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G. T. Berg, aa to ase of wooden girders
in construction: of iron front buildings
on Richardson street, submitted the fol?
lowing report:
Tbe committee to whom was referred
the commuuioation of Mr. G. T. Berg,
architect, concerning the use of wooden
girders in thc construction of buildings
on Richardson street, with iron fronts,
and recommending that the Gi ty Council
prohibit the continuance of the practice
by builders, respectfully report:
That on inquiry, they fiad that bis
Honor the Mayor had referred that
communication to the City Attorney,
that his legal opinion might be obtained
as to the power of the City Council to
interfere in the manner suggested, and
that the opinion of that law officer is
adverse to the exercise of aay auch
power, as not well founded in the law as
it now stands, and that to go beyond the
provisions of the existing ordinance is
unadvisable. Your committee, there?
fore, do not recommend any notion ou
the part of the City Council, relative to
tho subject of Mr. Berg's communication.
Respectfully submitted,
H. MITCHELL.
Motion by Aldermau Carpenter-That
report of committee be adopted. Agreed
to.
The committee to whom was referred
the communication of L?rick &. Low?
rance, asking permission to build a pow?
der house, asked for further time; which
was granted.
The following communication was
. offered and received :
COLUMBIA, 8. C., Aug. 13, 1872.
To the Mayor anti Aldermen.
GENTLEMEN: I have examined the hy?
drant and drain near the market, and
would respectfully ask your honorable
body to take some etep to ereot the pub?
lic fountain near the market, spoken of
some time ago, as the present hydrant is
a nuisance in its present condition; and
would respectfully ask your immediate
attention. Yours respectfully,
C. D. LOWNDES, C. C. W. W.
The committee to whom was referred
the matter of building n fountain, ex?
plained cause of delay in building same.
On motion of Alderman Wilder, the
meeting adjourned to meet at 5 o'clock
P. M., on Wednesday, the 11th.
CHAS. BARNUM, City Clerk.
Sumner'? Advice to the Colored People.
WASHINGTON, D. C., July 29, 1872.
GENTLEMEN AND FELLOW CITIZENS: * *
I am touched by tho appeal you make. It is
true that I am tho friend of your race, aud I
am glad to be assured that in your opinion I
have held a consistent course in tho Senate
and elsewhere- as tho special advocate of your
rights. That course, by the blcsiing of God,
I mean to hold so long aa lifo lasts. I know
your infinite wrongs, and foel them as for my
own. You only do mo simple j na tico when
you add a belief that my counsel, at this criti?
cal juncture of your citizenship, would he free
from personal feelings and partisan prejudice
lu answering your inquiries. I can have no
feeling except for your good, which I most
anxiously seek; norean any prejudice of any
kind bo allowed to interfere- Tho occasion ia
too solemn. Especially is there no room for
personal feeling or for partisan prejudice,
flo man or party oau expect power except for
the general welfare; therefore, they must be
brought to the standard of truth, that they
may be seen in life and act. You are right in
saying that tho choioo for the Presidency is
now narrowed down to President Grant or
Horace Greeley. One of these is to ba taken;
and, assuming my acquaintance with both,
and my observation of their livos, you invite
my judgment between them, asking mo espe?
cially whioh of the two, judging from their
antecedents, as well as present position,
would enforce the Constitution and laws, se?
curing your civil and political rights, with tho
most heartfelt sympathy and the greatest
vigor. Here I remark that, in this inquiry,
you naturally put your rights in the fore?
ground. Ho do I-believing most sincerely
that the beat interests of tho whole country
are associated with the completest recognition
of your rights, so that the two races shall live
together in unbroken harmony. I also re?
mark that you call attention to two things,
the "antecedents" of the two candidates; and
secondly, their "present position." You wish
to know from these whioh gives assurance of
the most heartfelt sympathy and greatest
vigor in the maintenance of vour rights; in
other words, whioh, judging by the pant, will
bo your truest friona.
The communication with which you have
honored me is not alone. Colored fellow-citi?
zens In other parts of the country, I may say
in nearly every Ht a to of the Union, havo made
a similar request, and some complain that I
have thus far kept silent, lam not insensible
to thia appeal. But if my opinion ia given, it
must be candidly, according to my conscience.
In this spirit I answer your inquiries, begin?
ning with the antecedents of the candidates.
1. Horace Grooley was born to poverty and
educated himself in a printing office. Presi?
dent Grant, fortunato 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.
One was trained as a civilian; the other as a
soldier. Horace Greeley stood forth as a re?
former and Abolitionist. President Grant en?
listed as a pro-slavery Democrat, and, at the
election of James Buchanan, fortified by his
vote all the pretensions of slavery, including
the Dred Scott decision. Horaco Greeley
from early life was earnest and constant
against slavery, full cf sympathy with the
colored race, and always foremost in thu
great battlo for their rights. President
Grant, except as a soldier, summoned by the
terrible accident of war, never did anything
against slavery, nor bas ho at any* time
shown any epmpathy with thc colored race.
