Grand Old Party what they think of
| thic affair