The daily phoenix. (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, August 21, 1872, Image 4
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Bunnin'H Advice to the Colored People.
WASHINGTON. D. G., July 2D, 1872.
GENTLEMEN AND FELLOW-CITIZENS: * *
[ am touched by tho appeal you make. It is
Lruo that I am the friend of your race, and 1
am glad to bo assured that in your opinion I
bavo hold a consistent eourso in tho Benato
and olsowbere SB tho special advocato of your
rights. That oourso, by the blent ing of God,
I mean to hold so long as lifo lasts. I know
your infinito wrongs, and feel them an for my
own. You only do mo Bini plo justico when
you add a belief that my counsel, at this criti?
cal juncture of your citizenship, would be freo
from porsonal feelings and partisan prejudice
In answering your inquiries, I can have no
feeling except for your good, which I most
anxiously sook; nor can any prejudice of any
kind bo allowed to interfere. Tao occasion is
too solemn. Especially is Ibero no room for
personal fooling or for partisan prejudice.
No mau or party can expect powtr except for
tho general welfare; therefore, they must bo
brought to tho standard of truth,thatthoy
may bo seon in life and act. Yon aro right in
saying that tho choico for tho Presidency is
now narrowod down to President Grantor
Horace Greeley. Ono of theso is to bo takou;
and, assuming my acquaintance with both,
and my observation of thoir lives, you invito
my jud?mont botwoen them, asking mo espe?
cially which of tho two, judging from their
antecedents, as well as present position,
would euforco tho Constitution and laws, se?
curing your civil and political rights, with the
moat heartfelt sympathy and tho greatest
vigor. Hero I remark that, iu this inquiry,
you naturally put your rights in tho fore?
ground. Bo do I-believing most sincerely
th^t tho best interests of tho wholo country
arc associatod with tho completest recognition
of your rightB, so that tho two races shall livo
together in unbroken harmony. I also re?
mark that you call attention to two things,
tho "antecedents" of tho two candidatos; and
secondly, thtir "proaont position." You wish
to know from theso which givca assurauco of
tho moat heartfelt sympathy and greatest
vigor in tho maintenance of vour rights; in
other words, which, judging by tho past, will
bo your truest fricnu.
Tho communication with which you bavo
honored mo is not alono. Colored fellow-citi
zena in other parts of tho country, I may say
in nearly every H tato of tho Union, bavo made
a similar request, and somo complain that I
have thus far kept eilent. I am not insensible
to thin appeal. But if my opinion is given, it
must be candidly, according to my conscience.
In this spirit I answer your inquiries, begin?
ning with the antecedents of tho candidates.
1. Horaco Greeioy was born to poverty and
educated himself in a printing office. Presi?
dent Grant, fortunato in early patronage, be?
came a cadet at West Point, and waa educat?
ed at tho public expenso. Ono started with
nothing but industry and character; tho
other started with a military commission.
Ono waB trained as a civilian; the other as a
Moldier. Horaco Greeley stood forth as a re?
former and Abolitionist. President Grant en?
listed as a pro-slavery Democrat, and, at thc
election of James Buchanan, fortified by his
voto all tho pretensions of slavery, including
tho Drcd Scott decision. Horace Greeley
from early lifo waa earnest and constant
against slavery, full of sympathy with tho
colored race," and always foremost in the
great battlo for their rights. President
Grant, except as a soldier, summoned by tho
terrible accident of war, never did anything
against slavery, nor baa be at any timo
shown any anmpathy with the colored race.
Horace Greeley earnestly desired that*colored
citizens should voto and ably championed im?
partial suffrage; hut President Grant was on
theotherside. Beyond these contrasts, which
aro marked, it cannot be forgotten that Horaco
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 cause, and
never dsterred by opposition or reproach, as
when for long years he befriended your peo
pie. Add to theae qualities, conspicuous in
bia life, untiring industry, which leaven no
moment without ita fruit-abundant political
knowledge-acquaintance with hiBtory- the
instinct and grasp of statesmanship-an
amiable naturo-a magnanimous soul, and,
above all, an honesty which no suspicion has
touched, and you have a brief portraiture
of what are the antecedents of Horace Gree?
ley. Few of theso things appear in the Pre?
sident. His great success in war, and tho
honors ho has won, cannotfehango tho record
of his conduct toward your people, especially
in contrast with tho life-time fidelity of his
competitor, whilo there are unhappy "ante?
cedents" showing that in tho prosecution of
his ?dans ho cares nothing for the colored
race. The story ia painful, but it must be told.
