The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1908-02-27
the state and put the republicans in

the state and put the republicans ir
CONTROL. So R&'k :,
Then with trembling voice anG
hands clasped&as in supplicatien fI<
hesought the young white men with
emphasis on. white) to stand by the
democratic party, the party which
stood for and believed In white men
Exhibit No. I, .of the man our friend
prefers to republican. ~.
Again. Senator Campbell, of JEFF
ferson, as has been his wont since
first he canaer among us with his
blushlng honors thick upon him, in
PRODUCED a joint. resolution to amend
the constitution by popular vote to
the end that ths%Nesro might be de-
prived OF his franchise rights. There,
IL ever, was an opportunity for pro
Negro man to shine Did Mn Lit
t!epage do it? Not he Urgent bust
ness called him into the cloak room
and kept him there till the roll was
called and the vote announced. He
found himself between Scylla and
Charybdis To have voted against
the resolution meant political obliv-
ion, the blasting Of hopes which ever
pointed toward the gu0ernatorial
chair. \ vote for it meant the alien
alton of the Negro vote. thanks to
which he has come thus far and
fondly hopes and will go further,
with the assistance of those Of us
who have not seen behind the veil.
In his private station. MI. Little
page is ne worse, in truth, he is much
better than most men. He has not
forgotten the debt Of gratitude he
owes to his black NANNY" and,
though they have long since been
gathered unto their fathers, he re-
calls with emotion the many kind
acts of the faithful old servitors who
guided his faltering footsteps. For
this he would and does inconveni-
ence himself to aid the individual
Negro. SC long as he keeps his
place" That place is the station of
boy" who never reaches the vu-
ting age. though he may finally de-
veloD into uncle.
Let us suppos1 MIR. Littlepage
elected governor Of West Virginia.
and with him democratic legisla-
ture. Can our friend up in Berkeley
county stretch his imagination to the
extent of seeing the Negroes finish?
If he can not, let him step across the
Potomac into Maryland or take lit
tie run to Winchester, Va. Not more
than day would be consumed, but
how profitable, how enlightening,
such trip would be to one who is
apparently faltering in the faith,
though he fought the fight in the
yearsvwhen it tried mems souls.
MI. Littlepage is no greater than
his party, and that party once in the
saddle, the most natural thing for it
to do would be to perpetuate its
power. To perpetuate its power, It'll
would disfranchise the Negro, ana
with disfranchisement would come
its twin eyil-the Jim Grow car. So,
let up, Brother Clifford. If you can
not support the republican nominee,
whoever he may be, do not jeopardize
the manhood rights of those of US
who glory that We are not yet freed
slayes:' do not imperil the future Of
the thousands Of little. Negro boys
and girls, who are to take up the
work when it shall have fallen from
our palsied hands; do not be an &C
complete to any scheme which offers
the opposition the slightest oppor-
tunity to deprive them of the heri-
tage for which thousands Of black
men gave their lives.
Remember Virginia. North Caro-
lima, South Carolina, Georgia, Ala
bama, Mississippi. Louisiana, Okla
homa, Arkansas, and Maryland