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S um nti'? Advice to t lie Color til People.
WABBINOTON, D. C.. July 29,1372.
G ENTLEITEN AND FELLOW CITIZENS! * *
I am toncbed by the appoal yon make. It is
trae that I am the friend of your race, and I
am glad to be assured that in your opinion I
have huid a constatent course in the Senate
and elaewbere aa the special advocate ot your
rights. That com no, by tho blessing of God,
I mean to hold so long aa life lasts. I know
your infinite wrongs, and feel them as for my
own. You only do me Bimple justice when
you add a belief that my couuael, at this criti?
cal juncture of your citizenship, would be free
from personal feelings and partisan prejudice
In answering your inquiries. I eau have no
feeling except for your good, which I moat
anxiously Beek; nor can any prejudice of any
kind be allowed to interfere. Tue occasion in
too solemn. Especially ia thore no room for
personal feeling or for partisan prejudice.
So man or party can expeot power except for
the general welfare; therefore, they mutt bo
brought to the standard of truth, that tho;
may be seen in lifo and act. Yon are right in
aaying that tho choice for the Presidency ie
now narrowed down to President Grant or
Horace Greoley. One of these 1B to bo taken;
and, aaauming my acquaintance with both,
and my observation of their Uvea, you invite
my judgment between them, asking me espe?
cially which of tho two, judging from their
ant?c?dent?, as well aa present poeition,
would enroico tho Constitution and laws, se?
curing your civil and political righta, with the
moat heartfelt sympathy and the greatest
vigor. Here I remark that, in thia inquiry,
you naturally put your righta in the fore?
ground. So do I-believing most sincerely
that the beat interests of the wholo country
are aeeooiated with the completest recognition
of your righta, so Unit tho 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, thtir "presentposition." You wish
to know from these which gives aeauranco of
the moat heartfelt sympathy and greatest
vigor in the maintenance of your rights; in
other words, which, judging by the past, will
be your true at frienu.
The communication with which you havo
honored me is not alone. Colored fellow-citi?
zens in other parts of the oountry, I may say
I in nearly every State of the Union, have made
a similar request, and some complain that I
have thus far kept silent. I am not insensible
to this appeal. But if my opinion ia given, it
must be candidly, according to my conacience.
In this spirit I answer your inquiries, begin?
ning with the antecedents of the cmdidties.
1. Horace Greeley was born to poverty and
educated himself in a orbiting ?frico. Presi?
dent Grant, fortunate lu early patronage, be?
came a cadet at Weet Point, and was educat?
ed at the public expense. Ono started with
! nothing nut industry and character; the
? other started witb a military commission.
One was trained aa 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 hy bia
vote all the pretensions of slavery, including
the Dred Scott decision. Horaco Greeley
from early life was earnest and constant
against slavery, full of sympathy with tho
colored race, and always foremost in tho
great battlo for their rights. President
Grant, oxcept as a soldier, summoned by the
terrible accident of war, never did anything
against Blavory, nor bas he at any time
shown any apmpathy with tho colored race.
Horaoe Greeley earnestly dealrod that colored
citizena should vote and ably championed im*
partial suffrage; but President Grant waa on
theothereide. Beyond these contrasta, which
are marked, itcannotbeforgotten that Horace
Greeley is a person of large heart and largo
understanding, trained to the 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 yeara he befriended your peo?
ple. Add to these qualities, conspicuous in
uis life, untiring industry, which leaven no
moment without ita 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 baa
touched, and you have a brief portraiture
of what are the antecedents of Horace Gree?
ley. Few of these things appear in the Pre?
sident. His great success in war. and the
honors he has won, oannotlchange the record
of his conduot toward your people, especially
in contrast with tho life-time fidelity of his
competitor, while there are unhappy "ante?
cedents" showing that in the prosecution of
bia plans.he cares nothing for the colored
race. The story is nain (al, but it must be told.
I refer to the outrage he perpetrated upon
Hay ti, with its 800,000 blacks, engaged in
the great experiment of Belf-govcrumont.
Here in a most instructive "antecedent," re?
vealing beyond queation his true nature, and
the whole is attested by documentary evi?
