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Greeley's Com In ?j.
O golly, havo yon. leen de massa
with the big smile on his face?
He's paoked nts trunks, and ('dey eay ho's
.. going J Kit ?
For to leave de good old place.
He heard de people call to bim,
Three million hearts like one.
Dey say next fonr years he'll be livin'
Way down in Washington.
''? De massa vf ill run, you bet.
Jost like a race borso, Ol
O darkles, now our Greeley's come,
And tho daye of Jubilo/
Now, darkles, when November comes
We win maroh off to de polls,
And as he fought for us so Jong,
We will work with heart and soul; *
And when de sun sets on dat day,
Se will gather every one,
help de massa paok his trunk,
To bs President In Washington.
. Massa Greeley will run, voa bet,
'. Just like a race horse, Ol
1 O darkies i now our Gro?lo j'a oome,
And the days of Jubilo.
A STRANGE CHARACTER.-Ar Portland,
Oregan, journal chronicles the arrival in
that city, of a famous character, on his
?woy to BL Louis, where he hoped to
spend the remainder of his dava. This
person waa "Wrestlin* Joe," who in his
Sooth was a boatman on the Mississippi
?Lv?r, in vigorous manhood, for many
yean a trapper in the wilds of Arkansas
and South-western Missouri, where he
waa known , as a mighty hunter and a
noted Indian fighter, and in his old age
a helpless beggar in the streets of oitieB
that nave grown up where, more than
half a eentury ago, ho shot deer and
wrestled with his sturdy companions.
After years of want and misery, he wat
recognized as the lawful heir of a mag?
nificent estate gained and left by his Wife
and child, situated in the city of Fort?
land. His claims to this property were
oonteeted, and many believed tho old
man to be an impostor. But after long
and tedious legal proceedings, "Wrest?
lin* Joe," gained his suit, and now, at
the uga of ninety-three years, finding
himself in the possession of wealth, he
Btarta upon a journey of 3,000 miles, in
order to dose his strange and eventful
life among those who were his friends in
the days of his adversity. . ?oa
An afflicted patron of intelligence of?
fices, thus gives vent to his emotions:
"Earnestly solioited-A person of culture
and tos the ti o taste to preside at ' the
kitohen range where there are only two
in family. Salary, whatever such a su?
perior mortal could deign to ask."
iook Out for X. X.'Sf
March 28 T JOHN P. .SEAGERS'.
North Carolina Hay. .
rr BT BALES' goodN. O. HAY,for>We'. oi
f O by HOPE A GYLES.
Beegera'Beor is Pure, jj ' '
F? don't contain Oococuluo Indiens Fish
Berries M>. make sleepy or headache.
Everybody ohonld rend the paper and learn
to*k$6w 'how much is saved if to Heiniteh'
s toi" G'i hs y gc for medlciuoa.
I Samuel.. Advice to tile Colored People.
WASHINGTON, D. C., July 29,1873.
GENTLEMEN ANDFELLOW CITIZENS: . *
I ara touched by tbe appeal 70a make.. It ie
(rae that I am the friend of your race, and I
am glad to be assured that' ia yo?r opinion I
have held a consistent oourso iii'the Senate
and elsewhere aa the special advboato of your
rights. That conree, by the blotting er God,
I mead to bold so long aa life l?ata. I know
your infinite wrongs, and feel them aa for my
own. Yon 'only do mo simple justice when
yon add . belief that my oonnsol, at thia criti?
cal j unotnre of your citizenship, would bti tree
Srom personal feelings and partisan prejudice,
o. answering your in quinen, I oan ht?vo no
fooling exoept for your good, which I moat
tnxlouBly ooek; nor oan any pr t- j ad loo of any
hid be allowed to interfere'. Tue occasion ie
tao solemn. Especially is there no room for
para?nal feeling or for partisan prejudice
No man or party can expeot poker except for
the general welfare; therefore, they mast be
brought.to the standard'of troth, that they
may be seen in lifo and act. Yon are right in
saying tbaK tho dholco for tho Presidency ie
now narrowed down to President Grant or
Horace Gr isley. One of these is to be taken;
and, assuming my acquaintance with both,
and my observation of their livoe, you invite
my judgment between them, asking me espe?
cially which of tho two, judging from their
antecedents, as well aa present position,
would enforce the Constitution and laws, ae
curing your aivil and political rights, with the
moat heartfelt sympathy and tho greatest
vigor. Here I remark that, ia this inquiry,
you naturally put your rights in the fore?
ground.' I Bo do I-believing- moBt sincerely
that the best interesta of tue whole country
are associated wit u the completest recognition
of your rights, flo that the two raoes shall live
together in unbroken harmony. I also re?
mark that you call attention to two things,
the "anteoedonte" of tbe two candidates; and
secondly,.tht ir "present position." You wieb
to know from these which giros assurance of
the {Mw!heartfelt sympathy and greatest
vigor in tho maintenance of your rights; in
other vf orda, which, judging by the past, will
be your truest friend. . ...
