Show 1 aur REVIEW I 1 I 1 fihe fief ae past and the future of the 1 negro by 1 D JF iq p ae A w MM M D J 11 t 1 i ac 1 T 4 PARTY the members jbf b our race have leen taught by the 1 the other bather opponents of democracy tat the democratic party anatall and all its leaders vigorously opposed the passage of the civil lights bill but bat this is not true it is true that several members of the Deimo democratic cratic party recorded I 1 their votes against that mp measure asure neve it passed both branch I 1 es of congress and was placed on the t statute books but it was declared unconstitutional by the united states supreme court which V was torn composed posed of 0 f gentlemen who had midways i affiliated with the rei publican all party grover cleveland became the I 1 nominee of the ahe democratic party for president of the united states e va IU 1884 ad na the leaders of the republican party resorted to their old method in order to capture and retain the negro vote their orators traversed all portions of the south and iland they appealed to the passions aud and the prejudices of the negroes ta 40 anah an that thousands and thou thousands sandi of them really believed that they would bo be re enslaved in inease e james G blane the plumed knight of maine ym was defeated I 1 when it became apparent that I 1 mr blaine aine had fallen on the outside of the breast works and that mr cleveland was elected president 1 the ac negroes of the south became re restless and discontented so much so go that president preside elect cleveland requested uester i frederick Ere derick douglass to inform the negroes of the south that although the people of this country had reau repudiated dialed the Ite republican publican party but that the leaders of the democratic party did not entertain the remotest idea of re enslaving I 1 then them or their children nor their childrens chu chii drens children mr Doug lassa address was pub li aalthe leading ng newspapers throughout the country and it was instrumental m in quieting the fears of the n negroes B but ui t the he x negro agro is very distrustful and he I 1 was still apprehensive W as to 10 I 1 the anal bourse which bouli houlbe ulbe wo 4 abe president 7 aa ie er democratic I 1 party mr ai Oey I 1 11 alana velana V waa inaugurated binau anted ou on marchian marat Marchi uh tn 1885 but unlike t our hamb J oens chedid c 1 I 1 1 not 1 am I 1 51 aice 1 1 I x r SI make W ar aad to ahe i n 1 4 e t lwow amai s e W 4 vil A ti t it ira 1 liver r hia 1 V W ft faff z af i f h e teg shaik 0 aw lotch 1 I 1 U X y Z A ahu fae tar alaor i d bifi U I 1 ae Z s ta 1 a k S it 1 4 1 t A T t I 1 z aw le 17 I 1 a yaz i rw I 1 1 4 iv v L JW t s 1 61 0 71 I 1 4 IZ 04 0 fa rl z X t cau I 1 f baiad 18 1 Z J t za 1 ae M e r b A R g L 1 eg W v 7 t 1 I 4 4 1 L aa err I 1 i af r I 1 21 P 11 cl 4 re bw I 1 r a T cea t M M e 17 at t P dibi 6 1 dent of g arl W R V V 1 bat t av a ai A W afi ai s 1 AW I e 5 a 7 amov e JM ii 1 4 5 1 aal 1 i W 0 i I 1 y s ic 14 1 az A z ts aa t rt a aa th the e civil S z pa mf m F tl 1 in feln W N 4 i I 1 i N S I 1 M mam 9 kr au t az wm 5 u la i it f E z 1119 or SZ f 4 qa 41 1 1 1 A i wr i 7 yf pat 8 L W te Z q n t a white but a republican senate refused to confirm him later he was appointed by the president to be recorder of deeds for the district of columbia mr I 1 ashwood Ashwoo a was selected as consul to one of the leading cities in prance france but the republican i can senate thought it would be setting settin gabad a bad example to other negroes ne groell to permit a member of our race to serve in that capacity x so they declined 1 to confer that honor upon mr ashwood dr daniel H williams of chicago who is one of the most eminent negro surgeons in the united states was chosen as chief surgeon of the Fre edmans hospital major charles young who now commands the N ninth mth battalion ohio volunteers was first assigned to duty by president cleveland rev allen alien allensworth the chaplain of the twenty fourth regiment received his appointment from the hands of president cleveland the first negro to serve as postmaster north of mason and dixons line received his commission comi I 1 from mr cleveland and many other prominent negroes were elevated to responsible positions by president cleveland and the democratic democrat c party the hon J C matthews of albany new york espoused the cause of democracy in 1884 and in 1895 he was nominated and elected elect edby by the democratic party as judge of the recorders recorder court of the city of albany which office carries with it powers of supreme court judge he received over 2000 more votes than his white republican opponent and is it the highest office ever held by a member of 6 our r ram race in this country frederick douglass in 1887 in a speech before the commercial dub club of boston 9 said in substance that while he was a republican he was free to say that president Pre Pred Adent ident cleveland was the only president of the united states who had the courage to invite a colored man to IL a reception at the white house that he himself was present and received the highest and kindest consideration from president and mrs cleveland to be continued |