Chapter Vi. Page 127

The Negro race in politics--Its patriotic zeal in 1776--In 1814--In the Civil War--In the Spanish War--Politics attempted too soon after freedom--Poor leaders--Two parties in the South, the blacks' and the whites'--Not necessarily opposed in interests--The Negro should give up no rights--The same tests for the restriction of the franchise should be applied alike to both blacks and whites--This is not the case--Education and the franchise--The whites must help the blacks to pure votes--Rioting and lynching only to be stopped by mutual confidence.