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For a combination of pathos and humor,
tho following, purporting to bo the wail of a
father over bia ouried hoy, ia, to say the leaat,
very peculiar!
"Glose nestled in bia mother's arma,
His cheeks as red as roaea,
With eyes of Heaven's bluest blue,
And anubhiest of noses
Close nestled in his mother's arma,
My 'week-old' boy reposes.
"Fast mouldering on tho hill-aide green,
Where myrtlculiloom and roaea,
His baby brother sleeps. I weon
No arm hi? form encloses;
Fa?t mouldering on tho hill-eidc green,
My 'wee cold* boy reposes.
"Sweet Blumboring in loviug arms
Dear dreamer, 'neath tho rose?,
- May I as free from all alarms
Best, when this brief life closes
When mouldering on the hill-aide groen,
Thia 'weak-old' boy repoaeB."
A Paris correspondent relates a story
which may be taken ns an illustration of
sublime impudence. He states that a
gentleman walking with his little boy on
the banks of the river, tho child slipped
over the bank into the water, and wonld
certainly have been drowned bnt for the
oonrage of a man who was fishing, who
jumped in and saved the boy. The
father thanked bim cordially, bnt asked
him if he wonld add to the obligation, as
he was already wet through, by swim?
ming ont for bis son's oap.
The following we find in the local
oolnmn of the Lebanon Free Press: "He
came conrting. He hitched his horse in
the meeting house shed. Tho animal,
not being of a serious turn of mind, left
his quarters and strolled npon the track
under the Hanover street bridge, and
collided with the midnight train-and
died. Twejjty-fl ve cents' worth of livery
stable would have saved the animal."
Young men, take warning.
A Western editor pictures a reporter,
in a proposed new stylo of school-reader,
thusly: "Here is the face of a reporter.
Bee how joyful be looks. He bas just
heard.*Uat a mau has out his own throat,
nndlie^Tt?.going for the item. Should
you like to oe a reporter, and get licked
on dark nights, and see dead persons,
and climb np four pairs of stairs?".
La Florida a deer, while swimming
away from hounds, was considerably
Blag-gered at being attacked by two alli?
gators. It made a gallant defence aud
Bold its life deer-ly.
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July 1G ?fimo Vice-Presidcn
Sum ntl '? Advice to the Colored People.
WASHINGTON, D.O., July 29, 1872.
GENTLEMEN ANO FELLOW CITIZENS: * *
I am touched by tho appeal you mako. It ie
true that I am the friend of your race, and I
am glad to be assured that ia your opinion I
havo hold a consistent course in tho Sonate
and elsewhere as the special advocate of your
rights. That course, by the bleating or God,
I mean to hold so long as lifo laetu. 1 know
your infinite wrongs, and feel them as for my
own. You only do mo simple justice when
you add a belief that my counsel, at this criti?
cal junoture of your citizenship, would bo freo
from personal footings and partisan prejudice.
In answering your inquiries, I can have no
feeling except for your good, which I most
anxiously seek; nor can any prejudice of any
kind bo allowed to intorfero. THo occasion is
too solemn. Especially ia there no room for
personal feeling or for partisan prejudice
No man or party can expoot power except for
tho genoral welfare; therefore, they must be
brought to the staudard of(ruth,that they
may bo soon in life and act. You aro right in
Haying that tho choico for ibo Presidency is
now narrowed down to President Uraut or
Horace Greoloy. Ono of theso ia to be taken;
and, assuming my acquaintance with bqth,
and my observation ot thoir liven, you invito
my judgment between them, asking mo espe?
cially which of the two, judging from their
antecedents, a? nell aa pr?sent position,
would enforce tho Constitution and laws, se?
curing your civil and political rights, with thc
most heartfelt sympathy and tho greatest
vigor. Here I remark that, in thia inquiry,
you naturally put your rights in tho fore?
ground. So do I-believing most sincerely
that tho boat interests of the wholo country
are associated with the completest recognition
of your rights, so that the two racoa shall live
together in unbroken harmony. I &lao re?
mark that you call attention to two things,
the "antecedents" of tho two candidates; and
secondly, tbt ir "present position." You wish
to know from these which gives asBuranco of
the most heartfolt sympathy and greatest
vigor in the maintenance of your rights; in
other words, which, judging by tho paat, will
be your truest friend.
The communication with which yon have
honored me ia not alono. Colored fellow-mt i
zsns in other parts of tho country, I may aay
in nearly every State of tho Union, ha vo m ado
a similar request, and some complain that I
have thus far kept silent. I am not insensible
to thia appeal. But if my opinion ia given, it
must bo candidly, acoording to my conscionce.
In this spirit I answer your inquiries, begin?
ning with the antecedents of the candidates.
1. Horace Greeley waa born to poverty and
educated himself in a printing ofliae. Presi?
dent Grant, fortunate in early patronage, be?
came a cadet at Wost Point, and waa educat?
ed at the public expense. One started with
nothing but 'industry and character; tho
other started with a military commission.
