THE -ISSUED BY The Colored American Publishing Company, WASHINGTON. D. C. " The Republican Party is the Ship ; All else is the sea." A book of Facts and Figures, showing what the Republican Party has done (he Afro-American. (copyrighted.) CONTKNTS. The Situation. President Wm. McKinley and His Administration. The Appointment,^ Colored Men to Positions in Ci^il Life. Views and Opinions of Leading Colored Men. What a Vote for Democracy Means to the Colored Men. /iews on Expansion. Colored Men in the Volunteer Army. The New Colored Regiments. Vliscellaneous. 3 IHcRiniey cowers DKe a Giant President McKinley emerged from the trying responsibilities of the Spanish-American war with the increased confidence and love of his fellow countrymen. Though not in sympathy with the war at the start, and wisely refusing to be rushed into an ill- considered conflict—when the honor of the nation was im¬ pugned and heroic measures became necessary to preserve our dignity before the world, he calmly, steadily and firmly brought to bear the limit of our matchless resources, and almost in the twinkling of an eye brought the haughty Dons to their knees, suing for mercy. He then entered upon a period of peace at the head of a united country, with the plaudits of the world ringing in his ears. The precipitation upon his shoulders of the burden of the Philippine question found him calm, placid and just—ready to sustain the dignity of "Greater America," and determined that the ends of civilization and progress shall be subserved at any cost. The country is with-him in his present foreign policy, and while tfie war is unfortunate from many points of view, it can only be ended by a recognition on the part of the Filipinos of the lawful authority pf the United States. To withdraw our troops under fire would be suicidal, and in standing up for Amer¬ ican honor Mr. McKinley will find America standing in martial array, ready and anxious to hold up his hands to a successful con¬ clusion. President McKinley is not a potentate. He listens to the people, and in so far as they appear to be right, judged from the most lenient standpoints, he bows to their wishes—yet checks thoughtless enthusiasm by the guiding force of ripe experience and national morality. He successfully conducted the war with this principle ever in mind. His demands upon Spain were tinctured with the same philosophy, and his instructions to the Peace Commission gave evidence of a wholesome strain of Chris¬ tian charity. His treatment of the dependent Cuban and Porto Kican will be marked by the broadest of humanitarian considera¬ tions, and their government will be framed with an eye single to supplying equal and ex* ct justice to all. The problem of the HON. J. W. LYONS, Register of the Treasury. Philippines will be submitted to tlie same process of reasoning, and sober-minded Americans will be satisfied, when the heat of war has passed. We are a mercurial people, given more to spasm than to conservative thought, and the presence of a sage like McKinley in the White House is a God-send. Politicians may rave and tear their locks, amid imprecation and direful prophecy, but the sturdy pilot at the wheel remains unruffled, and keeps the nose of the Old Ship of State moving forward in the center of the stream. McKinley can be trusted, and the peo¬ ple will give ample testimony of their confidence at the Novem¬ ber election. The war scandal left the President unscathed. The searching investigation ordered by him revealed nothing but careful and painstaking efforts to save the national honor, at the cost of as few lives as possible. The civil service was reached as soon as it could be disposed of with dignity and propriety, and the con- mon-sense modifications have immeasurably strengthened the Republican party. The triumphal tour across the continent is daily stirring anew the enthusiasm of 1896, and puts to shame the sulkers and false prophets. Prosperity comes on, regardless . of the whims of Democratic calamity howlers and silver infla¬ tionists. In the midst of all this clamor and clash, the figure of Presi¬ dent McKinley towers over the situation like a giant1. He domi¬ nates the scene! by virtue of a striking personality, unquestioned integrity, broad Christianity, and patriotism of the sturdiest quality. GOVERNMENT BY CONSENT. The only hope of establishing a government by consent in these islands is through the fostering an& educating care of the United States of America. Every American knows that these islanders will be given the right of self-government just as rap¬ idly as they show an ability to care for its duties, and Mr. Bryan and his Democratic following are doing their level best to post¬ pone the day when the Philippines shall know the blessings of liberty.—Kansas City Journal. HON. W. P. POWELL, Envoy and, Minister Plenipotentiary to Hayti. Counting Up Our Profits, WHAT THE NEGRO AND THE NATION HAVE GAINED UNDER McKINLEY'S ADMINISTRATION. In Nineteen Months He Has Received Double tlie Patronage Accorded by Any Previous President, with. More to Follow —A Partial List of Colored Men Appointed. On the 4th day of October, William - McKinley closed the nineteenth month of an administration unrivalled in point of interest and historical significance since that of Abraham Lin¬ coln. Few Presidents, even with the very best of intentions and inspired by the most patriotic impulses, have been able to maintain their hold upon the public confidence and to command the hearty support of the practical politicians after the bulk of the "loaves and fishes" have been distributed, and pet measures have failed of immediate adoption. For, in the nature of things, there are not enough offices to go around and the crystallization of party platforms into laws takes time. Therefore, many de¬ serving of recognition for valuable service rendered the party are disappointed, and the advocates of special theories are obliged to wait for the fruition of their hopes. In many cases these unavoidable lapses have engendered a bitterness so intense that the close of a President's first year finds him in a most em¬ barrassing and anomalous predicament with regard to his party and the country. Not so with William McKinley. He has proven himself to be the President of the entire American people, and they have been quick to understand and appreciate the fact. No consider¬ ation for party expediency, or whim of faction, or favoritism of section has'at any time influenced his action or prescribed his position upon any of the trying questions of the hour. He came into power when the industrial condition of the country was at a low ebb. Supreme cor^ 3nce in his statesmanship, respect for his financial wisdom, an I dmiration for his lofty character have all combined, with magi 3 celerity, to restore the nation to its normal prosperity and happiness. He has stood faithfully by every plank of the platform upon which he was elected, and will go on with the work of reform until every agency tending to cor¬ rect existing evils has been exhausted. In the conduct of the war with Spain, Mr. McKinley has ex¬ hibited a quality of generalship, the most potent encomium upon which is the speedy and satisfactory termination of the exasper¬ ating conflict. In this struggle the Negro was given a man's chance, and a lion's share of the glory is his. The President's