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THE PHONIXj
' ILI'JII?D OAII.Y AHD TUI-WKEHLY.
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Tlie Secant! Exodm.
Thore carno a sound of wailing
Ftom a certain little hand,
Who four'ong woary years
Have smoked and rul'd tho land.
They watoh'd the bright flame kindle
That was to "cook their gooao,"
And then sent up a howling,
Like hungry wolves lot loqao.
Tbey saw the Greeley column
Marohing proudly along;
They heard its steady foot-tramp,
And ita grand triumphal song,
And by ita strength and greatness,
Knew their exodus was nigh;
Then baok upon their fluah-pota
They oast a longing eye
Then spako each to tho other,
Let ns go upon tho plan
Of Israel in Egypt,
And borrow all we can.
For the Jordan we must travel
Will be very hard, we know;
We have had our milk and honoy,
But we will not empty go.
The grave of a child was opened oue
night last week, at Macon, Mase., and
the name,plate and handles of the coffin
eorewed off and taken away. The coffin
was left near the grave.
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Sumnci'? Advice to the Colored People.
WASHINGTON, D. C., Joly 29, 1872.
G ENTLEHEN AMD FSLbOW CITIZENS : * *
I am touched by tho appeal you make. It is
true that I am the friend of your race, and I
am Riad to be assured that in your opinion 1
have held a consistent oourse in the Bonato
aud elsewhere as the special advocate of your
rights. That courBO, by the bleating of God,
I mean to hold so long as life lasts. I know
your infinite wrongs, and feel them aa for my
own. You only do me simple justice when
you add a belief that my counsel, at thia criti?
cal juncture of your citizenship, would be free
from personal footings and partisan prejudice.
In answering yonr inquiries, I oan have no
fooling except for your good, which I most
anxiously seek; nor can any prc Judies of any
kind be allowed to interfere- The occasion in
too solemn. Especially is thero no room for
personal feeling or for partisan prejudico.
Ho man or party can expect power except for
the general welfare; therefore, they must bo
brought to the standard of truth, that they
may be soon in life and act. You are right iu
saying that tho ohoice for tho Presidency is
now narrowod down to President Orant or
HorkceGreoloy. One of theso ls to bc taken;
and, assumiug my acquaintance with both,
and my observation ot their lives, you invite
my judgment botweeu them, asking mo eepe*
cially which of tho two, judging from their
antecedents, an well as pr?sent position,
would enfoico tho Constitution and laws, so
curing your civil and political rights, with tho
moBt heartfelt rympathy and. the greatest
vigor. Here I remark that, in this inquiry,
you naturally put your rights in tho fore?
ground. Bo do I-believing most sincerely
that the host interests of tho wbolo country
aro associated with tho completest recognition
of your rights, so that tho two races shall live
together in unbroken harmony. I also re?
mark that you call attention to two things,
tho "antecedents" of tho two candidatos; and
secondly, their "present posit ion." You wish
to know from these which gives assurance of
tho most heartfelt sympathy and greatest
vigor in tho maintenaDco of your rights; in
other words, which, judging by tho past, will
bo your truest friend.
The communication with which you havo
honored me is not alone. Colored fellow-citi?
zens in other parts of the country, I may say
in nearly overy State of the Union, havo 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, acoording to my conscience.
In this spirit I answer your inquiries, begin?
ning with the antecedents of the candidates.
1. Horace Qreeley was born to poverty and
educated himself in a printing oflico. Presi?
dent Grant, fortunate in early patronage, be?
came a cadet at West Point, and was educat?
ed at the public expense. One started with
nothing but industry and character; tho
other started with a military commission.
Ono waa trained as a civilian; the other aa a
soldier. Horaco Greeley stood forth as a re?
former and Abolitionist. President Grant on
listed as a pro-slavery Democrat, and, at tho
election of James buchanan, fortified by his
vote all the pretensions of slavery, including
tho Dred Scott decision. Horaco Greeley
from early lifo was earnest and constant
against slavery, full of sympathy with tho
colored race," and always foremost in tho
great hattie for their rights. President
Grant, except as a soldier, summoned by tho
terrible accident of war, never did anything
against slavery, nor has ho at any time
shown any enmpathy with tho colored raco.
Horace Greoley earnestly desired that colored
citizens should volo and ably championed im?
partial suffrage; but President Grant was on
tho otherside. Beyond theso contrasts, which
are marked, it cannot be forgotten that Horaco
Greeley is a person of largo heart and largo
andu,standing, trained to tho support of
human rights, always beneficent with the
poor, always ready for any good cause, and
never deterred by opposition or reproach, as
when for long years he befriended your peo?
ple. Add to these qualities, conspicuous in
his lifo, untiring industry, which leaves no
moment without its fruit-abundant political
knowledge-acquaintance with history-the
instinct and grasp of statesmanship- an
amiable nature-a magnanimous soul, and,
above all, au honesty which no suspicion bas
touched, and you nave a brief portraiture
of what are tho antecedents of Horace Gree?
ley. Few of these things appear in tho Pre?
sident. His great success in war, and tho
honora he has won, oannotfebango the record
of bis oonduot toward your poople, especially
in contrast with the life-time fidelity of his
competitor, while there are unhappy "ante?
cedents" showing that in the prosecution of
his plans he earea nothing for the colored
raco. The story ia painful, but it must bo told.