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July 16 ?Gmo vice-President South Caiollr.r. I'aibe ad CPailcthn.S C.
minien, which ia thc Spanish part of thc
island, and shrinking at nothing, Lo began
by seizing the war powers of thc Govern
meut, in flagrant violation ot tho Constitu?
tion, and then, at gt eat expenditure of
niouov, sent several armed ahips of the navy,
including monitors, to maintain tho usurper
Baez in power, that through him ho miuht
obtain the oovetcd prize. Not content with
thia audacious dictatorship, ho proceeded to
strike at tho independence of the black re?
public by opon monaco of war, and all with?
out the sanction of Congress, to which is
committed the war-making power. Sailing
into the harbor of Port-au-Prince with our
most powerful monitor, the Dictator, proper?
ly named for this service, also tho frigate Se?
vern as consort and other monitors in their
train, the Admiral, acting under instructions
from Washington, proceeded to the executive
mansion, accompanied hy officers of bis
squadron, and then, pointing to the great
war ships in sight trom tho windows, dealt
his menace of war, threatening to sink or
capture Haytien ships. The President was
black, not white. Tho Admiral would have
done no such thing to any white ruler, nor
would our country havo tolerated such mo?
naco from any Government in tho world.
Here was indignity not only to tho black ro
public, with ita population of 800 OOO, but to
tho African race everywhere, and especially
in our own country. Nor did it end hero.
For months the navy of tho United States
was hovering on the coaet, keeping that in?
sulted people iq constant anxiety, while Pre?
sident tirant was to them Uko a hawk sailing
in tho air, and ready to Bwoop upon his prey.
This heartless, cruel proceeding found a vic?
tim among nur white fellow-citizens. An ex?
cellent merchant of Connecticut, praise : by
all who know him, was plunged int ) prison
by Bat z, where he waa 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 tho Pre?
sident, ono of whom finds constant favor
with him, and is part of the military ring im?
mediately about him. That snch an outrage
could po unpunished shows the littlo regard
of the President for human rights, whether
in white or black.
I confesa my trials, as I was called to wit?
ness these things. Always a supporter of the
Administration, and eincerely desiring to
labor with it, I had never uttered a word with
regard to it oxcept in kindness. My early op?
position to the treaty ot annexation was re?
served, so that for some time my opinions
were unknown. It waa only when I saw the
breach of all law, human and divine, that I
wao aroused, and then began the anger of tho
President and of his rings, military and sena?
torial. Devoted to the African race, I felt for
them, besides being bnmbled that thu great
republic, acting through its President, could
set such an example, where tho National
Constitution, international law and humanity
were all sacrificed. Especially was I moved
when I Baw the indignity to tho colored race
which was accomplished" hy trampling upon a
fundamental principle nf internatioua' law,
("cclaring the equality of nations, as our De?
claration of Independence declares tho equal?
ity of men. Thia terrible transaction, wuicb
nobody can defend, ia among tho "antece?
dente" of President Grant, from which you
can judge how much the colored race can rely
upon hid "heartfelt sympathies." Nor can it
ho forgotten, that shortly afterward, on the
return of the commission from this island,
Hon. Froderick Douglass, the colored orator,
accomplished in manners as in eloquence, was
thrust away from the company ut the com?
missioners at the common table of the mail
packet on the Potomac, almost within eight of
the Executive Mansion, simply on account of
bia color; but the President, at whoso invita?
tion he bad joined tho commission, never ut?
tered a word in condemnation of this exclu?
sion, and when entertaining the returned
commissioners st dinner, carefully omitted
Mr. Douglass, who waa in Washington at the
time, and thoa repeated the indignity. Other
things might be mentioned showing tho sym?
pathies of the President, but I cannot forget
the civil rights bill, which is the cap-stone of
tUat equality before the law to which all are
entitled, without distinction of color. Presi?
dent Grant, who cc nhl lobby so assiduously
for his St. Domingo scheme, full of wrong to
the colored race, could do nothing for this
beneficent meaeure. During a long session
of Congress, it was discussed constantly, and
the colored people everywhere bung upon the
debate, but there waa no word of ''heartfelt
sympathy"|from the President. Atlast, just be?
fore the nominating convention, he addressed
a letter to a meeting of colored fellow-citizens
in Washington, called to advance thia canse,
where he avoided the question, by declaring
himself in favor of "tue exercise of those
rights to which every cjtizon 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
Horace Greeley bas already been assailed hy
an impracticable Democrat aa friendly to this
hill, but nobody has lisped against President
Granton thia account.
Among "antecedente," I deem it ni.v dut.,
to mention the little capacity or industry < :
the President in protecting" colored peop u
and in assuring peace at the South. Nobody
can doubt that a email portion ot the <fr>r'i
and earnest will, even without thc lobbying
so freely given to the San Domiugo ?chente,
would have averted thn*o Ku Klux outrages
which we deplore, so that there would have
buen no pretence for further legislation by
Congress. But ho wae disabled both by cha?
racter and tho drawback of his own conduct.