Tho communication with whioh you have
honored me ia not alone. Colored fellow-citi?
zens in other parts of the country, I may say
hi 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 ia given, it
must bo candidly, aooordlng tb my conscience.
In this spirit I anawer your inquiries, begin
I ning with the antecedents of the candidates.
1. Horace'Greeley was borato poverty and
educated himself in a printing ?moe. Presi?
dent Grant, fort?nate lc early patronage, be?
came a oadet at'TVeat " Point, tn? tras educat?
ed at the public expense. One started with
nothing but indue try and, character; the
other started,'with ? military commission.
One was trained aa ft civilian ; the othor aa a
soldier. Horace Greeley stood forth aa a re?
former and Abolitionist. President Grant en?
listed as a pro-slavery Demoorftt, and, at the
oloction of Jamoa Buchanan, fortified by bia
vote all the pretensions of slavery, including
the Dred Scott decision. Horace Greeley
from early life waa earnest and constant
against slavery, full of sympathy with tho
colored race,, and always foremost in the
great batilo for their rights. President
Grant, except aa a soldier, summoned by the
terrible accident of war, never did anything
against slavery, nor baa he at any time
shown any epmpathy with the colored race.
Horaoe Greeley earnestly desired that colored
citizens should vote and ably championed im*
partial suffrage: but President Grant waa on
the otherside. Beyond thesecontrasts,which
are markod.it cannot bo forgotten that Horace
Greeley is a person of large heart and large
understanding, framed to', tho support of
human rights, always beneficent with the
poor, always ready for any good cause, and
never deterred by opposition or reproaoh, aa
when for lon g years ho befriended your peo?
ple. Add to these qualities, conspicuous in
bia Ufe, untiring Industry, which leaves no
moment without ita fruit-abundant political
knowledge-acquaintance with history-the
instinct j and grasp of statesmanship-an
amiable nature-a magnanimous soul, and,
above all, an honesty which no suspicion baa
touched, and you nave a brief portraiture
of what are the antecedents of Horace Groo
ley. Jfow of these things appear in the Pre?
sident. Hia groat success in war. and the
honore ho has won, oannotfohange the record
of his conduct toward your people, especially
in oontraat with the lifo-time fidelity of his
competitor, while there are unhappy "ante?
cedents" showing that in the prosecution ol
hia plans he earea nothing for the colored
race. The atory is painful, but it must bo told,
I refer to the outrage he perpetrated npon
Haytl, with ita 800,000 blacks, engaged iu
the great experiment of self-government,
Here ia a moat instructivo "antecedent," re?
vealing beyond question his true nature, and
the whole ?B attested by documentary evi?
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minio?,.which ia'the Spanish part of tho
island, ?nd shrinking at nothing, he began
by seizing the war powers of the Govern?
ment, in flagrant violation ot the Constitu?
tion, and tneU, at ?great expenditure of
mppey, Bent saver?1,armed shins pt the navy,
including monitors, to maintain, .the usurper
B?eziu power, ihat. through him he might
obtain'tho coveted prize. ' Not (sentent With
this audacious dictatorship, ho ?proceeded to
strike at tho independence Of the blaok xe
publio by open menaco pf wan *nd all with?
out th? sanction of; Coh'gfee.s, to' Wmtfh ia
committed ??he wa^maklng power. Baiting
into the h?rbbr of Port-au-Prince'With our
'most powerful monitor, the Dictator, proper?
ly named for thia uer vico, also the frigate Se?
vern as oonsort .and other monitors In their
train, tho Admiral, acting under instructions
from Washington, proceeded to the eXeontive
mansion, accompanied .by' officers,.of Bis
?quadron, and ,tbenr pointing to the great
war ship? in eight (rom the windows, dealt
hf? monaco of war, threatening to sink or
capturo Ifaj-tien ships. The President was
black, not whitoj Tho Admiral '-would have
done no , ?neb . thing: to ?ny, white ruler* nor
would pur conntry haye tolerated such me
naoe . from any Government in. the world.
Here Was indignity not ou ly to the blaok re?
public; with Its population of 800,000, but to
the African raoe everywhere; aud 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 in?
sulted people in constant anxiety, whilo Pre?
sident Urant waa to them like a hawk sailing
in tho air, and ready to swoop upon his prey.
