The Washington bee., 1902-09-06
TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION.
Senator PrItchard.


The Republican Senator from
North Carolina has made a bold
strike at the colored Republicans of
hisstate. He has refused admission
to the men, who made him what lie
is, to Republican State Convention
of his state. Did Senator Pritchard
make that bold strike without con-
gulting the party leaders? If he
did. then the colored Republicans
of the country should not hold the
party responsible for his acts II
he were advised, to do so then the
time has come for the negro Re
publicans of the country to set. 1t
is due to the eOlored Republicans
10 have some explanation from the
party leaders, and at all events Mr..
Pritchard should be repudiated by
the national as we'll as The Congress-
ional Committee of the Repu oli-
can party. No negro With any self
respect or manhood can any longer
tolerate Senator Pritchard even at
the sacrifice of the Republican
party. Ex-Congressmen Cheatham
and O'Harra are now convinced
that the man they assisted in making
can no longer be regarded their
friend. Il pays to be manly. 1t
pays to assert your manhood even
at the sacrifice of friends or foes.
Little did the colored Republicans
of North Carolina think that the
man they made would be the first
to take sides with his enemies and
make their Acknowledgement a fact.
Have not negro Republicans of the
South been true and loyal, not on
ly to their party but the hlg which
guarantees equality of manhood.
and citizenship? The negro could
expect nothing more from their
enemies, but coming from their
friends as confirmation of the
heneious deed perpetrated by their
enemies, makes his staggering
far more pitiful and his utter
ance as forcibe as those when
Ceasar received the stab from his
friend Brutus whose life he had
saved-Et tn Brute. No treacher
Gus act, against friends or foes will
Justify a deed. Has Senator Pritch-
ard gall enough TO confront the
negro voters of the country and ex-
plain this act Of treEchery? Don't
the negroes of his state breat le the
same air that he breathes? Dl they
not possess the same five senses that
he possesses? Is not his elevation
10 the Senate of the Uaited States
due to the negro vote of his State?
The subterfuge Of the Democratic
party of his state, as to negro d.
mination, is only a m0ckery to civ
ilizatiOn and the utterance of pO-
litical demagoges. If the negroes
of North Carolina have any man
hood they will resent the insult
that this reformed Republican has
offered If the negroes of the
Moth, East and West have any
manhood, they will make their
cause common Eith their brethren
South, and that is to repudiate
Mr.. Pritchard and Pritchardi m.
If there ever was time for the col
ored Republicans to exercise their
power IL is now Certainly their
ancient blood has not all left their
veins. The lesson that is so fresh
in their minds and taught by those
who would tolerate no oppression
is one that was practiced by the
Plebisns when they were oppress-
ed by Roman tyranny, "Of what
consequence is it to us whether our
chains are forged by our enemies
or our fellow citizens. Let the Par.
tricians, since they alone, are re
warded for victories encounter the
danger Of the wars"