After violating the Constitution and interna?
tional law to insult tho black republic, and
setting au example of insubordination, ho
was not in condition to rebuke law-breakcra.
II. Pasting from "antecedents," I come
now tb the "present position" of tho two can?
didates, which is the subject ot your next in?
quiry. If in any former particulars tho two
are on an equality, yet iu all mbstanliai re?
spects the obvious advantage is with Horace
Greele-y. Each was nominated by a Republi?
can convention, ono at Cincinnati and the
other at Philadelphia, so that in tide respect
they may seem to he on an equality. But it
will not fail to ho observed that the conven?
tion at Cincinnati was composed of aldo and
acknowledged Republicans, many of whom
have acted with the party from its first for?
mation, who, without previous organization,
came together voluntarily for tho sake of re?
form and purity in the. Government; while.on
the other hand, the convention at Philadel
phii was composed of delegates chosen
largely under tho influence of stockholders,
who assembled to sustain what is known as
Grantieru, being the personal government
and personal pretensions of Grant, involving
nepotism, repayment of gifts by official pa?
tronage, neglect of pub ie duty, absenteeism,
military rule, disregard of constitution and
law, with general nnntneaa and indignity to
the colored race-all of which ia so unrepub
liean as to make its support impossible for
true Republicans, therefore, tho conven?
tion at Philadelphia, though calling itself
Republican, was less Republican in reality
than thht at Cincinnati. Tho two platforms,
so far ae concerns especially thocolored men,
are alike in euhstance, hut that of Cincinnati
is expressed in terms moat worthv of the
equal rights it atates and claims: "We recog?
nize tho c quality of all men before the law,
and hold that it is the duty of Government in
ita dealing? with the people to mote out equal
and exact j us tico to all, of whatever nativity,
race, color or persuasion, religious or politi?
cal." In ol her respects, tho platform of Cin?
cinnati ia tho moet Republican, inasmuch ad
it setn itsclfagainst those nnrepublienn abuses
which havo bein unreel bj the l'lVeidotit
int? pernicious activity.
From the two lioiuinati ns and UM. pat?
ronne I como to the. supper:*)!* of the candi?
lates, and h< re I look, luvt, ai those inion di?
itely about them, and, ??ci nely, ut thc popu
ar support behind. Hon co O i'd icy ?a:
imong bia immediate support rs, in atiparte
if tho country, devoted and consistent Rr
iilblioans, always emin ci for n f. MU and pu
?itv in Government. on wh<H< )iv<.- thc ie ir nc j
ihadow of ?U-! ic .): ->?. i contract in I
character to those rings which pla? sach a
part in the present Administration. Thc
country koowa too well tue military ring, thc
senatorial ring, and tho custom houx* ring,
through which the President actn. Such aup
?orlara aro a very pour rocommondatiou.
looking at the popular uupport unbind, tho
advantage ie still with Lloraco Greeley. Pre?
sident Grant has at Iiis back the diversified
itrmv o? office-holders, drilled to obey the
word of command. Tue speeches praising
him are by uflict-koldera and members of
rings. Hcraeo Greeley finds Hocking tu LU
support large numbera of Republicana unwill?
ing to continue tho existing misrule, and as
allies with thora a rcgenorated party which
cjmee forward to unite ia thia Liberal rnovo
ment. Democrats, in joining Florace Greeloy,
have changed simply as President Grant
changed when he joined the Republicans, ex?
cept that he wae rewarded at ouco with high
ofh.ee. Tho change ia open. Adopting thu
Republican platlurm, which placeB thu equal
rights of all under the safeguard of irreversi?
ble guarantees, and at thc same time accept?
ing the nomination of a life-time Abolitionist,
wtio represo its pre-ominently thu sentiment
of duty to tho colored race, they have set their
corporate coal to the sacred co'venant. They
may continue Democrats in name, but they
aro in reality Republicans, by thu same title
tbatthoue who au6taiu Republican principles
uro Republicans, or rather they are Demo
crate, according to the original signification
ot that word, dedicated to tho rights of the
people. It is idle to eny that Horace Greeley
and thu Republicana that uomiuated him are
any lees Republican because Dem?crata unit?
with them in support cf cherished principies
and tho candidate who represents them. Con?
virti?os are always welcome, and not )< aa ?.<?
because tho change iain a multitude rather
than an individual. A political party cannot,
ii it would, and should not, if it could, Hhut
tho door againat rouverts, whether counted
hythe score, the hundred or the thousand;
and so we fiud that the BupporterB of Presi?
dent Grant announce with partisan triumph
the adhesion ot 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 the Democratic party, which, turn
ing from the things that aro behind, preuses
on to those that are before.
