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ANDERSON C. H., S, C. THURSDAY MORNING, AUGUST 8, T372. Saleday. notwithstanding the rains, there was a large crowd present on Monday last. The crowd was pretty orderly until late in the evening, when it became right jolly. The candidates were out in full force, doing active service. The Weather. Within the last few days copious showers have fallen in this vicinity, and from appear? ances, we suppose the rains have been general. Up to this time, some neighborhoods in the county were in much need of rain. .Worth Carolina Election. The latest dispatch from Charlotte, N. C, dated August 6, leaves the gubernatorial elec? tion iu considerable doubt. Both parties claim the election ; therefore we infer that the contest has been very close. The Liberals and Demo? crats have elected a majority of Congressmen and two-thirds of the Legislature. Mr. Sumner's Letter. ? To the exclusion of other matter we publish vc this issue the letter of Hon. Charles Sumner to colored men who had asked his counsel in reference to the candidates for the Presidency. He answers them fully, freely and frankly, avowing his preference for Mr. Grccley, and shows the colored man that he is more their friend than President Grant ha3 been or will be in the future. Mr. Sumner has always ad? vocated the freedom and eights of the colored man, and we can but hope they will heed his wise counsel now. Political Meeting at Belton. We are informed that the Republican meet? ing at Belton on the 31st was rather slimly at? tended, considering that it had been announced several weeks in advance. Speeches were made by Judge Orr, Capt. Earle, Congressman Elliott, and others. The burthen of the speeches was the great necessity for the re-election of President Grant, because of his efficiency in putting down Ku EHuxism. Some of the sneakers were severe in their de? nunciation of the ring, the fraud and corrup? tion of State officials, &c. We trust these will continue their castigation of the party until they shall have been driven from place and power. Let them keep up the fire, and prove their faith by their works. We understand that whiskey was afloat to some extent. - m t ? The Saluda Association. We presume it is generally known that this religious body will celebrate its 70th anniver? sary with the Baptist Church at this place, commencing on Thursday morning, the 8th inat., and continuing certainly over the ensuing Sunday. We understand ample preparations have been made for the accommodation of del? egates, ministers and visitors, and it is expect? ed a very large concourse of citizens, from the surrounding country will be present. A stand has been erected in a grove some three or four hundred yards from the Church, in the midst of the most comfortable surroundings of water and shade, at which the public preaching of the occasion will be conducted generally, whilst the House is occupied by the represen? tatives of the churches in counsel. It is ex? pected that the occasion will be a most inter? esting one, and this community will be delight? ed to see its friends from the whole surround? ing country present. Public Meeting on Saleday. On Monday last there was a large and inter? esting public meeting held in the Court House, the object of which is best stated by the reso? lutions published in this issue. It was not our fortune to be present, but understand that con? siderable interest was manifested in the object of the meeting. Hou. J. P. Reed made one of his rousing speeches, and those who heard him speak of his effort in highest terms. The res? olutions provide for a call of a State Conven? tion on the 28th inst., to be held in Columbia just one week after the Republican Convention. Present indications point to a split in the Re? publican Convention ; and for the sake of hon? est government it is sincerely hoped that there will be enough honesty in the Republican Convention of the 21st, to stem the current of misrule and corruption, and nominate men who are decent, honest and capable. Should it do so, then the Democratic Convention of the 28th will add its hearty amen, and by its voice and votes assist true Republicans in reforming the State, and giving to the people true Repub? lican form of government?a government in which both white and colored men, and their children after them, will feel secure in their fife, liberty and property. The Democratic party is organizing?not for the purpose of mere opposition, but that it may husband its strength for the coming contest, and that it may throw its whole weight in favor of reform. Its present motto is? "To catch the mannen living as they rise, And to shoot folly as it flics.7' 4@* A correspondent of the Beaufort Repub? lican giving an account of a meeting at Law tonville in that county givcj the following re? port of tho sparring between two of the princi? pal speakers: Whipper then took the stand. He proceeded to point out the fact that Senator Smalls had voted for every administration measure, and that he was now going back on the Columbia ring merely for political purposes. He charged him with being corrupt, and added that the whole delegation was equally so. Tho valida? ting bill, the Blue Ridge swindle, etc., bad re? ceived the vote of every one except himself.? He wound up by a defence of Northern men, asserting that he was proud of having been born a freeman. N. B. Myers then took the platform and made a telling speech. He raked up many damagiug charges against Whipper. Said that he had swindled the State iu connection with the Land Commission, the Sinking Fund, and in the Legislative expenses, lie asserted that he could prove by witness present that Attorney General Chamberlain had paid Whipper five thousand dollars to he left out of the impeach? ment