prudence, sagacity and inflexible determination here stamped him as the peer of the greatest military commanders of any age. The waving stars and stripes, unfurled over the ramparts of Cuba, of Porto Kico, of Hawaii, and the Philippines are mute but eloquent witnesses to his wise and patriotic leadership. "Mc- Kinleyism" has come to be associated with protection to labor, the elevation of the citizen, sound finance, enduring prosperity, and, best of all, to be synonymous with a "Greater .America," upon whose expanded poil the sun never ceases to shine. While Mr. McKinley has been deeply engrossed with the most intricate problems of statecraft, he has not been unmindful of the just claims of party workers. He has distributed the of¬ ficial rewards with rare tact and judgment, and no element which assisted in the masterful triumph of 1896 is without representa¬ tion. The Negro vote has fared handsomely at his hands. Col¬ ored men of intelligence and character have been selected from every section of the country to fill positions of trust and profit under the Administration, and the instance has yet to be re¬ corded where the honor has been bestowed unworthily. Indeed, while it is a fact of great significance that the President has within nineteen months appointed fully twice as many Negroes as any previous Administration, developments are now being so shaped by him, through a revision of the civil service regula¬ tions, that the number of Negro officeholders will be increased fourfold. Not only this, but the constitutional rights of the Negro will continue to be sacredly regarded and his future in the new possessions will be surrounded by every guarantee calculated 9 to insure his peace and material well being. The great work "which the Administration has done in the line of Negro recog¬ nition is graphically illustrated by the subjoined roster, which gives some of the more important positions to which eminent Negroes have been assigned since the advent of the present re¬ gime. From this roster is omitted dozens of army appointments, scores of civil service appointments, promotions and retentions, State recognition, and hundreds of minor departmental positions, which are the legitimate fruits of the great victory of 1896, and which should be placed to the credit of the Administration. FEDERAL APPOINTMENTS GIVEN TO COLORED MEN. J. W. Lyons, register of the Treasury. H. A-. Rucker, collector internal revenue, Atlanta, Ga. J. H. Deveaux, collector of customs, Savannah, Ga. C. 0. Wimbish, collector of port, Atlanta, Ga. R. R. "Wright, paymaster in army. Rev. C. T. Walker, chaplain in army. Dr. George C. Stoney, surgeon in army. E. R. Belcher, deputy collector customs, Brunswick, Ga. M. P. Morton, postmaster, Athens, Ga. I. H. Lofton, postmaster, Hogansville, Ga. J. T. Jackson, postmaster, Darien, Ga. Dr. A. M. Curtis, surgeon-in-chief, Freedmen's Hospital. Rev. B. W. Arnett, jr., chaplain in army. John R. Lynch, paymaster in army. James Hill, register of lands, Jackson, Miss. Frank P. Brinson, postmaster, Duncansville, Miss. Thomas Keys, postmaster, Ocean Springs, Miss. H. P. Cheatham, Recorder of Deeds, D. C. John C. Dancy, collector of port, Wilmington, N. C. Dr. J. E. Shepard, internal rf enue service, North Carolina. Rev. O. L. W. Smith, minister to Liberia. John T. Williams, consul, Sierra Leone, Africa. Mrs. S. E. Jones, postmistress, Bladen county, N. C. Colin Anthony, postmaster, Scotland Neck, N. C. COL. JOHN H. DEVEAUX, Collector of Customs, Savannah, Ga, 11 Joseph E. Lee, collector of internal revenue, Florida. D. 1ST. Pappy, collector of port, St. Augustine, Fla. Dr. L. "W. Livingston, consul, Cape Haitien, Hayti. W. F. Powell, minister to Hayti. Robert Pelliam, special Indian agent. J. C. Leftwich, receiver" of public money, Montgomery, Ala. H. V. Cashin, receiver of public money, Huntsville, Ala. R. A. Parker, internal revenue service, Ala. Dr. A. M. Brown, surgeon in army. Rev. I. Dawson,- postmaster, Eutaw, Ala. M. "W*. Gibbs, consul, Tamatave, Madagascar. J. E. Bush, receiver of public money, Little Rock, Ark- Fred. Havis, postmaster, Pine Bluff., Ark. • M. B. Van Horn, consul, St. Thomas, D. W. I. Dr. George H. Jackson, consul, La Rochelle, France. John P. Green, superintendent of stamp division, Postoffiee Department. C. L. Maxwell, consul, San Domingo. W. T. Anderson, a regular army chaplain. H. Y. Arnett, comparer, office of Recorder of Deeds, D. 0. E. P. McCabe, Oklahoma. !N". T. Yelar, postmaster, Brinton, Pa. J. H. Jackson, postmaster, Pa. • J. N". Ruffin, consul, Asuncion, Paraguay. Gen. Robert Smalls, collector of port, Beaufort, S. C. F. J. Baker, postmaster, Lake City, S. C. T. C. "Walker, collector of port, Tappahannock, Ya. G. A. Smith, stenographer. F. ~W. Moore, messenger. R. T. Greener, consul, Yladivostock, Russia. Dr. H. W. Furniss, consul, Bahia, Brazil. W. A. Gaines, internal revenue service, Kentucky. Dr. J. O. Holmes, pension examiner, Kentucky. J. R. Spurgeon, secretary legation, Liberia. Henry Demas, naval officer, New Orleans, La. James Lewis, surveyor-general, Louisiana. Mrs. Y. E. Bahn, postmistress, Madisonville, La. HON. H. P. CHKATHAM, Recorder of Deeds. 13 So, Mr. McKinley reached the close of a year and a half of hie service, firmly established in the confidence of the people and stronger than ever by reason of having so successfully piloted the grand old Ship of State through the channel of political un¬ rest, skillfully escaping the Scylla of domestic discord while steering away from the Charybdis of foreign complication. In war or in peace, whether dealing with whites or blacks, for¬ eigner or native,* President McKinley's course has been dictated by a singleness of purpose—that of faithfully administering the trust placed in his hands. Uninfluenced by prejudice, unmoved by ill-advised clamor, and unruffled by captious criticism, he pursues the even tenor of his way, adhering steadfastly to the right as God gives him to see the right, vindicating day by day the judgment of his supporters, and presenting to the nations of the globe the perfect embodiment of the typical American. ONE THING AT A TIME. It will be time enough to talk about the government of the Philippines after the insurrection is put down. It was Aguin- aldo who began the fighting, and it must be Aguinaldo and not the American soldiers who must retreat and surrender.—Roches¬ ter Post Express. LIEUTENANT-GOVERNORS. In Louisiana, Alabama, Mississippi and South Carolina sev¬ eral Negroes were elected lieutnant-governors on the Republican ticket. A VOICE FROM THE SOUTH. Will our colored brothers in Ohio add to the afflictions of the race in the South by voting the Democratic ticket this fall? The answer is, No! And no, for the reason that it matters not how well they can afford it up there. Their love for and pride in the oppressed of their race in Democratic States will ever rebel against encouraging a party which tolerates injustice to man¬ kind.—The Atlanta Republican. 