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When age has cast its shadows
O'er life's declining way,
And tho evening twilight gathers
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Then wo shall sit and ponder
In tho dim and shadowy past;
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gumnci'g Advice to (lit Colored People.
WASUINOTON, D. 0., July 29, 1872.
GENTLEMEN ANO FELLOW CITIZENS: * *
I ara touched by the appeal you make. It ia
Iruo that I am the friend of your race, and I
am glad to be assured that in your opinion I
have held a consistent course in tho Senate
and elsewhere aa tho special advocate of your
rights. That course, by the blessing of God,
I mean to hold BO iong as lifo lasts. I know
your infinito wrongs, and fool them aa for my
own. You only do me simple justico when
you add a belief that my COUUBOI, at thia criti?
cal juncture of your citizenship, would he free
from personal feelings and partisan proj udice.
In answering your inquiries, I can have no
fueling except for your good, which I most
anxiously Beek; nor can any pr*judico of any
kind bo allowed to intorfero. Tue occasion is
too Bolemn. Especially ia there no room for
personal fooling or fur partisan prejudice.
No man or party can expect power except for
the general welfare; therefore, they must ho
brought to tho standard of truth", that they
may bo Boen in life and act. You are right in
saying that thc choice for tho Presidency is
now narrowed down to President Grant or
HoraceGreoley. Ono of theso 1B to be taken;
and, asauming iny acquaintance with both,
and my observation ot their lives, you invite
my judgment between them, asking mo espe?
cially which of tho two, judging from their
antecedents, as well as present position,
would enforce tho Constitution and luws, se?
curing your civil and political rights, with tho
most heartfelt sympathy and the greatest
vigor. Hero I remark that, in this iuquiry,
you naturally put your rights in tho turu
ground. So do I-believing most sincerely
that the best interests of tba whole country
are associated with the completest recognition
of your rights, BO that the two races shall live
together in unbroken harmony. I also re?
mark that you call attention to two things,
the "antecedents" of tho two candidates; and
secondly, their "preseut position." You wish
to know from theso which gives assurance of
tho moat heartfelt sympathy and greatest
vigor in the maintenance of your rights; in
other words, which, judging by the past, will
bo your trueet friena.
The communication with which you have
honored mo 1B not alone. Colored fellow-citi?
zens in other parts of the country, I may Bay
in nearly every St ato of the Union, have made
a similar requost, and some complain that I
have thus far kept silent. I am not in sens ibl o
to thia appeal. But if my opinion ia gives, it
must be candidly, according to my conscience.
In this spirit I answer your inquiries, begin?
ning with the antecedents of tho candidates.
1. Horace Greeley was born to poverty and
educated himself in a printing omeo. Presi?
dent Grant, fortunate in early patronage, be?
came a cadet at Weet Point, and waa educat?
ed at tho public expense. One atartod with
nothing but industry and character; tho
other started with a military commission.
Ono waa trained aa a civilian; the other aa a
soldier. Horace Greeley stood forth SB a re?
former and Abolitionist. President Grant en
hated aa a pro-slavery Democrat, and, at the
election of Jamea Buchanan, fortified by his
volo all tho pretensions of slavery, including
tho Dred Scott decision. Horace Greeley
from early lifo waa earnest and constant
against slavery, full of sympathy with the
colored race, and always foremost in tho
great battlo fur their rights. President
Grant, except as a soldier, sumiuoued hy the
terrible accident of war, never did anything
against slavery, nor baa ho at any timo
shown any spmpathy with tho colored race.
Horaco Greeley earnestly desired that colored
citizens should vote and ably championed im?
partial auftrage: but President Grant was on
theotherside. Beyond these contrasts, which
aro marked, it cannot be forgotten that Hornee
Greeley is a person of large heart and largo
understanding, trained to tho support of
human rights, always beneficent with the
poor, always ready for any good causo, and
never duterred by opposition or reproach, as
when for long yearB he befriended your peo?
ple. Add to these qualities, conspicuous in
nia life, untiring industry, which leaves no
moment without its fruit-abundant political
knowledge-acquaintance with hietory-the
instinct and graep of statesmanship -an
amiable nature-a magnanimous soul, and,
above all, an honesty which no suspicion has
touched, and you Lavo a brief portraiture
of what are the antecedents of Horace Gree?
ley. Few of these things appear in tho Pre?
sident. Hia great success in war, and the
honors he has won, cannotjehango tho record
of his conduct toward your people, especially
iu contrast with the life-time fidelity of his
competitor, whiie there are unhappy "ante
oodents" showing that in the prosecution of
hie plans he cares nothing for tho colored
race. The story ie painful, but it muatbo told.
