As a Republican, it is my hope that colored as well as white men, act with and vote for the candidates of that party when worthy and meritorious, but as a colored American, I want them to be so situated that they can vote that way from choice and not from necessity.

No man can be a free and independent American citizen who is obliged to sacrifice his convictions upon the altar of his personal safety.

The attitude of the Democratic party upon this so-called race question has made the colored voter a dependent, and not an independent, American citizen.

The Republican party emancipated him from physical bondage, for which he is grateful.

It remains for the Democratic party to emancipate him from political bondage, for which he will be equally grateful.