I refer to tho outrage ho perpetrated upon
Hayti, with its 800,0(i0 blacks, engaged in
tho great experiment of solf-governmcnt.
Hero in a most instructivo "antecedent," re?
vealing beyond question his tine naturo, and
tho wholo is attested by documentary evi
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aim
miniem, which is tho Spanish part ef tho
island, and shrinking at nothing, ho bogan
by seizing tho war powers of the Govern?
ment, in fiagrant violation of tho Constitu?
tion, and then, ut great expendituro of
money, sent several armed ships of the navy,
including monitors, to maintain the usnrpor
Baez in power, that through him ho ni in ht
obtain the coveted prizo. Mot content with
this audacious dictatorship, ho procooded to
etriko at tho independence of tho black re?
public by open mouaco of war, aud all with?
out the sanction of Congress, to which is
committed tho war-making power. Sailing
into tho harbor of Port-au-Prince with our
most powerful monitor, the Dictator, proper?
ly named for this servico, also tho frigate Se?
vern as consort and other monitors in their
train, tho Admiral, actiug under instructions
from Washington, proceeded to tho executive
mansion, accompanied by officers of bis
equadron, and then, pointing to tho groat
war ehipa in eight Irom tho windows, dealt
his menace of war, throatening to sink or
capturo II ay tien ships. Tho President was
black, not white. Tho Admiral would have
done no such thing to any white ruler, nor
would our country bavo tolerated such mo?
naco from any Government in tho world.
Boro was indignity not only to tho black re?
public, with its population of 800,00t), but to
tho African race everywhere, and especially
in our own country. Nor did it cud hero.
For mouths the navy of tho United States
was hovering on tho coast, keeping that in?
sulted people iu constant anxiety, while Pre?
sident Grant was to them like a hawk sailing
in the air, and ready to swoop upen his prey.
This heartless, cruel proceeding found a vic?
tim among eur while fellow-citizens. Au ex?
cellent merchant of Connecticut, praise : by
all who know him, was plunged into prison
by Baez, where he was immured because? it
was feared ho would writo against the treaty
of annexion, and thia captivity was prolonucd
with tho connivance of two agents ot the Pre?
sident, ono of whom finds constant favor
with him, and ia part of tho military ring im?
mediately about niin. That such an outrage
could po unpunished shows tho little regard
of the President for human rights, whether
in whito or black.
I confess my trials, aa I was called to wit
nosB theso 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 carly op?
position to tho treaty of annexation was re?
served, BO that for nomo time my opiuions
wore unknown. It was only when I saw the
breach of all law, human and divino, that I
was aroused, and then began tho angt-rof tho
President and of his lings, military and sena?
torial. Devoted to tho African raco, I felt for
them, besides being humbled that the great
republic, acting through its President, could
set suth an example, where tho National
Constitution, international law and humanity
were all sacrificed. Especially waa I moved
when I saw tho indignity to the colored race
which was accomplished by trampling upon a
fundamental principio of international law,
declaring tho equality of nations, a? our De?
claration of independence declares tho equal?
ity of men. This terriblo transaction, WUich
nobody can defend, is among tho "ant?c??
dente'* of President Grant, hum which you
can judge how much the colored race can rely
upou his "heartfelt sympathies." Nor can it
bo forgotten, that shortly afterward, on tho
return of tho commission from this island,
Hon. Frederick Douglass, the colored orator,
accomplished in maimers as in eloquence, was
thrust away from tho company of tho com?