Horace Greeley earnestly desired that colored
citizena should voto and ably champion! d im?
partial suffrage; but President Grant was ou
tho otherside. Beyond these contrasts, which
aro marked, u can not ho forget ten that Horace
Greeley is a person of large heart and large
understanding, trained to the support ot
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 ho befriended your peo?
ple. Add to those qualities, conspicuous in
nid lifo, untiring industry, which leaver 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, an honesty which no suspicion has
touched, and you have a brief portraiture
of what aro the antecedents of Hoi ace Gree?
ley. Few of theso things appear in tho Pre
Bident. His groat success in war, and the
honors ho has won, cannottehango the record
of bis conduct toward your people, especially
in contrast with tho life-time fidelity of his
competitor, while lhere aro un happy "ante?
cedents" showing that in tho prosecution ol
his plans he earea nothing for tho colored
race. The story is painful, hut it mustbo told.
I refor to the outrage ho perpetrated upon
Hay ti, with its 800,0,0 blacks, engaged in
the great experiment ot self-government.
Here in a most instructive "antecedent," re?
vealing beyond question his true nature, and
t he whole is attested by documentary evi
d enco. Conceiving the idea of annexing Do
minio?, which ie the Spanish part ef the
island, dud uhriukinR at nothing, he began
by seising the war powers of the 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 the usurper
Baez in power, that through him he might
obtain the coveted prize. Not content with
thia audacious dictatorship, he proceeded to
strike at the independence of tho 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-Prince with our
moat powerful monitor, the Dictator, proper?
ly named for thia service, also t lie frigate Se?
vern aa oonaort and other monitors in their
train, tae Admiral, acting under instructions
from Washington, proceeded to the executive
mansion, accompanied by ofticera of bia
squadron, and then, pointing to tho great
war ships in eight trum tho windows, dealt
hie monaco of war, threatening to Bink or
capturo Haytien ships. Tho President waa
black, not wbito. The Admiral would havo
done no euch thing to any white ruler, nor
would our country havo tolerated auch ni ti?
naco from any Government iu the world.
Hero waa indignity not only to tho black re?
public, with ita population of 800,000, but to
tho African race everywhere, and especially
in our own country. Nor did it cud here.
For montha tho navy ot the United States
waa hovering on tho coast, keeping that in?
sulted people in constant anxiety, while Pre?
sident tirant waa tu them liko a hawk sailing
in tho air, and ready to awoop upon bia prey.
Thia heart lesa, cruel proceeding found a vic?
tim among our white fellow-citizena. Au ex?
cellent merchant of Connecticut, praise J by
all who know bim, waa plunged into prison
by Baez, where ho was immured becanac it
waB feared be would write againat tbo treaty
of annexion, and thia captivity waa proloneed
with the connivance of two agenta of the Pre?
sident, ono of whom finde constant favor
with him, and ia part of the military ring im?
mediately about him. That auch an outrage
could go unpunished shows tho little regard
of the President for human righta, whether
in white or black.
I confees my tr?ala, as I waa called to wit?
ness these things. Always a anpporter of tho
Administration, and sincerely deeiring to
labor with it, I had never uttered a word with
regarfl to it except in kindness. My early op?
position to the treaty of annexation wae re?
served, BO that for some time my opinions
were unknown, lt was only when I Baw the
breach of all law, human and divino, that I
was aroused, and then began the angerof tho
President and of hie ringa, military and sena?
torial. Devoted to tho African race, I felt for
them, besides being bumbled that the great
republic, acting through ita President, could
Bet such au example, whero tho National
Constitution, international law and humanity
wero all sacrificed. Especially waa I moved
when I eaw the indignity to tho colored raco
which wae accomplished by trampling upon a
fundamental principle of international law,
declaring the equality of nations, as our De?
claration of Independence declares tho equal?
ity of men. Thia terrible transaction, wbicb
nobody can defend, ia among tho "antece?
dente" of President Grant, from which yon
can judgo how much tho colored race can rely
upon his "heartfelt sympathies." Nor can it
be forgotten, tbat shortly afterward, on thc
return of tho commission from thia island,
Hon. Frederick Pouglass, tho colored orator,
accomplished in manners as in eloquence, wau
thrust away from thc company nf thu com?
missioners ut tho common table cf tho mail
packet on the Potomac, almost within sight of
tho Executive Mansion, simply on account of
bia color; hut tho President, at whose invita?
tion ho had joined tho commiaaiou, never ut?
tered a word in condemnation of thia exclu?
sion, and whon entertaining tho returned
commissioners at dinner, carefully omitted
Mr. Douglass, who was in Washington at the
time, and thus repeated the indignity. Other
things might bo mentioned abowing tho sym?
pathies of the Preaident, hut I cannot forgot
the civil righta bill, which ia tho cap-stone of
that equality botore the law to which all are
entitled, without distinction of color. Presi?
dent Grant, who cculd lobby ao aaaiduously
for his St. Domingo scheme, full of wrong t?
tho colored raco, could do nothing for thia
beneficent measure. During a lung session
of Congress, it waa diecusaed conatantly, and
tho colored people everywhere hung npon tho
debate, but there was no word of "heartfelt
sympathy"|from the President. Atlast, juat be?
fore the nominating convention, he addressed
a letter to a meeting of colored fellow-citizens
in Washington, called to advance this cause,
whero he avoided the question, by declaring
himself in fay or of "the exeroiee of those
righta to which every citizen should be justly
entitled," leaving it uncertain whether colored
people aro justly entitled to the rights se?
cured by the pending bill. I understand that
Uoraoo Greeley has already been assailed by
an impracticable Democrat as friendly to this
bill, but nobody has lisped against President
Grant on thia account.