I refer to the outrage ho perpetrated upon
Hayti, with its 800,000 blacks, engaged in
the great experiment of self-government.
Here ia a most instructivo "antecedent," re?
vealing beyond question hie truo nature, and
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minies, which is thc Bpanish part of the
island, and shrinking at nothing, he began
by seizing tho war powers of tho Govern?
ment, in flagrant violation ot thc Constitu?
tion, and thin, at groat expenditure of
money, sent several armed ships of the navy,
including monitors, to maintain tho usurper
Baez in power, that through him ho might
obtain the coveted prizo. Not content with
tliia audacious dictatorship, ho proceeded to
etriko at tho independence of tho black re?
public by opon menaco of war, and all with?
out the sanction of Congress, to which is
committed tho war making power. Bailing
into tho harbor of Port-au-Prince with our
most powerful monitor, tho Dictator, proper?
ly named for this Ber vice, also tho frigate Se?
vern as consort and other monitors in their
train, tho Admiral, acting under instructions
from Washington, proceeded to tho executive
mansion, accompanied by officers of his
tquadron, and then, pointing to tho great
war ships in Bight (rom tho windows, dealt
his monaco of war, threatening to sink or
capture Haytien ships. The President was
black, not white. The Admiral would have
done no such thing to any white ruler, nor
would our country havo tolerated such me?
naco from any Government in tho world.
Hero was indignity not ouly to the black re?
public, with its population of 800,000, but to
thoAfricBn raco everywhere, and especially
in our own country. Nor did it end hero.
For mouths tho navy of the United States
was hovering on the coast, kcepiug that in?
sulted people in constant auxioty, while Pre?
sident Grant was to them like a hawk sailing
in the air, and ready to swoop upon Ida prey.
This heartless, cruel proceeding found a vic?
tim among our white fellow-citizens. An ex?
cellent merchant of Connecticut, praised by
all who kuow him, was plnugcd into prison
by Bat z, where ho was immured because it
was teared bo would writo agaiust the treaty
of annexion, and thia captivity was prolonged
with the connivan- I of two agents of thc Pre?
sident, one of whom linds constant favor
with him, and ia part of tho military ring im
nediately about him. 'Ihat such ah outrage
i ould go unpunished shows the little regard
. >f the President for human rights, whether
in white or black.
I confesa my trials, as I waa called to wit
ness theeo things. Always a supporter 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, so that for somo timo my opinions
were unknown, lt waa only when I Baw tho
breach of all law, human and divine, that I
was aroused, and then began the angerof tho
President and of his 1 inga, military and sena?
torial. Devoted to tho African race, 1 felt for
them, besides being humbled that the great
republic, acting through its President, could
sot such an example, where tho National
Constitution, international law and humanity
wcro all sacrificed. Especially waa I moved
when I saw tho indignity to thc colored race
which was accomplished by trampling upon a
fundamental principio of Internationa1 law,
c*eclaiiug the equality of nations, as our De?
claration of Independence declarea the equal?
ity of men. This tcniblo transaction, which
nobody cnn defend, is among tbo "antece?
dents" of President Grant, from which yon
can judge how much thc colored race can rely
upon his "heartfelt sympathies." Nur can it
be forgotten, that shortly afterward, on the
return ot' the commission from this island,
Hon. Frederick Eouglass, the colored orator,
accomplished in manners as in bloqueuce, was
thrust away from tho company itt tho com?
missioners ut the common table < f the mail
packet on the Potomac, almost within tight of
tho Executive Mansion, simply on account of
his color; but tho President, at whose invita?
tion ho had joined the commission, never ut?
tered a word iu condemnation of thia exclu?
sion, and when entertaining tho returned
commissioners at dinner, carefully omitted
Mr. Douglass, who was in Washington at thc
time, and thus repeated the indignity. Other
things might bo mentioned showing tho sym?
pathies of tho President, but I cannot forget
tho civil rights bill, which is the cap-stone of
that equality before tho law to which all are
entitled, without distinction of color. Presi?
dent Grant, who ceuld lobby so assiduously
for his Bt. Domingo scheme, full of wrong to
tho colored race, could do nothing for this
beneficent measure. During a long session
of Congress, it waa discussed constantly, and
the colored people everywhere hung upon the
debate, but there was no word of "heartfelt
sympathy",from the President. Atlaet, just be?
fore the nominating convention, ho addressed
a letter to a meeting of colored fellow-citizens
in Washington, called to advance this cause,
whero he avoided the question, hy declaring
himself in f&^or of "the exercise of those
rights to which every citizen should ho justly
entitled," leaving it uncertain whether colored
people aro justly entitled to tho rights so
cured by the pending bill. I understand that
Horace Greeley bas already been assailed hy
an impracticable Democrat as friendly to this
bill, but nobody has lisped against President
Grant on this account.