14 Register Cyons on the Situation, "Have the colored voters, in Ohio or elsewhere, any ground of complaint against the Administration?" "There have been two complaints urged. One related to the apparent neglect on the part of the President of the colored sol¬ diers whose brave conduct at El Caney and San Juan excited the admiration of the world. The President has been anxious for many months to reconnect these men in some way that benefits their gallantry and is commensurate with the hero-soldiers of the world, and he has at last found his way by conferring upon them the highest commissions ever issued out of the War Department to colored soldiers. So that all foundation for this criticism has been removed by the appointment of these heroes to captaincies 'and lieutenancies in the colored regiments by the President, who has thus shown his willingness to deal rightly with the colored people. The second complaint has been that the President has not taken an openly pronounced stand- against the lynchings in the South. I answer this criticism by referring to his inaugural address. He used as strong words for law and order and against mob violence of all forms as ever fell from the lips of a man charged with the duties of a high office. It would be well for our people to refresh their memories by reading that very able and eloquent State paper at this juncture. President Grant 'tried force and failed. President McKinley, taking ad¬ vantage of the lesson of the past, is trying moral suasion. He has been among the Southern people and knows the regard they entertain f»r him. If he can, through his own personality, se¬ cure happier relations between the white and the colored races, he will.deserve the highest praise. In doing this, however, he can not be expected to make much noise. If he succeeds, he will have accomplished what we want. In any event, he will be entitled to full faith and credit. What we want is law and order, and the nation will laud whatever agencies may bring them about. "You must judge the present by the past," continued Mr. Lyons. "When Mr. McICnley was governor of Ohio he did DR. A. M. CUP.TI.S, Surgeon-in-Ghief Freedmen's Hospital. 16 everything in his power to punish persons concerned in lynching affairs. As President he has actually less power than a gover¬ nor, except where the case affects Federal interests, and in the single instance of this kind—the murder of the postmaster at Lake City—he put the whole machinery of the Government in operation to capture and convict the offenders. I think when the colored people realize the President has done and is doing all in his power for their advancement, their criticism will cease. "Of course," added Mr. Lyons, "if the disaffection is based upon disappointment in not getting offices, I can only say that I regret there are not enough offices to go around. At the same time the colored people have been recognized, and party interests ought not to be made to suffer because of the inevitable insufficiency of offices to accommodate all applicants. GRANT AND EXPANSION. The veterans of the Civil War, both South and North, will readily accept the views of President U. S. Grant, as expresed in his second inaugural address, on March 4, 1873, as follows: "I say here, however, that I do not share in the apprehensions held by many as to the danger of Governments becoming weak¬ ened and destroyed by reason of their extension of territory. Commerce, education, and the rapid transit of thought and mat¬ ter by telegraph and steam have changed all this. Rather do I believe that our Great Maker is preparing the world in His own good time to become one nation, speaking one language, and when armies and navies will be no longer required." This statement was made in connection .with the recommen¬ dation that San Domingo should be annexed to the United States. —Plainfield Courier-News. COMMISSIONER U. S. LAND OEEICE. Hon. J. M. Townsend, of Indiana, was the first Negro to oc¬ cupy this important office. He was appointed by President Har¬ rison, and was succeeded by Dr. D. P. Roberts, another colored man. 17 Submitting the Evidence. AN ARRAY OF AUTHENTIC FIGURES SHOWING THAT THE NEGRO DRAWS $6,000,000 AN¬ NUALLY. Fruits of the Giant McKinley Administration—A Record With¬ out a Parallel—Our Wisdom Vindicated—The Afro- American's Status in Civil and Military Life—Read and Reflect. Prior to the St. Louis Republican National Convention of '96, the leaders promised their many friends throughout the United States, that the election of William McKinley to the high office of President would place in the White House a staunch friend of the Negro. All who had known him, and had come in per¬ sonal contact with him, were compelled to say "amen!" to the contention of these savants. Now that McKinley is elected, and is giving the American people one of the grandest Admin¬ istrations the republic has ever known, and is even surpassing the history of the party in his fidelity to the colored electors, it at once becomes the duty of the friends of his Administration to call attention to his brilliant record, and ask the masses for an unequivocal indorsement of both the man and party. Notwith¬ standing the fact that the "pie counter" is very much shorter than during any prior Administration, because of the un-Ameri¬ can civil service law; in spite of the fact that many hundreds.of us received less that we had merited and expected, and thousands of others have been coldly turned down; although many who worked for promotions and favorable transfers and failed, and many from the combine ranks went in, while many an "original McKinley man" was "frozen out," yet it is a fact, the McKinley Administration finds more colored men at high posts of honor, in high salaried positions, drawing more Government money, and with more potent influence than has ever before been known to the world. Compared with others, this is the "Giant Admin¬ istratis " 18 One of tlie most commendable facts noted when reviewing the appointments of this Administration, is that a large majority of the appointees are men of reputed and accepted high intellectual, moral and social standing. Among the many to whom the race may point with pride, and without a trembling conscience, are Senator Bruce (deceased), Judge Lee, of Florida; Register J. W. Lyons, of Georgia; Major John R. Lynch, of Mississippi;' Supt. J. P. Green, of Ohio; Assistant State Attorney Barnett, of Illinois; Major R. R. Wright, of Georgia; Consul J. 1ST. Ruf- fin, of Tennessee; Consul G. H. Jackson, of Connecticut; Con¬ sul C. *L. Maxwell, of Ohio, and many more of like standing. "When the sum total of the noble manhood of the above-named galaxy is properly approximated, duly appreciated, and added to the nobility of the hundreds known, but unnamed other ap¬ pointees of this Administration, the resultant thoughts will cause any man to subjugate selfishness, and admit his pride and his satisfaction at the representation of the race. THE WAR DEPARTMENT. "Would a war with Spain benefit the Negro," was a popular question for debate. Some thought it would benefit; others thought not. In many respects it has been a God-send, and be¬ yond dispute a great benefit. If in no other way, 15,048 pri¬ vates have shown their patriotism and their valor by offering their bared breasts as shields for their country's honor; 4,114 (the regulars) did actual, noble and heroic service at El Caney, San Juan and Santiago, while 266 officers (261 volunteers and five regulars) did similar service and demonstrated the ability of the American Negro to properly command even so well as he does readily obey. When we have learned to appreciate that six months ago the Negro had in the army only five officers and 4,114 privates, and to-day we have 266 officers and 15,048 pri¬ vates, we must know that inestimable benefit has come to the race. Among the officers are to be found many of the brightest minds of the race. Fully 80 per cent of those in authority come from the best known and most influential families in the land* HON. H. A. KUCKEH, Internal Revenue Collector, Atlanta, Ga.. 20 Their contact with and influence upon their superior officers will be sure to raise the Negro in the popular esteem and do incalculable good. Some of these men are colonels at $3,500 per annum, lieutenant colonels at $3,000, majors at $2,500, cap¬ tains (mounted) at $2,000, captains (not mounted) at $1,800, first lieutenants (mounted) at $1,600, first lieutenants (not mounted) at $1,500, etc. There are now in the service the following: EEGULAES. 