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Sumnei's Advice to Hie Colored People. :
WASHINGTON, D. C.. July 29, 1872. j
GENTLEMEN AND FELLOW CITIZENS: * * 1
I atn touched by the appoal you niahe. It ia
true that I am the friend of your race, and 1
am glad to be assured that in your opinion 1
have hold a consistent course in tho Senate
ami elsewhere as the special advocate of your
rights. That course, by tho blea.ing of God, '
I mean to hold so lung aa lifo lauta. 1 know
your infinite wrong?, and feel them aa for my
own. You only do mo simple justice when
you add a belief that my counsel, at thia criti?
cal juncture of your citizenship, would be free
frum personal feoiiugeand partisan pr?judice.
In answering your inquines, I can have no
feeling except for your gund, which I moat
anxiously seek; nor oau any pr* judice of any
kind bo allowed to iuterfuro. Thu occaaion i*
too solemn. Especially ia there no room for
pcrsunal fccliug or fur partisan prejudice.
No man or party can expect pow? r except for
the general welfare; therefore, they munt bo
brought lo tho standard or truth,that they
may be ?ten in lifo and act. You are i ight in
saying that tho choice for the Presidency ia
now narrowod down to Prtsidont Grant or
Horace Greeley. One of thc?o ia to br. taken;
and, assuming my acquaintance with both,
and my observation ot their live?, you iuvito
my judgment between them, aakiug mo eape
ciully which of tho two, judging from their
'antecedents, as well nu present position,
would enforce tho Constitution and lawB, BU
cuiiog your civil and pulitical rights, with tho
mum heartfelt sympathy and the greatest
vigor. Here I remark that, iu thia inquiry,
you naturally put your rightH in the for?*
ground. So "do I-believing moat sincoruly
that the boat int (.renta of tho wbolo country
are associated with tho completest recognition
of your rights, SO that thu two racen shall livu
together in unbroken harmony. I also re?
mark that you call attention to twu thing*,
the "antecedents" of the two candi jato?; and
secondly, th* ir "present position." You wish
to know from these which gives aseuranco of
tho most heartfelt sympathy and greatest
vigor in the maintenance of your rights; in
other words, which, judging by tho past, will
bo your trueat frieuu.
The communication with which yon have
honored mo iu not alone. Colored fellow-ciii
*?ena in other parts of tho country, I may aay
nSuearly 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 conscience.
In thiB spirit I answer your inquiries, begin?
ning with the antecedents of the candidates.
1. Horace Greeley was born to poverty and
educated himself iu a printing office. Presi?
dent Grant, fortunato in early patronage, be?
came a cadet at Wept Point, and was educat?
ed at the public expenso. One started with
nothing but industry and character; tho
other started with a military con;mission.
Ono waa trained aa a civilian; the other as a
soldier. Horace Greeley stood forth as a re?
former and Abolitionist. President Grant en?
listed aa a pro-elavery Democrat, and, at the
election of Jameu Buchanan, fortified by his
vote all the pretensions of slavery, including
the Dred Scott decision. Horace Greeley
frum early lifo wau earnest and constant
againet slavery, full of sympathy with tho
colored nice, and always foremost in the
treat battle for their rights. President
Grant, exe* pt aa a soldier, summoned by thu
terrible accident of war, never did ?un thing
against slavery, nor lias ho at any time
chown any sympathy with the colored raoo.
Horace Greeley earnestly desired that colored
citizens should vote and ably championed im?
partial suffi ?ge; but President Grant was on
theotheraide. Beyond these contrasts, which
are marked, it cannot bo forgott eu that Horace
Greeley ia a person of large heart and largo
understanding, trained to the support of
human rights, always beneficent with the
pour, alwaya ready fur any good cause, and
never deterred by opposition or reproach, as
when for long years he befriended your peo
pie. Add to these qualities, conspicuous in
bis life, untiring industry, which leave? no
moment witbont its frnit-abundant political
knowledge-acquaintance with history- the
instinct and grasp of statesmanship-an
amiable nature-a magnanimous sou), and,
above all, an honesty which no suspicion li aa
touched, and you nave a brief portraiture
of what are the antecedents of Horace Gree?
ley. Few of these thmgb appear in tho Pre?
sident. His great success in war, and the
honors he has won, cannot'ehange the record
of his conduct toward your people, especially
in contrast with tho life-time fidelity of his
competitor, while there are unhappy "ante?
cedents" ehowing that in the proaecution of
bis plans he cares nothing for the colored
race. The story is painful, but it must be told.
1 refer to tho outrage be perpetrated upon
Hayti, with its 800,0.0 blacks, engaged in
the groat ?xperimt-nt ot self-government.