One waa trained aa a civilian; the other aa a
soldier. Horace Greoley atood forth aa a re?
former and Abolitionist. President Grant en?
listed as a pro-slavery Democrat, and, at the
election of Jamea Buchanan, fortified by his
vote all the pretensiona of slavery, including
tho Drcd Scott decision. Horace Groeloy
from early lifo waa earnest and constant
against slavery, full of sympathy with tho
colorod race, and always foremost iu tho
great battle for their rightB. President
Grant, except aa a soldier, summoned by tho
terriblo accident of war, never did anything
against slavery, nor has ho at any time
shown any apmpathy with tho colored raco.
Horace Greeley earnestly dosirod that colored
citizens should vote and ably championed im?
partial suffrage; but President Grant was on
the otherside. Beyond theae contrasts, which
aro marked, it cannot be forgotten that Horace
Greeley is a person of large heart and largo
understanding, trained to tho support ol
human rights, alwaya beneficent with tho
poor, alwaya ready for any good cause, and
never deterred by opposition or reproach, as
when for long years he befriended your peo?
ple. Add to theso qualities, conspicuous in
Lis lire, untiring industry, which leaves no
moment without its fruit-abundant political
knowledgo-acquaintance with history-the
instinct and graap of statesmanship-nu
amiable nature-a magnanimous soul, and,
above till, an honesty which no auapicion has
touched, and you have a brief portraiture
of what aro the antecedents of Horace Gree?
ley. Few of those thinga appear in tho Pre?
sident. His great success in war, and tho
honors he has won, cannottchango tho record
nf his conduct toward your people, especially
in contraat with tho life-limo fidelity of his
competitor, whilo there are unhappy "ante?
cedents" ahowing that in the prosecution ol
his plana he earea nothing for the colored
race. The story is painful, but ic must ho told.
I refer to tho outrage ho perpetrated upon
Hayti, with its 800.0U0 blacks, engagod iu
the great experiment of self-government.
Here ia a moat instructive "antecedent," re?
vealing beyond question hia true nature, and
tho whole ia attested by documentary evi?
dence. Conceiving tho idea of annoxing Do
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I South Caiolii.a Hailioad, Charle H< ?, S C.
minioa, which is tho Spanish part of the
island, and ?lu inking at nothing, Le began
by adzing tlio war powera of the Govern?
ment, in ll lorant violation of the Gonelitu
lion, and then, at great expenditure of
inouoy, sent several armed shipB of the navy,
including monitors, to maintain the usurper
Baez in power, that through him ho might
obtain the covoted prize. Not content with
this audacious dictatorship, he proceeded to
etriko at tho independence of tho black re?
public by opon monaco of war, and all with?
out the sanction of Congress, to which ie
committed tho war-making power. Bailing
into the harbor of Port-au-Prince with our
most powerful monitor, tho Dictator, proper?
ly named for thia aervico, alao the frigate Se?
vern aa consort and other monitors in their
train, tho Admiral, acting under instruct iona
from Washington, proceeded to the executive
mansion, accompanied by officers of hie
squadron, and then, pointing to tho great
war ahipa in eight (rom tho windows, dealt
his monaco of war, threatening to sink or
oapturo Uaytion ahipa. The President waa
black, not whito. Tho Admiral would have
dono no such thing to any whito ruler, nor
would our country havo tolerated Buch mo?
naco from any Government in thc world.
Hero waa indignity not only to tbo black re?
public with ita population of 800,000, but to
tho African raco everywhere, and especially
in our own country. Nor did it end herc.
For months the navy of the United Statea
was hovering on the coast, koeping that in?
sulted people in constant anxiety, whilo Pre?
sident tirant was to them like a hawk sailing
in the air, and ready to Bwoop upon bia prey.
Thia heartless, cruel proceeding found a vic?
tim among our white fellow-citizens. Au ex?
cellent merchant of Connecticut, praise.i by
all who know him, was plunged iuto prison
by Baez, where he waa immured because it
na-i feared be wonld write againat tho treaty
lof annexion, and thia captivity waa proton ced
with tho connivanco of two agenta of tho Pre?
sident, ono of whom finds constant favor
with him, and is part of the military ring im?
mediately about him. Th.it auch au oulrugo
could go unpunished ehowa the littlo regard
of the President for human rights, whether
in white or black.
I confess my triala, aa I waa called to wit
ncaa theao things. Alwaya a supporter of tho
Administration, and sincerely dcBiring to
labor with it, I ?ad never uttered a word with
regard to it except in kindness. My early op?
position to the treaty of annexation waB re?
served, so that for aomo time my opinions
were unknown. It WRB only when I ?aw tho
breach of all law, human and divine, that I
was aroused, and then began the angerof tho
Preaident and of bia ringa, military and sena?
torial. Devoted to tho African race, I folt for
them, beeiden being humbled that tho great
republic, acting through its Preaident, could
set auch an examplo, where tho National
Constitution, international law and humanity
wero all aacriQced. Especially waa I moved
when I saw tho indignity to tho colored race
which was accomplished by trampling upon a
fundamental principio of internatiotia1 law,
declaring the equality of nationa, aa our De?
claration of Independence declares the equal?
ity of men. Thia terrible transaction, which
nobody can defend, ia among the "antece?