This heartless, cruel proceeding found a vic?
tim among our white fellow-citizeus. An ex?
cellent merchant of Connecticut, praised by
all who know him, was plunged into prison
by Baez, where ho was immured becaUae it
was feared be would write against the treaty
of annexion, and this captivity was prolonged
with tho connivance of two agents of the Pre?
sident, 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 oalied to wit?
ness these things. Always a supporter of the
Administration, and sincerely desiring to
labor with it, I had never uttered a word with
regard to it except in kindness. My early op?
position to the treaty of annexation was re?
served, so that for some time my opinions
were unknown, It was only when I saw the
breaoh of all law, human and divine, that I
was aroused, and then begat: the anger of the
President abd of his rings, military ?nd sena?
torial. Devoted to the African race, I felt for
them, besides being humbled that the great
republic, acting through its President, could
set such an example, where the National
Constitution, international law and humanity
were ?ll sacrificed. Especially was I moved
when I saw the indignity to the colored race
which was accomplished by trampling upon a
fundamental principle'of Internationa* law,
declaring the equality of nations, aa our De?
claration of Independence declares the equal?
ity of men. This terrible transaction, wnicb
nobody oan defend, is among the "antece?
dents of President Grant, from whioh yon
can judge how muoh the colored raco can rely
upon his "heartfelt sympathies." Nor can it
be forgotten, that shortly afterward, on the
return of the commission from this island,
Hon. Frederick Eouglass, the colored orator,
accomplished ia manners as in eloquenoo, was
thrust away from tho company of the com?
missioners at the common table of tho mail
packet on the Potomac, almost within sight of
the Executivo Mansion, simply on account of
bis oolor; but the President, at whose invita?
tion he bad joined the commission, never ut?
tered a word in condemnation of this exclu?
sion, and when entertaining the returned
commissioners at dinner, carefully omitted
Mr. Douglass, who was in Washington at the
timo, and thus repeated the indignity. Other
things might be mentioned showing tho sym?
pathies of the President, but I cannot forget
the civil rights bill, whioh is the cap-stonu of
tuat equality before tho law to which all are
entitled, without dlatinotloa of color. Presi?
dent Grant, who cculd lobby so assiduously
for bis St. Domingo Boheme, full of wrong to
the colored raco, could do nothing for thin
beneficent measure During a long session
of Congress, it was discussed constantly, and
the colored people everywhere bung upon tho
debate, but there was no word of''heartfelt
ey mpathy "|f rom the Preeidont. At last, just be?
fore the nominating convention, he addressed
a letter to a meeting of colored fellow-oltiaetts
in Washington, oalied to advance .this oauae,
where ho avoiaed the question, by declaring
himself iu favor of "the exercise of those
rights to which every citizen should be justly
entitled," leaving it unoertain whether colored
people are justly entitled to the rights se?
cured by the pending bill. I understand that
Horaoe Greeley has already been assailed by
an impracticable Democrat aa friendly tp this
bill, but nobody has lisped against President
Grant on this aooount.
Among "antecedents," I deem it my dnty
to mention the little capacity or industry of
the President in protecting colored people
and in assuring peace at tho South. Nobody
oan doubt that a small portion or the effort
and earnest will, even without the lobbying
so freely given to the Bau Domingo scheme,
would havo averted those Eu Klux outrages
which we deplore, so that there would have
been no pretence for further legislation by
Congress. But he was disabled both by cha?
racter and the drawback of his own oonduct.
After violating the Constitution and interna?
tional law to insult the blaok republie, and
setting an example of insubordination, he
was not in condition to rebuke law-breakers.
II. Passing from "antecedent?," I como
now to the "present position" of the two can?
didates, whioh is the subjeot of your next in?
quiry. If in any former particulars tho twa
?re on an equality, yet in all substantial re?
spects the obvious advantage is with Horace
Greeley. Eaoh was nominated by a Republi?
can convention, one at Cincinnati and the
other at Philadelphia, so that in thia rospeoi
they may seem to be on an equality. But il
will not fail to bo observed that the conven?
tion at Cincinnati was oomposed of able and
acknowledged Republicans, many of whom
have acted with the party from its first for?
mation, who, without previous organization,
oime together voluntarily for the sake of re?
form and purity m tha Government; wbilo, on
the other hana, the convention at Philadel?
phia was composed of delegates chosen
largely under the influenoeu&f stockholders,
who assembled to sustain ?Vat is known at
Grantism, being the personal government
and personal pretensions of Grant, involving
nepotism, repayment of, gifts by official pa?
tronage, neglect of publio duty, absenteeism
military rulo, disregard t>f constitution" auc
law, with general unfitness and indignity tc
the colored raoe-all of which it so unropub
Hean as to make its support impossible foi
true Republicans. Therefore, tho conven
tion at Philadelphia, though calling Bael
Republican, was less Kepublloaa in reality
than that at Giooinnati. Tho two platforms
so far as concerns especially the colored men
aro alike in substance, but that of Cinoinnat
is expressed in terms most worthy of th?
equal rights it states and claims : "We reoog
nizo the equality of all men before the law
and bold that it is the duty of Government ii
its dealings with the people to mete out equ'a
and exaot jostioo to all, of whatever nativity
race, oolor or persuasion, religious orpoliii
eal." In othor respects, the platform of Cin
oinnati ia the most Republican, inasmuch ai
it sets itself against thoao uurepubli jan abusei
whioh havo been uursod by thu Prutidon
into pernicious activity. *?