resolutions. Upon being requested to show his witnesses he rather weakened, but persisted in asserting the truth of the charge from his own knowledge. ? A Memphis boarding house mistress seized and held the child of a delinquent boarder, as security for a debt of SlG. For the Anderson Intelligencer. Public Meeting. Anderson, S. C, August 5,1872. In response to a call published in the In? telligencer of last week, inviting the citizens of Anderson County who are opposed to the ad? ministration of the Federal and State Govern? ments, and disposed to unite with the Liberal Republicans and Democrats in the grand effort that is now being made to save the country, a very large meeting, composed chiefly of intel? ligent farmers, plauters and working men, from all parts of the County, was convened in the Court House to-day. On motion of Col. J. N. Brown, W. H. D. Gaillard, Esq., was called to the Chair, and Messrs. A. R. Broyles and W. A. McFall ap? pointed Secretaries. On taking the Chair, Mr. Gaillard explain? ed briefly and intelligently that the object of the meeting was to consider the action of the Liberal Republican Convention at Cincinnati; and the Democratic Convention at Baltimore, and take such measures in relation thereto as might be deemed advisable. Whereupon the following preamble and resolutions wero intro? duced by Hon. J. P. Reed: Whereas, After twelve years of practical disunion between the peoples of the North and the South?four of them spent in a sanguinary conflict of arms, and eight in a conflict of pas? sions and prejudices?under the influence of which the common government at Washing? ton, whilst pretending to reconstruct the Union on the basis of the Constitution, continued, in fact, to wage against a prostrate and ruined South, an unrelenting warfare of tyranny and oppression, depriving her of every muniment of good government held sacred by free men. And whereas, by the action of tho Liberal Republicans at Ciucinnati, and of the Democ? racy at Baltimore, a National Platform has been erected on which all good men, of all sec? tions, who have the welfare of their country at heart, without regard to race, color, previous condition, or past political affiliation, may stand shoulder to shoulder, heart linked to heart, and grasping hands "across the bloody chasm," unite in one grand effort, laying aside all the bitter memories of the past, and looking steadily to the future, to restore the Federal Union, with its millions of lately enfranchised freedmen, to the condition in which it came from the hands of its illustrious founders, when, in the enjoyment of peace and good will, "life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness may be effectually guaranteed to all its inhabitants." And whereas, whilst our fellow-citizens of every other State iu the Union are rushing with patriotic enthusiasm to mount the afore? said platform, and range themselves in line, under the command of those great civilians, Horace Greeley, of New York, and B. Gratz Brown, of Missouri, to aid in the coming con? flict for the redemption of their country, in which the pass-word will be "peace," and the weapons "truth, justice and the Constitution," it is the sense of this meeting that South Car? olina should not longer stand aloof, but that she, too, with an assurance that a redemption of the National Government must work out her political salvation, should claim her "place in, the picture," and by her energy and gallant? ry in the common strife, entitle herself to snare with her sisters the glorious fruits of the victory they are hastening to achieve. Be it, therefore, Resolved, That the Platform adopted by the Liberal Republicans at Cincinnati, and ap ; proved by the Democracy at Baltimore, with the candidates placed thereon for President and Vice President of the United States, are cordially accepted and ratified as the Platform and candidates of this meeting; that in the Horace Greeley of to-day, we recognize the Benjamin Franklin of '76, and with the meas? ure that we revere Franklin as one of the fathers of the American Union, we hope hence? forward to regard Greeley as its restorer and preserver, not in theory merely, but in fact, in j the "hearts of his couutrymen." I Resolved, That whilst the colored voters, who are in large majority, remain confined in the toils of the carpet-bagger, the prospect of car? rying this State for the Liberal candidates may seem a forlorn one, we recognize the duty rest? ing upon us to make the effort, and are not without hope that the reformation which has [ commenced to sweep the country may include I oven unfortunate South Carolina; but whether ! or not, we utterly repudiate the idea so fre? quently urged, that we should take no interest in the pending National conflict for fear of prejudicing our local interests. We are satis fiea that the redemption of the State from the hands of its spoilers, is dependent, in a great measure, on the restoration of the Federal Government to civil supremacy ander the Con? stitution and laws, and that by aiding in the elec? tion of the Liberal?Democratic-Republican? candidates for President and Vice President, we adopt the only available means for the res? toration of our own commonwealth. Resolved, That it is the sense of this meet? ing that an organization of the friends of the Liberal candidates for President aud Vice President should be effected as early as practi? cable, and to this end we respectfully call upon our fellow-citizens in the several Counties of this State, who concur with us in opinion, to assemble on the earliest practicable day, and arrange for the appointment of a number of delegates equal to the number of their repre? sentatives in the Legislature, to meet in Co? lumbia on Wednesday, tho 28th August inst., for the purpose of