Hore ia a most instructivo "antecedent," re
i vealing beyond question bia true nature, and
J the whole ia attested by documentary evi?
dence. Conceiving the idea of annexing Do
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July 16 J6mo Vice-Fiesidcut South Carolina Ra?ioiid, Charit eton, S. C.
mirrica, which ie tho Spanish part of tho
.a lan il, and alu inking at nothing, ho began
uy adzing th?' war powers of tho Govurn
mont, in flagrant violation ortho Constitu?
tion, und theil, at great expenditure or
iiionoy, 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
thia audacious dictatorship, ho proceeded to
strike at tho independence of tho black re?
public by upon monaco of war, and all with?
out tho Ra net iou of Congress, to which ia
committed tho war making power. Hailing
into the harbor of Purt-au-Princo with our
moat powerful monitor, tho Dictator, proper?
ly named for thia servico, also the frigate .Se?
vern aa consort and other monitors in their
train, tue Admiral, acting under instructions
from Washington, proceeded to tho executive
mansion, accompanied by officers of bia
niuudrotj, and then, pointing to tho great
war ships in sight Irom tho windows, dealt
bia mouaco of war, threatening to sink or
capturo Iiaytieu ships. Tho President was
black, not white. The Admiral would have
done no such thing to any white ruler, nor
would our country have tolerated such mo?
naco from auy Government in tho world.
Hero wau indignity not only to tho black re?
pu l-l ie, with ita population of 800,000, but to
tho African raco every where, and especially
iu our own country. Nor did it end hero.
For months the navy of tho United States
waa hovering on the coast, keeping that in?
sulted people iu constant anxiety, while Pre?
sident tirant waa to them liko a hawk sailing
in the air, and ri adv to swoop upon bia prey.
Thia hean loss, cruel proceeding found a vic?
tim among our whito fellow-citizens. Au ex?
cellent merchant of Connecticut, praise.i by
ull who know bim, wau plunged into piinoii
by Ila?.S, where bu wau immured because it
was foaied bo would write against the treaty
of annexion, and thia captivity was prolonged
with thc connivance of two agenta of the Pre?
sident, ono of whom finds const.?nt favor
with him, and ie part of tho military ring im?
mediately about him. That such an outrage
could go unpunished shows t he little regard
of the President for human rights, whether
in whito or black.
I confess roy trialn, ns I was called to wit?
ness the'se things. Always a supporter of the
Administration, and sincerely desiring to
labor with it, 1 had never uttered a word with
rt gard to it except in kindness. My early op?
position to tho treaty ot annexation was re?
served, so that for somo timo my opinions
were unknown, lt was only when I saw tho
breach of all law, human and divine, that I
was aroused, and then began the ange ruf the
President and of his rings, military and sena?
torial. Devoted to tho African race, 1 felt for
them, bceidea being humbled that thc gnat
republic, acting through its FrCfcideut, could
set such au example, where the National
Constitution, international law and humanity
were all sacrificed. Especial]} was I moved
when I saw the indignity to tho colored race
which waa accomplished by trampling upon a
fundamental principle ot Internationa' law,
i'eclarii'g the equality of nations, aa our Dc
ulara tien ol Iudepi nele-ncc dcclarea tho i qual?
ity of men. Thia terrible transaction, which
nobody can defend, ia among tho "ant?c??
dent?*' of President Grant,from which you
can judge how much the colored race can rely
upon bia "heartfelt sympathies." Ne>r can it
bo forgotten, that Bboitly afterward, on the
return of tho commission from thia island,
Hon. Frederick Touglaea, the colored orator,
accomplished in manners as in eloquence, wa,u
thrust away trim tho company of tho com?
missioners at the common lable of the mail
packet on tho Potomac, almost within eight of
tho Ixecutivo Mansion, simply on account of
bia color; but the President, at whose invita?
tion ho had joined tho commission, never ut?
tered awoiu in condemnation ot thia exclu?
sion, and when entirtaining the returned
commissioners at dinner, carefully omitted
Mr. Douglass, who wau in Washington ut tho
time, and thuB repeated the indignity. Other
things might be mentioned showing tho sym?
pathies of the President, but I cannot forget
tho civil rights bill, which is the capstone of
that equality before the law to which all are
entitled, without distinction of color. Preai
deut Grant, who c nhl lobby BO assiduously
for his Ht. Domingo ?cheme, full of wrong to
tho colored race, coutd do nothing for thia
beneficent nieasuie. During a lung session
of Congress, it was discussed constantly, and
tho colored people everywhere hung upon tho
debate, but there- wau no word of "heartfelt
sympathy "J rom the President At last, j nat be?
fore the nominating convention, he addressed
a letter to a meeting of colored fellow-citizens
in Washington, called to advance thia cause,
whero ho avoided the question, by declaring
himself in finer of "tho exercise of those
rig btu to which every citizen uhould be justly
entitled," leaving il uncertain whether colored
people aro justly entitled to tho rigbtu se?
cured by the pending bill. I understand that
iforaco Greeley hae already been aa-aileri by
au impracticable Democrat aa friendly to ibis
bill, but nobody baa lisped against Prceid u.t
Grant on tiri* account.
