When was it published?

February 25, 1883 in The Dallas Daily Herald

Domestic News February 25, 1883

The Dallas Daily Herald

Q: What keywords are associated?

Black Voters, Republican Party, Political Dissatisfaction, New York Globe, Elections, Southern Blacks, Northern Blacks, Party Allegiance

Dallas, Dallas County, Texas

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What is this article about?

The New York Globe expresses black voters' growing dissatisfaction with the Republican Party, which takes their support for granted and is now controlled by wealthy corporate interests, predicting a shift away from solid allegiance, especially in the North.

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The colored brother is beginning to get dissatisfied with his whilom republican ally along the line, and it is more than likely that the blacks will never again be solidly rallied under the radical standard. The New York Globe, a prominent negro organ, says the blacks have ceased to, if they ever did enter into the calculations of the republican party. "Their allegiance has always been taken as a matter of course. But of late, elections showed, and future elections will further demonstrate, that the black vote of the North is no longer in leading-strings. Whether the southern blacks will realize that the party has cast them off, and whether the leaders of that section will show manliness enough to resent the ingratitude, remains to be seen. We tell them that the republican party is no longer 'the party of the people,' we tell them that it is controlled by millionaires, grown rich by thievery, by favoring legislation in the interest of corporations and monopolies in which they had a direct interest." This is not only extremely pointed and sensible talk but looks as if the Globe at least had weighed anchor and cut loose from its former political allies for good.

What sub-type of article is it?

Politics

What keywords are associated?

Black Voters Republican Party Political Dissatisfaction New York Globe Elections Southern Blacks Northern Blacks Party Allegiance

Where did it happen?

New York

Domestic News Details

Primary Location

New York

Outcome

blacks ceasing to solidly support the republican party; potential resentment from southern blacks

Event Details

The colored brother is beginning to get dissatisfied with his whilom republican ally along the line, and it is more than likely that the blacks will never again be solidly rallied under the radical standard. The New York Globe, a prominent negro organ, says the blacks have ceased to, if they ever did enter into the calculations of the republican party. Their allegiance has always been taken as a matter of course. But of late, elections showed, and future elections will further demonstrate, that the black vote of the North is no longer in leading-strings. Whether the southern blacks will realize that the party has cast them off, and whether the leaders of that section will show manliness enough to resent the ingratitude, remains to be seen. We tell them that the republican party is no longer 'the party of the people,' we tell them that it is controlled by millionaires, grown rich by thievery, by favoring legislation in the interest of corporations and monopolies in which they had a direct interest. This is not only extremely pointed and sensible talk but looks as if the Globe at least had weighed anchor and cut loose from its former political allies for good.