9th U. S. Cavalry 1 1177 10th U. S. Cavalry 2 1016 24th U. S. Infantry.. 1 1080 25th U. S. Infantry.. 1 841 Total 5 4114 VOLUNTEEES. 8th Illinois Infantry.. 46 1234 3d Alabama Infantry. — 1141 3d N. C. Infantry 40 1059 23d Kans. Infantry 29 848 6th Ya. Infantry 28 823 9th Ohio Battalion 16 419 A and B Ind. Inf 7 213 7th U. S. V. Infantry.. 24 981 8th U. S. V. Infantry.. 23 984 9th U. S. Y. Infantry.. 24 990 10th U. S. V. Infantry, 22 978 Total Volunteers... .259 10670 Total regular officers 5 Total regulars 4,114 Paymasters 2 Officers 266 Grand total 15,050 financially considered. 266 officers, approximated and a fair average of salaries, at $1,600, $425,600; 14,784 privates at $208, $3,075,472; 5,000 men employed as drivers, cooks, servants, laborers, etc., at $250 per year, $1,250,000. Total, $4,751,072. Add to this the honor attached to the following names and po¬ sitions: Colonel, J. R. Marshall, of Illinois; colonel, James Young, of North Carolina; colonel, J. M. Brown, of Kansas; lieutenant-colonel, Taylor, of North Carolina; Major, John R. Lynch, of Mississippi; major, R. R. "Wright, of Georgia; major, Charles Young, of Ohio; major, Haywood, of North Carolina; major, Walker, of North Carolina. Below follow other figures kindly furnished by the respective departments: 21 POSTOFFICE DEPARTMENT. 1 at $2,500 $2,500 1 at 1,200 1,200 1 at 1,000 1,000 2 at 900 1,800 1 at 840 840 6 at 720 4,320 17 at 660 11,220 2 at 480 960 1 at 360 360 2 at 240 480 $24,680 INTERIOR DEPARTMENT. Secretary's Office. Men. Salaries per an. Salaries. 1 at $1,400 $1,400 3 at 840 2,520 4 at 720 2,880 8 at 660 5,280 1 at 480 480 1 at 240 240 18 $12,800 Gen. Land Office. 1 at $3,000 $3,000 1 at 2,776 2,776 1 at 2,222 2,222 1 at 1,986 1,986 1 at 1,600 1,600 1 at 1,400 1,4°0 4 at 1,200 4,800 2 at 900 I,800 8 at 660 5,280 20 $24,864 STATE DEPARTMENT. Consular Service. Men. Salaries per an. Salaries. 1 at $5,000 $5'000 1 at 4,000 4>000 2 at 2,500 5'000 2 at 2,000 4'000 4 at 1,500 6<000 I at 1,000 i'000 $25,000 II INDIAN AFFAIRS. Men. Salaries per an. Salaries. 1 at $1,000 $1,000 1 at 840 840 1 at 720 720 1 at 660 660 2 at 240 480 6 $3,700 PENSION OFFICE. Men. Salaries per an. Salaries. 1 at $2,000 $2,000 7 at 1,400 9,800 2 at 1,300 2,600 21 at 1,200 25,200 31 at 1,000 31,000 7 at 900 6,300 4 at 840 3,360 1 at 720 720 8 at 660 5,280 4 at 400 1,600 3 at 240 720 89 $87,740 PATENT OFFICE. Men. Salaries per an. Salaries. 3 at $800 $2,400 7 at 720 5,040 9 at 600 5,400 15 at 48Q 7,200 3 at 360 1,080 37 $31,120 Geological Survey. 1 at $720 $720 8 at 600 4,800 1 at 520 520 1 at 480 480 4 at 180 720 15 $7,240 Miscellaneous. 1 at $3,000 $3,000 1 at 900 900 1 at 720 720 1 at 480 480 1 at 400 400 1 at 360 360 6 $5,860 HON. GEORGE H. WHITE, Member of Congress. 23 GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE. 168 men at an average salary of $700 per annum, $117,600. RECORDER OF DEEDS OFFICE. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. Dist. Building, 10 at $720 $7,200 15 at 600 9,000 50 at 500 25,000 75 $41,200 Men. Salaries per an. Salaries. 1 at i $4,000 2 at 1,200 1 at 900 16 at 400 1 at 240 1 at 120 22 $14,060 Dist. Courts.. Miscellaneous Add to these figures the following reasonable estimates: State Department, $20,000; 'Navy Department, $20,000; "War Department, $30,000; Treasury Department, $200,000; Agricultural and Executive Departments, $25,000, and we have the following: RECAPITULATION. Army $4,751,072 Postoffice Department. 24,680 Interior Department... 271,000 Printing Office 117,600 Dist. of Columbia 55,260 Consular Service. 25,000 State Dept. (Estimate) 20,000 Navy Department 20,000 War Department 30,000 Treasury Department.. 200,000 Agric. and Ex. Depts... 25,000 $5,538,612 Then, when we shall have added the salaries of the hundreds of postmasters, deputy postmasters, collectors of customs, col¬ lectors of internal revenue, with their thousands of deputies, the numerous watchmen, custodians of public buildings in many States, we can readily figure the enormous sum of $6,000,000 salary drawn by the Negro under the open-handed and generous Administration of William McKinley! Argument is unnecessary. These figures furnish sufficient food for thought and serious reflection. The comfort, joy, pleasure, profit, prosperity and heretofore unknown opportuni¬ ties brought to the millions of homes of the colored American by this unparalleled influx of remuneration is sufficient commen- 24 dation of the Republicans, and to cause every one of us to stand fast by the party which affords the race an assurance of domestic tranquility and the promotion of its welfare. The distinguished honors conferred upon our leaders and the great power placed in their hands are indisputable evidences of the phenomenal progress of the race and that the hour of just political and civil recognition is at hand.—Colored American, Oct. 22, '98. STICK TO THE FACTS. "We say that the Philippine Islands are not in rebellion against the United States; that the Filipinos themselves are not in rebel¬ lion; that as a matter of fact most of the inhabitants of the islands are entirely satisfied with the government that we shall give them, and that the insurrection is confined entirely to one tribe, the Tagals, and that this insurrection exists only in the neighborhood of the one city of Manila. If these anti-imperial¬ ists, as they call themselves, wish to gain the respect of ordinary people they ought to stick to the facts. Aguinaldo is the head of the insurrection, and he is the head simply because he thinks there is profit to himself in leading a rebellion. The rest of the tribes and the rest of the islands would not submit to the dic¬ tatorship of Aguinaldo, and if we should retire our armies and leave these islanders to themselves anarchy would prevail, and Aguinaldo would find upon his hands half a dozen separate and distinct rebellions. The Philippine islands came to us through the fortunes of war. "When Dewey's fleet sailed into Manila bay we had no idea of acquiring them, but a great nation like the United States has its duties of humanity to perform in addition to its business in¬ terests. "With the best of motives in view, the Administration sought to solve the Philippine problem. In the midst of this solution, Aguinaldo promoted insurrection. Until this rebel is defeated and full surrender has come, there is nothing for us to do except to wage warfare, and that warfare will be waged in spite of Boutwell, Senator Hoar, Tillman, Altgeld, Atkinson, Lentz and the other men of treason.