Archibald Henry Grimké: “At the bar of history and at the bar of God, I ask, Who is the ultimate criminal?”

That colored men with the ballot should be rated in terms of the political game higher than other colored men who have it not, violates no rule of business ethics.

Not at all, for they are most important, but without the ballot they are impotent to give the relief so much needed in the South.

Such a proposition, the Republican Party is incapable of making for reasons already pointed out, and the Democratic Party for other and obvious reasons is precluded from offering.

But to do this, to realize on their party promises and pledges to the people, they must have votes, not mere good will which can not translate itself into effective support on election day.