It is also idlo to say that the election of
Horaco Greeley as Pr?sident, with Gratz
Brown as Vice-president, both unchangeable
Republicans, will be tho return of tho 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
tho organization of his administration and
in the conduct of affairs, Horace Greeley will
naturally lean upon thoeo who represent best
thc great promises made of equal rights and
reconciliation at Cincinnati. If Democrats
aro taken, it will be as Republicans in heart,
recognizing tho associate terms of the Bcttle
raent as an irreversible finality. Tho hardi?
hood of political falsehood reaches ita ex?
tremo point, when it is aastrted that under
Horaco Greeley tho freedmen will bc re-en?
slaved, or that colorod people will in any way
suffer in their equal rights. On the contrary,
they have in hia election not only the pro?
mises nf the platform, but alao the splendid
example for a full generation, during which
he has never wavered in tho assertion of their
rights. To suppose that Horaco Greeley,
when placed where be can do them thc moat
good, will depart from the rule of hie honest
life, is an insult to reason. Therefore I put
asido the partisan allegations that Horace
Greeley baa gone to the Democrats, or that
he will be controlled by Democrats. Each IB
without foundation or reason, according to
my judgment. Thoy are attempts to avoid
what you recognize as the true issue, being
the question between the two candidates, or,
perhaps, they may be considered as scare?
crows, to deter the timid. Nobody who votes
for Horace Greeley will go to the Democrats,
nor do I behove that when elected Horace
Greeley will be under any influence except
that enlightened conscience which will keep
him ever t ruo to the principles ho representa.
It is none the less idle to suppose that Demo?
crats supporting Horaco Greeley expect or
detiire t nat he should depart from those prin?
ciples which are tho glory of his character.
They have accepted the Cincinnati platform
with ita two-fold promises, and intend in
good faith to maintain it. Democrats eau not
turn back who, at the Convention adopting
this platform, sang Greeley aongs to the tune
ot "Old John Brown, his eout ia marching
on." Seeking especially tho establishment
of character in tho National Government,
they will expect their President to bc always
true to himself.
Gentlemen, in thua answering your two in?
quiries, I have shown why you, aa colored
tallow-citizens, and also all who would uphold
your rights and save the colored race from
indignity, should rt Tuso to sanction tho re?
election of the President, and put your trust
in Horaco G?ecley. I ought to add tliat with
bim will bo associated as Vieo-President
liratz Biown, whom I havo known for years aa
a most determined Abolitionist. Thc two to?
gether will carry into tho National Govern?
ment an unswerving devotion to Tour right-;,
not to be disturbed by partisan dictation or
sectional prejudice. Besides all tnia, which
may fitly guide you in determining between
the two candidates, it ia mv duty to remind
you that, as citizens of thc-United State e. and
part of tho country, your welfare ia indisso?
lubly associated with I hut ut the whole coun?
try. Where all aro prosperous you will bli
gainers. Therofore, while justly* carelul ?.f
your own rights, you cannot bc iudiuerctr. te
the blessings of good government, lt ia for
vern to consider whether the time lias not
i;onio for something better than the sword,
?nd whether a character like Hu:.e. Greeley
iloes neil give strouger assurance; of good g,o
verumont than cut be found it. thc ii.suiter "f
tho colored rnce, already ta mo us ii om thu
ringa about lum and bis plain inaptitude for
isivfl life. The supporters of President tirant
jompel us to <ib?ei ve his off neos and short?
comings. The comparison they challenge
L-aLUOt be declined, lt will hu lor others in
tho prtiBCiit canvass tu hold it bet?re the
american people. Speaking now for myse lf,
[ have to say that my vote will lie given for
lloraco Greeley; but in giving it I do not go io
Iho Democratic party, nor am 1 any lead ii
llepublluau. Qu tho contrary, 1 ani so much
jf a Republican that I cannot support a can?
didate whose conduct iu civil lite shaws an
incapacity to appreciate Republican princi?
ples, and whore administration is marked by
iel? (?i d-liinpiincj. i specially to thoeolored
rue' , !?.. the niele of Wi.ich tho allegations on
ititjitachtiie-tit <>l Andrew Johnson wore
teem i.-.,. MII| trivia . Unquestionably Presi
!<.:.. tirant ?li-s em-.! \nipeachnn nt for high
.'ti . e& au 1 miseU'Uie in ors, rather than a re
uominatiou. ami on tho trial it would hive
been enough io exhibit his seizure of tin war
[lower and his indignity tu thu black republic.
