Year: 1876

A CARD FROM PROMINENT CoLoRED
TILDESITE.-The cause of rilden and Hen
bricks among our colored friends is on the
increase. Many OF the most intelligent
among them are falling in ranks. We ap-
pend the following from the Rev. j. w.
Dungee:


To the Editors of the Dispatch: I
feel compelled, in Justice to myself, the
good of my race, ana The best welfare OF the
community in which I live, to say few
things which think out to be said.


A card appeared in the Evening State q
| few days ago stating that myself, Mr.. Der
rick, and Holmes were at work for the great
reform movement. Mr.. Derrick, and Holmes
OF the First Baptist church (colored), pub
lished in the Enquirer of this city card
declaring their allegiance to the Radical
party, at the same time saying they are for
peace and prosperity. Now, these two de-
clarations are in conflict with each other.
You cannot serve God and the devil at the
same time. warn these gentlemen now OF
the fearful calamity which their present
course will entail upon the colored people
OF the South
For wears we have seen our people march
ed to the polls and compelled to vote for
anv man brought out by the Radical party,
without regard to his moral character or fit
ness for the office. This has been practiced
all over the South. The men thus voted for
or put in office have plundered the southern
| peoDle in the most shameful manner. Every
State where they have had the opportunity
has been sunk beneath q burden OF debt.
Behold the cunning duplicity which they
practiced upon our people in the Freed
mems Bank fraud, as well as in many
other instances. In Washington, right under
the eve of the Government, they had
Board Of Public Works which plundered
the District government in the most wretch
ed manner. The report Of Hon. b. u.
Douglass, Of Virginia, and the Hon. w. ;.
:, Singer, of Pennsylvania, expose the most
startling frauds practiced upon us ut a time
when we were helpless and contiding In
their friendship. 1t turns out to have been
scheme concocted for the very purpose
of robbing our poor people. They have
robbed every State government in the
South where they have had the chance.
They have labored steadily to keep us
arrayed against the white people OF our
section, who are our best friends. They
have only used us as political tools. True,
they have kept a few colored men in
office, but it has been to do their dirty
work. The position OF Nlessrs. Derrick
and Holmes make them 4 party to these
frauds, and the only way they can clear
themselves from it is to come out from bad
associates. But I fear they are carrying
two faces, and il so the community ought to
be informed of it. On last Sunday all the
leading colored pulpits were used for me-
dunn OF advertisement for the Radical party,
and Rev. James Ii. Holmes took occasion to
warn his people not to have anything to do
with me. At the Rev. r. Wells's church
they endorsed Mr.. Derrick as good Radi-
cal. I also hear from good authority that
the Rev. MIR: Derrick belongs TO one OF the
Hayes and Wheeler clubs OF this city.


Ii they are "for peace and prosperity"
why have these gentlemen within the last
SIX months used every means to persecute
and drive out Of town the pastor OF the
Navy Hill church, because he chooses to dif-
fer with them in politics? Why do they
use their churches for such unholy pur-
poses, and then pretend that they have no.
thing to do with politics?


1t gives me great pain to speak OF the
outrages practiced against me and my
church OF late. The whole neighborhood
of my church has been canvassed and the
people warned not to attend my church.
They have also compelled the children to
leave my Sabbath school. Some OF these
children have been to my house and wept
| DlCLeIly UcCauSc lucy "SlC AhoSaS ~ IS"'S'
They have threatened to burn my house
and church; they have left no stone un-
turned to drive me out Of the city.
heard one minister say that he would COM
pel me to leave by all means he could re-
sort to. Now, all these are facts. Does
this look like peace and prosperity? No,
no; it is just the work which they are 6id
to do by the Radical party. I say to these
gentlemen and to the colored people at
large, that these are things which they can
not overlook. The first thing for us to do
is to make fun and manly reconciliation
with the whites among whom we live. l
was born in the South, and served teoenty-
seuen years OF my life slave, and have
travelled over nearly every part OF the
North, and know that the colored people
OF the South are better off than anywhere
| in the North; and I would advise our
people to be frugal and upright; educate
your children, give them good trades; buy
homes, get property, and stand with our
own people; drive all carpet-taggers out OF
| the South 6q letting them alone, and then we
will have peace. Bury the dead past, go IN
for honesty and reform, and we will nave
peace and prosperity indeed.


po''00 - : j. w. DUNGEE.


BURNING OF THE RICHMOND MATCH-tAC-