Among "antecedents," I deem it my duty
to mention the little capacity or induct ;\ nit'
the President in protecting colored pe> ph;
aud in assuring peace at the Sou*ii. No' .?ly
can doubt that a small portion of the td'-rt'
and earnest will, even without tho lobbying
so freely given to tho San Domingo scheme,
would have averted those Ku Klux outrages
which wo deplore, so 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.
After violating the Constitution and interna?
tional law to insult the black republic, and
setting an example of insubordination, he
was not in condition to rebuke law-breakers.
II. Passing from "antecedents." I como
now to the "present position" ot the two can?
didates, which is tho sui joel ot your next in?
quiry. If in any former particulars the two
aro on au equality, yet in all niibstantiat re?
specte tho envious advantage is nit h Horace
Greeley. Each was nominated by a lie-publi?
can convention, ono at Cincinnati and the
other at Philadelphia, so that in I his respect
they may seem to bo on an equality. But it
will not fail to bo observed that the conven?
tion at Cincinnati was composed of able- and
acknowledged Kcpub?caus, many of wheni
havo actod with the party from its first for?
mation, who, without previous organization,
came together voluntarily for tho sake of re?
form aud purity in tho Government; while.on
tho other hann, tho convention at I'biladel
?iliia was composed of delegates chosen
argely under the influence of stockholders,
who assembled to sustain what is known as
Grantism, being the personal government
and personal pretensions of Grant, involving
nepotism, repayment of gifta by official pa?
tronage, neglect of public duty, absented mi,
military rule, die regard of constitution and
law, with general unfitness and indignity to
thc colored race-all of which ia BO unrepub
lican as to inako its support impossible for
true Republicans. Therefore, the conven?
tion at Philadelphia, though calling itself
Republican, was less Republican in reality
than that at Cincinnati. Tho two platforms,
so far as concerna especially the colored men,
are alike in substance, but that of Cincinnati
is expressed in terms most worthy of tho
equal rights it states and claims: "We recog?
nize the equality of all men before the law,
and bold that it is the duty of Government in
its dealings with the people to mete out equal
and oxaot justice to all, of whatever nativity,
race, color or persuasion, religious or politi?
cal." In othor respects, the platform of Cin?
cinnati is the most Republican, inasmuch as
it set s it self against those min. publican abuses
which havo been nursed hy the President i
into pernicious activity.
From tho two nominations and two plat- ,
foi ms I como to tho supporters of the candi?
date?, and here I look, tiret, n' those iiumt-di* i
ately about them, and, sect v. at the popu?
lar aupport bcliind. Horne? Greeley una t
among his immediate supporters, in all parts :
of tho country, devoted anti consistent Rr- t
publicans, always esriii st l..r i t form and pu- i
rity in Government,on whoso lives there is no .
shadow of suspioit n - !?< hu; a contrast in i '.
character to th oso HORB which play Bach a
Dart ia tho present Administration. Tho
country knows too well tho military ring, thu
senatorial ring, and tho custom houao ring,
through which the President nets. Such sup
portera aro a very poor recommeiidatiou.
Looking at tho popular support behind, the
advantage, ia etill with Horace Greeley. Pre
aident Grant has at his hack the diversified
army or nilien holders, drilled to obey thc
word of command. The (speeches praising
him aro by office-holders and numbera of
ringa. Hcraco Greeley linda Hocking to his
support large numbers of Republicana unwill?
ing to continuo tho existing misrule, and aa
alliea with them a regenerated party which
comes forward to unite in thia Liberal move?
ment. Democrats, in joining Horace Greoloy,
havo changed Dimply aa President Orant
changed when ho joined tho Republicans, ex?
cept that he waa rewarded at oneo with high
oflico. Tho chaugo ia open. Adopting tho
Republican platlorm, which places the equal
rights of all under tho safeguard of irreversi?
ble guarantees and at thf aume timo accept?
ing tho nomination of a life-time Abolit t?ntet,
who repr?senla ure-emiiiently thu sentiment
ot duty to the colored race, they havel et their
corporate seal to Gio sacred covenant. 'I bey
may continue Dem?crata in name, but thur
are in reality Republicans, by tho same titlu
that those who sustain Republican principles
aro Republicans, or rather they aro Demo?
crats, according to tho original signification
of that word, dedicated to tho righta of the
people. It ia idle to say that Horneo Greeley
and tho Republicana that nominated bim are
any loss Itepublicau because Democrats unite
with them in supptut of cherished principles
aud tho candidate who represente them. Con?
versions aro always welcome, and not hs* ra
because tho chang? ie in a multitude rallier
than an individual. A political party cannot,
ii it would, aud should not, if it could, abut
the door against couverts, whether counted
by the score, thc hundred or tho thousand;
and so wc lind that the supporters of Presi?