Kith its population of 800,01,11, in violation bl
Hie NaiioualConBtilnliou and ol international
aw. And hero a contrast arises between bira
mil Abraham Lincoln. The latter, in hisfirat
uni nal message, recommended the recogni?
tion cf wli t he called thc "independ? uro and
sovereignly o: Hayn," but it ia at these that
L'reeideut Grant has struck. One nf Abra?
ham Lincoln'? first acts was to put the black
republic on an ?quility with tho either
[towera; one o? l'r .i 1*1.1 e-ruin's Wiis to ue
<rade it.
, I am so much iii a Republican that I wish
0 BOO in tho Presidential clout rt lifo-timo
Vbeilitionist. I also Wish a President sincerely
levelled to civil service rcfutm, beginning
villi thc "one-term principle," which Prov?
ient Grant once accepted, btu now disowns.
1 also wiall a President who se ts the example
if Industry and unselfish dedication to ibo
uiblic good. Anil 1 wish to sec a President
brough w hom we- may expect poaro and bur*
i.mn , instead of discord. Strangely, Proal*
lent Grant sectus to delight in strife. If ho
ii >ls no enemy,he falls upon his fri? nels, aa
viv n he struck ac I h.o black republic insult eil
lu st i A in "..is annual entsage, elende d b.'th
Franco and Germany, and then, in personal
relations, quarreled generally. My own per?
sonal experience teaches how iutile ia tho
?barge, that becanee Horace Oreeloy receives
Democratic vote?, therefore he becomes ?
Democrat, or lapses under Democratic con?
trol. I waa first chosen to tho Senate by a
coalition of Free Soilcru and Democrats. De?
mocratic votes helped make mo Senator from
Massachusetts, as they also helped make my
excellent friend, Air." Chuso, Senator from
Ohio, and will help make Horace Greeley Pre?
sident. But neither Mr. Chase nor myself
waa on thia account lesa faithful aa 'Free
Soilcre, and, answering tor myaelf, I 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 the contrary, so vehemently repeat?
ed, seems to rt fleet tho character of those
who make it, except that they may repeat it
by roto. There is a common saying, "Princi?
pies, not men," and on thia ground an appeal
ia made for President Grant, feeling j ostly
that, in auy personal comparison with Horace
Greeley, he must fail. But a better saying is,
"Principles and men." I am for the pridhci
pies of tho Republican partv in contradiction
to Grantism, and I am tor the man who truly
representa them. By these principles I aball
stand, for them I shall labor, and in their tri?
umph I shall always rejoice. It any valued
friend sc, arates from mo now, it will be be?
cause he places a man abete principles. Early
in public lite, 1 declared my little heed for
party, aud my indifference to the name by
which I am called; and now I confess my
want of sympathy with those who would cling
to the torin alter its spirit hos tied.
Allow me to call attention to another and
controlling consideration, which cannot be
neglected by the good citizen. Watching the
remarkable movemeut, that has ended in the
double nomination of Horace Greeley, it ia
easy to seo that it did not proceed from poli?
ticians, whether at Cincinna i or Baltimore.
Evidently it was the heart of the peoplo,*eore
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 the spirit of the Lord, and is
irresistible," and such a spirit is manifest
now. Notwithstanding the counteracting
influence of politicians-Republican and De?
mocratic-in the face of persistent ridicule
and against the extravagance of unscrupulous
opposition-the nomination at Cincinnati was
triumphantly adopted at Baltimore. Such an
unpiecedonted victory, without concert or
Eropuleion of any kind, can be explained only
y supposing that it is in harmony with a po?
pular longing. That Democrats, and espe?
cially those of tho South, should adopt a life?
time Abolitionist for President ie an assurance
of willingneas to associate tho rights of their
colored fellow-citizens with that reconciliation
of which Horace Greeley was an early repre?
sentative. In standing by Jefferson Davis at
bia trial, and signing his bail-bond, he showed
the same sentiment of humanity he ao con?
stantly diaplayed in standing by the colored
race throughout their prolonged trial, so that
the two discordant races find kindred hospi?
tality in him, end he thus becomes a tie of
union.