Among "antecedente," I deem it my duty
to mention tba little capacity or industry of
the Preaident in protecting colored people
and in assuring peace at the South. Nobody
can doubt that a email portion of the effort
and earnest will, even without the lobbying
BO freely given to the San Domingo scheme,
would have averted those Kn Klux outrages
which wo deplore, ao that there would have
been no pretence for further legislation by
Congress. But he was disabled both by cha?
racter and tho drawback of his own conduct.
Aftor violating the Constitution and interna?
tional law to insult tho black republic, and
setting an example ot insubordination, he
waa not in condition to rebuke law-breakers.
II. Passing from "antecedents," I como
now to tho "present position" or the two can?
didates, which is the eui ject of your next in?
quiry. If in any formor particulars tho two
are on an equality, yet in all substantial re?
spects tho obvious advantage ia with Horace
Greeley. Each was nominated by a Republi?
can convention, one at Cinoinnati and the
other at Philadelphia, BO that in Ibis respect
they may seem to bo on an equality. But it
will not fail to be observed that the conven?
tion at Cincinnati waa composed of able and
acknowledged Republicans, many of whom
have acted with the party from its first for?
mation, who, without previous organization,
came together voluntarily for the sake of re?
form and purity in the Government; while,nu
tho other hand, the convention at Philadel?
phia was composed of delegates chosen
largely under the influence, of stockholders,
who assembled to sustain what is known us
(?rantism, being the personal government
and personal pretensions or Grant, involving
nepotism, repayment of gifts by official pa?
tronage, neglect of public duty, absenteeism,
military rule, disregard of constitution anti
law, with general unfitness and indignity to
the colored raco -all of which ia ao unrepub
lican HS to make ita support impossible tor
true Republicans. Therefore, tho conven?
tion at Philadelphia, though calling itself
Hepubliean, waa less Republican in reality
than that at Cincinnati. The two platforms,
so fur as concerns especially tho colored men,
are alike in substance, but that ot Cincinnati
ia expressed ill terms most yvor! hy of thu
tqual righta it states and claims: "Wo recog?
nize tho equality of all men bolaro tho law,
and bold that it "ia the duty of Government in
'ta dealings with the people to mete out equal
and exact justice to all, of whatever nativity,
race, color or persuasion, religious or politi?
cal." In other rospeeto, tho platform of Cin?
cinnati ia the moat Republican, inasmuch aa
lt sot a itaelf against those unrepublican abuses
which havo been nnreod by tho President
into pernicious activity.
From tho two nominations and two plat?
forms I como to tho Bunportera or the candi?
dates, and hero I look, first, at those immt-di
Itely about thom, and, secondly, at tho popu?
lar Bupport behind. Uoraco Greeley baa
imong bia immediato supporters, in all parts
il tho country, devoted and consistent Re- i
mbH cn ns, always earnest for ri form and pu- I
.?ty in Government, on whose lives there ia np
ihadow of suspicion-being a contrast in
character to thoee ringa which play auch a
part in thu present Administration. The
country knows too well thu military ring, the
senatorial ring, and th? custom house ring,
through which the President acts. Such sup
?ortera aro a very poor recommendation,
coking at the popular support behind, the
advantage is still with Horace Qreelev. Pre?
sident Giant has at his back the diversified
army of office-holders, drilled to obey the
word of command. The speeches praising
him are by ofilce-holders and mombers of
ringa. Hcrace Greeley finds flocking to bis
support largo numbers of Republicans unwill?
ing tu continue tho existing misrule, and RS
allies with them a regenerated party which
comes forward to unite in this Liberal move?
ment. Democrats, in joining Horace Greeley,
have changed aimply as President Grant
changed winn hu joined tho Republicans, ex?
cept that ho was rewarded at once with high
ofhee. The change is open. Adopting thu
Republican platform, which places tho equal
rights of all under the safeguard of irreversi?
ble guarantees and at th? same time accept?
ing the nomination ot a life-time Abolitionist,
who represents pre-eminently tho sentiment
of duty to the colored race, they have act their
corporate seal to tho sacred covenant. They
may continue Democrats in name, but they
aro in reality Republicans, by the same title
that those who sustain Republican principles
are Republicans, or rather they aro Demo?
crats, according to tho original signification
ot that word, dedicated to the rights of the
people. It is idle to say that Horaco Greeley
and the Republicans that nominated him are
any lees Republican because Democrats unite
with them in suppoit of cherished principles
aud tho candidate who represents them. Con?
versions are always welcome, and not less so
because thu change is in a muititude rather
than un individual. A political {tarty cannot,
if it would, and should not, if it could, un ut
the door against converts, whether counted
hythe score, tho hundred or the thousand;
and so wo find that tho supporters ol Presi?
dent Grant announco with partisan triumph
the adhesion ot a Bingle Democratic politician
or a single Democratic newspaper. Un equal
reason, and with higher prido, may the sup
Sorters of Horaco Greeley announce tho ad
osion of tho Democratic party, which, turn?
ing from tho things that are bthind,presses
on to those that are beforo.