dents" of Preaident Grant, from which you
can judge how much tho colored raco can rely
upon bia "heartfelt synipathiea." Nor can it
bo forgotten, that Bhortly afterward, on the
return of thc commiasion from thia island,
Hon. Frederick Couglaes, tho colored orator,
accomplished in manners aa in eloquence, was
thrust away from tho company of tho com
miaaiooera at thc common table of the mail
packet on the Potomac, ulmost within sight ul
tho Executive Manaion, simply on account ol
bia color; but tho President, at whoae invita?
tion he had joined the commission, never ut?
tered a word in condemnation of thia exclu
aion, and when entertaining tho returned
comniiBBionera at dinner, carefully omitted
Mr. Douglaaa, who waa in Washington ut the
timo, and thus repeated tho indignity. Gthei
things might bc mentioned sbowiug tho ay III
patinen of tho Preaident, but I cannot forget
tho civil righta bill, which ia tho cap-stone ol
that equality bo loro tho law to which all ure
entitled, without distinction of color. Prc s i
dent Grant, who cculd lobby BO assiduously
for his St. Domingo scheme, full of wrong ti
tho colored race, could do nothing for thii
beneficent meaauro. During a long aeasior
of Congress., it waa discussed constantly, HUI
tho colored pcoplo everywhere bung upon th?
debato, but thero waa no word of "heartfell
sympathy"|from the Preaident. Al last, just be
foro thc nominating convention, ho luidressei
a letter to a mooting of colored fellow-oitizeni
iu Washington, called to advauco thia cauao
where ho avoided the question, by declaring
himself in favor of "ibo exercise of those
righta to which every citizen should bo j oath
entitled," leavingit uncertain whetherculoroi
people aro justly entitled to the rights ae
cured by the pending bill. I undcratand tba
Horace Greeley has already been aaaailed bi
an impracticable Domocrat aa friendly to tho
bill, but nobody has lisped against Presiden
Granton thia account.
Among "antecedents," I deem it my ?intj
to moution the littlo capacity or induct y 61
the President in protecting colored p'-oph
and in aaBuring peace at tho South. Nobotb
can doubt that a amall portion of tho < tf >n
and earneat will, even without ibo lobbying
ao freely given to tho San Domingo scheme
would have averted those Kn Klux outrage,
which we deploro, so that thero would hav<
benn no pretence for further legislation b;
Congress" But ho waa disabled both by cha'
rainer aud tho drawback of hia own conduct
After violating the Constitution aud interna
tional law to insult the black republic, am
Betting an examplo ot insubordination, bi
waa not iu condition to rebuke law-breakers
II. Paaaing from "antecedents," I conn
now to tho "preaent position" of tho two can
didatea, which ia the subject of your next in
quiry. If in any former particulars tho twi
aro un an equality, yet in all substantial re
B pee ts -Ilia Obvious advantage ia with Horne
Greeley. Each waa nominated hy a Itcpuhli
can convention, ono at Cincinnati and th
other at Philadelphia, au that in thia rospec
they may seem to bo on an equality. But i
will" not fail to bo observed that the conven
tien ul Cincinnati waa composed of able am
acknowledged Uopublieane, many of wbe.r
have acted with tun party from its first tor
niation, who, without previous organization
came logetlier voluntarily foi- tho sake of rt
form and purity in tho Government; whilo,n:
the oilier ha nd, t ho con ven t ion at Ph i I ado!
nhia waa composed of delegates chose
largely under the influence of stockholder!
who assembled to sllsl aili what ia known a
Grantiam, being tho personal govcrnim-n
and personal pretensions ot' Grant, itivolvlii
nepotism, repayment of gifts by official pu
nonage, neglect of public duly, abseutoeinii
military rule, disregard of constitution an
law, with general unfitness and indignity t
tho colored raco -all of which in so unrepul
hean aa to make its support impossible tv
true Republicans. Therefore, tho couver
lion at. Philadelphia, though calling itae
Bopuhlican, waa less Republican in realit
than that at Cincinnati. Tho two platform!
ao far aa concoma especially the colored mei
aro aliko in substance, but that of Cincinua
ia expressed in terms most worthy of th
equal rights it states and claims: "Wo rennt
nizo tho equality of all men before tho lan
aud hold that it is tho duty of Government i
its dealings with tho people to mete out equi
and exact justino to all, of whatever nativity
raco, color or persuasion, religions or polit
cal." In othor roapecttt, tho platform of Gil
cinnati is tho most Bopublican, inasmuch s
it sets itself against those Ulircpubiicail abuse
which havo been nursed by the Presidoi
into pernicious activity.
, From tho two nominations and two pla
forma 1 como tu the supporters of tho rand
datea, and hero I look, liest, at those humed
ately abouLjthein, and, secondly, at tho pop?
lar auppeift behind. Horace Greeley hi
among bia immediate supporters, in all purl
of tho country, dt voted und consistent IV
publicans, alwaya earneat for reform and pi
rity in Government, un whose lives there ia i
shadow of Buaplcn n I t ing a contrast i
charnu tor to thooo ring? which play euch a
part iu thu present Administration. Tho
country knows too well thu military ring, tim
senatorial nug, and the custom house ling,
through which tho President acta. Bach sup?
portera are a very poor recommendation.