dent Grant announce with partisan triumph
tho adhesion ol a single Democratic politician
or a Bingle Democratic newspaper. On eqnal
reason, and with higher pride, may the aup
Eorters of Horaco Greeley announco tho ad
ooion of tho Democratic party, which, turn?
ing from tho thinga that are behind, prosaca
on to those that are before
It is also idle to Bay that tho election of
Horace Greeley aa President, with Gratz
Brown as Yice-Preeident, both unchangeable
Republicans, will bo the return of tho Demo?
cratic party to power. On tho contrary, it
will be the inauguration of Bepublican prin?
ciples, under tho safeguard cf a Republican
President and Republican vice-President,
with Democrats as avowed supporters. In
tho organization of his administration and
in the conduct of affairs, Horaco Greeley will
naturally lean upou those who represent'best
tho great promises made of equal rights and
reconciliation at Cincinnati. If Dem?crata
aro taken, it will he as Republicans iu heart,
recognizing tho associate terms of the acttlc
nieut as au irreversible finality. The hardi?
hood e?f political falsehood reaches ila ex?
tremo point, when it ia asserted that under
Horace Greeley tho freedmen will bo re-en
?laved, or that colored people will in any way
entrer in their equal rights. On thu contrary,
tbey have in his election hot only thu pro?
mises of tho platform, but also the splendid
example for a full generation, tluring which
ho has never wavered in the assertion of their
righta. Tt> suppose that Horace Greeley,
when placed where ho csu do them thc inuit
good, will depart Irum the rulo of hid honest
lifo, is an insult to reason. Then fore, I put
asido tho partisan allegations that Horace'
Greeley has gone to the Dem?crata, or that
he willbo controlled by Democrats. Each is
without foundation or nason, according to
my judgment. They aro attempts to avoid
what you recogui/.e as thu true issue, heine
tho question between the two candidates, or,
perhaps, they may ho considered aa Beare
crowa. to deter the timid. Nobody who votes
for Horace Greeley will go to tho Democrats,
nor do I believe that when elected Horace
Greeley will bo under any intluenco except
that enlightened conscience which will keep
bim ever true to tbs principles ho repre?ents.
It is none the less idlo to suppose that Dem??
crata supporting Horace Greeley expect or
desire that he should depart from those prin?
ciples which aro the glory of bia character.
They have accepted tho Cincinnati platform
with ita two-fold promises, and intend in
goad faith to maintain it. Democrats cannot
turn back who, at tho Convention adopting
this platform, sang Greeley songs to the tune
of "Ulel John Brown, bia soul is marching
on." Seeking especially the establishment
of character in the National Government,
they will expect their President to bc alway?
true to hiniBelf.
Gentlemen, in thus answering your two in?
quiries, I havo shown why you," aa colored
lollow-citlzens.and alao all who would uphold
your rights and aavo the colored race from
indignity, should refuso to sanction the re?
election of tho President, and put your trust
in Horaco Greeley. IotigLt to add that with
him will bo auaociated aa Vice-President
Gratz Brown, whom I have known for yearaaa
a most determined Abolitionist. The"two to?
gether will carry into the National Govern?
ment an unswerving devotion to your rights,
hot to bo disturbed by partisan dictation or
sectional prejudioe. Besides all this, which
may fitly guido you in determining between
tho two candidates, it is mv duty to remind
you that, as citizen* of the (Jinted Slates, and
uart of the country, your welfare is indisso?
lubly associated with that ot the whole coun?
try. Where all aro prosperous yon will bo
gainera. Therefore, while justly can-tul nf
your own rights, you cannot be itidilfcren*, tc
the bleaeiugs of good government, lt ia for
you to consider whether thc time baa not
como for something better than the sword,
and whether a character like Horace Greeley
does not givo stronger assurance of good go?
vernment than can be found in t beitieulter ot
tho colored rac*-, already famous from the
rings about him and Ina plain inaptitude lor
civil life. The supporters of President Grant
compel ua to obscivu his offiiiues and short?
comings. The comparison they challenge
cannot be declined, lt will be? for others in
Ibo present canvass to hohl it before tho
American people. Speaking now fur myself,
I havo to say that my vote will be given for
Horaco Greeley; but in giving it I do not go to
tho Democratic party, nor am 1 any less a
Republican. On tho contrary, I am so much
of a Republican that I cannot support a can?
didate whoso conduct in civil btu showa an
incapacity to appreciate Ropublioan princi?
ples, ami whose administration is marked by
acts td delinepiiiicy, especially to tho colored
ract', by tho ebie of which tho allegations on
the impeachment ol Andrew Johnson were
leeln ?cai and trivial. Unquestionably Presi?