missioners tit the common tabfo nf tho mail
packet on the Potomac, almost within sight of
tho Executive Mansion, simply on account of
his color; but tho President, at whoso invita?
tion ho had joined tho commission, nev r ut?
tered a word in condemnation of this exclu?
sion, and when entertaining tho returned
commissioners at dinuer, carefully omitted
Mr. Douglass, who was in Washington nt tho
time, and thus repeated tho indignity. Other
things might bo mentioned showing tho sym?
pathies of tho President, but I cannot forgot
the civil right H bill, which is the cap-Btono ol
tnat equality before tho law to which all are
entitled, without distinction of color. Presi?
dent Grant, who could lobby so assiduously
for his St. Domingo scheme,*full of wrong to
tho colored raco, could do nothing for thia
beneficent measure. During a long session
of Congress, it was discussed constantly, aud
tho colored people everywhero bung upon thc
debato, but thoro was no word of "heartfelt
8ympathy"ifrom tho President. At last, j ust bc
foro tho nominating convention, he addressed
a letter to a mooting of colored follow-citizens
in Washington, called to advance this cause,
where ho avoided tho question, by declaring
himself in favor of "tho exerciso of those
righta to which overy citizen should be justly
entitled," leavingit uncertain whether culoreil
people aro justly entitled to tho rights se?
cured by tho pending bill. I understand that
Horaco Greeley has already been naeailcd by?
an impracticable Democrat aa friendly to this
bill, but nobody has lisped against President
Grant on this account.
Among "antecedents," I deem it my duty
to mention the littlo capacity or indu-:! y <.t
the President in protecting colored p opie
and in assuring peace at the South. N ulm Jj
can doubt that a small portion nf tho effort
and earnest will, even without tho lobbying
so freely given to thc San Domingo ?cheme,
would have averted those Ku Klux ontragcn
which we deploro, so that there would have
been no pretenco for further legislation by
Congress. But ho was disabled both by cha?
racter and the, drawback of his own conduct.
After violating tho Constitution and interna?
tional law to insult tho black republic, and
Betting an example ot insubordination, he
was not in condition lo rebuko law-breakers.
II. Passing from "antecedents," 1 come
now to the "present position" of tho two can?
didates, which is tho subject of your next in?
quiry. If in any former particulars tho two
aro on an equality, yet in all substantial re?
spects the obvious advantage is with Horace
Greeley. Each was nominated by a Republi?
can convention, one at Cincinnati and the
other at Philadelphia, so that in this rospect
they may seem to bo on an equality. But it
will not tail to bo obaorved ttiat the conven?
tion at Cincinnati was compoaed of able ami
acknowledged Hep uh lie HUH. many of when
have actoel with the party from ita first for?
mation, who, without previous organization
carno together voluntarily for the sake of re?
form and purity in the Government; while.on
the other hand, the convention at Philauol
?ihia was composed of delegates choaei
argely under the inlluonce of stockholders
who assembled to sustain what is known at
GrantiBin, being tho personal government
and personal pretensions of Grant, Inyolviuf
nepotism, repayment of gilts by official pa?
tronage, neglect of public duly, absenteeism,
military rule, disregard of constitution am
law, with general unfitness and indignity ti
tho colored race-all of which is so unrepub
hean HS to make its support impossible loi
true Republicans. Therefore, tho conven?
tion at Philadelphia, though calling itseli
Republican, was less Republican in reality
than that at Cincinnati. Tho two platforms
so far as concerns especially the colored men
aro alike in substance, but that of Ciuciunat
is expressed in torms most worthy of tin
equal righta it states and claims: "We recog?
nize tho equality of all men beforo tho law,
and bold that it is tho duty of Government it
ita dealings with the people to mote out equa
and exact justice to all, of whatovor nativity
race, color or persuasion, religious or politi?
cal." In othor rospecte, the platform of Cin?
cinnati ia tho most Republican, inasmuch SE
it aeta itself against those nnrepnblican abuser
which bavo been nursed by the President
into pornicions activity.