1 refer to the outrage he perpetrated upon
Hayti, with ita 800.0C0 blacks, engaged in
the great experiment ot self-government.
Here iq a most instructive "antecedent," re?
vealing beyond question bis true nature, and
the whole is attested by documentary evi?
dence. Conceiving the idea of annexing Du
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Passenger and Ticket Agent, South Carclinn ?ailrrad. ALFBEI1 L. llll<n,
July IC ifimo vice-President South Carol!] a Paihoad. Cl. ni le tte n, H. C.
minioa, which ie tho Spanish part of the
island, and shrinking at nothing, he began
by seizing the war powers of tho Govern?
ment, in flagrant violation of the Constitu?
tion, and then, at great expenditure of
money, sent several armed ships of the navy,
including monitors, to maintain thu usurper
Baez in power, that through him bo might
obtain the coveted prize. Not content with
this audacious dictatorship, ho proceeded to
strike at tho independence of the black re?
public by open menace of war, and all with?
out the sanction of Congress, to which is
committed tho war-making power. Sailing
into tho harbor of Port-au-Prinoo with our
most powerful monitor, the Dictator, proper?
ly named for thin aervico, aleo tho frigate Se?
vern as consort and other monitors in thoir
train, toe Admiral, acting under instructions
from Washington, proceeded to the exooutive
mansion, accompanied by officers of Lia
squadron, and then, pointing to tho great
war ships in Bight Iroin tho windows, dealt
his monaco of war, threatening to sink or
oapturo Iiayticn ships. Tho President was
black, not white. Tho Admiral would havo
done no such thing to any white ruler, nor
would our country have tolerated such mo?
naco from any Government in tho world.
Hero was indignity not only to tho 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 hero.
For months the navy of the United Statea
was hovoring on tho coast, keeping that in?
sulted people in constant auxiety, while Pre?
sident Grant waa to them like a hawk sailing |
in tho air, and ready to swoop upon his prey.
Thia heartless, cruel proceeding found a vic?
tim among our white fellow-citizeiiB. An ex?
cellent merchant of Connecticut, praiser by
all who know him, waa plunged intu prison
by Bat z, where ho was immured because it
waa feared ho would write against the treaty
of annexion, and thia captivity was prolonged,
with tho connivance of two agents of the Pre?
sident, ono of whom Iluda conetaut favor
with him, and is part of thc military ring im?
mediately about him. That such an outrago
could go unpunished shows the little regard
of tho President for human righte, whether
in white or black.
I confess my trials, as I was called to wit?
ness these things. Always a eupportcr of tho
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, BO that for some timo my opinions
were unknown, lt waB only when I saw tho
breach of all law, human and divine, that I
was aroused, and then began the anger of the
President and of his rings, military and sena?
torial. Devoted to tho African race, I felt for
them, besides being humbled that tho great
republic, acting through ita President, could
set such an example, whero the National
Constitution, international law and humanity
wero all sacrificed. Especially was I moved
when I saw the indignity to tho colored race
which was accomplished by trampling upon a
iuudamoutal principle of international law,
(belaring the equality of nations, aa our De?
claration of Independ? nee declares the equal?
ity of men. This terrible transaction, wiiicb
nobody can defend, is among tho **antece?
dents of Fictident Grant, from which you
can judgo how much the colored race CHU rely
upon his "heartfelt sympathies." Nor can it
ho forgotten, that shortly afterward, on the
return of tho commission from thia island,
Hon. Frederick t nug I aaa, the colored orator,
accomplished in manners as in eloquence, was
thrust awa> from tho company of tho com?
missioners at the common table of the mail
packet on tho Potomac, almost within sight of
the Executive Mansion, simply on account of
Ina color; hut tho President, at whose invita?
tion ho had joined the commission, never ut?
tered a worn in condemnation of thia exf 'u
sion, and when en ti rt tuning the returned
commissioners at dinner, carifully omitted
Mr. Douglass, who was in Washington at tho
time, and thud repeated the indignity. Other
things might bo mentioned showing tho sym?
pathies of thu President, but I cannot forget
the civil rights bill, which is the cap stone of
tliat equality before tho law to which all aro
entitled, without distinction of color. Presi?