From tho .two nominations and two plat
forms I come to tho supporters of the candi
dates, and hero I look, first, at those imtncdi
ately about them, and, secondly, at tho popu
lar support behind. Horace Groeloy tia
among his immediate supporters, in all part
of the country, devoted and consistent Bc
publioana, always earnest for reform and pu
rlty In Government, on whoso lives there is ni
shadow of suspicion-Iring a contrast ii
ch arne tor to thole ringa which play Buch a
Dart io tho present Admioistiatiou. The
country known too woll tho military ring, the
senatorial ring, and the ouetom house ring,
through which the President-acts. Such aup
Eor tera are a very poor''recommendation,
coking at the popular support behind, the
advantage in a^illwith Horace Greeley. Pre?
sident Grant han' at his back the diversified
'army or ofiloe-hoUlc-rB. drilled to obey the
?word of com in and. Tao .sbeeohes praising
him are by office-holders and member? of
rings. Horace Greeley ?uda flocking to his
support large numbers of Republicans unwill?
ing to continuo the I existing misrule, aud as
tillea with them a regenerated party which
ernies forward to unite io this Liberal move?
ment.. Democrats, in joining Horace Greeley,
bavo changed simply as President Grant
changed when he joined tho Republicans, ex?
cept that he was rewarded at once with high
omoe. The change io open. Adopting the
Republican platform, which places tho equal
rights bf all under the safeguard of irreversi?
ble'guarantees and at th* 'ahme timo accept?
ing tho nomination of a lifetime Abolitionist,
?bo represents pro-Dupnently ibo sentiment
of duty to the colored race, they havo set their
corporate seal to the.sacred covenant. They
may continue Democrats' in name, but they
are in reality Republicans,'by the same title
that those who sustain lt o pub Ho an principles
are Republicans, or rather they are Demo?
crats, according to the original signification
of tbat word, dedicated to the rights of tbo
people. It is idlo to say that Horace Greeley
and the Republicans that nominated him arc
any leas Republican because Democrats unite
with them ia sappoit of cherished principles
and the candidate who represents them. Con?
versions aro always welcome, and not less so
because the change is ia a multitude rather
than an individual. A political party cannot,
if it would, and ahould not, if it could, shut
the door against converts, whether counted
by the score, the hundred or the thousand;
and so wo find that the supporters of Presi?
dent Grant announco witb partisan triumph
the adhesion ot a single Democratic politician
or a single Democratio newspaper. On eqnal
reason, and with higher pride, may the sup?
porters of Horace ?reeley announce the ad?
hesion of the Democratic party, which, turn?
ing from the things that are behind, presses
on to those that are before.
It is also idlo to say that the election of
Horace Greeley aa President, with Gratz
Brown aa Vice-president, botb unchangeable
RepublicaoB, will be the return of the Demo?
cratic party to power. On the contrary, it
will be the inauguration of Republican prin?
ciples, under the safeguard of a Bepublican
President and Republican Vice-president,
with Democrats as avowed supportera. Io
the organization of ola administration sad
in the conduct of affairs, Horace Greeley will
naturally lean upon those who represent best
the great promisee made of equal rights and
reconciliation at Cincinnati. If Demoorats
are taken, it will be as Republicans in heart,
recognizing the associate terms of the settle?
ment as an irreversible finality. The hardi?
hood of political faleohood reaches its ex?
treme point, when it ia asserted that under
Horace Greeley the freedmen will bo re-en?
slaved, or that colored neople will in any way
suffer in their equal rights. On the contrary,
they have In his election not only the pro?
mises of the platform, but aiao the splendid
example for a full generation, during which
ho has never wavered in tho asa ert ion of their
rights. To suppose that Horace Greeley,
when placed where he can do them tho most
good, will depart from the rule of bia honest
life, ia an insult to reaaon. Therefore. I put
asido tho partisan allegations that Horaco
Greeley has gono to the Democrats, or that
be will be controlled by Democrats. Each ia
without foundation or reason, according to
my judgment. They aro attempts to avoid
what you recognize as tho true iaane, being
tho question between tho two candidates, or,
perhaps, they may be considered aa scare?
crows, to deter the timid. Nobody who votes
for Horace Greeley will go to the Dem?crata,
nor do I believe that when elected Horace
Greeley will be under any influence except
that enlightened conscieneo which will keep
bim ever true to the principles ho represents,
It is none the lesa idle to suppose that Demo?
crats supporting Horace Greeley expect 01
desire tbat he should depart from those prin?
ciples which are the glory of his character,
They have accepted the Cincinnati platform
with its two-fold promises, and intend ir
good faith to maintain it. Dem?crata cannot
turn back who, at the Convention adopting
this platform, sang Greeley songs to the tom
of."Old John Brown, his soul is marching
on." Hoiking especially the eatabhahmeni
of character in the National Government
they will expect their President to be alwayf
trae to himself.