—Philadelphia Inquirer. HON. OWEN L. W. SMITH, Minister to Liberia. HOW HE CASTS HIS VOTE IN A REPUBLICAN STATE 27 Recorder gfteatbam on tbe Situation. What One of the Race's Most Powerful Leaders Says of Presi¬ dent McKinley's Administration—Negro Intelligence Upon the Side of Republicanism.—Ohio is All Right. At no time since the enfranchisement of the Negro has so many conflicting problems confronted our people and called for keener discrimination or calmer judgment. It gi¥es me infinite pleasure to note the intelligent interest taken by my race in all the questions now up for solution. It points to a brighter era and offers a remedy for many of the ills that now beset us. The more the Negro reads and studies, the better he becomes ac¬ quainted with the history of the country and the attitude of parties on the issue of human rights, the stronger a Republican he becomes. The so-called "blind faith"' of other days is giving away to the conviction that as a plain business proposition the Republican party can more safely be trusted to conduct the af¬ fairs of government, and that its continuance in power is the surest method of sustaining and increasing the wave of pros¬ perity now sweeping over the land. The Administration of President McKinley is a grand suc¬ cess. He has led us successfully through a trying foreign war; he has made the name of the United States respected and hon¬ ored in every nook and cranny of the civilized world; his policy of judicious expansion, as exemplified in the acquisition of the Philippines and Porto Rico, and the protection of Cuba, is placing our beloved nation beyond the period of provincialism and is opening broader avenues for the investment of capital ' and the promotion of Christian principles; he has given the Negro splendid recognition in the domestic and diplomatic serv¬ ice, and has afforded us an opportunity to prove anew our skill and valor upon the field of battle; he has just given us two regi¬ ments of picked men, and placed over them the gallant heroes who won fame at Santiago. In accord with military usage, the colonel and regimental officers are tacticians of wide experience and happen to be white, but I am satisfied that when the troops- 28 take the field, and wlien the black soldier performs, as he will, some conspicuous act of bravery and demonstrates beyond, ques¬ tion his capacity for epaulettes, President McKinley will not hesitate to award them to him. Every step we take in advance must be earned, and it can only be held by hard and continuous work and eternal vigilance. This may seem cruel, but it is the condition we are compelled to meet, and we might as well pre¬ pare ourselves for merciless competition. Our future greatness lies in industry, education, and the ability to do what is needed a little better than anyone else can do it, with equal promptness and fidelity. Our prosperity lies in making friends with the strongest forces of the body politic, and yielding cheerful obedi¬ ence to the law. There is hope for the Negro, and the problem can be solved by natural processes, if he just keeps "hammering away," and per¬ mits no opportunity for advancement to escape him. "We have good friends in the South, as well as in other sections of the country, and we should be careful when we discuss the*»ituation not to abuse those who are kindly disposed toward us. I have no fears of the result in Ohio. The President's wise and conservative administration will be sustained, and Judge Nash will be elected by a healthy majority. The Negro voters are too sensible to be led away by appeals to prejudice and pas¬ sion, and under the guidance of such eminent men of affairs as George A. Myers, W. E. Stewart, W. H. Parham, H. C. Smith, John P. Green, Charles Cottrell, Robert Harlan and others, they will rally enthusiastically around the Eepublican standard. The issues are strongly and candidly stated in the platform, and the Negro understands thoroughly that in the prosperity brought about by Eepublican success he will enjoy an equitable share. There is nothing for the Negro in Democratic success in Ohio. There is everything for him in the triumph of the party of free¬ dom and human rights. HENRY P. CHEATHAM. A Democratic legislature in the State of Florida passed an election law several years ago depriving the Negro of the use of the ballot. 29 Colored men in tfce Spanish-American mar. President William McKinley Equal to tlie Occasion and Gives Them Prominent Assignments. When hostilities broke out between the United States and Spain in 1898, President McKinley did not hesitate to call upon valiant colored men to assist in maintaining national honor and defending the country's flag. . Several volunteer regiments were organized at once and were officered by some of the brightest men of the race. In Cuba, the 1STegro soldiers distinguished themselves by signal bravery and daring, the charge at San Juan Hill being a lasting monument to their valor and courage. As a result of this mem¬ orable battle, many were promoted from the ranks to executive positions. Those who were not assigned to duty in Cuba served their country by discharging important guard and picket duty. At the close of the war with Spain, the bulk of the regiments, white and black, were mustered out. The Negro troopers of the regular army, comprising the Ninth and Tenth Cavalry and Twenty-fourth and Twenty-fifth Infantry, remained in the service. Appreciating the superior services of the Negro troops in the recent war with Spain, President McKinley decided to increase the number of Negro regiments in the regular or standing army, and on the 8th of September, 1899, issued an order for the or¬ ganization of two new regiments of infantry to be composed of colored men. The Democrats protested against this ac¬ tion, but to no avail. Two regiments were called for. The regiments have been designated as the Forty-eighth and Forty-ninth Volunteer Infantry, and are being organized, re¬ spectively, at Fort Thomas, Ky., and Jefferson Barracks, Mo. The full complement of officers has been selected, and follow¬ ing are the field officers (white) : Forty-eighth Regiment—Colonel, William P. Duvall, captain First Artillery. 30 Lieutenant colonel, Thaddeus W. Jones, captain Tenth Cav¬ alry. Majors, Sedgwick Rice, first lieutenant Seventh Cavalry; Alexander L. Dade, first lieutenant Third Cavalry; John How¬ ard, first lieutenant Nineteenth Infantry. Forty-ninth Regiment—Colonel, William H. Beck, captain Tenth Cavalry. Lieutenant colonel, Arthur C. Ducat, captain Twenty-fourth Infantry. Majors, Ernest Hinds, first lieutenant Second Artillery; Geo. W. Kirkman, captain Twenty-third Infantry; James W. Brott, captain Twenty-fourth Infantry. Following are the company officers (colored) of the Forty- eighth Regiment. Captains, John Buck, first sergeant Troop B, Tenth Cavalry; Thomas Campbell, late first lieutenant Company L, Seventh United States Volunteer Infantry; William H. Brown, sergeant- major Ninth Cavalry; Carter P. Johnson, Tenth Cavalry; Thos. Grant, late first lieutenant Company F,TenthUnited States Vol¬ unteer Infantry; Robt. R.Rudd, late captain Company A, ISTinth Battalion Ohio Volunteers; James E. Hamlin, late captain Third North Carolina Volunteer Infantry; Pleasant Webb, late cap¬ tain Sixth Virginia Volunteers; William A. Hankins, late cap¬ tain Sixth Virginia Volunteers; Leon W. Denison, late captain Company K, Eighth Illinois Volunteers; Stephen Starr, late sec¬ ond lieutenant Ninth United States Volunteer Infantry; Alex¬ ander Richardson, late first lieutenant Ninth United States Vol¬ unteer Infantry. First lieutenants, L. H. Smith, first sergeant Troop M, Tenth Cavalry; Peter McGown, first sergeant Troop E, Tenth Cavalry; William II. AUen, sergeant Company A, Ninth Cavalry; John II. Anderson, squadron sergeant-major, Ninth Cavalry; Charles O. Thomas, late lieutenant Eighth United States Volunteer In¬ fantry; Jerry M. White, late first lieutenant Twenty-third Kan¬ sas; James F. Powell, late second lieutenant Indiana Volunteers; H. B. Brown, late first lieutenant Third North Carolina Volun¬ teer Infantry; II. J. Parker, late first sergeant United States HON. JOHN P. GREKN, U. S. Stamp Agent. 