Looking at tho popular support behind, thu
advantage ia ?till with Uoraco Greeley. Pre?
sident Grant has at Ilia back the diversified
army of oflice-holders, drilled to obey the
word of command. Tho upeuchea praising
him uro by oflic6-holdera and members of
rings. Ili.race C.reeley linda ll toking to bia
aupport large numbera ot' Republicans unwill?
ing to continuo tho existing misrule, and as
allies with them a regenerated party which
comes forward to unite in thia Liberal move?
ment. Democrats, in joining Horace Greeley,
have changed simply au President Grant
changed whin he joined tho Republicano, ex?
cept that ho waa rewarded at once with high
oflico. The chango is open. Adopting tho
Republican platform, which placea tho equal
rights of all under tho safeguard of irreversi?
ble guarantees and at tin same time accept?
ing the nomination of a life-timo Abolitionist,
who represo ul M pre-eminently thu sentiment
or duty to tho chored race, they have sot their
corporate seal to tho sacred covenant. They
may continue Democrats in name, but they
aro in reality Republicana, by thu same title
that those who sustain Republican principles
are Republicana,.or rather they aro Dem??
crata, according to tho original signification
ot that word, dedicated to the rights of the
people. It ia idle to say that Horace Greeley
I and tho Republicans that nominated him are
any lesa Republican because Democrats unite
with them in supp?t t of cherished principles
and tho candidato who representa them. Con?
versions aru alwaya welcome, and not lesa en
because tho change is in a multitude rather
than an individual. A political party cannot,
if il would, and should not, if it could, shut
tho door against converts, whother counted
hy tho score, thc hundred or tho thousaud;
and so we lind that tho supporters of Presi?
dent Grant announce with partisan triumph
tho adhesion ol a single Democratic politician
or a single Democratic newspaper. On equal
reason, and with higher pride, may thc sup?
porters of Horaco Greeley announce tho ad?
hesion of tho Democratic party, which, turn?
ing from the things that aro behind, presses
on to those that are heforo.
It ia also idlo to aay that tho election of
noraco Greeley aa President, with Gratz
Drown aa Vice-president, both unchangeable
Republicana, will bc the return of tho Demo?
cratic party to power. On tho contrary, it
will ho the inauguration of Republican prin?
ciples, under tho safeguard of a Republican
President and Republican vice-President,
with Democrats aa avowed supporters. In
the organization ot his administration and
in tho conduct of affaira, Horace Greeley will
naturally lean upon thoso who represent best
the great promises mado of equal rights and
reconciliation at Cincinnati. If Dem?crata
aro taken, it will bo aa Republicans in heart,
recognizing tho aatociate terma of the settle?
ment aa au irreversible finality. Tho hardi?
hood of political falsehood reaches ita ex?
tremo point, when it is asserted that under
Horace Greeley tho trccdnieu will be re-en?
slaved, or that colored nenple will in any way
buffer io their equal rights. On the contrary,
they have in hie election not ouly the pro?
mises of tho plat firm, but also thu splendid
example for a full generation, during which
he has never wavered in tho assertion of their
rights. To Biippoae that Uoraco Greeley,
when placed where ho can do them tho moat
good, will depart from tho rule of his houest
lifo, is an iuault to reason. Therefore, I put
asido tho partisan allegations that Horace
Greeley lina gone to tho Dem?crata, or that
ho will be controlled by Democrats. Each ia
without- foundation or reasou, according to
my judgment. They aro attempts to avoid
what you recognize ns tho true inane, being
the question between the two candidates, or,
perhaps, they may bc considered aa scare?
crows, tu doter tho timid. Nobody who votes
for Horace Greeley will go to tho Democrats,
nor do I believe that when elected Horace
Greeley will bo under auy influence except
that enlightened conscience which will keep
him ever truo to th?* principles ho represents.
It is none tho less idle to suppose* that Dem??
crata supporting Horace Greeley expect or
der-ire that ho should depart from* thoso prill?
ciploa which aro tho glory of his charactei.
They havo accepted the Cincinnati platform
with its two-fold promises, and intend in
gond faith to maintain it . Democrats cannot
turn back who, at tho Convention adopting
thia platform, sang Greeley songs to thu tune
ot' "Old John Drown, his soul is marching
on." Meeking especially tho establishment
of character in tho National Government,
they will expect their President to bo alwaya
true to bimaelf.
Gentlemen, in thus anawering your two in?
quirios, I havo shown why you, aa colored
tellow-citizena.aud alao all who would uphold
your rights and aavo thc colored race from
indignity, should refuse to sanction tho re?
election of the President, and put your trust
in Horace Greeley. I ought to add that with
him will bo aasociated aa vice-President
Gratz Brown, whom I have known foryearaaa
a moat determined Abolitionist. The two to?
gether will carry into the National Govern?
ment au unswerving devotiou to vour rights,
not to bo disturbed by partisan dictation or
sectional pn judice. Residen all this, which
may fitly guide you in determining between
the two candidates, it ia my duty to remind
you that, aa Citizen? of the United states, and
part of tho country, your welfare is indisso?
lubly associated with that nf tho whole coun?