It is also idlo to say that the election of
Horace Greeley as Pr?r>ident, with Gratz
Brown as Vice-president, both unchangeable
Republicans, will be the return of the Demo?
cratic party to power. On the contrary, it
will bo the inauguration of Republican prin?
ciples. under the safeguard of a Republican
President and Republican Vice-president,
with Democrats as avowed supporters. In
thu organization of his administration and
in tho conduct of affairs, Horace Greeley will
naturally lean upon those who reprecent best
the great promises made of equal rights and
reconciliation at Cincinnati. If Democrats
aro taken, it will bo as Republicans in heart,
recognizing tho associate terms of the settle?
ment as au irroversiblo finality. The hardi?
hood of political falsehood reaches its ex?
treme point, when it is asserted that under
Horace Greeley the freedmen will Lc re-en?
slaved, or that colored people will in any way
suffer in their equal rights. On the contrary,
they have in his election not only tho pro?
mises of tho platform, hut also the splendid
example for a full generation, during which
he haB never wavered in tho assertion of their
rights. To suppose that Horace Greeley,
when placed where ho can rio them the must
good, will depart from the rule ff his honest
lifo, is au insult to reason. Therefore. 1 put
asido the partisan allegations that Horace
Greeley has gone to thu Democrats, or that
he will be controlled by Democrats. Each m
without foundation or reason, according to
my judgment. They aro attempts to avoid
what you recognize as tho true issue, being
the question between tho two candidates, or,
perhaps, they may be considered as scare?
crows, to deter the timid. Nobody who votes
for Horaco Greeley will go to tho Democrats,
nor do I believe that when elected Horace
Greeley will bo nndcr any infiueuce except
that enlightened conscience which will keep
him evortruo to the principles be represents.
It is none tho less idle to suppose that Demo?
crats supporting Horace Greeley expect or
desire that ho should depart from those prin?
ciples which are the glory of his cbaractui.
They have accepted the Cincinnati platform
with its two-fold promises, and iutend in
good faith to maintain it. Democrats cannot
turn back who, at tho Convention adopting
this platform, sang Greeley songs to the tune
of "Old John Brown, his soul is marching
on." Soeking especially the establishment
of character in the National Government,
they will expect their President to be always
true to himself.
Gentlemen, in thus answering your two in?
quiries, I have shown why you, as colored
tollow-eltizenB.and also all who would upho'd
your rights and save tho colored race from
iudignity, should refuse to sanction the re?
election of tho President, and put your trust
in Horace Greeley. I ought to add that with
him will bo associated as Vice-Prcsid. ut
Gratz Brown, whom I have known for year-an
a most determined Abolitionist. The two to?
gether will carry into tho National Govern?
ment an unswerving devotion to your rights,
not to be disturbed by partisan dictation br
sectional prejudice. Besides all this, which
may fitly guido yon in determining between
thotwocandidatee.it is mv duty to remind
you that, as citizens of the United States, and
fiart of the country, your welfare ia indisso
ably associated with that ot tho whole coun?
try. Whore all aro prosperous you will bo
gainers. Therefore, while justly carelul of
your own rights, you cannot bo indifloren', te
tho blessings of good government. Ilia for
you to consider whether thu time has not
come for something better than the sword,
and whether a character like Horace Greeley
does not give stronger assurance of good go?
vernment than can be found in the insulter of
the colored race, already famous from the
rings about him aud his plain inaptitude for
civil lifo. Tho supporters of President Grant
compel us to obsei ve his off? noes and short?
comings. The comparison they challenge ;
cannot be declined, lt will be lor others in ;
the present canvass to hold it before the
American people. Speaking now for myself,
I have to say that my -voto will be given fur
Horaco Greeloj ; but in giving it I do not go to
the Democratic party, nor am I any less a <
Republican. On the contrary, I ani so inu?h
of a Republican that 1 cannot support a can?
didate whose couduct in civil btu shows an
incapacity to appreciate Republican princi?
ples, and whose administration is marked by
acts ot dolinquincy, especially to thc cohn eil
ram-, by tho side of which the allegatit ns on '
the impeachment of Andrew Johnson were j
technical anil trivial. Unquestionably 1'rcsi*
dent Grant deserved impeachment for high
ori.i.es anti misdemeanors, rather than a re- :
nomination, uud on tho trial it would have <
been enough to exhibit hie Bcizuro of tho war
power and his indignity to tho black republic,
with its population of 800,ODO, in violation of
tho Nut ional ('oust il ut ion anti of international !
law. And here a contrast arises between him
and Abraham Lincoln. Tho latter, in his first
annual message, recommended the recogni?
tion of wh t he called the "independence and
sovereignty of Hayti," but it is at these that
President Grant baa struck. Ono of Abra?
ham Lincoln's first acts waa to put tho black
republic on an equality with the other
powers; ono of President Grunt's was to de?
grade it. ,
I am so much of a Republican that I wish
to seo iu tho Presidential chair a life-lime
Abolitionist. I also wish a Pr? shield sincerely
devoted to civil service reform, beginning i
with tho "one-term principle." which Presi?
dent Grant once accepted, but now disowns.