32 Volunteer Infantry; Jacob G. Smith, late second lieutenant Ninth United States Volunteer Infantry; John W. Brown, late second lieutenant Ninth United States Volunteer Infantry; Charles C. Caldwell, late first lieutenant Company B, Ninth Ohio Battalion Volunteers. Second lieutenants—Walter Green, first sergeant Company K, Tenth Cavalry; G. B. Turner, commissary sergeant Tenth Cavalry; Joseph Moore, first lieutenant Company H, Eighth United States Volunteer Infantry; J. B. Coleman, late first lieu¬ tenant Company E, Seventh United States Volunteer Infantry; Lincoln Washington, sergeant-major Ninth Cavalry; David B. Jeffers, late second lieutenant Tenth United States Volunteer Infantry; Wilson Ballard, late second lieutenant Ninth Battal¬ ion Ohio Volunteers; Joseph C. Andrews, private Company L, Sixth Massachusetts Volunteers; Frank R. .Chisholm, late pri¬ vate Company L, Sixth Massachusetts Volunteers; John K. Rice, late first lieutenant Sixth Virginia Volunteers; George W. Taylor, noncommissioned officer Third North Carolina Volun¬ teers; Green F. Marion, late sergeant Third Alabama Volun¬ teers. Eorty-ninth Regiment—Captains, William B. Edwards, ser¬ geant Company A, Tenth Cavalry; Charles W. Jefferson, first sergeant Company B, Ninth Cavalry; Eloyd W. Grumbly, late first lieutenant Company A, Tenth United States Volunteer In¬ fantry; Edward L. Baker, late first lieutenant Company B, Tenth United States Volunteer Infantry; John C. Proctor, late first lieutenant Eighth United States Volunteer Infantry; Ema,n- uel D. Bass, late first lieutenant Company D, Ninth Battalion, Ohio Volunteers; William IT. Hawkins, late captain Twenty- third Kansas Volunteers; Benjamin Graves, late captain Sixth Virginia Volunteers; William R. Staff, sergeant-major Twenty-fourth Infantry; Erank R. Steward, late second lieu¬ tenant Eighth United States Volunteers; Robert G. Wood, late second lieutenant Ninth United States Volunteer Infantry; Robert Gage, late captain Third Alabama Volunteers. First lieutenants—Charles Perry, first sergeant Troop L, Tenth Cavalry; L. IT. Jordan, first lieutenant Company K} HOW THE COLORED VOTER IS ALLOWED TO CAST HIS BALLOT IN A STATE WHERE DEMOCRATS CONTROL THE ELECTION". 34 Seventh United States Volunteer Infantry; Charles Spurlock, sergeant Company E, Ninth Cavalry; Ebert W. Maden, ser¬ geant Company E, Ninth Cavalry; Charles H. Robinson, first lieutenant Sixth Virginia Volunteers; James H. Thomas, late first lieutenant Indiana Volunteers; David J. Gilmer, late cap¬ tain Third North Carolina Volunteer Infantry; Robert Blake- man, late first sergeant Company H, Eighth Illinois Volunteers; Hamilton H. Blunt, late first lieutenant Ninth United States Volunteer Infantry; Thomas C. Butler, late second lieutenant Ninth United States Volunteer Infantry; Macon Russell, late second lieutenant Eighth United States Volunteer Infantry; L. A. Tillman, late quartermaster sergeant Seventh United States Volunteer Infantry. Second lieutenants-—A. M. Ray, sergeant Company E, Tenth Cavalry; Robert L. Gough, corporal Company D, Twenty-fourth Infantry; Wyatt Huffman, late second lieutenant Eighth United States Volunteer Infantry; Beverly Eerea, late first lieutenant Seventh United States Volunteer Infantry; Henry E. Walla, commissary sergeant Ninth Cavalry; William Blaney, late sec¬ ond lieutenant Tenth United States Volunteer Infantry; Horace E. Wheaton, private Company L, Sixth Massachusetts Volun¬ teers; George E. Payne, second lieutenant Twenty-third Kansas Volunteers; Leander W. Hayes, late sergeant Third North Caro¬ lina Volunteers; Gilford E. Campbell, late sergeant Eighth Il¬ linois Volunteers; Edward B. Johnson, Tenth Cavalry. These two regiments will be composed of about 1,200 men each, all of whom will be colored, with company officers of their own race. What has President McKinley done for the Negro along mili¬ tary lines, you ask? Let us see. He has appointed 24 Negro captains at a salary of $1,800 per annum each, amounting to $43,200; 24 first lieutenants at a salary of $1,500 each, amounting to $36,000; 24 second lieu¬ tenants at- a salary of $1,400 each, amounting to $33,600; 2 regiments of 2,400 privates at $156 each, amounting to $374,400. Grand total, $487,200 per annum. HON, JOHN C. DANCY, Collector of Customs, Wilmington, N. fion. John P. 6r«n Presents a few Tacts in favor of Iflr. mcKinky's Administration. (From Tlie Colored American.) Permit me to say, here and now, that I am positively and un¬ qualifiedly in favor of the renomination and reelection of Presi¬ dent McKinley, for the following reasons, in part: First, his Administration has given us an honest and conserva¬ tive Government; has maintained our financial integrity, abol¬ ished soup houses, and given work to all who are able and willing to work, at increased wages. Second, under his wise and statesmanlike leadership, Cuba has been liberated at a minimum of cost in blood and treasure, and large' and valuable tracts of territory added to our domain. The possession of these "colonies" will stimulate our manufac¬ turing and commercial industries, and furnish valuable markets, in the near future, for the products of the farm, the mine, the loom, the factory and mills and furnaces. This is what we need and must have. Further, President McKinley has given more official patronage to the colored American than any other Presi¬ dent before him; and would have done more for the colored Re¬ publicans of the South, if the murderous assaults made on federal appointees there had not discouraged it. I speak advisedly when I say that the colored American has drawn more dollars under McKinley's Administration than ever before. Third, I favor President McKinley, because I know him to be our friend. Now, what are the charges preferred against the President by some of our people, by reason of which they advise colored men to abandon the Republican party and ally themselves with the Democratic party, dominated by the Southern wing, which has suppressed our vote, colonized us in "Jim Crow" cars, and are daily engaged in horribly mutilating and murdering us? They censure the President because he has not sent federal troops into the South to prevent lynching; and they point to the Administration of Grant, in contrast. The cases are not par- Collector of Customs, Beaufort, S. C. 38 allel. President Grant did not send any troops into the South to suppress Ku-Klux-Klan outrages—they were there already— had not been recalled, after the termination of the civil war, and he simply ordered them