try. Where all aro prosp?rons you will bo
gainera. Tberofore, while justly careful of
your own rights, you cannot he iiidifferen* to
tho blessings of good government. It ia tor
you to consider whether the time has not
como for something better th.m the a word,
and whether ii character like Horace Greeley
does not give stronger asatiraiicu of good go?
vernment than can hu found it, tho insulter of
thu colored rac?, already fanions from the
rings about him and his plain inaptitude for
Civil life. The supportera of President (?raut
compel us to obaoi ve bia tiffin ces and short?
comings. The comparison they challenge
cannot bo declined, lt will be tor others iu
the present cm vasa to hold it before thu
American people. Speaking nov. for myself,
I have to ?ny that my vole will hu given for
Hornee OriH-luj ; but in giving it I do not go to
tho Democratic parly, nor nm 1 any lesa a
Republican. On tho contrary, 1 am so much
ol' u Republican that I cannot support n can?
didate whose conduct in civil lifo shows un
incapacity to appreciate Republican princi?
ples, and whoso administration ie marked by
ness ot delinq liney, especially to tho colored
ra.-i , by the Bide ol willoh the allegations on
lite ?lllpeHi'hn.? ut Ol' Andrew Johnson were
IfCtiuieal and trivial. Uuqucationablv Presi?
dent tirant rles?M'Vod impeachment for high
i-ria.es mut misdemeanors, rathor than a ro
nomination, and on tho trial it would have
boen enough to exhibit bia seizure of tho war
power and bia indignity tn tho black republic,
with its population of Hon,ooo, in violation ol
tho Nat ion al Constitu? ion and of international
law. And hore a contrast arises between him
and Abraham Liucolu. Tho latter, in his first
annual mesaago, recommended tho recogni?
tion or wit it ho called tho '-independence and
sovereignty of Hay ti," hut it is at thoso that
President "Grant baa struck. Ono nf Abra?
ham Lincoln's first acts was to put tho black
republic nu au equality with tho other
powers; ono ol President Giant's waa to de?
grade ii.
I am HO much of a Republican that I wish
to BOU in the Presidential chair a lifu-tiliU!
Abolitionist. I also Wi sh a Pn sideiu sincerely
devoted to civil service reform, beginning
willi tho "one-term principle," which Presi?
dent Grant once accepted, but now disowns,
1 also wish a President who sets thu example
or industry and unselfish dedication to tin
public good. And I wish to seo a President
through whom wo may expect peace and har?
mony, instead of discord. Strangely, Presi?
dent Grailt seems lo delight ill atrito. If hi
finds no enemy, hit tally upon bia friends, ie
. when ho struck at tho black republic, insult oil
! Russin in his annual message, offended bott
Franco and Germany, and then, in personal
relations, quarreled generally. My own per?
sonal experience teaches how lutilo ie tito
chargo, that because Horace Greeley receives
Democratic votes, therefore ho becomes a
Democrat, or lapses under Democratic con?
trol. I waa first chosen to tho Senate by a
coalition of Free Soilcra and D?mocrate. De?
mocratic votea helped make me Senator from
Massachusetts, as they also helped maku my
excellent friend. Mr. Chase, Senator from
Ohio, aud will help make. Horace Greeley Pre?
sident. But neither Mr. Chaso nor myself
waa on thia account leas faithful aa Freo
Soil? ra, and, answering tor myself, I know that
I nover became a Democrat or lapse! under
Democratic control. 1 do not doubt that Ho?
race Greeley will be equally consistent. Tho
charge to tho contrary, ao veli? ment ly repeat?
ed, aecma to reflect tho character ot those
who make it, except that they may repeat it
by roto. There ia a common saying, "Princi?
ples, not men," and on this ground an appeal
ia mado for President Grant, feeling j uatly
that, iu any personal comparison with Horace
Greeley, ho must fail. But a better Haying ia,
"Principles awi men." I am for the princi?
ples of tho Bepublicau party in contradiction
to Grautiam, ana I am for tho mau wbo truly
represents them. By theao principles I aball
aland, for them I bball labor, and io their tri?
umph I shall alwaya rejoice. If any valued
friend separates from mo now, it will be be?
cauao hoplucea u man above jirittciples. Earl v
ill public lifo, 1 declared my h tl io heed for
party, aud my indifference to tho name by
which I am cabed; and now I confess my
want ol s> m pa thy with thoao who would chug
to thu form after ita spirit baa tied.
Allow tue to call attention to another and
controlling consideration, which cannot be
neglected by the good citizen. WatcbiDg tho
remarkable movement, that has ended in the
double nomination of Uoraco Greeley.it ia
oaay to aeo that it did not proceed from poli?
ticians, whether at Ciuciuua i or Baltimore.