dent Grant deserved impeachment for high
cr?i.ee and misdemeanors, rather than a re?
nomination, aud on lim trial it would IIMVO
boon enough to exhibit his seizure of tin \v.ir
power and bia indignity to tho black republic,
with ita population of 8??.0?0, in violation ol'
tho NutionalConstitution and of international
law. And hero a contrast arises between him
and Abraham Lincoln. The latter, in hisfirst
annual message, reconnut oded tho recogni?
tion of what he called the "independence and
sovereignty of Hayti," but it ia at these- that
President "Grant has struck. Ono of Abra?
ham Lincoln's first nets wau to put tho black
republic on an equality with tho other
powers; one of l're-i lent G ran t'a was lo de?
grade it.
I am so much id a Republican that I wish
to soo in tho Presidential chair a lilo-tiino
Abolitionist. I also wish a President sincerely
ilovoted to civil service reform, beginning
with tho "one-term principle," which Presi?
dent Grant once accepted, Out now disowns.
I also wioh a President who sets tho example
:>f industry and unselfish dedication to the
public good. And I wish to see a President
through whom wo may expect punco and har?
mony, instead of discord. Strangely, Presi?
dent Grant seems to delight in strife. It he
lintis no enemy,ho falls upon his friends, as
?vin u he atruck at tho black republic, inanlted
[lussia lu bis annual message, offended both
Franco and Germany, ami tlien, in personal
relations, quarreled generally. My own per?
sonal experience teaches how futile is tho
charge, that because Bora ce Greeley receives
Democratic votes, therefore ho becomes a
Democrat, or lapses under Democratic con?
trol. I was first chosen to tho Seuato by a
coalition of Free R?ders and Democrats. De?
mocratic voto? helped make mo Senator from
Massachusetts, ns they also helped ranko my
excellent, friend. Mr. Chase, Senator from
Ohio, and will help make Horace Greeley Pre?
sident. But neither Mr. Chase nor myself
was on tlds account len H faithful as Free
S?ders, and, answering tor myself, I know that
I never becatno a Democrat or lapsed under
Democratic control. 1 do not doubt that Ho?
race Greeley will bo equally consistent. Tho
chargo to the contrary, so vehimently repeat?
ed, Booma to reflect tho character of those
who make it, except that they may repeat it
by rote. Theroia a common saying, "Princi?
ples, not men," and on this ground an appeal
ia made for Freaide-nt Grant, feeling justly
that, in any personal comparison with Horace
Greeloy, he must fail, hut a better saying is,
"Principles awl men." i am for the "princi?
ples of tho Republican partv iii contradiction
to Urautism, ana I am tnt tho man who truly
represents them, hy ilieso principles I shall
Btaud, for thom I allall labor, and in their tri?
umph I shall always rejoieo. If any valued
friend si>r arates from mo now, it will bo be?
cause he ptWe.s a lunn al fite principles. Early
in public life, I declared my little heed for
party, and my indiff?re nco to the name by
which I am called; and now I confess my
wHiit of sympathy with theso who vrould chug
tu the torin alter its spirit has lied.
Allowine ttl call attention tn another and
cont rolling consideration, which cannot Le
neglected by thc good citizen. Watching lhe?
re niarkable movement, that haB ended in the
double nomination of Horace Greeley, it is
easy to eeo that it did not proceed from poli?
ticians, whether at Cincinna i or Baltimore.
Evidently it was the heart of the people, sore?
ly wrung by war and tho controversies it en
gendorod, which found thia expression. Sir
Philip Sidney said of thc uprising in tho Ne?
therlands, "It is tho spirit of tho 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 the extravagance of une crapulous
opposition-the nomination at Cincinnati waa
triumphantly adopted at Baltimore. Such an
uupiccedcnted victory, without concert or
Eropulsion of any kind, eau ho explained only
y supposing that it is in harmony with a po?
pular longing. That Democrats, nnd espe?
cially those of tho South, should adopt a life?
time Abolitionist for Protide nt is an assurance
of willingness to aesociato the rights of thoir
colored fellow-citizens with that reconciliation
of which Uoraco Greeley was au earlv repre?
sentative. In standing by Jefferson "Davis at
his trial, and signing In? bail-bond, he showed
tho name sentiment of humanity he so con?
stantly displayed in standing by tho colored
race throughout their prolonged trial, so that
the two dir cordant rauca lind kindred boepi
tality in him, end hu thus becomes a tie of
union.