Tho nomination has been adopted by thc
Democrats, in convention assembled. This
was au event which tho supporters of Presi?
dent Grant declared impossible. I do not see
how it can be regarded otherwise than as a
peace-offering. AH such, it is ot infinite
value. It is a revolution, and its suceuu in
pacifying the country will be in proportion to
ita acceptance by ne. I dare not neglect the
great opportunity, nor can I stund aloof. It
ia in harmony with my life, which places
peace above all things except the right? of
mau. Thus far, in constant efforts for tho
colored race, I have sincerely sought the
good of al), which 1 was snro would be beet
obtained in tulfilhug the promises of the De?
claration of Independence, making all equal
in rights. The spirit in winch I acted appears
in an early speech, where 1 said: "Nothing in
hate: nothing in vengeance." N?ver have I
asked for punishment. Moat anxiously have
I looked for the time, which seems now at
hand, when there should be reconciliation
not only between the North and South, but
between the two races, so that tho two sec?
tions and tho two races maybe lifted from
the ruta and groove? iu which they are now
fastened, and instead of irritating antagonism
without end, there shall be sympathetic co?
operation.
The existing differences ought to bo ended.
There is a time for all thing*., and we are ad?
monished, hy a wide-spread, ?popnlar upris?
ing, bursting the honda of party, that the
time has com? for estrangement lo cease be?
tween people who, by the ordinance of God,
niuat live together. Gladly do I welcome the
happy signs; nor can I observe, without re?
gret,"the colored people, in organized masses,
resi??Dgthe friendly overtures, even to the
extent of intimidating those who aretheother
way. It ia for them to consider carefully
whether they should not tako advantage of
the unexpected opening and recognize the
bail-bond given at Baltimore as the assurance
of peace, holding tho parties to the tull per
formalice of its conditions. Provided always
that their rights are fixed, I am sure it cannot
be best for the colored people to band together
in a hostile camp, provoking antagonism and
keeping alive the separation ot races, above
all there must bo no intimidation, but every
voter must act freely, without constraint hom
league or lodge. Much better will it be when
thc two political parties compete for your
voles, euell anxious for your support. Only
then will thal citizenship, by wi.ich you are
entitled to thc iqual rights of all have ile na?
tural fruits. Oily thw-n will there be that
harmony which is essential to it tine civiliza?
tion. The piesent position ot tho colored
citizen M perilous. He i* exposed tu injurious
pressure when Lc needs support. But I sec
no early extrication except, in the way pro?
posed. Let him cut at'.ritt from managers
who would wield him UK r. ly us a political
fi.rec, with litt lo regard to his own good, and
bravely stand by the candidate who has stood
by him. If Democrats unite wilh him. so
much the better. The association once begun
must naturally ripen in common fiiend<diip
and trust,
I am tor peace in reality ;.s in name. From
the bottom ot my heart*! am t u -peace, und I
welcome all that makes lor peace. With
deep-felt sutirfacth'ii, 1 rea<emher that no
citizen who drew his sword againtt us has
suffered hy the band of thc executioner. In
just association with this humanity will be
tho triumph of equal righta when the pro
mises of the great declaration are all fulfilled,
and our people are united, aa nover before, in
tho enduring fellowship of a common citizen?
ship. To this end, there muat be reconcilia?
tion, nor can I withhcild my hand. Freely I
accept thc hand that is offered, and reach
forth my own in friendly grasp. I am againat
tho policy of bate; I am against fanning an?
cient flamee into continued lifo; I am against
rahing in tho ashes of tho past for coals of
tire vet burning. Pile up tho ashes; extin?
guish the Hames; abolish tho hate: such is my
desire. And now, turning to the Democratic
partv, I hold it to all tho covenants solemnly
giver, in the adoption of a Republican plat
torm, with Horace Greeley as candidate.
Thoro o tu ho no backward atop.
With no common sympathy I have observed
that Mr. Hendricks, a leading Democrat,
whom I knew and eeteemed in tho Senate,
bas recently announced his acceptance of tho
constitutional anieTiilniints, with their logi?
cal results. Ho proposes, aa a proper key
note to tho extraordinary movement now
swelling to a Miro triumph, "Just Laws and
Public Virtue." 1 his if ii worthy aspiration,
entiroly lit on IhU occasion. My key-note ia.
'Hie Unity Of tho Republic, and tho Equal
Rights ot All, with Reconciliation." Such ia
my erv, and wherever my voice can reach,
there do 1 insist upon nil these, humbly invok?
ing the blessings of Divine Providence, which,
I bollero, must descend upon such a causo.
Accept my best wishes for yourselves per?
sonal!:? and for the people you represent, and
believe mc, gentlemen, your faithful friend,
(MIAULES SUMNrR.
Io Tr. ArorSTA, W. II. WOHMLEV, and otb? ri.
Change of Schedule.
WILMINGTON, COLUMBIA ?5 AuarsTA R. R. Co.