organizing for the Presiden? tial election, and consUlering what action should be. taken in regard to the State elections. Resolved, That the citizens of the respective Townships in this County, who concur in the objects of this raeetiug, be requested to hold meetings on Saturday, the 24th August instant, to appoint two delegates from each Township, with one additional from each incorporated Town, to meet in Convention at the Court House on Mouday, the 2Gth inst., to appoint four delegates and four alternates to represent this County in the proposed meeting in Colum? bia ou Wednesday, the 28th August. The foregoing preamble and resolutions were announced to the large audience with great distinctness, and after a very full explanation and discussion by the mover in his usual clear, forcible and eloquent style, were adopted unan? imously, except that two or three dissenting voices were heard from toward the colored side of the house. On motion, it was Remlved, That the proceedings of this meet? ing be published in the Anderson Intelligencer, and that the other Liberal and Democratic pa? pers in tho State be requested to copy. On motion, the meeting adjourned. W. H. D. GAILLARD, Chm'n. A. R. Broyles, )s . . W. A. McFall, j ?ccrctancfl Death ok the Notorious Capt. Hamil? ton.?From a private source, we learn of the prevalence of a rumor at Thomson, of the death of the notorious Capt. Hamilton, who will be remembered as the leader of a band of robbers, horse thieves and murderers convicted of their crimes in McDuflie County. At the time of his death, Hamilton was undergoing a sentence to the penitentiary for ten years' hard labor on the Air-Line Railroad.?Augusta Chronicle. HSSP A severe hail storm passed through that portion of Spartan burg County cornering on Greenville and Laurens on last Sunday even? ing. Some of the stones were as large as guinea e^gs, and the damages done to some plantations was immense. A very heavy and washing rain fell iu the Northwestern portion of Laurens County on the same eveuiug. THE BLACK MAN'S FRIEND. Senator Smuner's Advice to the Colored Voters. The following is a copy of the letter ad? dressed to Senator Sumner by a number of colored citizens, residents of Washington City, requesting his opinion as to what action^the colored voters should take in the present crisis: Washington, D. C, July 11. sir?We, the undersigned, citizens of color, regarding you as the purest and best friend of our race, admiring your consistent course in the United States Senate and elsewhere as the special advocate of our rights, and believing that your counsel at this critical juncture in the period of our citizenship would be free from personal feeling and partizan prejudice, have ventured to request your opinion as to what action the colored voters of the nation should take in the Presidential contest now pending. The choice of our people is now narrowed down to General Grant, or Horace Greeley. Your long acquaintance with both, and your j observation, have enabled you to arrive at a correct conclusion as to which of the candi-; dates, judging from their antecedents, as well ! as their present position, will, if elected, en? force the requirements of the constitution and the laws respecting our civil' and political i rights with the most heartfelt sympathy and the greatest vigor. We hope and trust you will favor us with such reply as wi ll serve to enlighten our minds upon this subject, and impel our people to go forward in the right direction. Our confidence in your judgment is so firm that, in our opin? ion, thousands of the intelligent colored voters, of the country will be guided iu their action' by your statement and advice. Hoping to receive a reply soon, we have the honor to tie, with great respect, your obedient servants: A. T. Augusta, M. D., David Fisher, Sr., John H. Smith, Edward Cruser, Wm. H. A. Wormlcv, Wrn.T. Wilson, R. W^T?mpkins,, John H. Brown, Henry Lacey, W. Hr Bell, J. L. N. Bowcn, M. D., Jacob DeWitteiy Samuel Proctor, J. J. Ketchum, Chas. N. Thomas, Wm. H. Shorter, Henry Hill, Turman S. Shadd, Geo. D. Johnson, Chris. A. Flcetwood, Charles F, Bruce, David Fisher, Jr., David King, Wm. Palkeny. Below we print in full Senator Sumner's an? swer to the above: Washington, July 29,1872. Gentlemen and Fellow- Citizens: If I have de? layed answering your communication of July 11, which was duly placed in my hands by your committee, it is not because the proper course for you seemed doubtful, but because I wished to reflect upon it and be aided by the information which time might supply.' Since then I have carefully considered tW inquiries you have addressed me, and listened to much on both sides, but my best judgment iiuw is in harmony with my early conclusion. I am touched by the appeal you make. It is true that I am the friena of your race, and I am glad to be assured that in your opinion I have held a consistent course in the Senate and elsewhere as the special advocate of your rights. That course, by the blessing of God, I mean to hold so long as life lasts. I know your infinite wrongs, and feel for them as my own. You only do me simple justice when you add a belief that my counsel, at this critical juncture of your citizenship, would be free from person? al feelings and partizan prejudice. In answer? ing your inquiries, I can have no feeling except for your good, which I most anxiously seek; nor can any prejudice of any kind be allowed to interfere. The occasion is too solemn. Es? pecially is there no room for personal .feeling or for partizan prejudice. No maa^or.^party can expect power except for the general wel? fare Therefore they must be brought to the standard of truth, that they may- bo- seen in life and act. ? :-..<-. > : . You are right in saying that , the.