How we cite our quotes: (Part.Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #4
The clamour of this Negro Liberalism frightened Señor Avellanos. A newspaper was the only remedy. And now that the right man had been found in Decoud, great black letters appeared painted between the windows above the arcaded ground floor of a house on the Plaza. (II.3.27)
Martin Decoud was installed as the head of the anti-Monterist press in order to combat the pro-Montero journalism that was out there. In this passage (and elsewhere), the Monterist movement is not just associated with liberalism, but "Negro Liberalism."
Quote #5
"Montero was bribeable. Why, I suppose he only wanted his share of this famous loan for national development. Why didn't the stupid Sta. Marta people give him a mission to Europe, or something? He would have taken five years' salary in advance, and gone on loafing in Paris, this stupid, ferocious Indio!" (II.5.59)
Martin makes it about more than Montero's bad behavior when he calls him a "stupid, ferocious Indio." Bringing Montero's race into the equation highlights the prejudices swirling around the consciousness of the European-Costaguanero residents of Sulaco.
Quote #6
"Could he not, a gentleman, have told this Sir John what's-his-name that Montero had to be bought off—he and all his Negro Liberals hanging on to his gold-laced sleeve? He ought to have been bought off with his own stupid weight of gold—his weight of gold, I tell you, boots, sabre, spurs, cocked hat, and all." (II.5.61)
It's curious that Martin needs to bring the race of these particular Liberals up. We have seen characters associate being "Negro" with being criminals, so perhaps that's why Martin thinks this is a relevant point?