SUPERINTENDENT'S OFFICE,
WILMINGTON, N. C., July SI. 1872.
S HM a^ffifei AFTER this dato thu
"Bj^SMSBCfollowing echodulo Mill
bo run by trains on this road :
?AT EXFBEKS THAIN [DAILY.]
Leave Wilmington [Cn ion Di pot | 3.25 A.M. '
Arrivo at Florence. 0.13 A.M.
Arrive at Columbia. 1.85 P. M.
Leave Columbia.12 KO M.
Arrive at Florcncn. 4.10 P. M.
Arrive Wilmington [Union Depot] 10.2G P. M.
NIGHT BXI'RESS THAIN.
Leave Wilmington [Union Depot] 5.46 P. M.
Arrive at Florence.11.88 P. M. .
Arrive at Columbia. 3.45 A. M.
Leave Columbia.JO 20 P. M.
Arrive at Florence. 2 09A!M.
Arrive at Wilmington. 8.00 A. M.
No NIGHT TRAINS leave W ilmington cr
Columbia Sunday P.M.
July 31 JAK. ANDEREON, Gen'l Eup't.
Charlotte. Columbia and Augusta ?.B
SUPERINTENDENT'S OFFICE,
COLT/MBIA, S. C., June 0,1872.
schedule will be run over this road:
GOING H Ot TH,
Train No. 1. Train No. 2.
Leave Charlotte.G.CO A. M. 8.20 P. M.
Leave Columbia.1.54 P.M. S.40 A. M.
Arrive Augusta.7.45'P. M. 8.20 A. M.
. ooiNO Nomn.
Leave Augusta.G.36 A. M. 5 50 P. M.
Leave Columbia_12 36 P. M. 11.02 P. M.
Arrive Charlotto.7.42 P.M. 6.00 A.M.
Standard Time ten minutes slower than
Washington; six mir M tes ahead Columbia.
No. 1 Train daily. No. 2 Train daily, Sun*
days excepted. Both trains mako close con?
nection to all points North, South and West.
Through tickets, sold and baggage checked
to all principal pointB.
E. P. ALEXANDER, General Sup.
Fi.B. DQBBEY, Gen. Freight and Tioket Agent
Greenville and Columbia Railroad,
PASSENGER TRAIN SCHEDULE.
^ftMiUt. DAILY, Bunda y s
flBK!?McBHE!^3BE*excepted, connecting
with Night Trains on South Carolina Railroad
up and down; also with Trains going North
and South on Charlotte, Columbia and Au?
gusta Railroad, and Wilmington, Columbia
and Augusta Railroad.
rp.
Leave Columbia at. 7.45 a. m.
Leave Alston. 9.35 a.m.
Leave Newberry.11.15 a. m.
Leave Cokeebury. 2.40 p. m.
Leave Belton.4.80 p. m.
Arrive at Greenville. 6.10 p.m.
DOWN.
Leave Greenville at. 6.S0 a. m.
Leave Belton.8.30 a. m,
Leave Cokeebury.10.15 a. m.
Leave Newberry. 1.30 p.m.
Leave Alston.3.20 p.m.
Arrive at Columbia. 510 p.m.
Anderson Jiranch and Blue IiiOge Division,
DOWN. UP.
Leave Walhalla. 4.45 a. m. Arrivo 7.50 p. m.
Leave Pernvillo 5 25 a. ic. Leave 7.15 p. m.
Leave Pendleton 6.10 a. m. Leavo 6.30 p.m.
Leave Anderson 7.10 a. m. Leave 5.30 p. m.
Arrive at Belton 8.00 a.m. Leave 4 30 p.m.
Accommodation Trains run on Branch Roads
on Mondays, Wednesday s ano Fridays.
AI li ev il le Bran ch.
Leave Cokesbury for Abbeville at. .10.20 a. m.
Leave Abbeville for Cokeebury.... 1.30 p. m.
THOMAS DODAMEAD, Gen. Hup.
M. T. BARTLETT, General Ticket Agent. ,
Richmond and Danville Bailrssd.
T^mWatetibWA CONDENSED TIME
??iHE~^7AbLE,in effect on and
atter Sunday, June 2,1872:
GOING NOBTH.
STATIONS. VAIL. EXPBE68.
Leave Greensboro.1.15 A. M. 10 00 A. M.
Leave Danville. 3.54 A. M. 12 48 P. M.
Leave Burkville. 9.10 A. M. 6 45 P. M.
Leave Amelia CH.. ..10.02 A. M. 6.40P.M.
Arrive at Bichmond... 12.02 P. M. 8.47 P, M.