-choice for the Presidency is now "narrowed-down" to Presideut Grant pr.Uorace^.Greclev. One df these is to be taken, and,''assumnig'my ac? quaintance with both and my observation of their lives, you invite my judgment between them, asking me especially which of the two, I judging from their antecedents as well as pres? ent position, would enforce the constitution and laws securing your civil and political rights with the most heartfelt sympathy and the great? est vigor. Here I remark that, in this inquiry, you naturally put your rights in the foreground. So do I; believing most sincerely that the best interests of the whole country are associated with the completest recognition of.your rights, so that the two races shall live together in un? broken harmony. I also remark that you call attention to two things, the "antecedents" of the two candidates; and secondly, the "present position." You wish to know froiu;thes? which gives assurance of the most heartfelt sympathy and greatest vigor in the maintenance or your rights; in other words, which, judging by the past, will be your truest friend. ? The communication with . which; you have honored me is not alone. Colored' fellow-citi? zens in other parts of the country-r-I may say in nearly every State of the Union?have made a similar request, and some complain that I have thus far kept silent. I am not insensible to this appeal. But if my opinion is given, it must be candidly according to my conscience. In this spirit 1 answer your inquiries, begin? ning with the antecedents of the two 'candi? dates. L Horace Greeley was born to poverty, and educated himself in a printing office. Presi? dent Grant, fortunate in early patronage, be? came a cadet at West Point, and was educated at the public expense. One started with noth? ing but industry and character; the other started with a military commission. One was trained as a civilian ; the other as a soldier. Horace Greeley stood forth as a reformer and abolitionist. President Grant enlisted as a pro-slavery Democrat, and, at the election of James Buchanau, fortified by his vote all tho pretcntions of slavery, including the Dred Scot* decision. Horace Greeley from early life was earnest and constant against slavery, full of sympathy with the colored race, and always foremost in the great battle for their rights. President Grant, except as a soldier, summoned by the terrible accident of war, never did anything against slavery, nor has ho at any time shown any sympathy with the col-" ored race. Horace Greeley earnestly desired that colored citizens should vote, and earnestly championed impartial suffrage; but President Grant was on the other side. Beyond these contrasts, which are^marked, it cannot be forgotten that Horace Greeley is a person of large heart and large understand? ing, trained to the the support of human rights, always beneficent with the poor, always ready for any good cause, and never deterred by op? position or reproach, as when for long years he befriended your people. Add to "these qualities, conspicuous in his life, untiring in? dustry, which leaves no moment without its fruit; abundant political knowledge ; acquaint? ance with history; the instinct and grasp of statesmanship ; an amiable nature; a magnan? imous soul, and, above all, an honesty which no suspicion has touched, and you have a brief portraiture of the antecedents. nJMHorace Greeley. " - Few of these things appearin the President His great success in war, and the honors he has Won, cannot change the record e? his- con? duct toward your people, cspccialjyxn contrast with the lifetime fidelity of his competitor,' while there aro unhappy "antecedents" show? ing that in the prosecution of Wsjolans he cares nothing for the colored raco. The story is painful, but it must be told. I refer to the outrage he perpetrated upon Hayti with its eight hundred thousand blacks, engaged in-the great experiment .of self gov? ernment. Here, is a most instructive "antece? dent," revealing beyond questionvhis true na-. ture, and the whole is attested" by docynaehtiiry evidence. Conceiving ihe,"-|dea of annexing1 Dominica, which is the Spanish part" of the island, and shrinking at nothing, he. bigan by seizing the war powers of the government, in | flagrant violation of the constitution, and then, at a'great expenditure of money, sent several armed ships of the navy, including monitors, to maintain the usurper Baez in power, that j through him he might obtain the coveted prize. Not content with this audacious dicta? torship, he proceeded to strike at the indepen? dence of the Black Republic by open menace of war, and all without the sanction of Con? gress, to which is committed the war-making power. Sailing into the harbor of Port-au Prince with our most powerful monitor, the Dictator, properly named for this service, also ithe frigate Severn as consort, and other moni 'tors in their train, the admiral, acting under i instructions from Washington, proceeded to the Executive Mansion, accompanied by officers of his squadron, and then, pointing to the great war ships in sight from the windows, dealt his menace of war, threatening to sink or capture Hatien ships. The president was black, not white. The admiral would have done no such thing to any white ruler, nor would our coun? try have tolerated such menace from any gov? ernment iu the world. Here was indignity, not only to the Black Republic, with its popu? lation of eight hundred thousand, but to the African race everywhere, and especially in our own country. Nor did it end here. For months the navy of the United States was hovering on the coast, keeping that insulted people in con? stant anxiety, while President Grant was to them like a hawk sailing in the air, and ready to swoop upon his prey. This heartless, cruel proceedings found a victim