from place to place in the several States where they were located, to protect voters at the polls and to assist United States civil officials in serving process. More than this; after numerous Ku-Klux had been arrested and convicted, at great expense, he pardoned nearly all of them, before the ex¬ piration of their several terms. The case of ex-President Cleveland sending United States troops to protect the mails, during the strike at Chicago is often referred to. This is not a similar case for several reasons. First, there was no dispute on the part of President Cleve¬ land's law advisers as to his legal right to send those troops to Chicago, to protect the mails. Second, the disorder at Chicago continued for a week or more, and Mr. Cleveland had time to send troops there. In the case at Lake City, S. C., no one save the bloody lynchers knew that Baker and his family were going to be assassinated; and after it was done, it was too late to send troops. All that was left to be done was to detect the assassins and prosecute them, according to law. This the President has done and is doing. lie even has employed extra able counsel to assist the prosecuting attorney at Charleston. Take the terrible affair at Wilmington, 1ST. C. The governor of North Carolina is a Republican, and was authorized to call on the President for troops, in an emergency. The governor did not call for troops—the election was ended—no one was killed. Then, like a clap of thunder out of a cloudless sky, the mob as¬ sailed and killed a lot of helpless colored people. Not even the colored people at Wilmington knew that this foul deed would be perpetrated. The President could not foresee what even they could not tell, even if he had possessed the legal power and the means had been appropriated by Congress to send troops there. No one could know that those six men "lynched" at Newman, HON. J. N< RUFFIJV, Consul to Ascunsion, Paraguay. PROP. R. T. GREENER, Consul to Vladistock, Russia. 40 Ga., would be lynched, or that Sam Hose would be mutilated and burned, before the deeds were done; after these acts were perpetrated, the sending of troops to the several localities would have been only a shallow farce. Of one thing we are certain; when President McKinley was Governor McKinley, and there was no question as to his legal right to use troops to protect a menaced prisoner, he used them; and that in such a way that the law had its full and free course. But that was in a State where the law officers notified him in time of the danger, and he had the opportunity to send troops before the victim was lynched. Again, the President is com¬ plained of, because he did not refer, in his message, to the lynch- ings in the South. While this was, from my point of view, a mistake, yet, we must not lose sight of the fact that doing is more valuable than talking; and what Democratic platform ever contained anything advising for the welfare of the colored Amer¬ ican, or what Democratic President ever remembered him in his messages? At the very moment when the message was being read, the vicinity of Lake City, S. C., was "bristling" with detectives who were gather¬ ing evidence for the prosecution of the assassins of Baker and his family; and at the prosecution of the same, at Charleston, the evidence collected was cumulative; and had the trial taken place anywhere except in the South, they would have been convicted. If the President himself had been assassinated, nothing more could have been done than to arrest the guilty parties and prose¬ cute them in a court of law. This has been done, and is still in process, in the case referred to. Others will follow, let us hope. We must not forget that in the President's first utterance as President, he condemned lynching and lawlessness; and, if we may believe persons who profess to know, the course pursued by the President, in remaining silent in his message, as to the troubles in the South, was, to some extent, at least, due to the advice of "colored bishops and other prominent colored men," of whom this writer was not one. Again, the President is found fault with, because he has not Oook County, 111., Commissioner. REV. B. W. ARNETT, JR., Chaplain in the Army. REV. W. H. COSTON, Chaplain in the Army. 42 appointed more and higher commissioned officers in the army. Well, as to this complaint, we can say the end is not yet; more than this we can say that he not only sent our four regular regi¬ ments of soldiers to the front and gave them places of honor (at the front) when white regiments were clamoring to go there, but he also appointed a large number of first and second lieu¬ tenants in the volunteer service; and what more has a Demo¬ cratic President ever done? It may be said that a Democratic President would have done more, but who can prove it to be a fact? In that trying ordeal, the President was not "a law unto himself;" we must remember he had many influences, that were hostile to us, to reckon with; and let us give him credit for what he has done. The foregoing, Mr. Editor, are my earnest, honest sentiments; and however much your readers may differ with me, I trust they will at least credit me with having the courage, to express my con¬ victions. With respect, JOHN P. GREEN". Washington, D. 0., July 24, 1899. POLITICAL SPARKS. There are 130,000 Negro voters in North Carolina, about three-fourths of whom have been disfranchised. Who com¬ mitted this outrage ? Colored men of voting age in the State of South Carolina number over 170,000, yet few of them are allowed to vote. And yet this party of treason and secession asks for the suffrage of intelligent colored men. The outrages perpetrated by Democratic mobs upon Negroes residing in Georgia and Texas are still fresh in the minds of the people. Can you consistently vote to sustain the party made up of these men? 43 Bon. Geo. K. Ilasl) for Governor. Ohio Afro-Americans, Recognizing His Loyalty and Friendship, W*ll Solidly Support Him—Hon. Vm. B. Stewart on State Committee. Columbus, O., Special.—The nomination of Judge George K. 3STash for governor by the Republican State convention, which convened in this city last week, was a triumph for President Mc- Kinley and Senator Hanna, as well as for. Judge Nash. The high standing of Judge Nash, both as a jurist and citizen was greatly in his favor. Judge Nash is one of the purest of men, both in private and public life, a man against whom no one could possibly have aught. He deserved the nomination more than any man in the Republican party of Ohio, for his long service to the party justly earned for him this honorable distinction. But it is as a friend to the race which most concerns us, and one who knows Judge Nash knows that during all his life he has been a constant friend of our people. He has never lost an op¬ portunity to befriend the race, and his friendship has not been of that kind which was shown for political effect, but rather the friendship of an honest, conscientious man who champions the right of the lowly, who believes that the race should and must enjoy all the rights and privileges vouchsafed to it by the Con¬ stitution. No Afro-American ever went to Judge Nash for a favor, if he were deserving, but what he received it. No chairman of the Republican State executive committee of Ohio ever showed the consid¬ eration for colored men as did Judge Nash, who was