The Washington bee., 1902-02-01
The North and South.

wholesale removal Of colored men
from Offices at the South is viola
tion of all of the approved usages
of the Republican party and sn
unjust sacrifice of capable and use
full colored republicans to the lug
gernaut of Southern race prejudice
Against such spineless action, We
enter our solemn protest. But,
all things considered, especially
the right of the Exeuctive to make
such appointments as he may think
proper and have the Senate con-
firm, there is nothing to do but 80
submit. 1t may be an e6pedient
which will rebound to the credit
and craftsmanship of the Admins
Gration. We thiAk NOT. No
compromise Of which we have any
history, where the rights and priv
ileges are bargained away, has
been a permanent success, No
wrong can forever withstand the
Divine persistence of right. And
we can confidently expect that the
lniustice done the oOlOred people
will some day be fearfully rebu sed d.
In the meantime the colored people
can su1er as they nave been doing
for 10! these many years. The evil
genius of slavery is again showing
its terrible power and another
short era of suffering is in store for
us. But, We can hide our ume.
The Faith in God, the Christian
forbearance and unexistinguishabIe lie
hope, which has ever been witt US,
viii keep US a few years longer,
uatil tbs righteous ia lg5ment of
Heaven shall heal our wounds and
rear friends who will defend us and
the right. But the policy of ig-
noring the southern office holders
is predicated upon the motion that
the white people of that section de-
mand it and ale offering olive
branches, and protesting thas by
listening to their appeals, the re-
publican party will be strengthened
IN that section aud the wounds
caused by civil strife viii be for
ever healed. The folly of the pre-
tense is equalled my By the
bare-faced tffrOntery on the one
ha0d and the gullibility on The
parC of the other. But il seems
the fiaf has gone forth. The
8 1uthern negro is to be discarded.
He is to be relpgated as an undeser-
wable and a useless republican fac
aOr whose influence is gone and
buried forever. The delegatiors of
protests have done their work AMI
it must stand at least for the pres
snt.
But what is to be the policy of
the Administration toward the col
Ored Ieople in that section from
which We have had no protesting
delegations? There is no state at
THE North where the colored voters
are not recOgniz d as desirable
office holders. In that section
there are members Of the legIsla-
Cure, mayors Of towns, clerks of
courts ana judges of courts who
have been elected by constituent
cies essentially white. There is
no disposition TO disfranchIse thr
colOred people at the N.rth. An
attempt to do So would be de-
nOunced by republicans and demo
Gratis. whites and bl ,ckq alike. The
colCr,d voters constitute, if not
&he ba!ar cling power in many stat
es. ia formidable elective force, 4
republican force, which has oil
msny occasions determil ell The
political complexion Of Congress
and more than once the Exrcu-
tive. The r,as Ms which are given
for slaug ghte:Ing colored ,ffice
holders in tho South do not apnly
TO the North. This bsiEg true, if
the matter is not purely one of
color, certainly the AdmInIstr tion
will not fail to m Ike numerous and
large appointments from that SEE
ti6n. That thew are entitled IN II