Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1894-09-20
COLoRED VOTERS KICKING.



People.
The Philadelphia Standard. Echo, q
paper published by colored men in the
interest of their race, prints the follow
ing letter in Saturdays issue:
FREDERICK, DEL, Sept 7th, 1904
There is no man, black or white, who
has made careful studyof the political
action Of the United States, but what
must reach the true aud logical conclu-
sion, that the negroes, to succeed, must
divide their votes among the different
parties, as others have done and are
doing.
There is no State in the Gordon of "A
States Of which this can be more truly
said without successful contradiction
than Delaware.
The negroes have not only become the
political slaves of the Republican party
but some of them have become so base
that in many instances they are the will
ing tools of the white Republican
leaders.
For instance, while the committee on
memorials was endeavoring to see the
committee on resolutions, others were
seeking information for the bosses.
Whenever there appears on the politi-
cal stage in any locality negro who
dares to point out to the people the
course they should pursue to advance
themselves educationally, politically
and industrially, the bosses start to find
out, "What that niger is doing here"
Being dastardly towards, they never
come to the negro who is pointing out
to the ignorant the right course, and at
the same time striking down their worst
political foes, but they go to the negroes
whom they have enchanted with their
pretended friendship, and they say /:
Look here John, Ben or Bill" us the
case may he, that fellow you got here
is Il bad man, and you had better get rid
Of him, or he will make trouble for you
all. You remember how 1t was before
the war. You don't need no Democratic
Niger here"
the white Republicans are playing
cards we'll They know if the negro
/ finds out that they are his political
that their reign as political parasites is
| doomed.
That ii is not expedient to make the
move at this time, is also another ruse
OF the white Republicans to delude the
black Republicans, and some of them
have been so consummately ignorant as
leaders To try TO argue that delusion to
men who do their own thinking.
The movement is both eXpedient and
timely. The party with the negro vote
was confident of winning this fall,
without the whole negro vote it is "A
hopeless fight, therefore, if they meant
to do anything for the negroes, they
would have promised them most any
thing. But they had the tenerity, fool
hardness and audacity 10 ignore the
negroes altogether rs they have done
hitherto, with the exception that our
committee scared them into saying they
favored public schools" which is news,
not only in Delaware, but throughout
the country. Great CaSsurl
1t 10 always expedient and timely to
strike an insidious foe when he is down
because, If he is allowed to rise, he will
have you n his mercy. 1t is wise fol
the negroes to divide their votes; by SC
doing they will cause all parties to seek
their votes, and this is the key to the
Negroes success,
1t is an anomaly in Republican
form of government for mans com
pleXion TO be symbol of his politics
No man should be able to say VIVA
ticket negro votes any moro than b,
can guess what ticket his Irish, German
or English neighbors vote, who Away
considers his own first aud party after
ward
The negro is always willing to plaI
into the hands of his enemy, that is L
say, no will fight for anything the whit
leaders saw. hut he il ALWAYS ansnicioni
; Of the leaders Of his own race.
Tue negroes here, when they wan
; tavors done, goes to his Democrats
. enemy; but when he does not wan
them done he goes to his Republican
friend. This is the experience of eight
tenths Of them as stated from their owl
mouths. We who have committed our
!, selves TO the articles and manifesto
+ know that they are both cxpedient
: timely and wise.
I, We seek DO contest with the blac
! allies OF the party, but it is thei
cowardly political masters that we in
yite to defend themselves before TIL
people in the public press if they 4r
: the friends Of those people they have s
= long deluded. We have dedicated nul
selves To the good work and will not IT
i, tract, reCcdc OF be silenced
"What stronger breastpiate than
heart untaintedg Thrice is he arme
that hath his quarrel Just; and he bl
+ naked, though locked in steel, who.
Q conscience Is with Injustice corrupted.