Justly Indignant

What the ResultWill be Remains to beSeen. The colored voters of Michigan feeliug they have nothing to hope for from the republican party, havestarted the "battle cry of freedom," and now propo&e to have a new deal. They have sent forth the following to their brethern of the state which will be read with deep interest, particularly by those with whom they have affiliated since given the richt of suffrage. The coloied people have just cause to feel indignant at the treatment they have received while subservient to the party that has never rewarded them with an office in republican Michigan. When colored men have been nominated who were perfectly competent to discharge the duties of the office, and in district too, where the republicana were largely in the majority, they have been defeated everytime, and the remainder of the republican ticket elected. THE APPEAL. As we are now in the transit, from an unjust and involuntary attitude of menial erTitude, civil and politica!, it is our all important duty to understand ourselves on all moral, polilical and industrial subjects of the country, that we may so act as to command and effectually demaud, the respect of our fellow citizens, of the othr races of men, who, in the great aggreKation of races, make up the nation of the United States of America. And especially, of the glorious republican part}', whose principies our ancesters aivocated and died for, before the republican party had organized as a party. And, though miracles have been wrought in the last twecty years, a decade has passed without one single forirard step in the republican party, in recognition of our faithful aduereuce to principie and their retention in power. We have tried trusting long enough to convince any reasonable man that it is so fixed in the providence of the all-wise Ruler of all tliings, that we must fearlessly and faithfully do our part, to attain due political representation and civil res peet. Through the providence of God, the power has been placed in our hands, to accomplish those just ends for thé moral and political benefit of all the citizens of the üaited States, forCass county is but a condensed political index of the United States. But we cannot advance further, until we are organized and thoroughly understand each other and act solidly upon true principies of justrepresentation, and labor earnestly and faithfully for the mutual equality in political and civil rightsof Uit great aggregation of races that constitute the natiën of the United States. Recent developments convince us tbat the relies of the most ignominious of barbarianism, slarery, still flnds lodgemeut in the impure breast of tome of our fellow;citizens of the other races. And it is our duty to disabuse them of this evil spirit in the future, ai we have done in the past. No truer race of men to principal ever lived on thU globe, than the Negro, to bth nation and political friends, which the ree ords of congress and history of the Unitei States will proe by investigation. The strong arm of the Negro was not found wanting in the war for independence 1776-1812 and 1861-1865. We have been faithful to the declaration of independence, the only true basis any govern ment was ever placed on. True to the republicaD platforms from 1856, A. D to the present day. We have supported' those principies unflinchingly and intend faitbfully standing by them to the end, but we must exot more proof and evidence from the republican party than mere profession proffered us during political sampaigns, as in the past six or eight years. If not already betrayed in the house of friends, it looks as though we are on the verCe of it, and in the present aspect of political and civil mn„om,„f . reards us, we feel called upon to sound the alarm, for fear that what has already been our fate politicallj, in this county may coutinue indeflnitely, uuless we now Put in our protest in iolid phalanx. With the many inatanoes of political snubbing of the colord citizens, witliin iny knowledge, I will mention only the ones of recent date, to-wit: Calvin township, that has a preponderauce of colored I j era, at their caucus'nominated Frank Beason, Esq., for supervisor in their township, and gave him their undivided support at the polls and elected him - vice, Volinia township having a larger prepon derance of white Toters than Calvin of colored and from eighty to a hundred republican majority, at their caucus nominated Wm. Jefferiei, a colored ma, for highway commissiontr, but at the polls they deserted him, and, of course, the republicans defeated him, but lected every republican od the ticket, with above mentioned exception. It is only reisouable to suppose that if the republicans had not considered Mr. Jefteries competent for the office, they would not have nominaied him, and on the basis of competency are men nominated in any republican caucus, it is the custom and habit of the party. Then, it muit be settled upon by us, to be a fact in this instance. And upon thia point we coaclude, upon reasonable grounds, that prejudice to our race- the oíd relie of barbarism- is what defeated Jefferies in Volinia. Such in justice to us can be amended , but by no other than ourselves. And, for that purpose, we should, and it is really incumbent upon us, to hold a county convention, at as early date as coivenient, and organize ourselves for mutual support in all moral and politici benefits, that, through proridence, is placed in our hands. It is plnin duty we owe the na tion. and at this juncture, ahould we fail to do our duty we but prove that we are recreants and unworthy of our present privileges. All who favor callmg a county convntion to take into consideration the above mentioned, with many other important subjects of interest to us, and to appoint a standing advisory committee, to look after our interest, (convention to be held in Calvin, in May or June lst, 1882) will picase write a lina to tbat effect to