The nomination lias been adopted by tho
Dem?crata, in convention assembled. Thia
was an event which thc tupi oners ed' Presi?
dent Grant declared impossible. I donut ste
how it cm be regarded otherwise than as a
peace-offering. Aa such, it \? of infinite
value, lt is a re-volution, and itt? suc?es in
pacifying the country will be in proportion to
its accept ance by us. 1 dare not neglect the
great opportunity, nor can 1 stand aloof, lt
is iii harmon; with my lite, wi.ich places
peace above all things except tho rights of
niau. 'Ihns Lir, iu constant efforts tor the
colored race, I have siLceroly sought the
good ot all, which 1 was sure would bo beat
obtained iu fulfilling the promises of tho De?
claration of Indi-peiid?nce, making all equal
iu rights. The spit it in which 1 acted appears
in au carly speech, where I said: "Nothing in
hate: nothing in vengeance." Never have I
asked for punishment. Most anxiously have
I looked for tho time, which seema now at
hand, when there should bo reconciliation
not only between tho North and South, but
between the two races, so that tho tao sec?
tions and tho two races may ho lifted from
the.ruts and grooves in which they are now
fastened, and instead of irritating antagonism
without end, mere shall be sympathetic ca?
op?ration. j?t.?
Tho existing differences ought to be ended.
There is a time for all things, and we are ad?
monished, by a wide-spread, popular upris?
ing, buratitig tho bonds of party, that the
time baa conic for estrangement to cease be?
tween people who, by tho ordinance of God,
must live together. Gladly do I welcome the
happy signs; nor can I observe, without re?
gret,'the colored people, in organized xuaaMs,
re-sis'iug tho friendly overtures, even to thu
extent of intimidating those who arethe other
way. It ia for them to consider carefully
whether they should not tako advantage of
the unexpected opening and recognize tho
bail-boud given at iialtirnore aa the aasurauce
of peace, holding tho parties to tho tull per?
formance of its conditions. Provided always
that their rights are fixed, I am sure it cannot
be best for tue colored people to band together
in a hostile camp, provoking antagonism and
kiteping alive the separation of races. Above
all there must bo uo intimidation, but every
votoi must act freely, without coiiftrsint from
league or lodge. Much better will it be when
the twp political parties compete tor your
votes, eaeit anxious for yuin support. Only
then will that citizenship, by which you are
entitled to the equal rights of all have its na?
tural fruits; Oi ly then will tht-rs bei that
harmony which is essential te te true civiliza?
tion. The present position nf the colored
citizen i* perilous. He id exposed to injurious
pressure ?hen he- heeds support. But I seo
no early extrication except in the way pro?
posed. Let him cut adult from managers
who would wield him me rely as a political
furce, with little regard to Ins own good, und
bravely stand by the candidate who has stood
by hitii. If Democrats unite- with hun, so
much the better. The association once begun
must naturally ripen in common flioudabip
and trust.
I am teir peace in reality ns in mime. From
thu bottom ed my heurt 1 am tur peace, and I
welcome all that makes tor peace. With
deep-felt sath faction, 1 remember that no
cit'zen who drew hid sword against ua has
suftere-d by tho hand of the executioner. In
just association with this humanity will be
tho triumph of eejual rights when the pro
mieoB of tue great declaration arc all fulfilled,
and our people aro united, as never before, in
tho enduring fellowship of a common citizen?
ship. To this end, thero must ho reconcilia?
tion, nor can I withhold my hand. Freely I
accept tho hand that is offered, and reach
forth mv own in friondly grasp. I am against
the policy of hate; I am against fanning an?
cient llames into continued life; I am against
raking in the ashes of tho pa&t for coals of
tire yet burning. Pile up tho ashes; extin?
guish the flames; abolish tho hate; such is my
desire. And now, turning to tho Democratic
party. I hold it to all the covenants solemnly
givon in tho adoption of a Republican plat?
form, with Horace Oreeloy as candidato.
There can bo no backward stop.
With no common sympathy I have observed
that Mr. Hondricks, a loading Democrat,
whom I know and esteemed in tho Senate,
has recently announced bis acceptance of the
constitutional amendments, with thoir logi?
cal results. He proposes, asa proper key?
note to tho extraordinary movement now
swelling to a sure triumph, "Just Lawa and
Public Vtrtuo." This is s worthy aspiration,
e>ntiroly lit on I hil occasion. My key-note is.
"Tho Unity of tho Republic, and tho Equal
Rights ot All, with Reconciliation." Such is
my cry, and wherever my voice can reach,
tin re do I insist upon all these, humbly invok?
ing the blessings of Divino Providence,which,
I believe, must descend upon such a cause.
Accept my beet wishoa for yourselves per- |
Hornill} and for the pcoplo yon represent, and
believe nie, gentlemen, your faithful friend, I
CHARLES 8UMNI It.
To Dr. AcorsTA, W. II. WOHMLE?, and ethers.