chairman in 189Y. Hon. George A.Myers, who served on the committee with him, was given the same cordial treatment that was accorded his white confreres, and the management of the colored vote was left unreservedly to Mr. Myers, and his judgment and suggestions accepted in judge George K. Nash. all matters concerning the u race. Judge Nash was the first Republican chairman to call into conference leading colored men of Ohio to consult with t regard to what was best for the race. That conference, lasting ±.;Tom 10 o'clock in the morning until 3 P. M., was a memorable oA.e, one that but served to increase the race's admiration for Judge *Nash. The campaign this fall will doubtless be a hotly contested c^ne, a prelude to the Presidential campaign a year hence, but we fehel. that colored men throughout Ohio will loyally stand by Judged Nash, for they know that in him they have a friend who has been tried and found not wanting, a man whose whole life has been an open book upon the pages of which is inscribed honesty, con¬ sistency and faithfulness to all men, irrespective of color, creed or previous condition. With him, a man is a man, black or white, and he knows no color. With Judge Nash as our standard-bearer and W. R. Stewart, our representative on the executive committee, so far as the col¬ ored vote is concerned, we will have a repetition of the campaign of 1897, in that the forty-five thousand colored voters of Ohio will rally to the banner of Nash and the Republican party. Readers of The American will remember that we stated months ago that we had no second choice; that Judge Nash was our first and last choice and that we predicted the Republican convention would nominate him, which it did. The name of Judge George K. Nash is a synonym for friend to Afro-Amer¬ icans. —R. W. Tyler, in The Colored American, June 10, '99. Mississippi has a Negro population of 742,560 and nearly 200,000 Negro voters who are not allowed to deposit a single ballot. The Democratic party is responsible for this monstrous outrage upon the race. Can you vote the Democratic ticket? In Alabama, Arkansas and Louisiana, Negroes have been mur¬ dered and their homes fired because they attempted to vote the Republican ticket. Will you resent this insult at the polls this year? Who is responsible for the murder of Postmaster Baker, col¬ ored, at Lake City, S. C. ? The Democratic party. Who emancipated the Negro and gave him the right to vote? n Who seated the first Negro Senator and Negro Representative in the National Congress? 45 Maryland's negro Uote will not Divide, Reasons Why a Colored Man Should Vote the Republican Ticket, and Keasons Why He Will Not Support the Democracy—Honorable ■Recognition Accorded the Negro by Maryland's Patriotic Re¬ publicans. . It is an axiom, not open to serious objection, that no sensible man. tnaKes a change in any established policy for the mere sake of change, n aCt change suggests that the reversal of a given line of tnougiit is mftue with the expectation of bringing about better condi- Tay And "a decent respect for the opinions of " changes be able to explain to his friends and neighbors the reasons that inspire him to a parting of the ways. The campaign now being fought out in Maryland is in every respect a national contest. The issues up for settlement reach far beyond the confines of the State, and af¬ fect numerous interests in which the prosperity and happiness of the whole people are concerned. Par¬ ticularly is this true of the Negro. Peculiar social conditions now ex¬ isting in the South and elsewhere make it necessary for the Afro- American to-* choose his political course with the utmost caution, and to employ the clearest judg¬ ment in fornling alliances. Should the Maryland Negro di¬ vide his vote? In effect, should^fche Maryland Negro leave the Republi¬ can party? Is 'there anything to he gained by a change of base.. To all of these very timely questions, we answer emphatically, Na! If no benefit can be derived from a change of political attitude, then' it is the sheerest folly to tear down the temple in whicrht'we have been reared, to avenge a fancied grievance, or to gratify a groundless pique. Let us be men- of poise and dignity, and in sober spirit look to the highest good of our race all over the land. Why should the Negro vote the Democratic ticket? The party of Gorman and Rasin has never by word or deed expressed a desire for J;he company of the black man, even when such an association would ^redound wholly to the profit of that "combine." In the latest platform of the Democracy the race question is brought forward in a manner prejudicial to the well-being of the colored people, and the hatred of the old slave-holding class, and the most destructive forces pf society, are being invoked to win support for the Smith ticket.^ The influences which prevented honest elections in the city of Baltimore for many years, and the thugs whose deeds of violence against black men caused the streets of that city to run with blood, are working night and day to place John Walter Smith in the governor's chair, to the end that the same riotous conditions may once more be perpetrated, with reason¬ able safety from molestation by the officers of the law, the same Democratic party that advocated the disruption of the Union; the same Democratic party that endorsed the articles of secession; thq same Democratic party that fought to keep alive the infamou3 msti iiio.xia.ixiu. aig ues tnat ne who so HON. LLOYD LOWNDES. 46 tution of slavery, and that has always opposed the advancement of thjt Negro, is here to-day appealing- to popular suffrage, and asking" at thje hands of sovereign voters the privilege of returning1 to power. Busily undoing by hellish discriminations in public places and by legal enact^ ment,, the noble work of Abraham Lincoln, they present a ticket reek-j ing with prejudice and malevolence, inviting the freedman's suffrage, j Will the Negro, even for the blandishments of money, yield onf power, it is impossible to satisfy the demands of all, no matter how iust they be, and if there are imaginary shortcomings here and there, he true Republican will look beyond selfish interest to the great good he people wilMrerive from the triumph of Republican principles. Factions that threatened disaster earlier in the fight have disap¬ peared. The enemy will be compelled to face a united party, "and with he aid of the form elements which Mr. Lowndes can always command md the united strength of the loyal black voters, all things point to a glorious victory for the Republicans in Maryland. Governor Lowndes [deserves a vote of confidence. His admirable administration should be fcordially approved. If the white Republicans do their duty, the col- Jored voters will do the rest. Put it down then as a safe proposition: MARYLAND'S NEGRO VOTE WILL NOTl)IVIDE. A National Negro New-paper. it gives iiU the news. It teils what the negro is doing. | It reflects the highest thoughts and the best achievements. J It belongs to no clique or faction, but represents the ^ whole people. It is not a party organ, but stands for the principles of the i Republican party. It is not a patent back, but its columns teem with spicy, original matter. SUBSCRIPTION PRICE, $2.00 PER YEAR. $U0 FOR SIX MONTHS 60c. FOR THREE MONTHS. 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