Geatlemen, ia thus answering.year two in'
qniries, I have ahown why you, as ?coloree
tellow-cit i zeus, and also all who would up holt
your rights and save the colored race froa
indignity, should refuse- to sanction the re
oteotiou of the.Preaident, and put your tm s
In Horaco Greeley. I ought to add that witt
him will be associated as Vico-Presiden
Gratz Brown, whom I have kn own for years ai
a most determined Abolitionist. The two to
gether will carry into tho National Govern
ment an unswerving devotion: tp your rights
not to bo disturbed hy partisan dictation 01
sectional prejudice. Besides all tu?B, whicl
may fitly guido you ia determining botweei
the two candidates, it is my duty to remini
you that, as oitizens of the United States, um
f>art of tho country, your welfare is indiseo
ubly associated with that of the whole coun
try. Where all are prosperous you will bi
gainers. Therefore, while justly careful o
your own rights, you cannot be indifforeu', ti
the blessings of good government. It ia to
you to consider whether tho timo has nb
come for something botter than the aword
and whether a oharaoter like Horace Greele
does not give stronger assurance of goudge
verument than can be found in theinsultor o
theoolored race, already famous from th
rings about him and his plain inaptitude fo
oivil lifo. The supporters of Preaident Gran
compel ns to obdeive his offences and abort
comings. The comparison they ohalleng
cannot be declined, lt will be tor otbors i
the present oanrass to hold it beforo th
American people. Spoaking now for myeell
I have to Bay that my vote will be given fo
Horaco Gresley ; but in giving it I do not go t
the Domocratio party, nor am I any leas
Republican. On the contrary, I am so niue
of a Republican that I cannot support a cac
didate whose conduct in civil lire shows a
incapacity to appreciate Republican princ:
plea, and whose administration ia marked h
aots of delinquinoy, espooially to the colore
raoe, by the aide of whioh the allegations o
the impeachment of Andrew Johnson wer
technical and trivial. Unquestionably Pres
dent Grant deserved impeachment for big
crimea and misdemeanors, rather than a r<
nomination, and on the trial it would bav
been onough to exhibit bis seizure of the wa
power and his indignity to the black republii
with its population of 800,000, in violation <
the NationalConstitution andof intornationi
law. And here a contrast arises botween hil
and Abraham Lincoln. The latter, in hisfin
annual moneado, recommended the rocogn
tion of whnt he called the "independence au
sovereignty of Hay ti," but it ls at theso thi
President Grant has struck. Ono of Abn
ham Lincoln'? first acts was to put tho blac
republio on an equality with the othc
powers; one of President Grant's waa to di
grade it.
I am so much of a Republican that I wis
to soo in tho Presidential chair a lite-tim
Abolitionist. I also Wish a Preaident sincere]
devoted to civil Bervico reform, boginniu
with tho "one-term principio," which Pres
dent Grant onoo accepted, but nowdisowui
I also wish a President who acta tho cxamp
of industry and unselfish dedication to tl.
publio good. And I wish to aoe a Presidei
through whom we may expoct poaco and ha
ninny, instead of discord. Strangoly, Pros
dint Grant seems to delight in strife. If 1
linda no enemy, ho (alla noon his friends, i
when he si ruck at the black republio, insulte
Ruuaia in his annual message, offended bot
France and Germany, and then, iq personal
relations, quarreled generally. My own per
a tuai experience teaches how tntile ie the
uh argo, In at beosuae Horace Greeley receives
Democratic votes, therefore . be becomes a
Domocrat, or lapses under Democratic con?
trol. I wa? Drat chosen to tho Henato by a
coalition of Vied Boilers and Ddmoorata. De?
mocratic votes bolped make me Senator from
Massachusetts,'ka they also helped make my
excellent friend. Mr. Chase, Senator from
Ohio, and will help make Horace Greeley Pro
sidont. Bat neither Mr. Chase nor myself
was on this account loes faithful as Free
Boilers, and, answering for myself, I know that
I nuver became a Democrat or lapsed under
Democratic ooutrol. 1 do not doubt that Ho?
race Greeley will be equally consistent. The
charge to tho contrary, so vehemently repeat?
ed, soems to reflect tho character ot those
who make it, except that they may repeat it
by rote. There is a common saying, "Princi?
ples, not men," and on this ground an apposl
is made for President ' Grant, feeling j uetly
that, in any personal comparison with Horace
Greeley, he must fail. But a better saying is,
"Principles and men." I am for the princi?
ples of the Republican party in contradiction
to Grantism, ana I am tor the man who truly
represents them. By these principles I shall
stand, for them I shall labor, and in their tri?
umph I shall always rejoice. If any valued
friend separates from me now, it will bo be?
cause be pluces a man above principles. Early
in public life, I declared my little heed for
party, and my indifference to the name, by
which I am called; .and now I confers m'y
want or sympathy with those who would cling
to the form after its spirit bas tied.
Allow mo to call attention to another and
controlling consideration, which cannot'be
neglected by the good citizen. Watching the
remarkable movement, that baa ended in tho
double nomination of Horace Greeley, it is
easy to seo that it did not proceed from poli?
ticians, whether at CinoLuna i or Baltimore.