I also wish a President who set? the example i
of industry and unselfish dedication to the i
public good. Ami I w ish lo HMO a President i
through whom we may expect peace and har?
mony, instead of discord. Strangely, Presi-;
th nt Grant seems to delight in strife. If he : ,
linds no enemy, he. tails upon his friends, as j
when he! struck at the black republic insulted
Russia in his anona fi-rf-iiv, ofJVtwlcd both I
France and Germany, and then, in personal
relation?, quarreled generally. My own per?
sonal experience teaches bow futile is the
charge, that because Horace Greeley receives
Democratic votes, therefore he becomes a
Democrat, or lapseB under Democratic con?
trol. I was llrst chosen to tho Sonate by a
coalition of Freu Boilers and Democrats. De?
mocratic votos helped make me Senator from
Massachusetts, as they also helped make my
excellent friend. Mr. Chase, Senator from
Obio, and will bulp make llorac? Greeley Pre?
sident. Dut neither Mr. Chase uor myself
was on this account less faithful as Free
Boiler?, and, answering tor myself, 1 know that
1 never became a Democrat or lapsed under
Democratic control. 1 do not donut that Ho?
race Greeley will bo equally consistent. The
charge to tho contrary, so vehemently repeat?
ed, seems to rt fleet* tho character ot those
who make it, except that they may repeat it
by roto. There is a common saying, "Princi?
ples, not men," and on this gronud an appeal
ia mudo tor Preaident Urant, fooling justly
that, iii auy personal comparison with horace
Greeley, he must fail. Sut a better saying is,
"Principles awl men." 1 am for tho'princi?
ples of tho Republican partv in contradiction
to Graiitiam, ano I am tor tho mau who truly
represents them. Hy these principles I shall
stand, for them I shall labor, and in their tri?
umph I shall always rejoice. If any valued
friend separates Imn. me now, it will be be?
cause be pit/ces u mun above principien. Early
in publie lifo, 1 declared my little heed for
party, and my indifference to tho name by
which I am cabed; and now I con fees my
want of sympathy with those who .vould cling
to the lorin after iib spirit hus tied.
Allow mo to call attention to another and
controlling consideration, which cannot be
neglected by the good citizen. Watching the
remarkable movement, that has ended in the
double nomination of Horace Greeley, it is
easy to see that it did not proceed front poli?
ticians, whether at Cineiuua i or baltimore.
Evidently it was the heart of the people, sore?
ly wrunir by war and the controversies it en?
gendered, which found thia expression. Sir
Philip Sidney said of thc uprising in tho Ne?
therlands, "it is tho apirit of tho Lord, and is
irresistible," and such a apirit ia manifest
now. Notwithstanding the counteracting
in?uenco of politicians-Republican and De?
mocratic-in the face of persistent ridicule
and against thecxtravagancoof unscrupulous
opposition-the nomination at Cincinnati was
triumphantly adopted at Baltimore. Such an
un pt et: et Jen ted victory, without concert or
propulsion of any kind, can be explained only
by supposing that it ia in harmony with a po?
pular longing. That Dem?crata, and espe?
cially those of the South, should adopt ft lue?
timo Abolitionist for President ia an assurance
of willingness to associate tho rights of their
colored fellow-citizens with that reconciliation
of which Horace Greeley was au early repre?
sentativo. In standing by Jifferaon Davis at
bia trial, and siguiug bia bail-bond, hoahowed
the snniii sentiment of humanity ho so con?
stantly displayed in standing by the colored
race throughout their prolonged trial, so that
the two discordant rates lind kindred bot pi
tality in him, and he thus becomes a tie of
union.
Tho nomination has bein adopted by thc
Democrats, in convention leae-Utblcd. 'Thia
was an event which thu supporter?* nf Presi?
dent Grant declared imposable. 1 do not sec
bow it eau be regarded olhciwiso than as a
peaee-eiflViing. Aa such, it is of infinite
value. It ia a r?volution, and ita suc?es in
pacifying the countty will be in proportion to
its acceptance by na. I tiaro not neglect thu
Kreut opportunity, nor can I stand aloof, lt
ia in harmony with my life, which place?
peace above nil things except tho rights of
man. Thus far, in coiiftaut iAorta fer the
colored race, I have tiueerely sought tho
goeid of all, which I waa sure would be best
obtained in fulfilling the prnmisea of tho De?
claration of Independence, making all equal
ia rights. The spirit in which I acted appears
in an early speech, whero 1 ?aid: "Nothing in
hate; nothing in vengeance." Never have 1
asked for punishment. Most anxiously have
I lookeel for tho time, which seems tiow at
hand, when there should be reconciliation
not ouly between tho North and .South, bat
between tho two races, ao that tho two sec?
tions ami tho two races may be lifted from
tho ruts and grooves in which they aro neiw
fastened, and instead of irritating autagonitm
without end, there shall be sympathetic co?
operation.
The existing differences emgbt to bo ended.