Evidently it waa tho heart of tho people, sore?
ly wrung by war and tho controversies it en?
gendered, which found thia expression. Sir
Philip Sidney said of the uprising in the Ne?
therlands, "It ia tho spirit of tho Lord, and is
irresistible," and such a spirit is manifest
now. Notwithstanding tho counteracting
iniluenco of politicians-Bepublican and De?
mocratic-in tho face of persistent ridicule
and against the extravagance of unscrupulous
opposition-the nomination at Cincinnati was
triumphantly adopted at Baltimore. Such an
unpiccedented victory, without concert or
Erepulsion of any kind, can be explained only
y supposing that it ia in harmony with a po?
pular longing. That Democrats, nnd espe?
cially those of tho 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 reconciliation
of which Horace Greeley waa an early repre?
sentative. In atandiug by Jefferson Davis at
bia trial, and signing his bail-bond, he ahowed
tho aamo sentiment of humanity he BO con?
stantly displayed in standing by the colored
race throughout their prolonged trial, so that
tho two discordant races find kindred hospi?
tality in him, sud he thus becomes a tie of
union.
The nomination baa been adopted by the
Democrats, in convention naaembled. Thia
was an event which tho supportera of Fret-i
dt nt (?runt declared impossible. I do not eec
how it eau bo regarded otherwise than aa a
poace-oflering. Aa such, it ia of infinite
value, lt ia a rcvoltitiou, and ita suceas in
pacifying the country will be in proportion to
ita acceptance by ua. I dare not neglect the
great opportunity, nor can I stan l aloof. It
ia in harmony with my lifo, which placea
peace above all (binga except the righta of
mun. Thun h r, iu constant efforts for tho
colored lace, I lluYO sincerely tonghi tho
good of all, which I waa turo would bu beet
Obtained in fulfilling (bo promises ot the De?
claration of I nd? prudence, making all equal
in rights. The spirit in wi ich 1 acted appears
in an early speech, where 1 said: "Nothing in
hate; nothing iu vengeanco." Never havo 1
naked for nuuishmeut. Most anxiously havo
I looked for tho time, which seems riow at
hand, when Ibero ahouhl bo reconciliation
nut only bs tween tho North and South, hut
between tho twt> races, BO that tho two aec
lioua sud tho two races may bo lifted from
the ruta and grooves in whiuu they are now
fastened, and matead ut irritating antagonism
without end, tnere aball *be sympathetic co?
operation.
Tho existing differences ought to bo ended.
There ia a time for ?ill thu gs, a;ul we are ait
moniched, hy a wide-spread, popular upria
iug, bursting the bonds of party, that the
time baa como for estrangement to ceaao be?
tween people who, hy tho ordinance of God,
tunal livo together. Gladly do I welcomo tho
happy aigus; nor can I obaerve, without ro
gret. the colored people,in organized masses,
reaiating tho friendly overtures, even to tho
exteut of intimidating thoao who aretheother
way. It ia fur them to consider carefully
whether they should not tako advantage of
tho unexpected opening and recognize tho
bail-bond given at Baltimore aa the aaeurance
of pcaco, holding tho parties to the full per?
formance of ita conditions. Provided alwaya
that their rights are fixed, I am auro it cannot
be beat Tor the colored peoplo to baud together
in a hostile camp, provoking antagonism and
keeping alive the separation of ri ct s. Above
all there must be no intimidation, but every
voter must act froely. without constraint from
leagno or lodge. Much better will it be when
the two political parties competo for your
votea, each anxious for > our support. Guly
then will that citizenship, by winch you are
entitled to tho equal rights nf all have ita na?
tural fruit?. Oily thou will there bo that
harmony which ia essential to a true civiliza?
tion, 'tho present position uf thu colored
citizen i* poi ilona. He in exposed to injurious
pressure when be neilds support. But I ace
n<> ??arty extrication except in the way pro
poeoil. -Let him cut adult from managers
who WOltld wiehl him merely a? a political
f.irot>, with littlo regard to his own good, and
bravely stau?! by (he candidate who has stood
by tutu. If Democrats unite with lum, au
nindi thc botter. Tin;association ?>iiou begun
must naturally rip? ti iu common friendship
and trust.
I am tor peace in reality ?.a in name. From
the bottom of my heart 1 am for peace, ami I
welcome nil thai makes lor peaco. With
deep-felt satirfaction, I remember that nu
citizen wdio ?lrow bis sword against Us baa
suffered by tho hand of tho executioner. In
just association with thia humanity will be
thu triumph of ? ipial righta when the pro
miaea ot tho great declaration aro all fulfilled,
and our peoplo aro united, aa never before, in
tho enduring fellow ship of a common citizen?
ship. To thia cud, thore muat be reconcilia-.
lion, nor oan I withhold my hand. Freely I
accept tho hand that is offered, and reach
forth my own in frioudly grasp. I am againat
tho policy of bato; I am against fanning an?
cient dames into continued life; I am againat
raking in tho ashes of tho past for coala of
Uro yet burning. Pilo up the ashes; extin?
guish tho llamo?; abolish tho hate; such is my
deairo. And now, turning to tho Democratic
party. I hold it to all tho covenants solemnly
givon in tho adoption of a Bepublican plat?
form, with Horace Greeley as candidato.
There can bo no backward step.
With no common sympathy 1 havo observeil
that Mr. Hendricks, a leading Democrat,
whom I knew and esteemed in tho Sent/to,
baa recently announced his accept ance of the
constitutional amendments, with their logi?
cal results. Ho proposes, aa a proper key
nolo to tho extraordinary movement now
swelling to a sure triumph, "Juat Laws and
Public Virtue." Thia ia a worthy aspiration,
entirely tit ?ni I Iii -a occaaion. My key-noto ie.