Change of Schedule.
WILMINGTON, COLUMBIA A Aror?TA Ii. R. Co.
SUPERINTENDENT'S OFFICE,
WILMINOTON, ti. C., July bl, lb72.
1*4 tS????^- AFTER HUB (Into tho
IHEaaSMgSMBfollowing bchcdulo will
bo run by trains cn this road:
DAY El Tit Ii SH THAIN [HAILY.]
Leavo Wilmington [Union Depot| 8.25 A. SI.
Ari ive at Florence. 9.18 A. M.
Arrive at Colombia. 135 P.M.
Leave Columbia. 12 CO W.
Arrive at Florence. 4.10 P.M.
Arrive Wilmington [Union Depot] 10.25 P. M.
NIGHT EXPHEB8 THAIN .
Loavo Wilmington [Union lieiot] 5.45 P. M.
Arrive at Florence. .... n L8 P. M.
Arrive at Columbia..'. 8.45 A.M.
Loavo Columbia. ... lo 20 P. M.
Arrive at Florence.2 09 A! BI.
Arrive at Wilmington._ 8.00 A. M.
No NIGHT TRAINS leave Wilmington or
Columbia Hunday P.M.
July 31 JAS. ANDERSON, Gcn'l Sup't.
Charlotte. Columbia and Augusta R. E
SUPERINTENDENT'S OFFICE,
COLUMBIA, 8. C., June 9, 1872.
schedule will bc rou over thiB road:
GOING SOUTH.
Train No. 1. Train No. 2,
Leave Charlotte.COO A. M. 8 20 P. Ul.
Leave Columbia.1.54 P. M. 3.40 A. M.
Arrive Augusta.7.45lP. M. 8.20 A. M.
OOINO NORTH.
Leave Augusta.C35A.M. 5 50 P.M.
Leave Columbia_12 36 P. M. 11.(2 P. M.
Arrive Charlotte.7.42 P. M. ti.CO A.M.
Standard Timo ten minutes slower tLan
Washington; six minutes ahead Columbia.
No. 1 Train daily. No. 2 Train daily, Sun?
days excepted. Roth trains make close con?
nection to all pointa North, South and Weet.
Through tickets sold and baggage checked
to all principal points.
E. P. ALEXANDER, General Sup.
E.R. DQBSEY, Gen. Freight and Ticket Agent
Greenville and Colombia Railroad
PASSENGER THAIN SCHEDULE. *
DAILY, Sundays
_If excepted, connecting
with NigbtTrainB 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.
Leavo Columbia nt.7.45 a. m.
Leave Alston. 0.35 a.m.
Leave Newberry.11,15 a. m.
Leavo Cokeabury.fig p. m.
Leave Belton. 4?8? p. m.
Arrive at Greenville. U.lOp. m.
DOWN.
Leave Greenville at. CEO a. m.
Leave Belton. 8.30 a. m.
Leavo Cokebbury.10.15 a. m.
Leave Newberry. 1.30 p.m.
Leavo AISIOD. 3.20 p.m.
Arrive at Columbia. 5 10 p.m.
Anderson Brunch aiid Blue KiO'je JJiVition.
DOWN. rp.
Leavo Walhalla. 4.45 a. m. Arrivo 7.50 p. m.
Leavo Perry ville 5.25 a. ta. Li avo 7.15 p. m.
Leavo Pendleton (J IU a. m. Leavo G.S0 p. m.
Leave Anderson 7.10 a.m. Leavo 5.30 p.m.
Anive at Belton 8.00 a.m. Leavo 4 30 p.m.
Accommodation Tra?na ?un on Branch ltcada
on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridajs.
Abbeville Branch.
Lr ave Cokeehury for Abbeville at. .10.20 a. m.
Leave Abbeville for Cokeaburv.... 1.30 p.m.
THOMAS DODAMEAD, Gen. Sup.
M. T. BARTLETT, General Ticket Agent.
Richmond and Danville Railrced.
l^fTO^^S^I ABLE, in effect on and
after Sunday, June 2,1872:
GOING NORTH.
STATIONS. , WAIL. EXPRESS.
Loavo Greensboro.. . .. 1.15 A.M. 10 GO A. M.
Leave Danville.0 64 A. M. 12.48 P. M.
Leave Burkvilla. MAO A. M. 5.45 P. M.
Leave Ameba CH... .10 02 A. M. 6.40 P.M.
Arrive at Richmond.. .12.02 P. M. 8.47 P. M.
GOING SOUTH.
Leave Richmond.2.85 P. M. 5.20 A. M.
Leave Amelia CH.4.50 P. M. 7.20 A. M.
Leave Burkville. 5.45 P. M. 8 28.A. M.