There ia a time for all things, and wo are ad?
monished, bj u wide spread, popular upiia
ing, buretiug tho bouda of party, that the
timo baa como for estrangement to cease be?
tween peoplo who, by tho ordinance of God,
must live together. Gladly do I welcomo the
happy aigne; nor can I observe, without re
gret, the colored people, in organized maaaca,
resisting tho friendly overtuioa, even to the
extent of intimidating thoao who aro the other
way. It is for thom to consider carefully
whether they should not tako advantage of
tho unexpected opening and recognize the
bail-bond given at Baltimore aa the assurance
ot' peace, holding the parties to the tull per
foi manco of ita conditions. Provided always
that their righta are fixed, I am sure it canuot
ho best for the colored poople to hand together
in a hostile camp, provoking antagonism and
keeping alive the scnaraliou of races. Above
all lhere must bu no intimidation, but every
voter must act freely, without constraint frtim
league or lodge. Much better will it bo when
the two political partira compete fer yi ur
votes, each anxious for your support. Utily
then will that citizenship, by wnich you are
entitled to the i qual righta of all. havo its na?
tural fruits. Oily then will there be that
harmony which ia eaaoutial to a tine civiliza?
tion. The present position of the colored
citizen ia perdona. He ia exposed to injurious
pressure when ho needs support. But I see
no carly extrication except in thc way pro?
posed; Let him cut adrift from managers
who would wield bim merely aa a political
force, willi little regard to his own good, and
bravely stand by the candidate who has atood
by Ililli. If Dem?crata imito with him, so
much the better. Tue association once begun
must naturally rift ti iu common fiictidabip
and trust.
I am for peace in reality ns in name-. From
the bullum i f my heart 1 am tor peace, anti 1
welcome all that makes tor peace. With
deep-felt satirfaetiun, I remember that no
L-it'zeu who drew his ?word against ua lian
suffered hythe hand of the executioner. In
just association with this humanity will be
lite triumph of tqual rights when thu pro
mises ot the great declaration are all fulfilled,
ami our people1 are nniteti.us never beloro, in
the enduring t. lieu.-hip of a common citizen
-inp Tn t ni* ...ml, there muHt bo reconcilia
;i . i i MI e.m I wi'hhold my hand. Freely I
? vi ; i i Itt- I. ml Hint ia o tte re-el, and reach
fi*i th mt iiWii in I' :ei div grasp. I am against
tin- pu i."> of hate; I am ugaliiBt fanning an
nient il.i me? into continued lite; 1 uni ag nest
raking in tho ashes ed the patt for cimls of
tire yet burning. Pile up tho eshos; txtin
guisti the Himer; abolish the hate; rlluli ir my
desire. Ami now, turning to tho Democratic
party. 1 hold it lo all the covenants solemnly
given iu tllO adoption of a Republican plat?
form, with Horace Greeley a? candidate.
There can be mi backward step.
With nu common ?j m pat hy 1 have observed
that Mr. Hendiicks, a leading Democrat,
whom I knew anel esteemed in the Senate,
baa recently Minimi nerd his acceptance eif tho
couatittl*ional m. <. hu id?, with tilt ir logi?
cal re-rtilt?. Ile proposes, ns a proper koy
uoto to thu exir.te.rdiuary movement now
?welling to a sute Ilium ph ? "Just Laws ami
Public Virtue." 'ibis i* a worthy aspiration,
sut ?rely tit on ihi-i occasion. My key-note is,
' The ?nitv of the lit public, and tho Equal
lligbts ot All, with Reconciliation." Such is
my cry, mid wherever my voice can reach,
lhere do 1 insist upon all these, humbly invok?
ing tho blessings ol Divine Pruville nee, which,
[ believe, must descend upon such a canso.
Accept my best wishes for ypuriulvoa per
auna!!) pnd for tho people y??ti represent, anel
iielit-ve tue, gentlemen, v'?ur faithful friend,
CI?AULES SUMN1 R.
.' o Dr. AV?CSTA, W. H. WotiMLEV, and dbi re.
Popular Music Books.
NOW aeleot the Maisie Dooks needed daring
the next autumn, and agreeably ocoupy
your summer leisure in examining, playing
and einging from thom.
TOE STAN DA HD. Price $1 50; $13 50 per
dozen. Destined to be tho Banner Church.
Music Dook of thc season. Singers, leaders,
teachers! "Hally mund" tho baunei I
SPARKLING RUD1F8. Price 85 ernte.
For Babbath Schools. None better.
TUE PILGRIM'? HARP. Price CO cents.
For Vostries and Prayer Meetings. Unex?
celled.
Tako with von. for entertainment at sum?
mer rosorts," THE MUSICAL TREASURE.
225 pages of new ami popular songs and
piano forte pieces,or SHOWER OF PEARLS.
Full of tho best Vocal Duets. Or, OPERATIC
PEAR LB. Full of the best Opera Bongs. Or,
PIANIST'S ALBUM. Full of the best Piano
Pieces. Or, PIANO-FORTE GEM8. Full of
the boBt Piano Pieces.
Each of the above five books costs $2.50 in
boards, or (3 in cloth. Ila J moro than 20)
large pages full of popular music, and either
book is a most entertaining companion to a
lover of music. Specimens of tho STAND?
ARD sent, for the present, post paid, for
$125, and of tliooth-jr books for tho retail
price. OLIVER DI l'SON A CO., Reston.