Evidently it was the heart of the people, Bore
ly wrung by war and the controversies it en?
gendered, which found this expression. Sir
Philip Sidney said of tho uprising in the Ne?
therlands, "It ie the spirit of the Lord, and is
irresistible," and such a spirit is manifest
now. Nothwithatanding the counteracting
influence of politicians-Republican and De?
mocratic-in the face of persistent ridicule
and against tho extravagance of unscrupulous
opposition-the nomination at Cincinnati was
triumphantly adopted at Baltimore. Such an
un pi eoe ileuted victory, without concert or
Eropulsion of any kind, can be explained only
y supposing that it is tn harmony with a po?
pular longing. That Democrat?, and OBpe
oially those of the South, should adopt a life?
time Abolitionist for President is an assurance
of willingness to associate the rights of their
colored fellow-citizens with that reconoUiation
of which Horaoe Greeley was an early repre?
sentative. In standing by Jefferson Davis at
his trial, and signing his bail-bond, he showed
the samo sentiment of humanity he so con?
stantly displayed in standing by the colored
race throughout their prolonged trial, so that
the two discordant races And kindred hospi?
tality in him, end he thus becomes a tie of
union.
The nomination has been adopted by the
Democrats, in convention assembled. Thia
was an event which tho supporters of Presi?
dent Grant declared impossible. I do cot see
how it can be regarded otherwise than as a
peace-offering. Aa such, it is of infinito
value. It is a revolution, and its euceBs in
pacifying the country will be in proportion to
HB accoptance by us. I dare cot neglect the
great opportunity, nor can I stand aloof. It
is in 'harmony with my life, which place?
poaco above ail things except the rights of
man. Thus far, in constant efforts fur tho
colorod race, I have sincerely Bought the
good of all,-which I was sure would bo boat
obtained in fiil?lliug the promises of tho De?
claration of Independence, making all equal
iu rights. The spirit in which I ac tod appears
in an carly speech, where I said: "Nothing in
hate; nothing in vengeance." Never havel
asked for punishment. Most anxiously bavo
I looked for the time, which seems now at
hand, when thero should be reconciliation
not only between the North and South, but
between the two races, so that the two sec?
tions and tho two races may be lifted from
the ruts and grooves in which they are now
fastened, and instead of irritating antagonism
without end, there shall be sympathetic co?
operation.
The existing differences ought to be ended.
There is a timo for all things, and we are ad?
monished, by a wide spread, popular upris?
ing, buratiug the bonds of party, that the
time has Come for estrangement to cease be?
tween poople who, by the ordinance of God,
must live together. Gladly do I welcome the
happy signs; nor can I observo, without re?
gret, the colored people,in organized massea,
resisting the friendly overtures, eren to the
extent of intimidating those who are the other
way. It is for them to consider carefully
whbther they should not take advantage of
the unoxpected opening and recognize the
bail-bond given at Ballimore aa the assurance
of peace, holding tho parties to the full per?
formance of its conditions. Provided always
that their rights are fixed, I am ?ure it oancut
bo bost for the colored people to band together
ia a hostile "amp, provoking antagonism, and
keeping alive tho separation of races. Above
all there must be no intimidation, but ever;
voter must act freely, without constraint from
lcagno or lodge. Much better will it be when
the two politioal parties compote fur your
votes, each anxious for your support. Only
then will that citizenship, by which you are
entitled to the equal rights of all, have it? na?
tural fruits. Oi,ly then will there be that
harmony which is essential to a true civiliza?
tion. Tho present position of the colored
citizen is perilous. He ia exposed to injurions
pressure when ho nedda support. But I eee
fo carly extrication except in the way pro
oaed. Let him cut adrift from managers
who would wield him merely as a political
force, with little regard to his OWB good, and
bravely stand by tho candidate who has stood
by him. If Democrats unite with him, ao
much the better. The association once began'
must naturally ripen in common friendship
and trust.
I am for peace in reality as in name. From
tho 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 bis sword against ns bas
Buffered by tho baud of > the executioner. In
juat aaeociatioo with this humanity will be
the triumph of equal rights when the pro?
misee of tho great declaration are all fulfilled,
and our people are united, as never before, in
tho enduring fellowship of a common citizen?
ship. To this end, there must be reconcilia?
tion, nor can I withhold my hand. Freely I
accopt the hand that is offered, and reaoh
forth my own in friendly grasp. I am against
tho polioy of hate; I am against fanning an?
cient flames into continued life; I am against
raking in the ashes of tho past fer coals of
Are yet burning. Pilo up the ashes; extin?
guish the flamea; abolish the hate: ?uah is my
desire. And now, turning to the Democratic
party, I hold it to all the covenants solemnly
given in the adoption of a Republican plat?
form, with Horaoe Greeley as candidato.
Thero oan be no backward step.
With no common sympathy I have observed
that Mr. Hendricks, a loading Demoorat,
whom I know and esteemed in the Senate,
has recently announced bis acceptance of the
constitutional amendments, with their logi?
cal results. Ho proposes, as a proper key?
note to tho extraordinary movement now
swelling to a sure triumph, "Just Laws and
Publio Virtue." This is a worthy aspiration,
entirely fit on tbU occasion. My key-note is.