Among "anti ced? nts," I deem it ray iiufy
to mention the little capacity or indu-t > i.l
the President in protecting colored p< opie
and iu assuring peace at the South. Nobody
can doubt that a small portion ol the effort
aud earnest will, even without tho lobbying
so freely given to the San Domingo scheme,
would have averted thoao Ku Klux outraged
which wo deplore, so that there would have
been no pri lenco for further legislation by
Congress . Hut ho waa dieut>U-d both by cha?
racter and the drawback of bia owu conduct.
After violating the Couutitutinu and interna?
tional law to insult tho black republic, and
Betting an example of insubordination, he
wau not in condition to rebuke law-breakers.
II. Pushing from "ant?c?dents," I come
now to the "present position" ol the two can?
didates, which ia tho nul joel ot your in xl in?
quiry. It in any former particular? the two
aro on an i- quality, yet in ail substantial re?
specta the obvious advantage ia with Horace
Greeley. Each WHB nominated by a Hepubli
cau convention, one at Cincinnati amt the
otln r at Philadelphia, so that iu thin respec
they may aeem to bo on an equality. Hut it
will UOtfall to bo observed that the conven?
tion at Cincinnati was composed of ablu ami
acknowledge d ticpublicaus, many of whom
have acted with the party from itu first for?
mation, who, without pre vious organization,
caine, together velum ai ily for i he sake ot re?
form and purity IQ th;: Government; while,on
the, other hand, the ooo vent ion at Philadel?
phia waa composed of delegates chosen
largely under tho influence of utockbuldi rs,
who assembled to susi um what ia known us
(ii?autism, being tho personal government
and uorsonal pretensions nf Grant, involving
nepotism, repayment of gifts by official ps
trou age; neglect or public >uiy, abseilte? ism
military rule, disregard of const itu i ion abd
law, with general unfitness and indignity to
tho colored race-all of which ia so unr< pub?
lican na to make its support impossible for
imo Ht-publicans Therefore, tho conven?
tion at Philadelphia, though calling itself
liepublican, wau leas ltepublioar* in reality
than that at Cioeiunati The two platforms,
so far au concerns especially the colored men,
are alike in substance, bnt that (>r Cincinnati
ia expressed in terms must worthv of the
i qual rights it utatoa and claims: "Wo recog?
nize the ? quality of all men before the law,
and hold that it ia the duty of Government in
its dealing- with the people to mote ont < qual
and exact judien to all. of whatever nativity,
race colot or persuasion, religions or politi
cal " In other respecte, tho piattorm of Cin?
cinnati is the most Hupnblic.au. inasmuch aa
it set s itsellagaim-t thone, unropnhllcau abusen
which have beni nursed by thu President
into pernicious activity.
From tho two nomination?) anil two plat?
foi ms I come to tho support ern of the candi?
dates, and lure I look, llrd ne thone ilium th?
atch aboui them, anti, secondly, at thu popu?
lar support behind. Ilei icii (Ile? ?ey bas
among bia hmm di-.tr- supp -rh rs, in all part?
er tho cochin di votod ?nd Coin-isl cot Itt
publicans, always earnest for nf"im ?nd pu?
rity in Government. on wb< ii" liven I lo re in no
tliadow of jiuapic:. n . fiting a cou;rast in
character to those riugs which play euch a
part io thc present Administration. Thu
country knows too weil the military ring, the
senatorial ring, and tho custom house ting,
through which tho Prc-Bident acts. Buch sup
porlers aro a very poor recommendation.
Looking at tho popular support behind, tho
advantage ts st ill willi Horace Greeley. Pre?
sident Gi ant hus m. hia back the diversified
army of ufncu-holdera, drilled to obey the
word of command. Tho speeches praising
him ure Ly ollice-holders and members of
rings, tieraco Greeley linds Hocking to his
support largo numbera ot' Republicans unwill?
ing tu continue the existing mist ule. and as
allies with them a regenerated party which
cunes forward to unite in this Liberal move
mint. Democrats, in joining l?orace ?rceloy,
have changed simply us President Grant
changed whtu ho joined the Republicans, ox
cept that he was rewarded at once with high
ellice. Tho chango is open. Adopting the
Republican platform, which placet) tho equal
rights of all under tho safeguard ol irreversi?
ble guarantees and at Hu samo time accept?
ing tho nomination of a life-time Aboli ionist,
who represo .Us pre-eminently tho sentiment
of duty to the colored race,they have set their
corporate ?eal to tho sacred covenant. '1 hey
may continue Democrats in name, bot they
are in reality Republicans, by the same title
that those who sustain Republican principios
are Republicans, or rather they at e Demo?