From tho two nominations and two plat?
forms I como to tho supportera of the candi?
dates, anti hero I look, first, at those immedi?
ately about them, and, secondly, at the popu?
lar support behind. Horaco Greeley Las
among his immediate* supporters, in all part?
of tho country, devoted and consistent Re?
publicans, always earnest for reform and pu?
rity in Government, on whose lives there is nc
shadow of cuspid'ii-being a contra*; iu
character to lhotse rings which play such a
part in tho present Administration. Thc
oountry kuowa too well tbo military ring, the
senatorial ring, and tho custom house ring,
through which tho Presideut actH. Such erip
Eortcra sro a very poor recommoudation
ooking at thu popular support behiud, the
advantage is ?till with Horacu Greeley. Pre.
aident Grant hun at hiu buck the diversifier
army or uftico-hotdcrs, drilled to obey the
word of command. Tho speeches praising
him aro by office-holders and members ol
rings. Horace Greeley linda Hocking to hit
support largo numbera of ltepublicaua unwill
ing to continue the existing misrule, and ut
allies with them a regenerated party whirl
emirs forward to unite in thia Liberal move?
ment. Dem?crata, in joining Horace Greeley
havo changed simply aa President Gru??
changed when hu joined thu ltepublicaua, ex
cept that ho was rewarded at once with higl
olhco. Tho chnnge ia open. Adopting th<
Ituuubtican platform, which placea thu equa
rights of all under the safeguard of Irreversi?
ble guarantees and at the same time accept
ing the non.mat ion ot a life-time Abolitionist
who represents pre-eminently tho sontiiuen1
of duty to the colored race, they have set theil
corporate seal t<> tho aaercd covenant. The]
may continue Democrats in name, but tho]
are in reality ltepublicaua, by the same tith
that thoac who auataiu Republican principlei
arc Republicana, or rather they aro Demo
crats, according lo tho original.sigtiificatioi
ol that word, (Indicated to tho rights of tin
people. It ia idle to fay that Horneo Grech-:
I and ibo ltepublicaua that nominated bim an
any lesa Republican because Dem?crata uniti
with thtni in supp?t I of cherished principlei
and tho candidato who representa them. (Jon
versions are always welcome, and not less si
because tho chango iain a multitude ruthe
than an individual. A political party cannot
if it wouh!, and should not, if it could, abu
tho door againat converts, whether countet
hythe scorn, tho hundred or tho thousand
and so wo Hud that tho supporters of I'rcbi
dent Grant announce willi partisan triumpl
tho adhesion ol a bingle Democratic peliticiai
or a ainglo Democratic newspaper. Un equa
reason, and with higher pride, may tho sup
portera of noraco Greeley auuouuco the ad
besinn of tho Democratic party, which, turu
ing from the thiuga that aro behind, presse
un to thoao that aro before.
It ia also idlo to eay that Ibo election o
Iloraco Greeley aa President, with Oral:
Drown aa vice-President, both unchangcabl
Republicans, will bo the return of the Demo
eratic party to power. On tho contrary, i
will ho tho inauguration ot' Republican prin
ciplea, under tho safeguard ot a Kc-publicai
President and Republican vice-President
with Dem?crata aa avowed supporters. Ii
Hie organization of his administration nn<
in thc conduct of affairs, Horneo Greeley wil
naturally leun upon those who represent bes
tho great promises made of equal righta am
reconciliation at Cincinnati, li' Democrat
aro taken, it will be as Republicans in heart
recognizing thc associate terina of the settle
nient as an irreversible finality. The bardi
hood of political lalsehood roaches it? ex
treme point, when it is asserted thai nndt
Horace Greeley tho freedmen will be re-en
slaved, or that colored ticoplo will in any wa;
buffer in their equal rights. Gu Ibo contrary
they have in bia election not only the pro
mises of tho platform, but also thu splendii
example for a full generation, during whicl
he baa never wavered in the assertion nf thci
righta. To anppoao that Horace Greeley
when placed where he can do them the moa
