Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1894-10-11
THE COLORED CONVENTION.
IL Was Not Truthful Repres
tation of Coiorad People.

tation of Colorad People.
A Review of the Proceedings and Reso-
lutions--Tiie Right of the Negro to an
Unrestricted Expression of His Political
Convictions Tile State Coilcgr.
Editor gazette d; JourR9l: The colored
people cannot be properly represented
through untrnthfnl spokesman. In jus
tice to the many friends OF education,
and its promotion among colored people
in this State, the exegesis of that as,
summed colored convention at Dover on
the goth ult., invites unqualified re-
| pudlation.
The originators and benefciaries Of
the alleged convention have demon
stratcd another evidence of "hoor
lawyer and bad case" The negro tools
no doubt ignorantlyendorsed series of
| five resolutions without discovering n
huge trap of ialsehood thus, prepared by
their cunning criterions. Every para
graph of that untruthful adict brands
negro sympathizers as victims of the
briber, dupes of protested Republican
friendship, or confessed hypocrites, void
of good sense and wholly untruthful.
The preamble is lucid with obvious
hypocrisy announcing the sentiments of
the body.
First. 1--WE endorse the platform
adopted by the Republican State con-
vention OF 1894"
Second, "We have the utmost conf
dence in the fealty to the great Republic
cin party, whose every effort and
energy tended toward elevating the
masses of colored people" sc.
How can well-informcd negro in
Delaware candidly believe these asser-
tions? A. e. b. Anderson, chairman
Of the meeting, must have WINGED and
squirmed while the bosses skilfully
crammed such bosh down his throat
Only four years ago the same hands
crushed his ambition by frankly telling
his race that any white man was better
than n "nigger" TO act rs assistant cleo
ton officer and added injury to insult
by elevating an Italian, who filled the
position Mr.. Anderson was considered
unfit for.
The Rev. William H. Heard, speaker
of the day has filed his application
pleading to become Minister to Liberia,
Africa, under the present Democratic
administration. He ranks as an office
seeking black Democrat, without State
or party backing. These are facts easily
verified and cannot be successfully
contradicted.
Section Of the resolutions claims to
endorse the Republican party platform,
and no one expected otherwise under
the circumstances. 1t is food for
thought, when We compare what these
deluding disciples Of questionable polti-
cal faith predict and the past record of
ha rtty
party had the Legislature in 1880, and
our people petitioned them to establish
our present State College and grant bet
ter school facilities. We were com
pletely ignored That was the only
session of our Legislature that has ever
failed to concede us some requests.
The Legislature of 1S90.91, a Demo-
cratic body of gentlemen, made it posi-
BILE for the State College for Colored
Youth to be established. They also
increased our school appropriation from
| $4,000 to $4,000 per anpunl, and pro-
yided free books, so every colored child
in the State may attend school. In 1898,
all colored schools in the State were put
under superintendents of the several
counties, thus bringing our school ques-
| ton in closer touch with authority to
| suggest means and measures best calcu-
lated to still further promote the cause.
Section A demonstrates political SUR
| render of patriotism and manhood, for
| the avowed reasons assigned in the Re
| publican party platform. The colored
convention brands the race as inferior,
| thus endeavoring to fool the white peo-
pie on the negro school question.
That same paragraph would deceive
colored voters by making it appear that
the Republican party will, ii placed in
power, provide measures and build our
schoolhouses.
That party will not do anything for
the race it does not promise in its plat
form, and cannot he held legally re-
| sponsible for anything except what it
| goes on record as aiming to do, other
wise it would not be true to its fol-
| lowers, either white or colored. The
school system of our State does not
erect schoolhuuses for any people, hence
the Republican nor any other party will
dare attempt it unless the white people
consent without jeopardizing their
future. Therefore it is q delusion to
imagine any other except the present
system will be inaugurated until colored
people show an intelligent conception
Of affairs pertaining to good govern.
ment, IN which event they will give
their friends proper credit for all favor.
able consideration of our interests. An
other contemplate assertion charges
school teachers and superintendent
with political corruption, which falls Of
its own weight, by the fact that nine
tenths of the teachers in our State are
females and Republican party seifs.
Section declares that gang of politi-
cal hucksters represent the true purpose
and best sense of the people. Any man
with a thimbleful of brains will agree
they were q horde Of niggardly party
slaves prevaricating at the turn Of
every sentence their malicious tongues
uttered. They point TO Esau with all
the vanity OF the ancient Pharisee,
thanking God they are not like other
men, when it is they who represent
Esau with job seeking and Higginsism
their Jacob and Sarah. BY solemnly
invoking Omnipotent grace to enable
them to mark and brand all Democratic
overtures, they systematically refrain
from extending their insignificant cen
sure to those present, who have begged
fayors at the hands of Democratic men
and even office under the present Demo-
cratic administration.
Contemplate cannot measure the
status of any gang of party henGhmen
who attempt to deny facts that both
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