dent Grant, who cc uld lobby BO assiduously
for his St. Domingo schemo, full of wrong to
tho colored race, could do nothing for thia
beneficent measure. During a long session
of Congress, it waa discussed constantly, and
tho colored people everywhere hung np?n tho
debate, but there was no word of '.heartfelt
sy nipathy ",from tho President. At laat. just bo
fore the nominating convention, hu addressed
a letter to a meeting of colored fellow-citizena
in Washington, called to advance -this canae,
where ho avoided the question, by declaring
himself in favor of "tho exercise of those
rights to which every citizen should be justly
entitled," leaving it uncertain whether colored
people ?x? jun'.Iy untitled to the rights se?
cured by the pending bill. I understand that
Horace Greeley bas already been assailed by?
an impracticable Democrat aa friendly to this
bill, but nobody baa lisped against Preaidunt
Grabt on thia account.
Among "antecedents," I deem it my duty
to mont ion the little capacity or industiy of
the President ia protecting colored p> opie
and in assuring peace at the South. Nobody
can doubt that a small portion of tho effort
and earnest will, even without tho lobbying
ao freely givon to the San Domingo scheme,
would have avorted thone Ku Klux outragea
which wo deploro, BO that thoro would have
been no pretence fur further legislation by
Congress. But ho waa disabled both by cha?
racter and the drawback of bia own conduct.
After violating the Constitution and interna?
tional law to insult the black republic, and
Betting an example ot insubordination, he
was not in condition to rebuke law-breakera.
II. Passing from "antecedents," I como
now to the "present position" of tho two can?
didates, which is the subject ol your next in?
quiry. It in any former particulars the two
aro on an r.qnafity, yet in all substantial re?
spects the envious advantage ia with Horace
Greeley. Each was nominated by a Republi?
can convention, one at Cincinnati and tho
other at Philadelphia, so that in (hie reaped
they may seem to bo on an equality. But it
will not fail to be observed that the conven?
tion at Cincinnati WAS composed of able and
acknowledged Republicans, mauy of whom
have acted with the party from ita first for?
mation, who, without previous organization,
came together voluntarily for the Bake of re?
form ana purity m the Government; while.on
the other hana, the convention at Philadel
fdna was oompoaod of delegatoa chosen
argely under the influence of stockholders,
who aaBombled to sustain what is known aa
Orantism, being tho personal government
and personal pretensions of Grant, involving
nepotism, repayment of gifts by official pa- ,
tronage, neglect of public duty, absenteeism.
mild arv rule, disregard of constitution and !
law, with general unfitness and indignity to
tho colored race-all of which is so unrepub
hean as to make itu support impossible tor
(ruo Republicana. Therefore, tho conven?
tion at Philadelphia, though calling itself
Republican, was leas Republican in reality
than that at Cincinnati. The two platforms,
so far as concorns especially the colored mon,
aro alike in substance, but that of Cincinnati
ia expressed in terms most worthy of tho
equal rights it atarea and claims: "Wo recog?
nize tho equality of all men boluro tho law,
and hold that it is the duty of Government iu
ita dealings with tho poople to mete ont equal
and exact juatico to al!, of whatever nativity,
race, color cr persuasion, religions or politi?
cal." In other rospecta, tho platform or Cin?
cinnati is tho most Republican, inasmuch aa
itscts itself against those uniepiihlicun abuses
which havo bein nursed by thu Pr?sident
into pernicious activity.
From tho two nom i nr.: ion s and two plsl*
forms 1 come to tho supporters of t lie candi?
dates, and In re I look, first, ?it thone immedi?
ately about thorn, and, si e< ?.illy, nt tho popu?
lar support be: ind. Ilot ace Urot-Joy has
among bin imm?diate supporters, in "ll pait
of tho country, di voted und consistent 1!<-|
publicans, always carnee! for ri lorin mol pu
rity in Government, on whose lives thin*? i" no *
..lindow ol sus] i. ' o l>? ing n cotilinil in!
character to those ringa which pta; each a
part io tho present Administration. The
country knows tuo well tbe military ring, the
senatorial ring, and tho custom house ring,
th rough which the President acts. Such sup?
porters aro a very poor rooonimondatiou.