among our white fellow-citizens. An excellent merchant of Connecticut, praised by all who knew him, was plunged into prison by Baez, where he was immured because it was feared he would write against the treaty of an? nexation, and this captivity was prolonged with the connivauce ? of two agents of the President, one of whom finds constant favor with him and is part of the military ring im? mediately about him.' That such an outrage could go unpunished shows the little regard of the President for human rights, whether in white or black. I confess my trials, as I was called to witness these things. Always a supporter of the ad? ministration, and sincerely desiring to labor with it, I had never uttered" a word with regard to it except in kindness. My early opposition to the treaty of annexatiou was reserved, so that for some time my opinions were unknown. It was only when I saw the breach of all law, human and devine, that I was aroused, aud then began the anger of the President and of his rings, military and senatorial. Devoted to the African race, I felt for them, besides being humbled, that the great Republic, acting through ita President, could set such an exam? ple, where the national constitution, interna? tional law and humanity were all sacrificed.? Especially was I moved when I saw the indig? nity to the colored race which was accomplished by tramping upon a fundamental principal of international law, declaring the equality of na? tions, as our Declaration of Indepeudence de? clares the equality of men. ? . This terrible transaction, which nobody can defend, is among the "antecedents" of Presi? dent Grant, from which you can judge how much the colored race can rely upon his "heartfelt sympathies." Nor can it be forgot? ten that shortly afterward, on the return of the commission from this island, Kofi. Frede? rick Douglass, the colored orator, accomplished in manners as in eloquence, was thrust away from the company of the commissioners at the common table of the mail packet on the Poto? mac, almost within sight of the Executive Mansion, simply on account of his color; but the President, at whose invitation he had joined the commission, never uttered a word in condemnation of this exclusion, and when entertaining the returned commissioners at dinners carefully omitted Mr. Douglass, who was in Washington at the time, and thus re? peated the indignity. Other things might be mentioned, showing the sympathies of the President ; but I cannot forget the civil rights bill, which is the cap? stone of that equality before the law to which all are entitled, without distinction of color. President Grant, who could lobby so assiduous? ly for his St. Domingo scheme, full of wrongs to the colored race, could do nothing for this beneficent measure. During a long session of Congress it was discussed constantly, and the colored people everywhere hung upon the de? bate ; but there was no word of "heartfelt sym? pathy" from the President. At last, just be? fore the nominating convention, he addressed a letter to a meeting of colored fellow-citizens in Washington, called to advance this cause, where he avoided the question by declaring himself in favor of "the exercise of those rights to which every citizen should bo justly entitled," leaving it uncertain whether colored people are justly entitled to the rights secured by the pending bill. I understand that Horace Grecley has Been already assailed by an im? practicable Democrat as friendly to this bill; but nobody has lisped against President Grant on this account Among "antecedents," I deem it my duty to mention the little capacity or industry of the President in protecting colored people, and in assuring peace at the South. Nobody can doubt that a small portion of the effort and earnest will, even without the lobbying, so freely given to the St. Domingo scheme, would .have averted those Ku Klux outrages which we deplore, so that there would have been no pretence for further legislation by Congress. But he was disabled both by character and the drawback of his own conduct. After violating the constitution and international law to insult the Black Republic, and Betting an example of insubordination, ho was not in condition to re? buke law-breakers. II. Passing from "antecedents," I come now to the "present position" of the two candidates, which is the subject of your next inquiry. If in any former particulars the two are "on an equality, yet in all substantial respects the ob? vious advantage is with Horace Greeley. Each was nominated by a Republican con? vention, one at Cincinnati and the other at Philadelphia, so that in this respect they may seem to be on an equality. But it will not fail to be observed that the convention at Cincin? nati was composed of able and acknowledged Republicans, many of whom have acted with the party from its first formation, who, without previous organization, came together voluntari? ly for the sake of reform aud purity in the government; while, on tho other hand, the convention at Philadelphia was composed of delegates chosen largely under tho influence of office-holders, who assembled to sustain what is known as Grantism, being the personal gov? ernment and personal pretensions of President Grant, involving nepotism, repayment of gifts bv official patronage, neglect of public duty, absenteeism, military rule, disregard of consti? tution and law, with general unfitness and in? dignity to the colored race?all of which is so unrep?blican as to make its support impossible for true Republicans. Therefore, the conven? tion at Philadelphia, though calling itself Re? publican, was less Republican in reality than that at Cincinnati. The two platforms, so far as concerns espe? cially the colored race, are alike iu substance, but that of Cincinnati is expressed in terms most worthy of the equal rights it states and -Claims: "We recognise the equality of all men before the law, and hold that it is the duty of the government in its dealings with the people to mete out equal and exact justice to all of whatever nativity, race, color or per? suasion, religious or political." In other re? spects the platform of Cincinnati is the most Republican, inasmuch as it sets itself against -those unrep?blican abuses which have been ?nursed by the President into pernicious activ? ity. From the two nominations and two plat? forms I come to the supporters of the candi? dates ; and here I look, first, at those immedi? ately about them ; and, secondly, at the. jtopu ;Jnr.