CHAS. H. ?IT30N A CO.,
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Every year increases tho popularity of this
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uso. the hair grows thicker and stronger. In
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their normal vigor, and will create a new
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most economical I Um DBESSINO ever used, as
it requires fewer applications, and gives the
hair a splcudid glojsy appearance A. A.
Hayes, M. D., State Assayer of Massachu?
setts, says: "The constituents aro puro, and
carefully selected for excellent quality; and I
consider it tho BEST PitEPAliATION for its in?
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Sold by all Druggists and Dealers in MedicinfS.
Price One Dollar.
Buckingham's Bye,
FOR THE WHISKERS.
As our Renewer in many cases require? too
long.a time, and too much cale, lo restore
gray or faded Whiskers, wo havo prepared
this dye, in one pr?paraiion ; which will
quickly and effectually accomplish this re?
sult. I! is easily applied, and prod s ces a
nob r which will neither rub nor wash efl*.
SclU by all Druggists. Price fifty cents.
Manufactured by R. P. HALL & 00..
NAhlll'A, \. ll.
May 2! "ff JIM 14
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a i IS widely known as
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JflJKft BB InfgL discovered for oleans
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beneficial to children, and yet so searching
aa to effectually nurse out tho great corrup?
tions of the blood, such as thc e-crofulous and
syphilitic contamination. Impurities, or dis?
eases that have lurked in the Bystem for
years, soon yield to thia powerful antidote,
and disappear. Renee its wonderful cures,
many ot which are publicly known, of Scro?
fula, and all scroluloiiB "diseases, Ulcer?,
Krui? lona, and ern pi ive disorders of the
ekin, Tumor*. Iilotclisn, Bolla, Pimple?,
Pustule?, Sore?, Kt. Anthony'? Fir?, Koae
or Erysipelas, Teller, Sall Rlieum. Scald
Head, Kingworm, and internal Ulcera?
tion? of Iii? Ulerua, Stomach, uncl Liver.
It also cures other complaints, to which it
would not neem especially adapted, such as
Dropsy, Dyaprpala, Kit?, Neuralgia,
Heart Disease, Female Weaknti?, Debl
Illy. and Lrucorrhcea, when they aro mani?
festations of the scrofulous poisons.
lt is an excellent restorer of health and
strength in the spring Ky rt newing the ap?
petite and viper ol tho digestive organs, it
dissipates th?; depression and tis th ss languor
of the season. Even wh? re no tlisordor ap?
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cleansing tho blood The system moves on
with renewed vigor and a new lease nf lifo.
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SOLD RY ALL DRUGGISTS KVERYWHERE.
May 21 _ ?T*tmH
WHEELER & WILSON'S
Sewing Machines.
By Committee of Practical Machinists.
rilHE simplicity, durability, easeof manage
X meut and great range of work of this
Machine has made it the universal favorito,
?nd leading family Sewing Machine for more
il.an twt ?itv years, and hence it is no experi
ini nt to buy one.
For sale on monthly inst a'm< nts, second
lour below PntKNlX i Dice,Columbia. B. C., bv
A. J. PUR8LFY, "
Fob 27 Agent for Parsley ft Trump.
Hardware, etc.
i rvrv DOZEN AXES.
lAJv./ 40 bales Ragging.
2(10 bundles Arrow Ties.
20 dozen Railroad Shovels.
200 OH.?CM Trace Chains.
Just received and fnrsa'e at lowest market
irice s. L?RICK ft LOWRANCE.
Pavilion Hotel,
CHAKI EST?N, S. C.
G. T. ALFORD ft CO., Pro.
prietors; ll. IlAMir.TON^Snp't^
Everybody should read the papor and learn
to know how much is saved if to Heinitsh's
jloi e they go for medicined.
$1,000,000.
SECOND GRAND GIFT CONCERT
IN AID OF THE
PUBLIC LIBRARY OF KENTUCKY,
AT LOUISVILLE, KY.
BY authority ia the Act of the Legislature
incorporating tho PUBLIC LIBRARY OF
KENTUCKY, thoTruateea will give their
SFCOND GRAND GIFT OONGERT.
In the great ball ol the Public Library Build
in r, in Louieville. Ky,, on BATUItDAY, Sep?
tember 28,1872. 100 OOO Tickets of Admission
will bo issued, at $io each; half tickets, $6;
quarter iicketa, $2 50; ll whole tickets for
$100; 28 for $255; 5G for $500; lill for $1,CC0;
285 for $2,500; 575 for $5,000. No discount on
less than $100 worth of tickets at a time.
. 500,000 IN CURRBKCT
Will be Riven to the holders of ticketR, by dia
trihutiou, by lot of ONE THOUSAND GIFTS,
aa follows:
LI8T OF OIFT8.
One Grand Gift, Caah.$100,000
Cue Grand Gilt, Caah. CO.OOO
1.$25,000 Caah
1. 20,000 ?.
1. 15,000 .'
1.1O.C00 .*
1. 9,000 .?
1. 8 000
1. 7,000 ?
1. G.0C0 ?.
1. 5,000 ??
1. 4,000 "
1. 3 000 "
4 Gifts of $2.500 each. 8.000
15 .? 1,000 " . 15,000 .?
20 " OOO ?' . 18 000 .?
