The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1916-10-11
AN INFAMOUS CIRCULAR

There is being circulated among
tho negroes of Ohio county-and OF
course promiscuously throughout the
State-a circular or SPACE folder,
having for its caption President
Wilson and the Negro" which for
lying statements and dirty campaign
blackmail, equals or surpasses any
thing of the kind land there have
been quite number) ever seen
here. This folder s:borl1ds in so
many false statements and ground
less charges, that it is issued anony-
mously, having no signature at
tached or place Of issuance indicated
The authors name is kept hidden.
OF course it is really "daddied" by
Republican campaign managers, but
evidently they were ashamed to ac-
knowledge it as their output. In the
main it is a dastardly and cowardly
attack upon the personality and pub
lie record of President Wilson.
Among its many false and ground
less paragraphs are the following:
What the Negroes living in the
border States. and oven those who
live at the north, have most to fear
is Democratic administration di-
rocted by a man of southern BIRTH
and one so Injured to southern racial
prejudice as Woodrow Wilson. This
not rnl, te
concrete fact. proven by years of
Democratic reprisals against the
constitutional rights of the colored
citizens. Placing ban upon the
progress of the Negro race is the
ONLY policy to which the Wilson
administration has consistently adj
hered and the only one that has
been successful. The President has
succeeded in undoing in three years
what the Republican party has been
fifty years accomplishing for the ad-
vancement and recognition of the
rights of the colored citizens.
HE celebrated his entrance to the
White House by closing the door of
opportunity to the Negro. By word
and deed he has lent encouragement ,
to the enemies of the race and fos-
tered racial prejudice greater than
has ever been known in this country. |
There has never been
President who descended from his
lofty position to retard the progress
of struggling race as Woodrow
Wilson has done. His education has |
failed TO prove foil for his preju- |
dice. He has used the power of his !
great Office to place obstacles in the |
path of progress as the Republican |
party laid il out for the Negro.
Throughout the country colored men |
have been astounded and discourag-
ed by the bitterness of the opposi-
ton of the Chief Executive of the |
L alton. and the enemies of the race |
in and out of Congress have taken .
heart to levy additional reprisals
against tho hopes of the race"
We Rave no fear that this dirty |
dodger will do President Wilson any
harm in this section. Well inform ,
ed and self-respecting negroes will
have nothing to do with it nor will ,
they countenance any such methods .
used to get their votes against Pres !
ident Wilson, who has done nothing
in his official life or otherwise to re-
tard the progress and advancement !
of the negro race. But this folder |
serves as a sample of the methods !
practiced by Republican politicians
at election times to prejudice and in
flame the minds of colored men
against the Democrats. who have
been the best friends-especially in
the South-that the negro ever had,
when it comes to helping the latter
In material way.