*sup"poM*be1ilnd.v Horace Grecley has among :Ms:'immediate pupporters. in all ports of the country,, devoted and consistent Republicans, always earnest for reform and purity in government, on whose lives there is no shadow of suspicion?being a j contrast in character to those Rings which play ' such a part in the present Administration.? The country knows too well the Military Ring, the Senatorial Ring, aud the Custom House Ring, through which the President acts. Such supporters are a very poor recommendation. Looking at the popular support behind, the advantage is still with Horace Greeley. Presi? dent Grant has at his back the diversified army of office-holders, drilled to obey the word of command. The speeches praising him are by office-holders and members of rings. Horace Greeley finds flocking to his support large numbers of Republicans unwilling to-continue the existing misrule, and as allies with them a I regenerated party which comes forward to unite in the Liberal movement. Democrats in join? ing Horace Greeley have changed simply as President Grant changed when he joined the Re? publicans, except that he was rewarded at once with high office. The change is open. Adopting the Republican platform which places the equal rights of all uuder the safeguard of irreversible guarantees, and at the same time accepting the nomination of a life-time abolitionist, who rep? resents pre-eminently the sentiment of duty to the colored race, they have set their corporate seal to the sacred covenant. Thsy may con? tinue Democrats in name, but t\ey are in reali? ty Republicans, by the same title that those who sustain Republican principles are Repub? licans, or rather they are Democrats, according to the original signification of that word, dedi? cated to the rights of the people. It is idle to say that Horace Greeley and the Republicans that nominated him are any less Republicans because Democrats unite with them in support of cherished principles and the candidate who represents them. Conver? sions are always welcome, and not less so be? cause the change is a multitude rather than an individual. A political party cannot, if it would, and should not if it could, shut the door against converts, whether counted by the score, the hundred, or the thousand; and so we find that the supporters of Grant announce with partisan triumph the adhesion of a single Democratic politician or a single Democratic newspaper. On equal reason and with higher pride may the supporters of Horace Greeley announce the adhesion of the Democratic par? ty, which, turning from the things that are be? hind, presses on to those that are before. It is also idle to say that the election of Hor? ace Greeley as President, with Gratz Brown as Vice President?both unchangeable Republi? cans?will be the return of the Democratic party to power. On the contrary, it will be the inauguration of Republican principles, un? der the safeguard of a Republican President and Republican Vice President, with Demo? crats as avowed supporters. In the organiza? tion of his administration and in the conduct of affairs Horace Greeley will naturally lean upon those who represent best the great prom? ises made of equal rights and reconciliation at Cincinnati.* If Democrats are taken, it will be as Republicans in heart, recognizing the asso? ciate terms of the settlement as an irreversible finality. The hardihood of political falsehood reaches its extreme point when it is asserted that under Horace Greeley the frecdmen will be reinslav ed, or that colored people will in any way suf? fer in their equal rights. On the contrary, they have in his election not only the promises of the platform, but also the splendid example for a full generation, during which he has never wavered in the assertion of their rights. To suppose that Horace Greeley, when placed where he can do them the most good, will de? part from the rule of his honest life is an in? sult to reason. It is noue the less idle to suppose that Dem? ocrats supporting Horace Greeley expect or desire that he should depart from those princi? ples which are the glory of his character.? They have accepted the Cincinnati platform with its two-fold promises, aud intend in good faith to maintain it. Democrats cannot turn back, who at the convention adopting this platform, sang Greeley songs to the tune of "Old John Brown, his soul is marching on." Seeking especially the establishment of char? acter in the National Government, they will expect their President to he always true to him? self. Therefore I put aside the partisan allegations that Horace Greeley has gone to the Demo? crats, or that he will be controlled by Demo? crats. Each is without foundation or reason, according to ray judgment. They are attempts to avoid what you recognize as the true issue, being the question between the two candidates, or, perhaps, they may be considered as scare? crows, to deter the timid. Nobody who votes for Horace Greeley will go to the Democrats, nor do I believe that, when elected, Horace Greeley will be under any influence except that enlightened conscience