The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-09-12
SOUTHERN APPOINTMENTS.
vgY lFRo-AMERIcANS SNARE IN
THEN UNDER M'kINLE Ell.

THEM UNDEh
-. o,,cry AGainut the appointment OF Col.
.red Sten 10 Omce-Ean = strong Republic
can Party ~ Huiit Up In the South i-S,Gnn
.,, Political Revolt ArpenE ~rro-Anericnns
when the nations existence trembled In the
Balance and the great men who controlled its
,,stinies were straining every resource to do
.,,ov the slayG.holding Confederaoy, IL was
,nund necessary and polite to put a gun into
,c hands OF the black man and give him an
.nnor,unity to help save tho Union and achieve
M freedom at the Same timo. When this wise
1,cision was reached every Shareholder In tho
south and every Copperhead in the North held
nm his hands in holy horror. Thov declared
hat tho Government at Washington was In
,l,lnO .eryilc Instruction and inviting the hor-
,ors Of tho Haytien revolution upon the inno-
AN, reoplc Of the South by SO barbarous n pol.
,cv. although The Richmond Government had
M, disdatucd to employ black men to drive
amy wagons and dig trenches aud raise food
,nnlies in order to increase and strengthen its
tsh,,ns forco. But the Washington Govern
m,nt took counsel Of Its owr necessitics and not
!, those OF tho Contederacy. The wisdom OF
An. policy WAS soon manifest to everybody. In
ts PROGRESS OF events tho black men not only
faced the enemy with spades and shovels and
run, 200. 900 strong but, furthermore. the Wash
rs,on Government was wise and brave and
s,n.rous enough to put shoulder straps on tho
coats OF such as deserved them and allow them
N. honor OF commanding as well as OF obeying,
NJ leading as we'll rs of following.
President Lincoln did not hesitate to put black
men into Offices Of honor and trust aft sr the
Mack man had demonstrated that he had ca.
pacity and courage OF the same sort that tho
white man possessed. and in many respects
e - rlu.a1n - thA vwionat anl No..
salesman that tho republic has produced.
The policy which President Lincoln pursued In
hi, matter, and which the best Judgment Of
the nation reluctantly came to approve and ap-
Maud as an inevitable outgrowth Of the exig.
,ncics Of tho war, was continued by President
Grant when the war was over and tho black
,layc had been transformed into q colorless cit
tren. after the musket had been taken out OF
hs hands and a ballot placed in them instead.
As President Lincoln had not hesitated at
the proper time to sign the commissions Of
black men to command soldiers Of the repub-
Nc, 90 President Grant did not hesitate to sign
tho commission OF black citizens to represent
the Government at homo and abroad, and as
the nation had sanctioned the policy of the
one in time OF war. SO also 1t sanctioned tho
policy Of the other in times OF peace. No Presi-
dent since these two has ignored any feature Of
our system OF government as the right OF the
S AT taxes to help Keep the wheels OF govern.
he war has been closed thirty.two years.
and the Afro-Amertcan citizen has been voting
n. i smss 80 xS' that 'G To- d iSy ins IS sf largely ps 1spr 9.
Isnted in every branch OF the public service,
ND could not be displaced from it without
s@yscs fe.orner from the Perobscot 10 Puget
Bound; This being the case. it would seem
~ II wars and yeAr6 ARO. Instead of tliR he
hg true, every time that an Afro American 10
s sS; ? Is tho to s an 9fi s c t RlsG f. all The Gost H iHaS,
b the North. the representative survivals Of
ta slavocrat ard the CopPerhead OF the war
niirely new under the sun, and ladle out for
he public disgust q hodge-podge Of opinions
which were shot into mince meat by black sol,
ters at Fort Wagner and Newmarket Heights
md Petersburg. And when these men, the
@e at Atlanta and the other in New York.
Erke the key the discordant note is taken up
al along the line by those who think and feel
q they do-men who are convinced that tbe
q public mind, and BY, keeping alive preju;
~.skness instead Of strength. 1t Is the work
q treason and not Of patriotism, OF tearing
Aro-Americans to onices in the South. and in
The wisdom of such appointments. and called
DOWN upon his head almost as much abuse and
a Gistspt Iiscoln and = a Msas 8 afhsRsa they upon ina aassi
I.fic1laliy j@portant: They arc he Soileetoi
tn at Athens. GS' and the Naval osicer a,
New Orleans. Tho dignity and emoluments OF
Do mot rank in Importance Wits those which
ether Presidents. including Cleveland, have
conferred upon Afro Americans and which they
and In the South. But the appointment oil
.seII5 men en-, is It treated as 2 new Iss departure Which, hnif
sp Ito to the ns' se SS ns and ana r aaf rie' Of his Z fe neiS
New York Erening, Post and the New York
Post was Compelled to eat lis words Of con
asnnAti9n and abuse concerning the appoint
iaue Collector, because its - own vi corresponden,
y Atlanta showed that Rucker was not the
Te and Incompetent thing he had been painted
stead OF being distasteful TO the business com,
nqnity OF Atlanta, his application had beer
las men 81 the iSW city =. 'f But H the saadsaI pur Gess
discrediting the administration and Of pois
oaing the public mind against Afro-America1
pAtter to utter a falsehood, but q hard one t
Hssk the force Of II By denial
Naval Ia1e o the case ss S Of h6sn nI Demas, sppSintet
ING It's resources to prove that Demas is q cor
Mp; and vicious politician in the effort t9 pre-
hurls the following Parthian shot at the Presi
Gent after the commission had been signed:
oIhe Eeople will, not forget the spec acie OF thei
Saet Magistrate dciving into the depths Of the sluIns
ssnnsIns ip tn ~depraved and crime tanned Demas
mixing arms with him, and appointing him 10 q higl
RaDhS ONCE. The Demas degradation will not "blow
In the same spirit Of venom. the Washington
1oH' assuming a virtue 1t does not possess. says
ys%S u one Of the men who undertook the csus'
SAeAinley 10 his state last year. and helped 10 ge
.uelegatlon In line for him 1t St. Louis. Now III
smnaided for his services by tho g1ft of Q plac.
90 EasVu bpoClAl 0uIicn Attached, without FQtyOy
SSSs,S u TACT. but q place hitherto good enough 10
Nv uieh. frequently Of less party service ana leA
EIsonAA llltJ, aud 10! the whoe chorus, Blanche
W. VI ana Sweetheart, have been turned loose upoI
M M .Da the ar Ia thick with protests. rsmonstrancs
so., ddsnuncistion. Such champions anu e1pOnentA O
E..ucAi cl"Anllnoss A. tn New YORK Worid-4Av,
Ismrk!-aru ESPECIALLY outraged by the promotion
~. unworthy creature, and even newspRpsrA lea
'usafe pAined In the very nbres Of their being.
ana then, in the further discussion OF tn,
IsIa ~ beriah wilkins joins the pack ant
sI ~ much S oatrsve d am and Yep spai med hs as req Jo
kPh Pulitzer.
now, 30 far as Henry Demas Is concerned,
pNul lOrly days in New OrlcunB when the ct