Looking at thu popular support behind, the
advantage is still with Horace. Greeley. Pre?
sident Grant has at his back the diversified
army of office-holders, drilled to obey the
word of command. The? upocches praising
him are by office-holders and members of
rings. Hcraco Greeley finds flocking to bis
support large numbers of Republicans unwill?
ing to continue the existing miarnle, and as
allies with thom a regenerated party which
comes forward to unito in this Liberal move?
ment. Democrats, in joining Horace Greeley,
have ohanged simply as President Grant
changed whm ho joiued tho Republicans, ex?
cept that ho was rewarded at once with high
office. Tho change is open. Adopting tlie
Republican platform, which places tho equal
rights of all under tho safeguard of irreversi
blo guarantees and at tin samo timo accept?
ing the nomination of a lift -time Abolitionist,
who represe ats pro-eminently tho eoutiment
or duty to tho colored race, they have sot their
corporato soal to tho sacred covenant. They
may continuo Democrats in name, but they
are in reality Republicans, by tho hamo title
that thoso who sustain Ropubl?an principles
are Republicans, or rather they aro Demo?
crats, according to the original signification
Otthat word, dedicated to tho rights ol' the
people, lt is idlo to say that Horace Greeley
und the Republicans that nominated him are
any less Republican because Democrats unite
with them in suppoit of cherished principle?
and tho candidate who represents thom. Con?
versions are always welcome, and uot h KS HO
because the change is in a multitude rather
than an individual. A political party cannot,
if it would, and should not, if it could, shut
the door agaitist converts, whether counted
by tho score, tho hundred or tho thousand;
and so we fiud that tho supporters of Presi?
dent Grant announcer with partisan triumph
the adhesion ot a singlo Democratic politician
or a single Democratic nownpaper. On cqnal
reason, and with higher pride, may tho sup
Eorters of Horace Urooley announce tho ad
osinn of tho Democratic party, which, turn?
ing from tho things that aro bi hind, prennes
on to those that are before.
It ia also idlo to say that tho election of
Horace Oreolcy as President, with Gratz
Brown as Vico-Prosideut, both unchangeable
Republicans, will he tho return of tbe Demo?
cratic party to power. On tho contrary, it
will ho the inauguration of Republican prin?
ciples, nuder the safeguard of a Republican
President and Republican vice-President,
with Democrats as avowed supporters. In
Ibo organization of Ina administration and
in the conduct of affairs, Horace Greeley will
naturally lean upon thoeo who represent best
tho great promises mado of equal rights and
reconciliation at. Cincinnati. If Democrats
aro taken, it will bo an Republicans in heart,
rccogmzinjr tho associate terms of the settle?
ment BB au irreversible finality. The hardi?
hood of political falsehood reaches ite ex?
tremo point, w hen it is asserted that under
Horace Greeley the I recd nun will bo re-en?
slaved { or that colored people will in any way
suffer in their equal rights. On the contrary,
they have in bia election not only the pro?
mise? of tho pint form, but also the splendid
example for a full generation, during which
ho baa neve r wavered in tho assertion of their
rights. To suppose that Uoraco Greeley,
when placed where ho can do them tho moat
good, will depart from the rule of his honest
lifo, ia au insult to reason. Thereforo. I put
asido tho partisan allegations that Horace
Greeley has gone to tho Democrats, or that
ho wdll bc controlled by Democrats. Each ?s
without foundation or reason, according to
my judgment. 1 hoy aro tttempts to avoid
what you recognizo as the true issue, being
tbe question between tho two candidates, or,
perhaps, they may bo considered as scare?
crows, to doter tho timid. Nobody who vutes
for Horace Greeley will go to tho Domocrate,
nor do I bclievo that when olected Horace
Greeley will ho under any fhllueuco except
that enlightened conscience which will keep
Lim ever truo to tin? principles he represents.
It is none the less idle to supposo that Demo?
crats Hupporting Horacu Greeley expect or
deliro tnat he should depart from" those prin?
ciples which aro the glory of his character.
They have accepted the Cincinnati platform
with its two-fold promise*, and intend in
good faith to maintain it. Democrats cannot
turn back who. at tho Convention adopting
this platform, sang Greeley songs to the tune
ot "Old Johu Brown, hi? soul is marching
on." Seeking especially tho establishment
of character in tho National Government,
they will expect their President to be always
truo to himself.
Gentlemen, in thus answering your two in?
quiries, 1 have ehowu why you, as oolored
tellow-uitlzons.and also all who would uphold
your rights and savo tho colored race from
indignity, should refuse to sanction the re?
election of the Presidont, and put your trust
in Horace Greeley. I ought to add'that with
him will bo aoaociatecl as Vice-Pr?sident
Gratz Brown, whom I havo known for years as
a most determined Abolitionist. The two to?
gether will carry into tho National Govern?
ment an unswerving devotion to your right*,
not to ho disturbed by partisan dictation or
soction&l prejudice. Bosides all this, which
may fitly guide you in determining between
tho two candidaten. it is mv duty to remind
you that, as citizens Of the United" irita ten, and
fiart of tho country, your welfare is indisso
ubly aHHOciated with that of the whole coun?
try. Where all are prosperous yon will bo
gainers. Therefore, while justly careful of
your own rights, you cannot bo iudifferen*. te
the blessings of good government. It itt for
you to consider whether the time has not
come for something botter than the sword,
and wbethor a character like Horace Greeley
does not give stronger assurance of good go?