crats ?according lo the original*signification
ol that word, dedicated to tin; rights of the
people. It is idle to say that Hornee Greeley
j und tho Republicans that nominated hint ar?
any less Republican because Democrats unite
with them ni buppoi t cf cheiiehed principios
and tho candidate who represents them. Con?
versions are always welcome, and not li ss so
because the change in n multitude rather
than un individual. A political party cannot,
if it would, und shoul? not, if it could, ul?ut
the door against couverts, whether counted
hythe score, tho hundred or tho thousand;
and so we find that the supporters of Presi?
dent Grant announce with partisan triumph
tho adhesion ot a single Democratic politician
or a single Democratic newspaper. On equal
reason, and with higher pride, may tho sup?
porters of Horace Ureoley announce tho ad
Leoiou.of tho Democratic party, which, turn?
ing from tho things that are bi bind, presses
on to those lbr.1 ute bifore.
It is abo idle to say that tho election of
Horaco Greeley nu President, with Gratz
brown as Vice-President, both unchangeable
Republicans, will be thu return of the Demo?
cratic party to power. On tho contrary, it
will be the inauguration of Republican prin?
ciples, under the safeguard ot a Republican
President and Republican vice-President,
with Democrats as avowed supporters, In
tho organization ot his admiinr-tralioii and
in the conduct of affairs, Horace Greeley will
naturally lean upon tboeo who represent heist
the great promises made of toual rights and
reconciliation at Cincinnati. If Democrats
arc taken, it will be as Republicans iu heart,
rccogu'zing tho associate tenus of the settle?
ment as an irreversible finality. The hardi?
hood of political falsehood reaches it? ex?
treme point, when it ie asst ried that under
Horace Greeley the I reed nu n will be ri-cti
slaved. or thut colored people will in any way
suffer in their equal rights. On lliecoutrary",
they have in hie. election not only lin* pro?
mises ot the platform, but also the splendid
example lor a full generation, during which
ho has never wavered in IhouBsertion of their
right?. To suppose that Horaco Greeley,
when placed where he can do them tho moat
good, will depart from the rule of bis honest
lifo, is an insult to reason. Therefore, I put
asido the partisan allegations that Horace
Greeley bas gone to the Democrats, or that
he will be controlled by Democrats. Each is
without foundation or reasnu, according to
my judgment. They are attempts to avoid
what yon recoguizo as tho true issue, beiug
the question between the two candidates, or,
perhaps, they may bo considered as scare?
crows, to deter the timid. Nobody who votes
for Horace Greeley will go to the Democrats,
nor do I believe that when elected Horace
Greeley will be uniter any influence excopt
that enlightened conscience which will keep
him over true to thc principles he representa.
It is none tho less idle to supposo that Demo?
crats supporting Horaco Greeley expect or
desire teat he should depart from those prin?
cipios which are the glory of his charactei.
'lin y have accepted thu Cincinnati platform
with its two-fold promises, and intend in
good faith to maintain it. Democrats cannot
turn back who, at tho Convention adopting
thia platform, Bang Greeley songs to the tune
of "Old John Brown, his soul is marching
on." Seeking especially Ibo establishment
of character in tho 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
lo?low-citizens, and also all who would uphold
your rights and savo the colored race from
indignity, should refuso to sanction tho ro
election of the President, and put your trust
in Horton Greeley. I ought to add that with
him will bo ausoclated aa Vice-President
Gratz Riowu, whom I have known ! >r yeareas
a moat doti rminod Abolitionist. Tho two lo
getber will carry into tho National Govern?
ment an unswerving devotion to your rights,
not to be disturbed by partisan dictation or
sectional prejudice. Betides all luis, which
may fitly yuille you in determining between
the two candidates, it is ray duty to remind
you that, as citizens of tho United Stati s. and
fiart of the country, your welfare ia indisso
ubly associated with that ot tho whole coun?
try. Where all aro prosperous you will bo
gainers. Therefore, while justly narelli] of
your own rights, you cannot bo indiff?re ti*, te
the blessings of good government. It is for
you to confider whether the time has not
como for something better thin the sword,
and whether a character like Horses Greeley
does not give stronger assurance of good go?
vernment than can be found in the inenltei of
tho colored race, already famous fi om the
rings about bim and his plain Inaptitude for
civil life. The supporters of President Grant
comps) tia to obaeivo hi? off> ncc? and short?
comings. Tho compari'iiii they challenge
carnot be declined, lt will h.- lor others in
the present canvas* tu hold it before tho
American people. Speaking now for myself,
I have to say that my volo will be given for
Horaco Greeley; but in giving it 1 do not go li?
the Democratic party, nor am I any leas u
Republican. On the contrary, 1 am so much
of a Republican that I cannot support a can?
didate whose conduct in civil hie shows an
incapacity to appreciate Republioan princi?
