| Show THE COLOR LINE AGAIN IN spitz of all the protestations of the republican party for its affect affection iou for the colored race every incident in practical life iffe tends to prove that the great party of lincoln has degenerated into a party of race prejudice and today ia actually farther away fron the idea of ram race equality than the extreme southern southern peo people this has been demonstrated time and again and every few days brings a new and striking example of the truth of the assertion take for example the contemptible manner in which the negro delegates to the st louis convention were tere treated by bv their white brethren in a republican city and while in at teu dance to the great republican national convention the state of illinois has about colored voters and yet with its forty eight delegates not one of our race was honored with a seat and the state of lincoln had no representative 0 of f these voters suph such discrimination will be remembered and the g 0 p V aiu have to explain their conduct on the other hand we submit the following little press dispatch showing the state of feeling in another part of the nation and among an entirely different c aau of politicians clans RICHMOND tune jane 9 A feature of the parade on the occasion of the cornerstone corner stone laying of the jefferson davis monument here july 2 will be the old negro war cooks of the confederacy it has been decided to give them a place in line and they are am expected to come from all points of the south the above item is refreshing after seeing how the colored men were ignored at st louis by the north ern apostles of equal rights the colored republicans of salt lake city can draw as much comfort as they choose from the continued slaps they receive from the g 0 p but we would just like to ask them how long it wm will be at the present prospect before they expect to get recognition in this city for even ev dog tax collector Is it not about time for the colored voters to get their eyes open and nd begin to find out who are an their true trae friends be independent and manly and you will command the respect of au all claw classes but bat as long as you are only the tail of the reo bo publican dog ym ean can do 40 nothing but wag wa at aft the pleasure of the jr |