vernment than can be found in the insulter of
the colored raco, already famous from tho
rings about him and his plain inaptitude for
civil life. The supportera of President Grant
compel :.s tn obsei vo his ofn neus and short?
comings. The comparison they challenge
cannot be declined, lt will be tor others in
tho present canvass to hold it before the
American people, speaking uow for myself,
I have to say that my vote will be given for
Horace G recle Y ; but in giving it I do not go to
the Democratic party, nor am I any less a
Republican. On thu contrary, I am so much
nf a Republican that 1 cannot support a can?
didate whose conduct in civil life shows an
incapacity to appreciate Republican princi?
ples, and whose administration ia marked by
act* ot dolitiquincy, especially to the colored
mee, by tho fide of which the allegations on
the impeachment ot Andrew Johnson wore
f clinical and trivial. Unquestionably Presi?
dent Grant deserved impeachment for high
uriu.es and misdemeanors, rather than a re?
nomination, and nu tho trial it would have
been enough to exhibit bis seizure of the war
power and his indignity to the black republic,
with its population of 80-0,000, in violation of
thu National Constitution and of international
law. And bern a contrast arises betweon him
and Abraham Lincoln. The latter, in h is first
annual messagn, recommended the recogni?
tion of wh ?t he callod the "iudepondence and
sovereignty of Hayti," hut it is at these that
President Grant bas Btruck. Ono of Abra?
ham Lincoln'? first act* was to put thu black
republic on an equality with tho other
power*; ono ot Pre*!.lent Grant'* was to de?
grade it.
I am so much of a Republican that I wi-h
to seo iu tho Prosit) en I ml chair a Ufa-time
Abolitionist. 1 also wish a President sincerely
devoted to civil service reform, beginning
with the "one-term principle," which Presi?
dent Cirant once accepted, but now disowns.
I also wiall a Protidont who seth tho example
of industry and unselfish dedication to the
public good. And 1 wish lo see a President
through whom we may expect peace und har?
mony, instead of discord, strangely. Presi?
dent Grant seems to deiight in strife. If ho
lind* no enemy, he tull* upon hi* friend*, n*
when ho Btruck at tho block republic insulted
Russia in bis annual message*, offended b Jth
Franco and Germany, and then, In personal
relations, quarreled generally. Hy own per?
sonal experience teaches how futile is the
ohargo, that because Horace Greeley receives
Democratic votes, therefore ho becomes a
Democrat, or lapses under Democratic con?
trol. I wa s drat chosen to tho 8enato by a
coalition of Free Boilers and Democrats. De?
mocratic votes helped make mo Senator from
Massachusetts, as they also helped make my
excellent friend. Mr. Chase, Senator from
Ohio, and will help make Uoraco Greeley Pre?
sident. But neither Mr. Chase nor myself
was on this account lesa faithful ns Free
Boilers, and, answering for myself, I know that
I never became a Democrat or lapsed under
Democratic control. I do not doubt that Ho?
race Greoloy will be equally conaiateut. The
charge to tho contrary, so vehemently repeat?
ed, seems to rt fleet the character ot those
who mako it, except that they may repeat it
by roto. There is a common saying, "Princi?
ples, not men," and on thia ground an appeal
is made for Preaident Grant, feeling j uatly
that, in any personal comparison with Horace
Greeley, ho maat fail. But. a better saying ia,
.'Principles and men." I am for tho princi?
ples of the Republican party in contradiction
to Grantiam, ana I am tor the mau who truly
repreeente them. By those principles I ahafl
stand, for them I shall labor, and iu their tri?
umph I shall always rejoice. If any valued
friend separates from me now, it will bo be
cauao he places a nian above principles. Early
iii public life, I declared my little heed for
party, and my indifference to the name by
which I am called; and now 1 confess my
want of sympathy with tboae who would cling
to the form uttor ila spirit haB lied.
Allow mo to call attention to 'bother and
controlling conaideration, whicn cannot be
neglected by the good citizen. Watching the
remarkable movement, that baa ended in the
double nomination of Horace (Ireeley, it ia
easy to seo that it did not proceed from poli?
ticians, whether at Cincinna'i or Baltimoro.
Evidently it waa tho heart of the people, sore?
ly wrung by war and tho controversies it en?
gendered, which found thia expression. Bir
Philip Kidney said of the uprising in tho Ne?
therlands, "It ia tho epirit of the Lord, and is
irresistible," and euch a spirit is manifest
now. Notwithstanding 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 Baltimoro. Buch an
unpiocedented victory, without concert or
Erepulsion of any kind, can be explained only
y supposing that it is in harmouy with a po?
pular longing. That Democrats, and espe?
cially those of the South, should adopt a life?
time Abolitioniat for President is an assurance
of willingness to associate the rights of their
colored fellow-citizens with that reconciliation
of which Horace Greeley wau an tarlv repre?
sentative. In stnnding by Jiffcrson Davis at
his trial, and signing bia bail-bond, be ahowed
tho same sentiment of humanity he ao con?
stant ly displayed in standing by tho colored
raco throughout thtir prolonged trial, to that
the two dircordaut races find kindred hospi?
tality iu him, sud he thus becomes a tie of
union.