' The Unity of tho Bi public, and tho Equal
Bights ol AU, with Reconciliation." Such ia
my cry, and wherever my voico eau roach,
there do I itisiat upon all these, humbly invok?
ing the blessings of Divine Providence, which,
I believe, muat descend upon auch a cause.
Accept my boat wishes fur youraelvoa per?
sonally ?nd for tho peoplo yon represent, and
believe me, gentlemen, your faithful friend,
CHABLE8 SOMNHt.
To Dr. AUGUSTA, W. H. WOBMLET, and otb? re.
Change of Schedule.
WILMINGTON, COLUMBIA & AUGUSTA R. P. Co.
S?PKBINTENDENT'S OFFICE,
. WILMINGTON, N. C., July ai, lb72.
?H5TH3??S?ttt^i AFTE?? thia date thu
W-W ?W"Sl?? following schedule will
ho run hy trains on this roau :
_DAY EXPBES8TBA1N [DAILY.]
Leave Wilmington [Union Depot| 8 25 A.M.
Arrivo at Florence. 9 13 A M.
Arrive at Columbia. 1.85 P.M.
Leave Columbia. 12 00 M.
Arrivo at Florene?. ' 4 io P M*
Arrive Wilmington [Union Depot] 10.25 F*. M*.
NIGHT KXPBESB THAIN.
Loavo Wilmington [Union Depot] 5.45 P. M.
Arrivo at Florence. ll 88 P M
Arrivo at Columbia. * ' 3.45 /? M '
Leave Columbia. 10 20 P* M*
Arrive at Florence.2.09 A!M!
Arrivo at Wilmington.8 00 A? M*
No NIGHT TRAINS leave Wilmington' or
Columbia Sunday P.M.
July 31 JAB. ANDERSON, Gen'l Sup't.
Charlotte.Columbia and Augusta K. K
SUPERINTENDENTS OFFICE,
COLUMBIA, 8. C., June 9,1872.
fTS S?SSli?Kt! 0N RDd nftor Mondav,
mmLSSfirJ?aiI?JBy1 June ll, the following
schedule will be run over this road:
GOING aouTn.
Train No. 1. Train No. 2.
Leave Charlotte.COO A. M. 8.20 P.M.
Leave Columbia.1.54 P. M. 8.40 A. M.
Arrivo Augusta.7.46jP. M. 8.20 A. M.
GOINO NOBTH.
Loavo AngnBts.G35A.M. 5 50P.M.
Leave Columbia.. .'.12 SC P. M. 11.C2P. M.
Arrive Charlotte.7.42 P. M. 6.00 A. M.
Standard Time ten minutes Blower than
Washington; tix min?tes ahead Columbia.
No. 1 Train daily. No. 2 Train daily, Sun?
days excepted. Both trains make CIOBO con?
nection to all points North, South and Weet.
Through tickets sold and baggage checked
to all principal points.
E. P. ALEXANDER, General Sup.
E.R. DQBSEY, Gen. Freight and Ticket Agen t
Greenville and Columbia Railroad.
PASSENGER TRAIN SCHEDULE.
SfllMraW DAILY, Sunda yu
EME^TLIE?excepted, connecting
with Night Trams on Booth Carolina Railroad
up and down; also with t rains going North
and South on Charlotte, Colu*r>?ia arid Au?
gusta Railroad, and Wilmington, Columbia
and Augusta Railroad.
UP.
Leave Columbia at. 7.45 a. m.
Leave Alston. 9.85a.m.
Leave Newberry. .11.15 a. m.
Leave Cokeabury. 2.45 p. m.
Leave Belton. 4 80 p. m.
Arrive at Greenville. 6.10 p.m.
DOWN.
Leave Greenville at. 6.80 a. m.
Leave Belton. 8.30 a.m.
Leave Cokesbnry.10.15 a. m.
Leave Newberry.... 1.30 p. m.
Leavo Alston.3.20 p.m.
Arrivo at Columbia. 510 p.m.
.liiiierson Branch and Blue Ridge Division.
DOWN. DP.
Leave Walhalla. 4.45 a. m. Arrive 7.50 p. m.
Leave Perrjville 5 25 a. m. Leave 7.15 p. m.
Leave Pendleton 0.10 a. m. Leave 0 SO p. ni.
Leave Anderson 7 10 a.m. Leave 5.30 p.m.
Arrive at Belton 8.00 a.m. Leave 4 SO p. m.
Accommodation Trains inn on Branch Roads
on Mondaya, Wedneeda} a ano Fridays.
Abbeville Brandt.
Leave Cokeabury for Abbeville at. .10.20 a. m.
Leave Abbeville for Cokeabury.... 1.30 p.m.
THOMAS DODAMEAD, Gen. Eup.
M. T. BARTLETT, General Ticket Agent.
Richmond and Danville Railroad.
tSamCSS^ffi CONDENSED TIME
48855^0^^07ABLE, in effect on and
atter Sunday, June 2,1872:
GOING NORTH.
STATIONS. HAIL. EXPBEi-S.