ples, andVhMse administration is marked by
uctsot deliiKiuincy, especially to tho colored
rae.-, l>> the ride ot wi.n-h the allegations on
? he impeachment of Andrew Johnson were
b ein ic ?i nm) trivial. Unquestionably Presi
dim Grant deserved impeachment for high
..il...es and misdemeanors, rather than a re?
nomination and on th? trial it would have
been enough to exhibit his seizure ni the war
powbr and hi? indignity to tho black republic,
with Us population of 800,000, in violation of
tho NationalCouetitution and of international
law. And boro a contrast arises between him
and Abraham Lincoln. Tho latter, in hiaflrst
annual message, recommended the recogni?
tion of wh t he called tho "independence and
sovereignty of Hay ti," but it is at these that
Presid? nt Grant has struck. Ono of Abra?
ham Lincoln's first actis was to put the black
ropublic on an equility with the other
powers; one of Prest lent Grant's was to de?
grado it.
I am so much of a Republican that I wish
to see in tho Presidential chair a life-time
Abolitionist. I also wish a President sincerely
devoted to civil service reform, beginning
with tho "one-term principle," which Presi?
dent Grunt once accepted, but now disowns.
I also wish a President who seth tho example
of mil us try and uiiaolti-b dedication to the
public youd. And I wish to see a President
through whom we may expect poaco and lnr
ninny, instead of discord Strangely, Presi?
dent Grant seems to delight in strife. If he
tit.da no enemy, he lulls upon bia friends, as
when he struck at tho black republic insulted
Russia in bis annual message, offended both
Franco and Germany, and then, in poreona!
relations, quarreled generally. My own per?
sonal experience teaches how futile ie Gie
chargo, that because Horace Greeloy receives
Democratic votes, therefore ho becomes a
Democrat, or lapses under Democratic con?
trol. 1 waa lirat chosen to tho .Senate hy a
coalition of Freo Hollers and Democrats. De?
mocratic votes helped make mo Senator from
Massachusetts, aa they also helped miiko my
excellent friend. Mr.*Chase, Senator from
Ohio, and will help make Huraco Greeley Pre?
sident. Hut neither Mr. Cbaso nor myself
wa? on thia account lesa laithful aa Free
Healers, and, answering lor myself, 1 know that
I never became a Democrat or lanac 1 under
Democratic control. 1 do not doubt that Ho?
race Greeley will bo equally consistent.. The
charge to tho contrary, BO vehemently repeat?
ed, seems to rt fleet tho character ot those
who make it, except that they may repeat it
by roto. There ia a common Baying, "Princi?
ples, not men," and on thia ground an appeal
ia mado tor President Grant, feeling j uatly
that, in any personal comparison with horace
Greeley, he niuat fail. Hut a better flaying ie,
"Pr incl pies und men." I am for the princi?
ples of the Hepublican party in contradiction
to Grantism. anu I um t> r the man who truly
represents them. Hy theao principles I shall
stand, for them I Mull labor, and in their tri?
umph I shall always rejoice. If any valued
friend separates from me now, it will be be?
cause lie places a man obete principie?. Farly
in public lite, 1 di dared hiv little, heed for
party, and my indifference to tho name by
which I uni cabed; and now 1 confesa my
want ut sympathy with those who *ould cling
to the lorin alter its t-pirit hus lied.
Allow ine to call attention to another and
controlling consideration, which eanuot he
neglected by the good citizen. Watching the
rt mm liable movement, that baa ended in the
double nomination nf Horace Greeley, it ia
easy to seo that it did net proceed from poli?
ticians, whether at Cinciona i or Baltimore.
Evidently it was the heart of the people, aore
ly wruiiir by war and tho ccuitroveruiee it en?
gendered, which found thia expression. Sir
Philip Sidney said of the uprising in the Nc
thei lands, "It is the spirit of tho Lord, and I'B
irresistible," and such a spirit ia manifest
now. Kothwitbutamling tho counteracting
inlluenco of politicians-Hepublican and De?
mocratic-in the face of persistent ridicule
and against tho extravagance of unscrupulous
opposition-tho nomination at Cincinnati wau
triumphantly adopted at Baltimore. Such an
unpi ecedeuted victory, without concert or
Cropulsiun of any kind, can bo explained only
y supposing that it iu in harmony with a po?
pular longing. That Democrats, und espe?
cially those of tho South, should adopt a life?
time Abolitionist for Presid? nt lu un assura nco
of willingness to a-fcociate the tights of their
colored fellow-citizens with that r?conciliation
of which Horace Greeley was an ?arly repr??
sentai ive. In ut anding by Jefferson Davis at
his trial, and signing his bail-bund, ho showed
the same sentiment ot humanity he uo con?
stantly displayed in standing by tho colored
race throughout tin. ir prolonged "trial, so that
the two discordant races find kindred'hosp!-,
tu'ity in him, end he thus becomes a tie of
union.