which will keep him ever true to the principles he represents. Gentlemen, in thus answering your two in? quiries, I have shown why you, as colored fel? low-citizens, and also all who would uphold your rights and save the colored race from in? dignity, should refuse to sanction the re-election of the President, and put your trust in Horace Greeley. I ought to add that with him will be associated, as Vice President, Gratz Brown, whom I have known for years as a most deter? mined abolitionist. The two together will car? ry into the National Government an unswerv? ing devotion to your rights, not to be disturbed by partisan dictation or sectional prejudice. Besides all this, which may fitly guide you in determining between the two candidates, it is my duty to remind you that, as citizens of the United States, and part of the country, your welfare is indissolubly associated with that of the whole country. Where all are prosperous you will be gainers. Therefore, while justly careful of your own rights, you cannot be indifferent to the blessing of good government. It is for you to consider whether the time has not come for something better than the sword, and whether a character like Horace Greeley does not give stronger assur? ance of good government that can bo found in the insulter of the colored race, already famous from the rings about him aud his plain inapti? tude for civil life. The supporters of President Grant compel us to observe his offences and short-comings. The comparison they challenge cannot be declined. It will be for others in the present canvass to hold it before the Amer? ican people. Speaking now for myself, I have to say that my vote will be given for Horace Greeley; but, in giving it, I do not go to the Democratic par? ty, nor am I any less a Republican. On the contrary, I am so much of a Republican that I cannot support a candidate whose conduct in civil life shows an incapacity to appreciate Republican principles, and whose administra? tion is marked by acts of delinquency, especi? ally toward the colored race, by the side of which the allegations on the impeachment of Andrew Johnson were technical and trivial. Unquestionably President Grant deserved im? peachment for high crimes and misdemeanors rather than a renomination, and on the trial it would have been enough to exhibit his seizure of the war power and ins indignity to the Black Pepublic, with its population of eight hundred thousand, in violation of the National Consti? tution and of international law. And here a contrast arises between him and Abraham Lin? coln. The latter in his first annual message recommended the recognition of what he called the "independence and sovereignty of Hayti;" but it is at these that President Grant has struck. One of Abraham Lincoln's first acts I was to put the Black Republic on an equality ' with other powers; one of President Graut's was to degrade it. I am so much of a Republican that 1 wish to see in the Presidential chair a life-time Abolitionist. I also wish a President sincerely devoted to civil service reform, begiuuiug with the "one-term principle," which President Grant onqe accepted but now disowns. I also ?wish" a- President, who sets .the example of in? dustry and unselfish dedication, of the public good. A nil! \i-:h to see a President through whom we may expect peace and harmony in? stead of discord. Strangely President Grant seems to delight in strife. If he finds :ao ene? my, he falls upon his friends, as when he struck at the Black Republic, insulted Russia in his annual message, offended both France and Germany, and then, in personal relations, quarrelled generally. My own personal experience teaches how futile is the charge that because Horace Gree ley receives Democratic votes, therefore he be? comes a Democrat, or lapses under Democratic control. I was first chosen to the Senate by a coalition of Free Soilers and Democrats.? Domocratic votes helped make me Senator from Massachusetts, as they also helped make my excellent friend, Mr. Chase, Senator from Ohio, and will help make Horace Greeley President. But neither Mr. Chase nor myself was on this account less faithful as Frei} Soiler, and, ausweringfor myself, I know that I never became a Democrat or lapsed under Democrat? ic control. I do not doubt that Horace Gree? ley will be equally consistent, The charge to the contrary, so vehemently repeated, seems to reflect the character of those who make it, ex \ cept that many repeat it by rote. There is a common saying, "Principles, not men," and on this ground an appeal is made for President Grant, feeling justly that, in any personal comparison with Horace Greeley, he must fall. But a better saying is "Principles and men." I am for the principles of the Re? publican party in contradistinction of Grantism, and I am for the man who truly represents them. By these principles I shall stand, for them I shall labor, and in their triumph I always rejoice. If any valued friend separates from me now, it will be because he places a man above principles. Early in public life I declared very little heed for party, and my in? difference to the name by which I am ca lied: and now I confess my want of sympathy with those who would ding to the form after its spirit has fled. Allow me to call attention to another and controlling consideration, which cannot be neglected by the good citizen. Watching the remarkable movement that has ended in the double nomination of Horace Greeley, it is easy to see that it did not proceed from politi? cians, whether at Cincinnati or Baltimore. Ev? idently it was the heart of the people, sorely wrung by war and the controversies it engen? dered, which found this expression. Sir Philip Sidney said of the uprising in the Netherlands, "It is the spirit of the Ix>rd, and is