Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-11-19

the non de plume "A Few Cold Facts. " -ay-;
In NV opinion thetcmpe might have been util-
hed Tor better purpose than political sermons
on the Iord'- day. The speaker sconclusions
appear like those Of . man who does not know
where TO find shelter until the storm has passed.
! am anxious 10 know If the speaker beleves
that placing the democratic party in power
VII deliver the Afro-American out Of cppre~-
hong IL 80. why we're they not delivered with
out the late uaplcessntnes- Of '6l2
As 10 the democrats capturing the negro
vote. In INV opiaioa u could not be 80 con.
sidered. si2oe MANY 81 them STAYED home and
would not vote. While others were illegally di.-
.rsnchised. am anxious 20 kno~ II it va. the
hanc OF God that kept the Afro-American IN
bondage 80 many yeArs Wa. IL Gods ruling
that ne failed to eniov the freedom a. = citizen
that Ne now euiov2 Ma- IL He dictafion tha,
barred ne from the ballo, box and prevented
our being educated7 In nv opinion it vas the
ciciaiion Of Providence in the form % the re-
publican party that gave the Afro American
access 20 these good and glorious things as W.
So The privilege % assembling In the house ~
God 70 give praises 10 HIS name. not a. 81
success Of party whose platform Of rrincipl..
lAlG down 81 Chicago cannot believe ths
speaker has read. fear " the princauls- An
that document be carried out q viii double the
number q the lAJarn~es Who were spoken - by
the reverend gentleman. believe that hav.
sufficient evidence 90 verify the FAC, thai ~.
negro achieved more under the republican pa-,r
N thirty wears than Il aid r. loo years under
the democratic party.
MISTAKES or THE RFrrRtIc.x PARTY.
On the general subject Of the republica,
party and the negro vote Mr.. u. Turner write.
One o: the greatest errors ever committed hr'.
political party was the extension 81 the elacti,.
franchise 60 all persons rogsrdlcs. 90 race.
color. education or previous condition" An
unlimited franchise 20 all persons having AZ
tanned the age of twenty-one wears IL an al
mission that the most ignorant voter L. ia-t a.
good snd reliable as a highly educated one an
unqualified Enforcement Of the maxim Where
ignorance is bliss tbs folly 70 be- wise
During the discussion ~ the elective fran-
chise bill 70 be ingraficd in the fifteenth amend
ment OF the federal Constitution the republican
Representatives almost TO a man supported the
theory that an uneducated voter equally as
good ard Trustworthy an educated one and
rejected the common--ense amendment 90 tho
bll offered by the republican member Robert
:. Hale. Of northern New York. which prov isied
Tor an educational qualification O. Tho extent
that al persons unable 20 read tho Cous,itu-
uon OF the United Sthtes should be di-fran-
chised.
The evils which Judge Hale prophcsiea would
follow IN the wake OF an iiterato suffrage has
prove true in every particular
IL was woll-known fact that ninety-nine out
OF hundred Of the colored population At the
tuition Of the United States. hence the advocates
OF an illiterste franchise argued that the repub-
mean party would gain nInety-nine colored
votes out Of every hundred by extending 90 all
the right To vote regardless Of fitness The
question OF an intelligent voter was not taken
into consideration. when the blind lead the
blind both fall into the ditch" The then blind
and improvidcnt republican leaders did not see
and comprehend the fact that an educational
franchise would exclude many illiterate white
democrats north and south ~ It would Of the
colored. The proposed amendment for educa-
uonh qualification would have greatly increased
rather than have diminished the republican
vote in the northern and southern states.
That fifteenth amendment framed and sup-
ported by the republican majority in Congress,
was as party measure equivalent to Killing
the goose that laid the golden egg Prom the
day il was declared by proclamation 20 he the
law OF the land the party responsible for IL has
suffered many disastrous defeats and has had .
solid south to contend against. But Tor that
gross and inexcusable blunder Virginia. West
Virginia, North Carolina and Tennessee would
have been rs firmly fixed In the republican
column Maine and Vermont That .ilnt-
crate" measure was most emphatically force
bill forced every respectable old ne.xhig
and white citizen south OF the Potomac into
the democratic ranks. IL united the southern
white population one man, while the colored
vote, which the republican leaders consider
solid and Invincible for two generations has
proved TO be a very troublesome and unreliable
factos. strongly inclined 10 support the party
that bestows the most favors.
When the merciless juveniles pelted with
stones the frogs in the mill pond II was fun for
the boys, but death TO the frogs When party
pays a premium on ignorance as q qualified
elector il is fun for the ilterate voter but dea
to the party that extends the privilege and
awards the premium.