Leavo Danville.10 50. P. M. 12.55 P. M.
Arrive at Greensboro.. 1.10 A. BL ?.CO P. M.
Trains leaving Richmond sit 2.Ea P. M., ard
at 5.20 A. M., connect afc GreeDBhoro with
trains on North Carolina Dirhrion, for. all
points South. PaBBCegera leaving ffccLmocd
at 2.35 P.M., connect atjQreccfcboro with
train forill points East qft?f-ferrebpro'. Pas?
senger t*tt4l?>l?aviDg 9?l?HtpL :a*'7i60 P. H.,
connect?tt/OTeensboro with 5^01 thara-bout)d
Mail traTuTarriving in B?chmond?afc 13,02 ,F.
M. JOHN R. MACMURIJO.
General Freight and Ticket Agent.
T. M. lt. TALCOT. Engineer and Gen. Sup't.
NGUTU CAMOUU IMVISION.
GOING NOBTH. 1
STATIONS. ?A"iii_Li . ExrBEf 8.
Leefe Charlotte. 8.40 P. M. .,0.30 A. M.
L?*TO Salisburv.10.47 P.M.; 8.47 A.M.
Leave Big!? Poiiit.... .12 28 A. M. 10.19 A. M.
Arrive at GreenBbtro. 1.09 A.M. J1C0 A. M.
Leave Greensboro_1.50 A.M. H.10 A,-M.
Leave Company thopa 3 30 A. M. 12 21 P. M.
Leave Hillsboro. 4 88 A. M.
Leave Raleigh.7.30 A. BI.
Atrive at Goldeboro.. .10.10 A. M.
GOING SOUTH.
Leave Goldebsro. 4 00 P. M.
Leave Raleigh.!.7.15P. M.
Leavo Hillsboro.9.31 P. 31.
Leave Company Shops, ll 10 P. BI. 2.15 P. M.
Arrive at Greensboro.12 24 A. BI. 3.80 P. M.
Leave Greensboro_1.10 A. M. 1.(0 P. M.
Leavo High Point_ 1.62 A. Bl. 4.40 P.M.
Leavo Salisburv. 8 82 A. BI. 0.13 P. BI.
Arrive at Chailotte... 5.S5 A. BI. 8 10 A.M.
Passenger train leaving Raleigh ? t 7.15 P.
M., connecta at Greensboro willi Northern
bound train; malling the quickest time to all
Northern cities. Price of ticketa EBIUO as ria
other routes. Mail trains daily, both wajs,
over entire length of road. Expresa daily
between Company Shops and Charlotte (Sun?
days excepted.) All pnaaengtr trains connect
at Greensboro with trains to and from Rich?
mond. Pullman Palace Cars on all night trains
between Charlotte and Richmond, without
change. 8. E. ALLEN, Gen. Ticket Agent.
W. H. GREEN, Blaster Transportation_
Change of Schedule.
SOUTH CAROLINA RAILROAD COMI'ANT,
COLUMBIA, ti. C., Jene 9, 1872.
Change of Schedule
tr to go into effect on
and aftor Sunday, 24th instant:
MAIL AN 1) PASSENGER THAIN.
Leave Columbia at. 7 40 a m
Arrivo at Charleston at.3.90 p n=
Leave Charleston at.8.10&m
2 rrivo at Columbia at. 3.40 p m
NIGHT EXPRES?, FltElGIlT AND ACCOMMODATION
TRAIN, [Sundayb excepted.]
Leave Columbia at.G.C0 p m
Arrive at Charleston at.0 a m
Leave Charleston at.7.10 pm
Arrivo at Oolnmbia at.6.40 a m
Camdon Accommodation Traiu will con?
tinue to mu to Columbia as foimerly-Mon?
days, Wednesdays and Saturdays.
A. L. TYLER, Vice-President.
S. B. PICKINS, Genoral Ticket Age-Lt.
Summer Schedule S. & U. R. R.,
EBHHHB DOWN TRAIN. UP TRAIN
?H?-?Scr Arrive. Leave. Arrive. Le ave
Spartanburg.. 5 30 5.25
Batesville. 6.00 COO 4.53 4.53
Pacolot. 6 08 (US 4.40 4.45
Joneaville. 6.43 6.18 4.05 4.10
Unionvillo_ 7.25 7.50 3.05 3.25
B&ntuo. 8.20 S.25 2.30 2.85
Fish Dam. 8.40 8.45 2.10 2.15
Shelton. 9.15 0.20 1.85 1.40
Lvles' Ford... 9.40 9.45 1.12 1.17
Strother. 10.05 10.10 12.50 12.55
Alston. 11.00 1??.00
May 24 THOS.B. ETER, Pr?sident