Birmingham age-herald., 1894-07-29

political situation and the best way to unite your efforts with those of the white people who are using their best efforts to elect such officers as will give us good gov ernment and the proper enforcement of the laws, in the coming election, such as will be the case in the event of the election of the Hou. W. c. Oates and his party.
 have received your communication and it has been read with interest. l have shown it to leading men in the party, as well as to the democratic county executive committee, all agreeing that it is an able and patriotic document. l have had an expression from the chairman of the demo- cratic state executive committee, Mr. H. c. rompkins, whose letter you will find herewith, which speaks for.is f. I desire to say that indorse all that Mr. Tompkins has said in his letter, and with him will work to bring about the desired results.
 Hoping that we shall be successful n our efforts for good government in the state of Alabama, l am, yours respectfully,
 H. F. DEBARDELrBEN
 BIRMINGHAM, Ala, July 29, 1894 Mir. H. r. DeBardeleben, City
 z DEAR SIR: l have carefully examined the communication addressed to you of this date by the ministers of the coiored churches of this city aud its vicinity, in which they express disposition 10 sup port the democratic ticket, headed by Colonel Oates, and in which they say there are certain things which they ask of our pary. or course l have no authority 10 speak for the party as a whole, but know that the mem bers of it's executive commit tee, of which l am chairman, and the members of the party generally believe that the negro race is entitled to those things which they ask in that comm unica- tion, and that tb be laws giving them should be enforced, and if it is necessary to en- force them to enact new laws then 1 know the democratic party will pass them. l have TO hesitation in pedging you 10 use whatever influence l may possess iu secur ing to them their full rights before the law and in seeing that the people of that race are protected iu their lives and persons, in all their rights before the law, and in the exercise of their rights to labor in whatever occupation they may be em ployed. In saying this l am but reiterat- ing what have said again aud again upon the stump, and specially in three speeches which l have made this week in Pickens county. Yours truly,
 ' sH H. c. ToMPKINs. 5f Upon the reception of these com:nunica- tions, after mature deliberation and actu- ated only by motives to advance the inter- estsgot our people, we adopted unanimously the following resolution:
 9 Resolved We believe it is 10 the bes. in- terest of our race to live on friendly terms with the good white people, among whom we have been reared and who are in favor of law and order, and having been taught Dy lDC Sau 9HpeTlGuC6 Ul lue ldSb i6N months that it is to them we must look forsprot lection against the unjust and cruel attacks of persons who seek to injure us and deprive us of our equal rights before the law.
 Recog gnizing that great majority of the White people to whom we must look for Sauch protection are supporters of the dem- ocratic ticket headed by the Hon. William c. Oates, ana teellLi, cd from rliedges pDade to us on the stump and elsewhere by the1eaders of that party, and by the re- cent action of the governor of the state elected by that party, that it intends to protect us in our rights and enforce the law without regard to race or color, we hereby urge upon and beg our race throug bout tie stale of Alabama to vote for and work for the success of that ticket, feeling that un- der the administration of the Hon. w. c. Oates, as under that of his excellency, Thomas G. Jones, the laws will be en- forced for the protection ofall people with out regard to race or color and govern mant established where all will be secured in their rights before the law.
 T. W. COFFEE, Chairman.
 l.. J. GREEN, Secretary.