Leave Greensboro,_ 1.15 A.M. 10 00 A.M.
Leavo Danville. 3 54 A. M. 12 48 P. M.
Leave Burkvillo. 9 10 A. M. 5 45 P. M.
Leave Amelia C. li_10 02 A. M. C.40P. M.
Arrive at Richmond.. .12.12 P. M. 0.47 P. M.
GOING SOUTH.
Leave Richmond. 2.35 P.M. 5.20 A.M.
Leave Amelia CH. 4 50 P. M. 7.20 A. M.
Leave Burkvillo. 5.45 P. M. 8 28 A. M.
Leavo Danville.10 50 P. M. 12.55 P. M.
Arrive at Greensboio.. 1.10 A. M. 3.50 P. M.
Traine leaving Richmond at 2.35 P. M., ai d
at 5 20 A. M., connect at Greensboro with
traine on North Carolina Division, for all
points South. PasBtngers leaving Richmond
at 2.S5 P. M., conneot at Greensboro with
train for all pointe Eaet of Green&boro. Pas?
senger train leaving Raleigh at 7.50 P.M.,
connects at Greensboro with Northern-bound
Mail train, arriving in Richmond at 12 02 P.
M. JOHN B. MACMURDO,
General Freight and Ticket Agent.
T. M. R. 7 ALcoT, Engineer and Gen. Sup't.
MIRTH t'AHOLINA DIVISION.
GOING NORTH.
STATIONS. MAIL. EXFBEf-fc.
Leave Charlotte. 8 40 P. M. 6.30 A. M.
Leave Salisbury.10.47 P.M. 8.47 A. M.
Leave High Point.12 28 A. M. 10 19 A. M.
Arrivo at Greensboro. 1.09 A. M. ll 00 A. M.
Leavo Greensboro- 1.60 A.M. 11.10 A.M.
Leavo Company tfbopa 3 80 A. M. 12.21 P. M.
Leavo Hillaboro. 4 38 A. M.
Leave Raleigh.7 SO A. M.
Arrive at Goldeboro.. .10 10 A. M.
GOING SOUTH.
Leavo Goldebero. 4 00 P. M.
Leave Raleigh.715 P. M.
Leave Hillsboro. 9.31 P. M.
LeaveCompanyShops.il 10 P. M. 2 15 P. M.
Arrive at Grcousboio.12 24 A. M. 3.30 P. M.
Leave Greenaboro_ 1.10 A.M. 4.00 P.M.
Leave HighPoint.... 1.52 A.M. 4.40P.M.
Leave Salisbury. 8 82 A.M. 6 13 P.M.
Arrivo at Charlotte... 5.35 A.M. 8.10 A.M.
; Passenger train leavlDg Raleigh 11 7.15 1'.
M., connecta at Greensboro with Northern
bound nain; making the quickest time to all
Northern citiea. Price of tickets samo aa ria
other routea. Mail Wains daily, both ways,
over entiro length of road. Exprese daily
between Company Shops and Charlotte (Sun
dave excepted.) All paBseuger traine connect
at Greensboro with trains to and from Rich?
mond. Rollman Pulaco Cara on all night trains
between Charlotte and Richmond, without
chango. S. E. ALLEN. Gen. Ticket Agent.
W. H. G BEEN, Master Transportation.
Change ot Schedule.
SOUTH CAIIOLINA RAILBOAD COMPANY,
COLUMBIA, S. C., June 9,1872.
ifilB toCgoTtof ?dUon
and atter Sunday, 24th instant:
MAIL AND PASS EN GEB TBA1N.
Leave Columbia at. 1 AO a ni
Arrive at Charleston at.8 20 p ni
Leave Charleatonat.8.10 am
2 rrive at Columbia at.3.40 p m
NIGHT EXPRESS, I I!FIGHT AND ACCOMMODATION
THAIN, [Suudaya oxcepted.]
Loave Columbia at.-G.C0 p m
Arrive at Charleeton at.J.WJ a m
Leave Charloaton at.7.10 p m
Arrivo at Columbia at..-6.40 a m
Camden Accommodation Tram will cen
tinuoto mn to Columbia ae formerly-Men
dayB. WedneedayB and SaturrtayB.
A. 1?. T?LER, Vice-FreBidrnt.
8. B. TICKINS, General Ticket Agent.
Summer Schedule S. & U. E. R.,
rgmaBMJ DOWN TRAIN. UP TRAIN.
Ijigg^gP Arrive. Leave. Arrivo. Leave
Spartanburg.. 5.30 5.25
Ratoavillo. 6.0O 6.C0 4.C3 4.5.1
Pacolot. 6.08 6.13 4.40 4.45
Joneevillo. 6.43 6.48 4.C5 4.10
Cnionvillo. 7.25 7.50 8.05 3.25
Hantuc. 8 20 8 25 2 30 2.35
Fiab Dam. 8.40 8.45 2.10 2.15
Sholton. 9.15 9.20 1.35 1.40
T.yloa' Ford... 9.40 9.45 1.12 1.17
Strother. 10.05 10.10 12.50 12.55
Ahdon. 11.00 17.OO
May 24 TUOS. B. ETER. President