21 " 800 '? . 16,800 ??
45 " 700 .? . 17,600 M
35 .? COO ?? . 21.C0O .?
45 ?. 500 .? . 22,500 ?.
50 .. 400 ?? . 20.000
GO *. GOO " . 18 000 "
100 " 200 " . 20 000 ??
G12 " 100 " . GL800 ??
Total, 1,000 Gifts, all Cash... .$500 000
The Hon. THOS. E. BRAMLETTE. late Go?
vernor ot Kentucky, bas consented to repre?
sent the Trustees in tho management of thia
second Grand Gift Concert, and he will per?
sonally aee that the money from the sale of
tickets ia deposited with the Treasurer, that
the drawing ia fairly conducted, and tho gifts
justly awarded and promptly paid.
The drawing will take place in public, in
full view of the audience, and under the im?
mediate supervision and direction of the
officers and Trustees of the Pnblio Library of
Kentucky, and the following named eminent
and disinterested citizens, who have con?
sented to bo present and aee that all ie fairly
done:
Hon. M. R. HARDIN, Judgo Court Appeals,
Ky.; Hon. J. PROCTOR KNOTT, late M. G.Leb'n
Dia.; Hon. H. W. BnrcE, Judge Ninth Judi?
cial Die., Ky ;Qpn. ELI H. MURRAY, U.S. Mar?
shal, Dia. Kip, Hon. T. B. COCHRAN, Chan.
Lou. Chan. Court; Hon. E. D. STANDIFOBD,
President Farmer?1 and Drovers'Bank; Hon.
JOH.N 3AHBEE, Manager Royal Insurance Co.,
Liverpool; Col. PHIL. LEE, Com. Att'y Ninth
Judicial Die.; Dr. C. GBAUAM. founder Gra?
ham Cabinet; Col. JILBON P. JOHNBON. Mana
per Galt House; Dr. T. S. BELL, Pl of. Medical
University, Louisville; Hon. J. G. BAXTER,
Mayor Louisville; Hon. T. L. BCBNETT, City
Attorney; HENRY WOLFORD, Treasurer, Lou
iaville; A. O. BRANNIN. PreB. Manufacturers'
Bank; PiiiLir JUEOE, of the Louisville Hotel
Co.; JAMBS BRIDO&FORD, Prea. 2d National
Bank: W. C. D. WHIPS, Proprietor Willard
Hotel; J. C. JOHNSTON, Pree. Traders' Bank;
H. VICTOR NEWCOMB, firm of Newcomb,
Buchanan & Co.; HENRY DITFEN, Pres. Ger?
man Bank; ANDREW GRAHAM, Tobacco and
Cotton Merchant; Dr.NonviN GREEN, Pres. L.
it C. Short Line B. lt.; YOL. ROSE, Agent
Adams Express Company.
THOS. E. BRAMLETTE,
Agent Public Library of Kentucky, Public
Library Building, Louisville, Kentucky.
SST Circulara, giving full particulars, sent
on application.
R. T. DunRETT, President; W. N. HALDE
MAN. Vico-Preeident ; JOHN S.CAIN,Secretary;
FARMERS' k, DROVERS' BANE, Treasurer.
Aug 1_ _thm8
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OF COLUMBIA. 8. C.
Present Capital, $150,000.
? ? ?
AUTHORIZED CAPITAL, ?500.000.
THI8 Bank ?B now open for the transaction
of a general banking bneineas.
CERTIFICATES or DEPOSIT, bearing interest
at the rate of esven (7) per cent, per annum,
will be issued.
Notes, Bills of Exchange, and other evi?
dences of debt discounted, and money loaned
on collaterals.
Stocks, Bonds, Gold, Silver hcught and sold.
Mutilated Currency purchased at a trna ll
discount. ,
Bight Braf ts drawn direct cn all the promi?
nent places in England, Ireland, Scotland,
France, Germany, Belgium, Boltand, Ben
mark and the Orient. Letters of Credit issued,
j ayable in any of the above places.
Drafts on all the prominent cities in the
United States bought and sold.
Banking House opposite Columbia Hotei.
Open from 9 to 3._Feb 28 ly
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or
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MONTES ON A COO UN TS.
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John B. Palmer, Vice-Preaident.
A. G. Bremzer, Cashier.
J. H. Sawyer, in gem-mi chm gt .
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..'aimer. Thomas E. Gregg, Columbia
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Mechanics, Laborers, Clerks, Widows, Ol
phana and others may here deposit their sav?
ings and draw a liberal rate ol interest then .
on. Planters, ProfeBBional Men and Trusten
wiahing to draw interest on their tumis un ti.
?hoy require them for business cr other pur?
poses; Parents desiring to aet spart small
?ums for tnoir children, and Married Women
and Minors (whoaedepoBita can only be with?
drawn by thoniBelvcB, or, in case of death, hy
(.heir legal representatives,! withing to lay
naide funds for future nae. are hero afforded
un opnortunity of depositing their means
.?'hero they will rapidly accumulate, and, at
Uiesamo time, be subject to withdrawalwhf j
.?oedod. Ane 1H
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KEEP constantly on hand a full supply of
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lu Btoro, 100 tone EGLINTON PIG. .
Nov 28 ly
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