"Tho Unitv of tho Bepublio, and the Equal
Rights ot All, with ReconoUiation." Such ia
my cry, and wherever my voice can reach,
thero do I insist upon all these, humbly invok?
ing tho blessings of Divine Providence, whtob,
I bolievo, must descend upon such a cause.
Accopt my best wishes for yourselves pir
sonally ?nd for tho poople you represent, and
behove mo. gentlemen, your faithful friend,
OH ARLES BUHNS lt.
To Dr. ArousTA, W. H. WOBMLEV. andcth'tt.
Change of. Schedule.
Wi LUI;? OTON, COLUMBIA & AUGUSTA B. B. Co.
SUPERINTENDENT'S Ornez,
WILMINGTON, ti. G., July 81.1872.
AFTER thiB date thu
foUowing schedule Tt ill
be ruu by trains on this road: '
DAT EXFBE8B Tn A IN [DAILY. 1
Leave Wilmington [Union Depot) 8 26 A. M.
Arrive at Florenco. 9.13 A. M.
Arrive al Columbia. 1.85 P. M.
Loavo Colombia. 12.00 M.
Arrive at Florence. 4.10 P.M.
Arrive WilmiDgton [VDion Depot] 10.26 P. M.
NIG UT EXPRESS TRAIN.
Leave Wilmington tunion Depot] 6.46 P. M.
Arrive at Florence. .... 1188 P.M.
Arrive at Columbia. 8.46 A.M.
Leave Columbia.10.20 P; M.
Arrive at Florence. 2.09 A.. M.
Arrive at Wilmington.. 8.00 X. M
No N1GBT TRAINS leave Wilminclon or
Columbia Sunday P. M.
July 81 JAB. ANDERSON, OenlBnp't.
Charlotte. Columbia and Augusta R. B
SUPERINTENDENT'S OFFICE,
COLOMBIA, S. C., June 9,1872.
ON and after Monday,
June ll, the following
schedule will be run over thia road:
GOING SOUTH.
Train No. 1. Train No. 2.
Leave Charlotte.G.00A.M. 8.20P.M.
Leave Columbia.1.C4P. M. 3.40 A. M.
Arrive Augusta.7.45jP. M. 8.20 A. M.
GOINO NORTH.
Leave Augusta. 6 35 A. M. 5.60 P.M.
Leave Columbia_12 36 P. M. 11.12 P. M.
Arrive Charlotte.....7.42 P. M. 6.00 A.M.
Standard Time ten minutes Blower tban
Washington; *ix minmtes ahead Columbia.
No. 1 Train daily. No. 2 Train daily, Bun
days excepted. Both trains make cloee con?
nection to all points North, South and West.
. Through tickets sold and baggage checked
to all principal pointa.
E. P. ALEXANDER. General Sup.
E. R. DORSEY, Gen. Freight and Ticket Agent
Greenville and Columbia Bailrcad.
PASSENGER THAIN SCHEU Uli IS?
?SBHl9Bn DAILY, Sundays
WtlBSHaW^SSexcepted, connecting
with Night Trains on South Carolina Railroad
np and down; alao with Tra?na going North
and Bouth on Charlotte. Columbia aod Au?
gusta Railroad, and Wilmington, Columbia
and Augueta Railroad.
rn?.
Leave Columbia at.i.7.45 a. aa.
Leave Alston.9.85 a. m.
Leave Newberry.11.15 a.m.
Leave Cokesbnry.2.46 p. si.
Leave Belton.4.80 p.m.
Arrive at G reen ville.....6.10 p.m.
DOWN.
Leave Greenville at.6.80 a. m.
Leave Belton.8.80 a. rn.
Leave Cokeabury.10.15 a. m.
Leave Newberry. 1.80 p. m.
Leave Alston.8.20 p. m.
Arrive at Columbia.610 p.m.
.4nder?on Branch and Blue Midge Division.
DOWN. UP.
Leave Walhalla. 4.45 a. m. Arrive 7.60 p. m.
Leave Porrjville 6 25 a. ia. Leave 7.15 p. m.
Leave Pendleton 6.10 a. m. Leave 6 SO p. m.
Leave Anderson 7 10 a. m. Leave 6.80 p. m.
Arrive at Belton 8.00 a.m. Leave 4 80 p.m.
Accommodation Trains run on Branch Roads
on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays.
Abbeville Branch.
Leave Cokeabury for Abbeville'at. .10.20 a. m.
Leave Abbeville for Cokeabury;... 1.80 p.m.
TBOMA8 DODAMEAD, Gen. Sup.
M. T. BARTLETT, General Ticket Agent.
Richmond and Danville Eailroed.
CONDENSED TIME?
TABLE, in effect on aod
alter Sunday, June 2,1872:
GOING NORTH.
STATIONS. MAIL. EX PD EPS.
Leave Greentboro,_1.15 A.M. 10 00 A.M.
Leave Danville.3.64 A.M. 12 48 P.M.
Leave Burtville. 9 10 A. M. 6 45 P. M.