Tho nomination haa been adopted by the
Democrats, in convention resembled. Thia
waa an event which tho supportera of Presi?
dent Grant declared imposnible. 1 do cot ser
how it can be regarded otheiwiso than aa a
peace-offering. As such, it ia bf inrinito
value, lt ia a revolution, and ita sucosa in
pacifying the country will be in proportion to
ita acceptance hy ua. 1 dare not neglect the
Rreat opportunity, nor caa 1 ?land aloof. It
ia in harmony with my lifo, which places
peace abovo all thing? except tho rights of
man. Thus fd r, in constant efforts ter the
colored luce, I have sincerely sought tho
good of all, which I wa? sure would bo beat
obtained in fulfilling the promises of tho De?
claration of Independence, making all equal
in rights. The spirit in which I acted appears
in an carly speech, where I said: "Nothing in
hate; nothing in vengeance." Never have 1
asked for punishment. Moat anxiously have
I looked for the time, which seems now at
hand, when there should bo reconciliation
not only between thu North and South, but
between tho two races, so that tho two sec?
tions and tho two ruceo may be lifted from
tho rute and grooves) in which they aro now
fastened, and matead ot irritai mg antagotiism.
without end, there ahall be sympathetic co?
operation.
The existing differences ought to be ended.
There ia a time fur all things, and we are ad?
monished, by a wide spread, popular upris?
ing, bursting the'bonds of party, that the
time haa como for estrangement to cease be?
tween people who, by the ordinance ot God,
must live together. Gladly do I welcome the
happy aigna; nor can I observe, without re
gret, the colored people, in organized masses,
resisting the friendly overtures, even to the
extent of intimidating thoso 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 aa the assurance
of peace, holding the parties to the tull per?
formance ot ita conditions. Provided always
that their rights aro fixed,I am sure it cannot
be beat for the colored people to band together
in a hostile camp, provoking antagonism and
keeping alivo the separation of races. Above
all there must bo no intimidation, bat every
voter must act freely, without couatraint from
league or lodge. Much better will it bo whoa
the two political parties compete for your
votes, each anxiona for your support. Only
then will that citizenship, by weich you are
entitled to the equal rights of all have ita na?
tural fruits. Otily thon will there he that
harmony which ia essential to a true civiliza?
tion. The preaeut position of the colored
citizen ia periloua. He ia expuaedtoiujnrioua
pressure when he needs support. But I see
no early extrication except in the way pro?
posed. Let him cut adrift from managers
who would wield him merely aa a political
f >rcc, with little regard to bia own good, and
brave'}- stand by tho candidate who baa stood
by lum. If Dem?crata uuitn with him, so
much tho better. Thc association once begun
must naturally ripen in common friendship
and trust.
I am tor peace in reality ?a in name. From
the bottom of my heart I am for peace, and I
welcome all that makes tor peace. With
deep-felt satisfaction, I remember that no
citizen who drew bia Bword against ua has
aufiered by tho band of the executioner. In
just association with thia humanity will be
the triumph of eqdal rights when the pro?
mises of too great declaration are all fulfilled,
and oar people are united, as never before, in
the enduring fellowship of a common citizen?
ship. To Ibu end, there must be reconcilia?
tion, nor oan I withhold my hand. Freely I
accept the hand that is offered, and reach
forth my own in friendly grasp. I am against
the policy of hato; I am against fanning an?
cient flames into continued life; I am against
raking in the ashes of the past for coals of
fire yot burning. Pile op the ashes; extin
Snisb the flames; abolish the bate; sueh is my
cairo. And now, turning to the Democratic
party, I bold it to all the covenants solemnly
given in tho adoption of a Republican plat?
form, with Horace Greeley as candidate.
There can be no backward step.
With no common sympathy 1 havo observed
that Mr. Hend?icka, a loading Democrat,
whom I knew and esteemed in the Senate,
baa recently announced bia accept ance of the
constitutional amendments, with their logi?
cal resulta. Ho proposes, as a proper key?
note to tho extraordinary movement now
swelling to a'euro triumph, "Juat Laws and
Public Virtue." Thia ia a worthy aspiration,
entirely lit on 1 hi-i occasion. My key-note is.
'.Tho Unify of the Republic, and tho Equal
Bights ol All, Willi Reconciliation." Such is
thy cry, and whore vor my voico can reach,
there do 1 insist upon all tht>ae, liumb?y invok?
ing the blessings of Divino Providence, which,
I believe, munt descend upon such a canee..
