Evening journal., 1902-09-15

theless the honor attached is somethinrl
we all should feel proud of. Some slxep-
tics Will say these positions are moth
ing to cry about. 1t is also true that
they are nothing like the reward our
services warrant. For over thirtv|
years our people have been marchine|
under the banner of true Republican.
ism CD in Delaware, asking nothing
seeking nothing in return for his SER
vices. There is being injected into the|
colored voters ranks OF Delaware al
younger and more intelligent class oil
men; men who cannot be bought for al
a price; nor whom the a~doar OF thel
Union campaign orator can move; butt
men who will ask, what have YOU donel
for me? Men who will study the wortH|
of the candidate whom they vote for
and will be governed by conscience|
rather than gold.
The action OF DR.. L. Heisler Bali
(the Regular Republican candidate for|
Congress; the candidate of Delaware's 'sl
G. o. P; that party which for fiftyl
years or more has been struggling toI
protect American industries and Ameri.
can homes. this is the same partyI
which. in 81. nominated and elected
N
and whose influence caused him witii
one might stroke Of his memorable per|
to break the shackles off four millions|
OF our people) in appointing two colored.
men to Office, has endeared him tc'
the memory CT many colofed Republi- |
cans, and he should in the coming elec-
tion receive their support These ap.I
pointments in themselves do not, by'
any means, compensate lis for oulI
steadfastness, but who knows but thew
may be the stepping stones to bette,
things for US in the future.
This is the party which all true Re
publicans Of Sussex county should sup
port. and not be led by the jingle o
Union gold. which is always out o I
sight, for somehow or other it has al
ways been hard to get out of the grasI
Of the few trusted CD dispensers i'll
our county. who. after securing thtN
vote of the colored brother, takes hinI
on snipe hunt, gives him the oper
bag to hold, while he goes around thu
bush and beats in the game, then quiet
ly scampers home, leaving his brothe
in black holding the bag. and we will
continue TO hold this self-same bag jus
as long as we continue in our blind ad /
herence to Union Repubiicanism.
party whose history has been one oE
corruption. who, by the lavish gifts Q
their leaders. have made certain meII
(white) of our county suddenly great
and by fiattery and false promiseI
have fooled the colored voter This /
the same party which will in a few
weeks be asking us to support theit
ticket, and we, if we continue to fol
low them, will give Sussex county aUI
other opportunity to swell the numbeF
of Democratic legislators in the Gen.
eral Assembly.
How long the colored voters will cCn
tinue to dream and be led by a few pc
litical fanatics. remains to be seen. lie
us remember, brethren, that our ballo
is the only means we have of expresn
ing our opinion on the various prot
4 lens which confront us in life, and II
casting should be to us as sacred 4
our petitions to our Maker. Let us. cot
slider well the merits of the two factionf
let us 1cnk well to our own interef
and support that party which has stoo
by us so faithfully.
Let us show to the world that we ar
an intelligent people. and appreciat
the efforts to advance our race. and
those who have proved friendly to Il
4 Having considered these matters, tn
glitter of Union gold, nor the wind an
u persuasion of the political stump hs4
> lrangues, shall not move us, but on Il
. ether hand we will cast our ballots II
, 1.-THE Regular Republican ticket, then v
lshallhave done our whole duty and ac
ed wisely; angels could do not more.
Nlillsboro. Del. Sept. 10, 1902.