The nomination baa been adopted by tho
Democrats, in convention st-embled. Ibis
was ail event which tho supporters of Presi?
dent Grant <1< clai ed impossible. 1 do nut ste
how it can be rigurdi.il Ollie!wiso than as a
peace-offering. Au r-ni-li, it is of infinite
value, lt ia a revolution, and its snceuu in
pacifying tho country will be iu proportion to
ita acceptance hy uu. 1 daru not uegltct the
creat opportunity, nor can I stand aloof. It
ia in harmony with my life, which places
peace above all things*except tho rights of
man. Thus far, iu constant < (Torts lor the
colored luce, I have sincerely bought the
good of all, which I was sure would bo best
obtained in fulfilling tho promises of the De?
claration of f t.tiepeiidence, making all equal
in riglitu. The fpirit in which I acted appears
in an early speech, whero 1 said: "Nothing in
hate; uuthiug in vengeance." Never havo 1
asked tor punishment. Most ai.xiously have
I looked for the time, which seems ?ow at
band, when there should be reconciliation
not only between the North and South, but
between tho two races, BO that the two sec?
tions and the two rucee may be liitod from
the rutu ami groovea in which they ara now
tautened, and instead c?f irritating antagonism
without end, tnere shall bo sympathetic co?
operation.
The existing differences onght to be ended.
There iu a time for all things, and we are ad?
monished, hy a wide spread, popular upris?
ing, bursting the honda of party, that the
time bau come fur estrangement to cease be?
tween people who, by the ordinance, of God,
must live together. Gladly do I welcome tho
happy signs; nor can I observe, without re
grut, the colored people, in organized manses,
re-sis'ing the friendly- overtures, even to the
extent of intimidating those who are tho other
way. It ia for thom to consider carefully
whither they should not tako advantage of
the unexpected opening and recoguize the
bail bond given at Baltimore aa the assurance
of peace, bidding tho parties lo ibo tull per
foi munee of na conditions. Provided always
that their rightu are tixed, I am eure it cannot
be best for tho colored people to band together
in a hostile camp, provoking antagonism and
keeping alive the separation ot races. Above
all there must be no intimidation, hut i very
voter must act freely, without constraint I rom
league or lodge. Much better will it bo when
the two political partit a compete for ji-ur
votes, each anxious for your support. Only
then will that citizenship, by which you are
entitled to tho t qnal rights of all have ita na?
tural fruits. Oi ly then will ibero bo that
harmony which ia essential to a true civiliza?
tion. The 'present position of tho colored
citizen i? perilous. He i-j exposed to injurions
pressure allon he ueeds snppoit. Hut I see
no early extrication except in tho way pro?
posed. Lot him cut adult from managers
who would wield bim no ri ly aa a political
force, willi little regard to his own good, and
bravo'y stand by Hie candidate who bau stood
by him. If Democrats mme with him. so
much the hotter. The association once begun
must naiurally ripen in commun friendship
anil trust.
1 am tor peace iu realhy na in name. From
tho bottom of my heart 1 am fur peace, and I
welcome all that makes tor peace. With
deep-felt sato faction, 1 remember that nu
citizen who drew bia sword against u* bau
sufforid by Che band of tte executioner. In
just association with thia humanity will be
ibo triumph ot equal rights when the pro?
mises of tue great declaration are all fu Ulled,
and our people are united, aa ne vor before, in
the enduring fellowship of a common citizen?
ship. To this end, there must be reconcilia?
tion, nor can I withhold my hand. Freely I
acoept the hand that ia offered, and reach
forth my own in friendly grasp. lam against
the policy of hate; 1 am against fanning an?
cient flamea into continued life; I am against
raking in tho ashes of tho past for coals of
tire yet burning. Pile up the ashes; extin?
guish the flames; abolish tho bate; snob iu my
doairo. And now, turning to the Democratic
party. I hold it to all the covenants solemnly
given in the adoption of a Hepublican plat?
form, with Horaoe Greeley aa candidate.
There can be no backward step.
With no common sympathy I have observed
that Mr. Hendiicks, a loading Domoorat,
whom I knew and esteemed in the Senate,
has recently announced bia acceptance of the
constitutional amendments, with their logi?
cal results. Ho proposes, as a proper key?
note to the extraordinary movement new
swelling to a sure triumph, "Just Laws and
Public Virtue." This ia a worthy aspiration,
entirely flt em I-hi* eccaaion. My key-note is
' Tho Unity of tho Republic, and the Equal
Rights ut All, with Reconciliation." Buen ie
my cry, and wherever my voico can roach,
there "do I inuiat upon all these, humbly invok?
ing tho blessings of Divine Providence, which,
I heh? ve, must descend upon Buch a cause
Accept my boat wiebeB for yourselves per?
sonally ?nd for tho people ye?n represent, and
believo me. gorah men, vonr faithful friend,
CHARLES SUMN' lt.