Accept my beat Wiehes for youraelvea pcr
aonally PIKI for the people yon represent; and
I believe me. gentlemen, vonr faithful friend,
I CHARLES BUM NI ll.
I To Dr. ArousTA, W. II. WonsiLEV, and ot ht re. ?
Change of Schedule.
WILMINGTON, COLUMBIA SC AUGUSTA lt. B. Co.
BDPEBINTENDKNT'S Grnoz,
WILMINGTON, ti. C., July 81. 1872.
jm FVSmm*-. AFTER thia dato the
MgaaaggMP following schedule *ill
bo ruii by trains on tbia road:
DAY EXPBEBU TBAIN [DAILY.]
Leave Wilmington [Union Depot J a.25 A. Bl.
Arrive at Florence. 9.13A.M.
Arrive at Columbia. 1.35 P. M.
Leave Colombia. .. 12.CO M.
Arrive at Florence. 4 10 P. M.
Arrive Wilmington [Union Depot] 10.25 P. M.
_ _" NionT EXPBEBS THAIN.
Leave Wilmington [Union Depot] 5.45 P. M.
Arrive at Florence. 1188PM
Arrive at Columbia... 3.46 A. M !
Leave Columbia. 10 20 P. M
Arrive at Florence. "* 2 09 A M
Arrive at Wilmington._8 00 A* Bl *.
No NIGHT TRAINS leave Wilmington cr
Columbia Bur.day P. M.
July 81 JAB. ANDERBON, Qon'l Sup't.
Charlotte. Columbia and Augusta R. R
BUPERINTENDENT'S OFFICE,
COLCMBIA, 8. O., June 9,1872.
schedule will bo run over this road:
GOING SOUTH.
Train No. 1. Train No. 2.
Leave Charlotte.COO A. M. 8.20 P.M.
Leave Columbia.1.54 P. M. 3.40 A. M!
Arrive Augusta.7.45iP. M. 8.20 A. M.'
GOINO sonni.
Leave Augusta.C35A.M. 5 50P.M.
Leavo Columbia_12 8fi P. M. 11.02 P. M
Arrive Charlotte.7.42 P. M. COO A. M.
Standard Time ten minutes blower thai:
Washington; tix min?tes ahead Colombia.
No. 1 Train daily. No. 2 Train daily, Sun?
days excepted. Both trains make cloee cen -
nection to all pointB North, South and Weet.
Through tickets eold and baggBge checked
to all principal points.
E. P. ALEXANDER, General Sup.
E.R. DoBBEY.Gen.Froightand Ticket Agent
Greenville and Colcmbia Bail?oarJ.
PASSENGER. TRAIN SCHEDULE.
?ratSRIMQnS^ DAILY, Sunday*
?ff?S?3r?iyrM^__J?5excepted, connecting
with Night Trains on South Carolina Railroad
np and down; alto with Traine going North
and South on Charlotte, Columbia and Au?
gusta Railroad, and Wilmington, Colcmbia
and Augusta Railroad.
UP.
Le ave Columbia at.... 7.45 a.m.
Le ave Alston............ 9 35a.m.
Leavo Newberry.11.15 a. m.
Leavo Cokesbury. 2.45 p.m.
Leave Belton. 4 80p.m.
Arrive at Greenville. 6.10 p.m.
DOWN.
Leave Greenville al. 6.30 a.m.
Leavo Belton. 8.30 a. m.
Leavo Cokesbury.10.15 a. m.
Leavo Newberry. 130 p.m.
Loavo Alston. 3 20 p.m.
Arrive at Columbia.510 p.m.
-4?idfr?m Branch and Hue Bidne Division.
DOWN. rn?.
Leavo Walhalla. 4-.45 a. m. Arrive 7.60 p. m.
Leavo Perry ville 5 25 a. ra. Leave 7.15 p. m.
Leave Pendleton C.10 a. m. Leave G 80 p. m.
Leavo Anderson 710a.m. Leave 6 50 p.m.
Arrive at Belton 8.00 a. m. Leave 4 80 p.m.
Accommodation Traine run on Branch Reads
on Mondays, Wednesdays ano Fridaye.
Abbeville Branch.
Leave Cokesbury for Abbeville at. .10.20 a. m.
Loavo Abbeville for Cokeeburv.... 1.80 p.m.
THOMAS DODAMEAD, Gen. Sup.
M. T. BABTLETT, General Ticket Agent.
Richmond and Danville Railroad.
SSaraEgWBHB CONDENSED TIME
S99QS&M*?&?T > BLE, in effect on and
alter Sunday, June 2,1872:
GOING NORTH.
STATIONS. MAIL. FXrUESfc.
Leave Greensboro._1.15 A.M. 10 00 A.M.
Leave Danville. 3 54 A. M. 12 48 P. M.
Leave Bnrkville. 9 10 A. BI. 5 45 P. M.