GOING SOU1H.
Leave Richmond. 2.85 P.M. 5.20 A.M.
Leave Ameba CB. 4.50 P. M. 7 20 A. M.
Leave Burkville.5.45 P. M. 8 28.A. M.
Leave Danville.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., acd
at 5.20 A.M., connect at Greensboro with
trains on North Carolina Division, for all
points South. Faeaengere leaving Richmond
at 2.35 P. M., connect at Greensboro with
train for all pointe East of Greensboro. Pas?
senger train leaving Baleigh at 7.50 P. M..
connects at Greensboro with Northern-bound
Mail train, arriving in Richmond at 12 02 P.
M. JOHN R. MACMUBDO,
General Freight and Ticket Agent.
T. M. R. TALCOT, Engineer and Gen. Sup't.
NOKTII CAROLINA DIVISION.
GOING NORTH.
STATIONS. MAIL. EXTEEFS.
Leave Charlotte.8.40 P. M. 6.80 A. M.
Leavo Salisbury.10.47 P. M. 8.47 A. M.
Leave High Point.12 28 A. M. 10 19 A. M.
Arrive at Greensboro. 1.09 A. M. ll 00 A. M.
Leave Greensboro_1.50 A.M. 11.10 A.M.
Leave Company Shops 3 80 A. M. 12 21 P. M.
Leave Hillsboro. 4 38 A. M.
Leavo Raleigh. 7 30 A. M.
arrive at Goldeboro.. .10 10 A. M.
GOING SOUTH.
Leave Goldsbero. 4 00 P. M.
Leavo Raleigh. 7.15 P. M.
Leave Hillnburo.9.S1 P. M.
LeaveCompany8bopB.il 10 P. M. 2 15 P. M.
Arrive at Greensboro.12 24 A. M. 3 30 P. M.
Leave Greensboro_1.10 A M. 4.C0P. St.
Leavo High Point_ 1.52 A.M. 4 40 P.M.
Leavo Salisbury.8 32 A. M. G 13 P. M.
Arrive at Charlotte... 5.85 A.M. 8 10 A. M.
1 asseDger train leaving Raleigh 11 7.15 P.
M., connects at Greiusboro with Northern
bound irain; making the quickest time to all
Northern cities. Price of tickets same ae tia
other routes. Mail train? daily, both ways,
over entire length of road. Expi'ts daily
between Company Shops and Charlotte (Sun*
dava exoepteu. ) All passenger trains connect
at Greensboro with traine to and from Rieh?
mond. Pullman Palace Cars on all night trains
between Charlotte and Richmond, ?ithout '
change. 8. E. ALLEN. Gen. Ticket Agent.
W. H. G UREN, MaBter Traue? ortatien.
Change of Echednie.
SOCTH CAROLINA RAILROAD COMPANY,
COLUMBIA, S. C., June 9, 1872.
and after Sunday, 21th instant:
MAIL AND PASSENGER THAD ?
Leave Columbia at. 7 40 a m
Arrive at Charleston at. 8 20 {i rn
Leave Charlestons!. 8.11'a m
i rrive at Columbia at. 8.40 p ni
NIGHT EXPBEBB, FREIGHT AND aCCGMMODAllfN
TRAIN, [Sundays excepted.]
Leave Columbia at.G.C0 p m
Arrive at Charleston at.'... 7.10 aa
Leave Charleston at.7.10 p m
Arrive at Columbia at.6.40 a m
Camdon Accommodation Train ?ill ctn
linuotn mu to Columbia RS tor mr r!y - Men.
dava, Wednesdays and Paturdnye.
A. L. TYLER, vice-President.
il. R. P10EIN8, General Ticket Agc lit.
Summer Schedule S. & TJ. R.
rynWCTM DOWN TRAIN. UP TRAIN
sMtK-iSWr Arrivo. Li ave. Arrive.Leave
Sparenburg.. 5 80 5.25
Batehville. 6 00 GOO HS 4.?3
Pace-let. . fis 6.13 1.10 4.4S
Jonesville. 6.43 G.48 4.Ci" 4.10
t'nionville. 7.2.r) 7.S0 8.05 8.25
Santuc. 8.20 8 '26 2 .10 2.?5
Fish Dam. 8.4n 8 45 2.10 2.15
Shelton. 0.15 0 20 135 1.40
Lytas'Ford... 0.40 <> !.-> 1.12 1.17
Strother. lo.ro> io 10 12.50 12..".5
Alston. H.p.' ?1,C0
May2l TUGS. ll. ETER. Pr? sittent