To Dr. ACOCSTA, W. H. WOBMLEY, and others.
Change of Schedule.
WILMINGTON, COLUMBIA & AUGUSTA H. E. Co. *
fcUi'lSKINTtM-KM-'M UlKICE,
WILMINGTON, N. C., July bl. Ifc72.
^J^E?^t; , AFT Eli tin? dato til?!
tm^VW?ZW* following schedule will
bo luu by ti ainu on this road:
DAY EXl'BLNK TKAIN [HAILY.]
Leavo Wilmington [Union Depot I 3 25 A. SI.
Ariivo at Florence. y.13 ?. M.
Arrive at Columbia. V 35 P*. Jd'.
Leavo Columbia. 12 CO
Arrive at Florence.,., ",' 4.10 p. JJ'
Arrive Wilmington [Union Depot] 10.25 P. BJ.
NIGUT K.M'IIESS THAIN .
Leave Wilmington [Union Depot] 5.45 P. M.
Arrive at Florence. ll ?8 P M
Ai rive at Columbia.8 45A.M.
Leave Columbia. ... JO 20 P. M*
Arrivo at Florence. 2 09 A!M!
Arrive at Wilmington. 8 00 A M*
Ko NIGHT TRAINS leave V ilmi?ctoi! ot
Columbia Sunday P. M.
July 31 JAS. ANDERSON, GcnT Scp't.
Charlotte.Columbia and Augusta Ii. lt
SUPERINTENDENTS OFFICE,
COLUMBIA, S. C., JuDe 9, 1872.
schedule will be run over this road:
GOING BOOTH.
Train No. 1. Train No. 2.
Leave Charlotte.G.00A.M. 8.20 P. JU.
Leave Columbia_ 1.54 P M. 8.40 A. II.
Arrive AugUBta.7.45;!'. M. 8.20 A. ll.
HOING NOHTU.
Leave Auguste.G 35 A. M. 5 50 P. M.
Leave Columbia_12 30 P. M. ll.( 2 P. M.
Arrive Charlotte.7.42 P. 51. G.00 A. M.
Standard Time ten minuteB slower than
Washington; six minutes ahead Columbia.
No. 1 Train daily. Ko. 2 Train daily, Sun?
days excepted. Loth trains make close con?
nection to all pointe North, South and Weat.
Through tickets sold and baggage cheeki ?
to all principal pointe.
E. P. ALEXANDER, General Sup.
E.R. DOBBEY.Gen.Freight apd Ticket Agent |
Greenville and Columbia Bailroad.
PASSENGER TRAIN KCHELILE.
J^__J_BE_HE23aii DAILY, f-nndaye
ggg9M5& VW8***?!^ excepted, connecting
with NigbtTiains on South Carolina bailie ad I
up and down; also with Trains going Keilli
and South on Charlotte, Colutbia aid Au?
gusta Railroad, and Wilmington, Columbia
and Augusta Railroad.
cr.
Leave Columbia at.7.45 a.m.
Leavo Alston. 9 S5 a. m.
Leave Newberry.11.15 a. m.
Leave Cokesbury..'. 2.45 p. m.
Leavo Belton. 4 30 p. m.
Arrive at Greenville. G IO p. m.
DOWN.
Leave Greenville at. C.flO a. m.
Leavo Relton. 8 30 a. rn?
Leavo Cokesbnry.10 15 a. m.
Leave Newberry. 1 30 p. m.
Leave Alston.3 20 p m.
Arrive at Columbia. 5 10 p.m.
Anderson Branch and Line Eidge Bivttion.
DOWN. up.
Leave Walhalla. 4.45 a. ra. Arrive 7.50 p. m.
I.euve Perr) ville 5 ?5 a. m. Leavo 7.15 p. m.
l.t ave Pendleton G 10 a. m. Leave G 80 p. ni.
Leavo Anderson 7 10 a. m. Leave 5 30 p. m.
Ari ive at Belton 8 CO a. m. Leave 4 SO p. m.
Accommodation Trains mn on branch Reade j
on Moudays, Wednesdays ano Fridays.
Abbeville'Branch.
Leave Cokesbury for Abbeville at..10 ?0 a. m.
Leave Abbeville for Cokeebnrv.... 1.80 p.m.
THOMAS DODAME?D, Gen. Sup.
M. T. BABTLETT, General Ticket Agent.
Hichmond and Danville Ksilrced. I
alter Sunday, June 2.1672:
GOING NORTH.
STATIONS. VAIL. EXTOEBS.
Leave Greensboro.1 15 A. M. 10 00 A- M.
Leave Danville. S 64 A M. 12 48 P. M.
Leave Bui kville. 9 10 A. M. 6 45 P. M.
Leavo Amoha C. H_10 02 A.M. C.40 P. M.
Arrive at Richmond. . .12 02 P. M. 8.47 P.M.
GOING SOUTH. ?