Leave Ameba G. H.... 10 02 A. M. 6.40 P. M.
Arrive at Richmond.. .12.02 P. M. 8.47 P.M.
GOING BOUTP
Leave Richmond.? 2.85 P. M. 6.20 A. M.
Leave Amelia CH...,. 4.50 p. M. 7.20 A. M.
Leave Burkville. 6.45 P.M. 8 28 A.M.
Leave Danville. .10 60P. M. 12.56 P. M.
Arrive at Greensboro.. 1.10 A.M. 8.60 P.M.
Trains leaving Richmond at 2.85 P. M., aod
at 6.20 A. M., connect at Greensboro with
trains on North Carolina Division, for all
pointe 8outb. Passengers leaving Richmond
at 2.85 P. M., connect ai- Greensboro with
train for all points East Cf Greensboro. Faa.
Benger train leaving aaieign at 7.eu sr. au,
connects at Greensboro with Northern-bound
Mail train, arriviDglh Richmond at 12 02P.
M. JOHN B. MACMUBDO,
General Freight and Ticket Agent.
T. M. B. 'J AI.COT, Engineer ?nd Gen. Bnp't.
NORTH CABOLINA DIVISION.
GOI^G,NORTH.
STATIONS. ^.MAIL. KXJPBEfS.
Leave Charlotte...1..' 840P. M. 6.80 A. M,
Leave Baliabury...V..10 47 P. M. 8.47 A.M.
Leave High Point.....12.28 A. M. 10.19 A, M.
Arrive at Greensboro. LC9A.M. 1100 A.M.
Leavo Greensboro_1.60 A. M. 11.10 A.M.
Leave Company Sbope 3 SO A. M. 12 21 P. M.
Leave Hillsboro.4.88 A.-M.
Leavo Haleigh.7 SO'A. M. .
Arrive at Goldsboro.. .10 10 A. M.
GOING BOUTH.
Leave Goldebero. 4 00 P. M.
Leave Raleigh.7.15 P. M.
Leave Hilluboro.9.81 P- M.
Leave Company Shops.ll 10 P. M. 2.15 P. M.
Arrive at Greensboro. 12 24 A. M. 3 80 P. M.
Leave Greensboro.... 1.10 A. M. 4.C0 P. Mt
Leave High Point.... 162 A. M. 4.40 P. M.
Leave Salisbury. 8 82 A. M. 0.13 P. M.
Arrive at Charlotte... 6.85 A.M. 8.10 A.M.
Paeeonger train leaving Raleigh it 7.15 P.
M.. connecta at Greensboro with Northern
bound train; making the quickest time to all
Northern cities. Price of tiokets Bame aa via
other routes. Mail tra?na daily, both wass,
over entire length ol road. Express daily
between Company Sbopa and Charlotte (Sun?
days excepted.) AU paasenger trains connect
at Greensboro with traine to and from Bich?
mond. Pullman Palace Oars on all night traioe
between Charlotte and Riebmoni, without
change. 8. E. ALLEN, Gen. Ticket Agent.
W. H. G REEN. Master 'Transportation.
Change of Schedule, "
SOUTH CAROLINA RAILROAD COMP A NY ,
COLUMBIA, S. C., Jule 9, 1872.
rg^f i uamujqav.' Ohangobf Schedule
?iSllKifto go into effect on
and after Sunday, 24th in slant :
MAIL AND FA88XN0BB T8A?N.
Leave Columbia at. 7 40 am
Arrive at Charleston at..,... .3.20 p ra
Leave Charleston at.8.10 a m
I rrive at Columbia at.... .i.i... . 3.40 p ta
NIGHT EXFBE8B, FREIGHT AMD ACCOMMODATION
TRAIN, [Sundaya excepted.]
Leave Columbia at.j.6.CO P m
Arrive at Charleston at..'..J.7.00 am
Leave Charleston at.?.7.10 pm
Arrive at Colombia at. .it.6.40 a va
Camdon Accommodation Train will cen
tinueto run to Columbia aa loimerly-Mon?
days, Wednesdays and Saturdays.
A. L. TYLEB, Vico-President.
8. B. PicKiNB, General Ticket Agent.
Summer Schedule S.& U. R. R.,
t.'JM?MBJ DOWN TRAIN. UP TRAIN.
??S?!?B^- Arrive. Leave. Arrive. Leave.
8partanbnrg.. 5.80 5.25
Datesville. 6.00 6.00 4.?8 4.63
Paoolet. 608 6.18 4.40 4.4S
Jonesville. 6.48 6.48 4.05 4.10
Unionville. 7.23 7.?0 8.05 8.25
San tuc. 8 20 8.C5 2.80 2.85
Fish Dam. 8.40 8.45 2.10 2.15
Shelton. 9.15 9.20 1.85 1.40
byles' Ford... 9.40 9-45 1.12 1.17
Strother. 10.05 10.10 12.60 12.65
Aleton. 11.00 10.00
May 24 TH08.B. ETER.President