irresistible," and such a spirit is manifest now. Notwith? standing the counteracting influence of politi? cians, Republicans and Democrats?in the face of persistent ridicule?and against the extrav? agance of unscrupulous opposition, the nomi? nation at Cincinnati was triumphantly adop? ted at Baltimore. Such an unprecedented victory without concert or propulsion of any kind can be explained only by supposing that it is in harmony with apopular longing. That Democrats, and. especially those of the South, should adopt a life-time Abolitionist for Presi? dent, is an assurance of willingness to associate the rights of their colored fellow-citizens with that reconciliation of which Horace Greeley was an early representative. In standing by Jefferson Davis at his trial and signing his bail-bond, he showed the same sentiment of humanity he so constantly displayed in stand? ing by the colored race throughout their pro? longed trial, so that the two discordant races find kindred hospitality in him, and he thus becomes a tie of union. The nomination has been adopted by the Democrats in convention assembled. This was an event which the supporters of President Grant declared impossible. I do not see how it can be regarded otherwise than as a peace offering. As such it is of infinite value. It is a revolution, and its success in pacifying the country will be in proportion to its acceptance by us. I dare not neglect the great opportunity, nor can I stand aloof. It is in harmony with my life which places peace above all things except the rights of men. Thus far, in con? stant efforts for the colored race, I have sin? cerely sought the good of all, which I was sure would be best obtained in fulfilling the promises of the Declaration of Independence, making: all equal in rights. The spirit in which I acted appears in an early speech where I said: "Nothing in hate; nothing in vengeance." Never have I asked for punishment. Most anxiously I have looked for the time, which seems now at hand, when there should be re? conciliation, not only between the North and South, but between the two races, so that the two sections and the two races may be lifted from the ruts and grooves in which they are now fastened, and instead of irritating antago? nism without end, thereshall be sympathetic co? operation. The existing differences ought to be ended. There is a time for all things, and we are ad? monished by a widespread popular uprising, bursting the bonds of party, that the time has come for estrangment to cease between people, who, by the ordinance of God, must live to? gether, uladly do I welcome the happy signs; nor can I observe without regret the colored people in organized masses resisting the friend? ly overtures, even to the extent of intimidating those who are the other way. It is for them to consider carefully whether they should not take advantage of the unexpected opening and recognize the bail-bond given at Baltimore as the assurance of peace, holding the parties to the full performance of its conditions. Provi? ded always that their rights are fixed, I am sure it cannot be best for the colored people to band together in a hostile camp, provoking an? tagonism and keeping alive the separation of races. Above all, there must be no intimida? tion, but every voter must act freely, without constraint from league or lodge. Much better will it be when the two political parties com? pete for your votes, each anxious for your sup? port. Only then will that citizenship, by which you are entitled to the ?qual rights of all, have its natural fruits. Only then will there be that harmony which is essential to a true civilization. The present position of the colored citizen is perilous. He is exposed to injurious pres ure when he needs support. But 1 see no early extrication except in the way proposed. Let him cut adrift from managers who would wield him merely as a political force, with little re? gard to his own good, and bravely stand by the candidate who has stood by him. If Demo? crats unite with him, so much the better. The association once begun must naturally ripen in common friendship and trust I am for peace in reality as in name. From the bottom of my heart I am for peace, and I welcome all that makes for peace. With deep felt satisfaction I remember that no citizen who drew his sword against us has suffered by the hand of the executioner. In just association with his humanity will be the triumph of equal rights wheu the promises of the great declaration are all fulfilled, and our people are united, as never before, in the enduring fellow? ship of a common citizenship. To this end there must be reconciliation, nor can I with? hold my hand. Freely I accept the hand that is offered, and reach forth my own in friendly grasp. I am against the policy of hate; I am against fanning ancient flames into continual life; I am against raking in the ashes of the past for coals of fire yet burning. Pile up the ashes; extinguish the flames; abolish the hate ?such is my desire. And now. turning to the Democratic party, I hold it to all the covenants solemnly given in the adoption of a Republi? can platform with Horace Greeley as candidate. There can be no backward step. With no common sympathy I have observed that Mr. Heudricks, a leading Democrat, whom I knew and esteemed in the benato, has recent? ly announced his acceptance of ;;hc constitu? tional amendments with their logical results. He proposes, as a propcrfcey-note to the extra , ordinary movement now swelling to a sure tri? umph : ""Just Laws and Public Virtue." This is a worthy aspiration, entirely fit on this occa? sion.. My key-note is: "The Unity of the Republic, and the Equal Rights of all, with Reconciriation." Such is my cry, and-wherever my voice tan reach, there do I insist upon all