Leave Richmond. 2.36 P. M. 5.20 A.M.
Leave Amelia CH. 4 50 P. M. 7 20 A. M.
l eave Bnrkvillo. 5.45 P.M. 8 28 A M.
Leave Danville. 10 SO P. M. 12.55 P. M.
Arrive at Greensboro.. 1 10 A. M. 8.60 P.M. .
1 rains leaving Richmond at 2 35 P. M., si o>
at 5 20 A.M., connect at Greensboro with
trains on North Carolina Divinion, foi- all H
points South. Tassi i girs leavir g Rici rr ond
at 2 35 P.M., connect at Greensboro with I
train lor all points East ot Greensboro. Fas- H
eenger train leaving Raleigh at 7 60 P M.,
connects at Greensboro with Northern-bound j
Mail ti ain, arriving in Richmond at 12 02 P. H=
M. JOHN R. MACMURDO, ,
General Freight and Ticket Agent.
T. M. R. 1 ALCOT, F ngincer and Gen fcup't.
NU KT H CAROLINA DIVISION.
GOING NORTH.
ETATIONB. MAIL EXPBEFH.
Leave Charlotte. 8 40 P. M. G.30 A. M. 1
Leave Salisbury.10 47 r. M. 8 47 A. M.
Leave High Foint_12 28 A.M. 10 19 A.M. .
Arrive at Greensboro. 1.09 A. M. ll CO A. M. |
Leave Ort ensboro_ 150 A.M. 11.10 A.M.
Leave Company fcT.ops 3 30 A. M. 12 21 P. M.
Leavo Hillsboro. 4 38 A. M.- ;
Leave Raleigh. 7 30 A. M.
Arrive at Goldsboro.. .10 10 A. M. HS
GOING SOUTH. I
Leave Goldsbero. 4 00 P. M.
Leave Raleigh. 7 15 P. M. i
Leave Hillsboro. 9 81 P. M. ? ?[)',
LeaveCompanyShopB.il 10 P. M. 2 15 P.M. ? ?
Arrive at Greensboro.12 24 A. M. 3 30 P. M. Wm
Leave Greensboro_1.10 A M.- 4.CO P. M. I: '
Leave High Foint- 162 A.M. 4 40 P.M. MM
Leave Salisbury. 3 82 A. M. 6 13 P. M. ?
Arrive at Charlotte... 5.35 A. M. 8 lo A M. gg
Passenger train leaving Raleigh ? t 7 15 P. m$?
M., connects at Greensboro with Not them QM
bound train; making the quiekt st time to al) BB
Northern cities. Price of tickets same as eta Bn
other rentes. Mail trains daily, both WS>R, BE
over entire length of road. Fxpress daily ra
between Company Shops and Chm lotte (fun- ii li
days excepted.) All psssengt r trains connect :
at G reen Booro with trains to and Irr ra Rich- H
mond. Pullman Palace Cars on all night trains
between Charlotte and Richmond, without
change. S E. ALLI; N. Gen. Ticket Agent. M;
W. H. ORIEN, Master Transportation._ V
Change o? Echeonue. /
SOUTH CABOLINA RAILBOAD COMPANY, -
COLUMDIA, S. C., June 0, 1872. ?
anti after bnnday, 24th instant: ?
MAIL AND PABBKNGLB THAIN.
Leave Columbia at. . ... 7 40am m
Arrive at Charleston at. .8 20 j? m
Leave Charleston at..'.8.H am {
1 rrive at Columbia at....-..8.40 pm
NIGHT CXPUESB, FBKIOHT AND ACCOMMODATION |>
THAIN, [Sundays excepted.]
Leave Columbia at.6.60 P m g
Arrive at Charleston at.7 CO a IL
Leave Charleston at.7.10 p m
Arrive at Columbi? at.6.40 K m
Camden Accommodation Train will rt o
tinue to rnn to Columbia as formerly-Mon?
days, Wednesdays and Saturdays.
A. L. TYLER, Vice-president.
R. B. PioaTwa. General Tloki t Agent.
Sommer Schedule 8. & U. R. E.,
i mwm*il DOWN TRAIN. UP THAIN
WG?Plt*lMr# Arrive. Leave. Arrive. Leave
Spartanburg.. 6 80 6.25
Batesville. 6.00 G 00 4/3 4.5J
Pacolet. 6 08 6.13 4 40 4.45
Jonesville. 6.43 0.48 4 ?'5 4.10
Unionville. 7 25 7 60 3.06 3 26
Santno. 8 20 fi 26 2 80 2.85
Fish Dam. 8.40 8 45 2.10 2 16
Rhelton. 9.15 9 20 1 85 1.40
Lvles' Ford... 9.40 9 45 1 12 1.17
Strother. 10.05 10 10 12.60 12 65
Alston. 11 00 11.00
May 24 THOS.B. ETKH. President