The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-09-29
DO SO with perfect frankness. wnen the

| DO so with perfect frankness. when 'ne
war ended the negro naturally looked 70
! the Republican party as his emancip itor'
! He was besotted in ignorance and easily
| controlled. The Republicans. thinking
they saw the way 10 WELD through the
negroes the power OF the Southern states
in the general government. gave them the
right OF suffrage and then encouraged
them TO form in a solid negro party.
They obeyed the teachings OF their Re
publican allies. and have ever since re-
manned solid negro party. Because the
alliance was so unhoiy in itself, and so
odious TO the white people or the South
It utterly failed as a political party out
the negro stiil stood in his solid negro
phalanx. Now come the Populists, think
ing that they can succeed where the Re
pubhcans failed. They think they can
bring a sufficient number OF white men
into their ranks by clamor against capt.
taiists and for cheap money, TO make an
alliance with the solid negro party re-
spectacle. and that the white respecta-
bility and the negro votes Will together
constitute a majority Of ali. Their hope
Of controlling the negroes. not as indivl1-
pals. but as a race. is based upon the
negro's antagonism TO the white people,
whether growing out OF his old fear or
his old master or out OF Republican oppo-
sition 10 Democracy. The distinct nope
and effort Of the Populist party, there
fore, IS to control the elections in the
South by aiIying its white contingent with
the negro as a party. This is what we
mean in the question quoted, and what we
have recited, constitutes the distinction
between Mr.. CIeveland's appointments OF
negroes to office and the Popuists party
solicitation Of the negro as a political or
ganizaton. The difference all lies in the
intention. Mr.. Cleveland would dissolve
the negro party and have all negroes 10
act as individual citizens-the Popuiists
would have all the negroes to remain In
negro party and to cast the solid vote OF
that party with the Populists.
And this leads us to compliment the
our columns to forward its ends. 1t knows
that The Times Is read by few negroes
out Of Richmond city, but that 1t is read
by many OF the white men whom ii aims
no risk Of losing its negro constituents
even though it should call them monkeys.
IL feels. therefore. that 1t may speak Of
the negroes as IL pleases in the columns
of The Times, because it will not be driv-
ing any of them away, while 1t will be
conciliating the white men it is seeking.
Perhaps this explains its denunciation Of
mixed schools. The case reminds us Of
the two aspirants for Congress in Ken
lucky. one of whom was a left-handed
violin player. When he was capturing
every one at a corn shucking by his beau
tiful music, his opponent destroyed the
whole effect by whispering around that
he played in the city with his right hand,
but thought left-handed adding was good
enough for country people.
Denunciation of mixed schools is very
well for the Sun when addressing white
readers through the columns Of The Times,
but do Populist speakers go through the
deriding the negroes and telling
them they are not good enough to asso-
ciate with white people? This is very
clever move upon our neighbours part,
but It will fall entirely short, Our white
people will not be fooled. Fine talk will
perpetuate and capture the solid negro
vote.