The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-10-27
SAFETY G The NEGRO
TT LIES, SAYS FREDERICK l..
MGHEE, IN VOTING THE DEM
OCRATIC TICKET
OPPRESSION OF TAGALs BAD
1t Is ominous to the Black Race, He
Believes, if the Brown
Man Is to he En-
shaved.

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One of the most telling speeches of the
campaign was that delivered at the meet
ing of the Fourth Ward Afro-American
league last evening at the headquar tiers,
3S4 Minnesota street Mr. McGhae said
in part:
In times like the present, when men
are exertng their every effort TO misiead
and influence the mind of the Yorer it IS
indeed more than a pleasure 10 me to
see that there are so many Of my race
who no longer take the mind AMI opinion
of some other person., but who read, re C
olleet, do their own thinking ah1 form
their own opinions. on the issues of the
day. 1t is a matter of deep congIatula-
ton that the time has come Wien 1t
mans party faith is from the color of his
skin. ~a
Our race has an especial interest to pro-
teet in casting our votes In the coming
election. The fatal hour is at hand. That
liberty and freedom Which Jefferson end
the fathers Of the country believed In
and declared for is endangered. 1t must
be rescued. All other questions the negro
must make. secondary s.,
During the present administration, an
administration. that could not nave. been
publican party, the negro has suffered
more violence and prescription than ever
before, yet during the same period Of
time ouFE friends (Sinces still it is urged
that only Republicans are our. gfriendS1
haYes grown less active and more unc0n-
7cerneds in our, interest, and now that an
election is about to take place, for the
hrst time in six years they break their
awful silence and use their finest lore
to induce the negro to wave the bloody
shirt, .@-s- .-,.
Much talk is INDUCED in about the DIS
reimbursement of my race in the South,
yet the congress of the nation in control
OF the Republican party with a Oil IN
troGuced-the Crundpacker bill-having
for its object the enforcement of the pro-
visions of the fourteenth amendment, is
gently put to sleep in the committees
waste basket
Yet Congressman Stevens, having acted
as one of the nurses that so let it Sleep
has the hardihood to tell the votsrs OF
my race that a Republican congress, if
they have one in the next congress- Will
enforce this amendment. Whence comes
this new found zeal? Why. promise to
Go it if given another chance? His good
intentions and honesty of purpose be-
comes but hot air when taken in connec-
ton with what he further said,
Does he think that the reading,
thinking, manly negro, who has the
courage of race love and conviction, will
of the race, to support him? The negros
st. Paul have the handkerchief off their
eyes. Verify, out Of his own mouth
doth he prove himself and party in
party. No longer does 1t heed the teach
ings of Lincoln. The great principles
upon which it came first into power ob-
tain no more, 1t gives the race no con-
Germ but during the ninety days prior
to an election.
The Acknowledgement of the negro has
not been the act of Democrats alone,
but the act of Democrats in conjunc-
ton with Republicans. Leading Repub-
lican papers have and do indorse the
thing IS being good thing for the
party. The giant of Republicanism, the
st. Paul Dispatch, is authority for the
claim that the election In North Care
lima. and consequently the act disfran-
chis1ng the negro, was carried by a
fusion of Republicans and Democrats
en- the negro suffrage amendment" and
this paper rejoices over the result, and
of Senator Pritehard. of that state. who
said: I'VE nave adopted a constitutional
amendment in North Carolina, which
practically eliminates the negro ques-
ton from politics Frankly, the negro
question, or the ''nigger'' question as
we always call it in the South is the
Carolina from being a Republican stae."
Thus, confident that their party has
nothing to lose by the negroes loss of
his vote, and being engaged in the bust
loudly shout about the sins of others.
Verify they should take the mote out of
their own eye 1t can make no differ
ence to my. race who 1T is that espouses
and champions the cause, the principles
of human rights, the gain Is on the side
of the oppressed, The principles advo-
SdbSu - tie lSStJ uOL the auVOcaLOf.- Inc
Republican party has changed We
cannot change with it.
The negro who votes for Mckinley
becomes party to the rape upon the
Filipino, and Endorses the holding of
slaves under the projections of our flag.
He forgets his right to demand the bene-
fits of the constitution for himself. He
reads himself out of the Declaration of
Independence. He directly contributes
to the notification of the war amend
ments to the federal constitution. He
disarms those to whom he has right to
look for defense of his cause by reason
Of party loyalty in the past, for how can
they, with any degree of consistency and
gols of their rights, see to it that the
black man is given the enjoyment of his
The fruit of expansion may look tempt
ing to the eye, but 1t is rotten in the
middle, and the negro who eats 1t, eats
it to his own destruction.
The Union, the republic, has never
needed saviors, but we, have contr buted
our full share to save it. We must not
take a step backwards now. We have
suffered, It's true, but we have remained
patient; let us still bide our patience, bet
ter to do this than for any false notion
of gratitude lend our aid to that which
the country, keep intact our rights now.
and We will have left to us the means
of righting our wrongs when we have
again settled upon first principles God
forbid that we do otherwise.
Following Mr.. McGhee, J. Houser, Ed
ward Jackson and J. Wellbourne explain
ed to the voters present why they were
Democrats and Invited all colored man