Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1909-10-08
1--WE and Sixty Thousand Negroes"

M. Editor IL see from the newspapers
few Republicans at heart, styling them
selves independent Democrats" have Or
ganized in Baltimore city Society for the
Prevention of Intelligence Governing Mary
land"
The burden of Atlas is as light as the
proverbial feather compared to the respon-
sibility which rests upon these refined gen.
tlemen. To say that there are evidences
OF expanded craniums among the members
of the society is stating fact in the mild
Language with which one brother should
kindly remind another of fault. The very
thought that these nice gentlemen, nice in
the sense in which debutante uses the
word, should believe it necessary to ally
themselves with 10000 negro voters to force
their ideas upon the intelligent people of
this State makes even the negro laugh. In
the language of Job. mo doubt but We are
the people, and wisdom shall die with YOU. +"
| Mr.. Douglas NJ Wylie. chairman of the
above mentioned society, may be very cum
ming, artful. sly and crafty. but he cannot
make anyone believe, just because he says
| so,
First, that he is Democrat.
Second. that 1t is not necessary for South
ern Maryland to be rid of the ignorant and
shiftless negro as political factor.
Third. that the proposed amendment is
unconstitutional.
Fourth. that 10000 negroes should be
in position to vote for the free coinage
of iron at ratio to gold of 16 to l.
Fifth. that Baltimore city cannot get fair
| treatment from the white people of the
counties.
1t was I'VE and sixty thousand negroes
who prevented those senile, hickory Demo-
Gratis from putting Maryland in the Bryan
mol. Ahnxr Ia
and sixty thousand negroes" who have
been trying at every election, on one pre-
text or another, to defeat the Democratic
party, for so long time, that your sleeps
clothing has been worn out and your wolf
hide so long exposed you are now properly
classed in the order pachydermata. Some
persons are even so unkind as to say, in
very exposed parts. there are distinct signs
of metamorphosis into brass. Should
any Of your members be so unfortunate as
to become i'll he may, without hesitation
ask his doctor for remedy for adistended
gall-bladder.
I'VE and sixty thousand negroes" make
a picture in which it is rather difficult to adj
just the lights and shades. No doubt you
believe that by putting yourselves so prOmi-
nently In the front you will obscure the
duller color of the background but you
cannot do it. The Republican party in
Maryland is not lily white. but black and
tan and any man who desires to affiliate
with the negro, socially or politically for
whatsoever purpose, should not be ashame
to admit the fact. If he affiliates with
the negro to force his ideas upon the State,
let him. by all means, attend Republican
convention like they hold in Montgomery
county and fight for his principles, and
whether he frames the platform or not he
,.Ksn kn,,a IL ~F L. a
at the same time, unless he makes office
holding his profession. he will have made
Democrat of himself. at least in State
and county politics.
But, members of the Society for the
Prevention of Intelligence Governing Mary
land, instead of the negro being used by
you, the negro is using you. 1t is too bad
you cannot comprehend this melancholy
truth. but il is not at all surprising to those
who know your domineering character.
Your judgment is perverted by your insa-
table desire to dictate the Democratic nomi-
nees. The negroes use you to elect the
Jacksons and the Mudds and the Days. and
you are absolutely blind to the fact
You can never hope to participate in
making Republican nominees so long as you
profess to be independent in politics. The
negro is a jealous master, and once you
betray him by refusing to support one of
his nominees, he will ostracise you from
the party councils. just as he does his
black brother who has the temerity to vote
for an "Or Marser's Son"
If II is your wish to embody your ideas
in the laws of Maryland, do not admit you
have not sufficient intellect to compete
with men of intelligence. DO not say to
the world, II am capable only of using
ignorant negroes" but learn that political
Ill
misses, and develop. if possible, "a spirit of
give and take :" and then vote once for
Democratic candidate for President or Gov
ernor ; at the next Democratic primary.
control the precinct in which you reside
and you and your friends control the ward
then you will be in position to be of
some benefit politically to your State. You
must ever remember that gentle birth. re-
finement and culture, which you claim by
both inheritance and purchase, count for
naught in politics unless a person Is also
mixer or a natural leader of men. You
admit you are not natural leaders when
you want to lead only ignorant negroes.
But you can mix with the people so soon
as you feel II is not necessary to wear a
glove of extra thickness when you shake
the hand accustomed to manual labor.
While your conduct displays ian exag
gerated ego" and you suffer considerably
from the affections before mentioned, your
chief trouble arises from, if possible. con-
genital delusion that ordinary white folks
are not human. What you want to do is
to study the white man more. not the ne
gro less. and you will soon be convinced
that your white brother is fully capable of
managing the political affairs of Maryland
without the slightest assistance from the
negroes.
SENILE HICKORY DEMOCRAT.
Martinsburg, Md