Leave Amelia CH_10 02 A. M. C40 P. BI.
Arrive at Richmond.. .12.02 P. M. 8.47 P.M.
GOING SOOTH.
Leave Richmond. 2.35 P.M. 5.20 A.M.
Leave Amelia C. H.4 50 P.M. 7.20 A.M.
Leave Bnrkville. 5.45 P. M. 8 28 A.. BI.
Leave Danvillo.10 60 P. M. 12.55 P. M.
Arrive at Greensboro.. 1.10 A. M. 3.60 P. M.
Trains leaving Richmond at 2.35 P. M., ai d
at 6.20 A. M., connect at Greenaboro with
trains on North Carolina Division, for all
points South. Passengers leaving Richmond
at 2.35 P. M., connect at Greensboro with
train for all points East of Greenaboro. Pas?
senger train leaving Raleigh at 7.WP. M.,
connecta at Greensboro with Northers-bound
Mail train, arriving in Richmond MTU 02 P.
M. JOHN R. MACMUfiBO,
General Freight and Ticket Agent.
T. M. R. 1 ALCOT. Engineer and Oco? Bup't.
NORTH CAROLINA DIVISION.
GOING NORTH.
STAT ION B. MAIL'. txenxfh.
Leavo Charlotte.8.40 P. M. 6.80 A. M.
Leave Salisbury.10.47P.M. 847A.M.
Leave Bigh Point.12.28 A. M. 10 lfltA. M.
Arrive at Greensboro. 1.09 A. M. II.?07A. M.
Leave Greensboro.... 1.50 A. M. 11.10 A. M.
Leave Company Shops 3 30 A. M. 12 21 P. M.
Leave Hillsboro. 4 38 A. M.
Leave Raleigh.7 SO A. M.
Arrive at Goldsboro.. .10 10 A. M.
GOING SOUTH,.
Leave Goldtbsro.4 00 P. flt.
Leave Raleigh. 7.15 F. M.
Leave Hillsboro.9.81 P. M.
LeaveOompanyBhops.il 10 P. M. 2 16 P. M.
Arrive at Greensboro. 12 24 A. M. 3 30 P. M.
Leave Greensboro_1.10 A. M. 4.00 P. M.
Leave High Point .... 162 A. M. 4.40 P. M,
Leave Salisbury. 3 82 A.M. 6 13 P. BL
Arrive at Charlotte... 5.35 A.M. 8 10 A.M.
Passenger train leaving Raleigh 11 7.15 P.
M., connects at Greensboro with Northern
bound train; making the quickest time to al)
Northern oities. Price of tickets same aa via
other routes. Mail trains daily, both wajs,
over entire length of road. Express daily
between Company Shops and Charlotte (Son
d ay a excepted. ) Ail p a seen ger trains connect
at Greensboro with trains to and from Rich?
mond. Pullman Palace Cars on all night train?
between Charlotte and Richmond, without
change. 8. E. ALLEN. Gen. Ticket Agent.
W.ll. GBEEN, Master Transportation.
Change of Schedule.
SOUTH CABOLIHA RAILBOAD COMPACT,
COLUMBIA, 8. C., Jene 9,1872.
Change of Schedule
to go into effect on
and after Sunday, 24th instant:
MAIL AND PABSENCES THAIN.
Leave Columbia at. .7 40am
Arrive at Charleston at.3.20 p m
Leave Charleston at.8.10 a m
I rrive at Columbia at. 3.40 pro
NIGHT KXPBEBft, FHEIGHT AND ACCOMMODAI ION
THAIN, [Sundays excepted.]
Leave Columbia at. -C60 p m
Arrive at Oh aries ton at. .7.00 a n.
Leave Charleston at.7.10 p m
Arrive at Columbia at.6.40 a m
Camdon Accommodation Train will ci ie
tinue to run to Columbia BB formerly-Mon?
days, Wodnefcdays and Saturdays.
A. li. TYLER, Vice-Prcslderl
8. B. PicKiNB, General Ticket Agent.
Summer Schedule S. & U. R. R.t
DOWN TRAIN. UP TRAIN.
Arrive. Leave. Arrive. Leave
Spartanburp.. 5 30 5.25
BateBvillc. 6.1*0 COO 4..I.3 4.55
Pacolet. 0 08 6.18 4.40 4.46
ToneBvillo. 6.43 6.48 4.05 4.10
Unionvillo. 725 7.50 3.05 3.25
Suntuc. 8 20 8 25 2 30 2.35
Fish Dani_ 8.40 8.45 2.10 2.16
Shelton. 9.15 0 20 1.85 1.40
Lyle?' Ford... 9.40 ?M5 1.12 1.17
Strother. 10.05 10.10 12.50 12 65
Alston. ll 00 i??,00
May 24 TilO?-'.R. ETER.President