The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1895-10-18
Republican Success Means Negro
Equality.


ticles which have appeared in the
CITIZEN, the fact that Republican sue
cess this fall means among other evils,
negro supremacy, or at least negro /
We have given instances
from other States to prove this. But /
it is well to look little nearer home |
for evidence of the truth of what we
assert. Bear in mind that the negro
vote compOses more than one-half of
the whole vote ever polled by the Re-
publican party, and it is obvious that
when the party, whose chief reliance
is the negro, gets control of the State,
it will be driven by the fact that negro
voters make up the majority of its
members, to give them some political
recognition. No constitutional amend
ments or Federal legislation can ever
make Southern people believe that the
negro is either the social or political
equal of the white man. Visionary
theorists living in northern ATTITUDES
where negroes are scarce, may speculate
on this subject as much as they please;
the undeniable fact remains that with
our people there is broad line that
divides the races-a line which the
| Creator has drawn-and neither caiol-
cry nor coercion can ever eradicate or
obscure it. South of Mason and Dix
on's line white men instinctively re-
gard the negro as their soc al Inferior
and nothing save the greed of political
plumber, would induce even the most
rabid Republican or degraded white
man to accord the negro vote or
voice in nationals state or local gov
eminent. But experience has taught
us that for political preferment, there
are even some white men who will
seemingly affiliate with the negro. If
the negroes make up the majority of a
political party there is danger, and Sc
rious danger, that the ascendency of
! that party means to some extent, the
dominion of the negro race. Let the
! party of which the negro is the domi-
nant element succeed and there is moth
ing to prevent that dominant element
from asserting itself To assert itself
that element will claim recognition.
Recognition will be accorded in the
only way it can be accorded-in the
distribution of offices. We will then
have in Maryland as the legitimate re-
suit of the voluntary action of her own
citizens, the humiliating spectacle wit
messed in every Southern State after
the war and under military despotism,
viz: ignorant, sensual and impudent
negroes filling many offices where they
will and can assert CALLING mastery
over their white superiors Do you
doubt this? Let us see. Maryland is
Democratic. Her government is DEM
ocratic; but some of her counties where
there is large predominance of negro
voters are Republican. Outside Of Gar
rett and Allegany Counties there is not
a county in the State which ever gives
Republican majority that is not made
up exclusively of negro votes. In 9TH
er words, not a county, save the two
named, ever gives Republican major
ity that would not go overwhelmingly
Democratic if the negro had no vote.
Now, in one of the counties where
there is large negro vote, we have the
best authority for saying THAI Repub-
lican Judge placed the names of igno-
rant, illiterate negroes in the jury box,
though there were plenty of intelligent
white men competent to serve on the
jury. AS result, out of the forty
eight names drawn, there was but one
man fit to be foreman of the Grand
Jury; and that body, composed of many
worthless negroes, was actually con-
strained to request one Of the negro
members to retire from the jury room
whilst the other twenty-five considered
and Investigated an accusation of theft
against him. The same Republican
Judge at recent term of the same
court appointed three negroes out of
the six court officers, and one of these
negroes was the bailiff' to the Grand
Jury. What may you expect with the
state government in the hands of Re
publicans who owe their election to
negro votes? Think of it honest white
men! A Grand Jury made up largely
of stupid negroes. at least one of whom
was charged with being a criminal;
and another Grand Jury with negro
baillfi. DO you want such proceedings
throughout the State? If such things
exist already in Maryland, even under
Democratic State government in
counties where there are Republican
Judges, what may you expect should
the whole State be turned over to Re-
publican domination? This is no bug
aooo. The danger actually faces you.
MR.. WELLINGTON, the great Repub-
iican II am, says that party has beat
en- the Democrats In the registration
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