The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1908-10-01

PoUIss Hi0Sr sht1fsI II q CA IlI !, III, 81
Deg9ocr9cy Blaaleds YoT tho Hantii.
csRs.; ssto Negro yRregress and the
V Truth About tBrownsyilie- and
Lynchings is Told. III ). !. K s. :.
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Bishop !. s.. Caldwell, Of the A,
IN ID. ions chGrth, hasIg fvens out tn,
following tsfSe stateh Cit toIohiSS
the 4. l,eIati on ,ot the Negro to- the cam.
tRs1Enyy aud Ajppfn s0iit wi thu mefciless
Up ess !. tn q Z responsibility, or the
sDemoS ratIcI Part y Ssfor ssthe Negroeis
Fmany woes, The y B ishops state,
Inent is as follows: = { :l,> && :, a
N !. %"If take this method OF expressing
Esh toninionaa peeially to the voters
| of my own RaGe.t T., speak not as
ia clergyman but s, a, citizen inter,
lested tp;the welfare; Of: my people. i
We are being called upon to ex,
press Sost lssely Ives by, vote ins the forth
coming election. ,fEs3 We, are being
EtoldsssbY many of our own Race that
|iCnf salvation depends upon our de
ert&tig the Reph lican Party. III, No.
Der next. !. - Ihis Is such an I'M
ppfAan sqnesti on and the; step which
we are asked to- take. is SO far reach
! ing 1that we, ought not TO- actzwithout
seriously considering the. results of
our action ~ CALL upon :; colored.
mem everywhere. to look before leap.
Ing cot :cToia may take a leap. in the
dark" Let us call, for the history OF
both the Democratic and sRepnbIi-
can paft nds see yhich;;&of them
done; thet most for.s;anH been the
[,greate est; friend to<the Negro: ~. III.
J. The Democratic party has been g
|spaftS OF merely promises. y The
n DEM ocTatic party makes, platforms
|.to get I'm on. The Republican; par
tys IA the past fifty years.; has made
[lFlat Forms to- stand on. =. bS.H.4
IS It has Beeh said that the Demo-
|fcratfc; party hss been as good a
friend: to- the Negro as the Republic
scam ;, Prove5it. The Bible says;
E"P Prove all things" i If you are not
|. prepared to prove it, otRnot say 1t
|>aqd If you do not prove, tt, we VIII
Fdisnroye It and Will, say : that The
Dem6 eratfe party has not done ais
r1Ich fol tie Negro as the RepubE
|1;lican PARTY. Now, where, ana
Esunder what circumstances did It do
& In The, first place, to SECURE his
Il ,es;dom, 1t stj11 !&.ene, At Abraham
|sL.neo, n had the fight ~. his lifeEto
get the people to accept the Emanei-
patipnl Proclamation. Who; rejected
Fit 2 4 A Z he DerA ocrats. Who; stood BIZ
it2 IS Repnbl leans, like Grealey, SUM
liner, sf'hfnt ps and smany others They
t5stood for, the Emancipation: and the
Democrats stool against 1t be-
-cause 1t stool for human; freedom,
Now is the Democratic party bet
ter thaA the Republican party on
that issue? t..3t -. NIX :. -
When Abraham Lincoln issued his
famous Proclamation, who, opposed
Fit? The Democrats. Who support
ed 1T? Republicans, and, thereby,
we were lifted out Of darkness into
light. ;. H.. =. .::;I.s...:. :
Then came the great question,
whether or not we would be- men,
whether our manhood would be rec
lognfzed::; They were preparing for
the @exefeise Of franchise In 1863.
the, great question: was whether. or
not: this people should axercise this
franchise As&Repabliuan, Thad+
deus Stevens, introduced the 18th,
18th and 18th Amendments into
Congress; Who put them into that
splendid document?s The Repubh-,
can party. . Who opposed thema
/ The Democratic party. Sent to the
States for approval and three
fourths of the. States gave their con-
sent and they became part Of the
.Constitutien. The States that
would not give their consents were
Democratic but they had to sabrait'
because the Republicans had o.
majority, but every year since, the
,Dem ocrats have been trying to have
the 18th, 14th, and 18th Amend
mehts taken out OF: the Constftu-9
Ftion. 3D.; e.. ...., ... @rt'
Then came the question whether
or, not the Negro could hold office
in the United States, The Demo-
craticlparty commended that he ought
not and should not but the Repub-
'1icays hxed&it so that a member Of
our race was admitted to Congress. :.
No other nation, ever before, had
admitted cofored man as mem
Der Of Parliament The world
knew 1t and the world stood aghast.i
Can anyone dispute 1t or say to the
contrary. If he so says, it is not in
the hist0ry OF the country. ~, But
YOU may say you are going too far
back, but you need to go back
What has the Democratic party
been. doing since the Republican
party made us. oitizens?' They re4
sorted to every snbterfuge to- dig
franchise lis In the States Of Missis4
sippi, Louisiana, South Carolina, and
l-ept on until one state and then an
= her had slipped from us ere we
.sneW it. They have also tried year
after year to disfranchise US in Ma
.ryland and West Virginia and os soon
as they get strong enough, they will
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