good, will depart from the rulo of bia hones
lifo, ia an iiiault to reason. Therefore, I pu
aside tho partisan allegation.- that llorac
Greeley baa gone to the D?mocrate, or tba
ho will bo controlled by Democrats. Each n
without foundation or reason, according ti
my judgment. They aro atlenipta to avoi<
what you recognize aa tho true ieauo, beiui
the question between the two candidates, or
perhaps, they may bo couaidered aa beare
crowa. to doter tho timid. Nobody who vote
for Horace Greeley will go to tho Dem?crata
nor dol bolievo that wben elected llorac
Greeley will bo under any influence excep
that enlightened conscience which will kee]
him ever true to the principles ho repr?senta
It ia none tho loss idlo to suppose that Domo
crate aupporting Horace Greeley expect o
desire that he ahould depart from those prin
ciploa which aro tho glory of bia character
They havo accepted tho Cincinnati platforn
with its two-fold promises, and intend ii
good faith to maintain it. Dem?crata cunno
? turn back who, at the Convention adoptiiij
thia platform, Bang Greeley songs to tho tun
of "Old John Drown, bia soul ia marchin)
on." Seeking especially the establishmon
ot character in the National Government
1 they will expect their President to bc alway
true to himself,
1 Gentlemen, in thus answering your two in
. quirics, 1 havo shown why you, na colorei
tullow-citlzeus, and alan all who would upholi
your righta and aavo thc colored race fron
imlignky, ahould refuse to sanction tho rc
election "of tho President, and put your true
in Horac? Greeley. I-ought to add that will
[ him will bo associated aa Vico-Prcaiden
Gratz Drown, whom 1 haye known for years a
a moat determined Abolitionist. The two te
gcthcrwill carry into tito National Govern
ment an unswerving devotion to your rights
' not to bo disturbed by partisan dictation o
? sectional prc judico. Besides all thia, whicl
1 may fitly guido you in determining betweei
1 the two candidate?, it ia my duty to remim
' you that, SB citizens of the United States, am
?tart of tho country, your welfare ia iudiaao
ubly aas-ociated with that of tho wholo conn
? try. Where all aro prosperous you will b
I gainers. Therefore, whilo juatly careful c
1 your own righta, you cannot bo indifferent t
tho blessings of good government. It ia fo
1 you to consider whether the timo has no
como for aomothing better than the aword
and whether a character liko Horace Gro?le;
1 does not ?ivo Btronger assurance of good go
. vernment than can bo found in the insulter o
1 tho colored race, already famous from Du
- rings about him and Ina plain inaptitude fo
! civil life. Tho supportera of Prcaideut Gran
compel us to observe bia offences and short
- comings. Tho comparison they ehalloug
? cacuot be decliuod. It will bo lor others ii
I tb? present canvass tu hold it before th
1 American people. Speaking now for myself
I have to say that my veto will bo given fo
. Horace Greeley; but in giving it I do not go ti
? tho Democratic party, nor am 1 any lean i
? Republican. On the contrary, I am sn mud
- of a Republican that I cannot support a can
1 didato whoso conduct iu civil lite shows ai
> incapacity tn appreciate Republican prinei
? plo?, and whoso administration ia marked h;
? acta of delinquincy, especially to tho colorei
' race, by the aide of which tho allegations oi
tho impeachment of Andrew Jobuson wen
? technical and trivial. Unquestionably l'reai
I dent Grant deserved impeachment for higl
1 crimea and misdemeanors, rather than a re
. nomination, and on tho trial it would havi
' been enough to exhibit bia seizuro of tho wa
. power and bia indignity to tho black ropublic
' with ita population of 800,000, in violation o
' tho National Constitution and of int r mat iona
i law. And hero a contrast ariaes between bin
. and Abraham Lincoln. Thu latter, in his firs
> annual message, recommended the rccogni
> tion of wh.it ho called the "independence am
- sovereignty of Hayn," but it ia at thean tba
? President Grant baa attuck. Gue of Abra
i ham Lincoln's first acta waa tn put the blacl
I republic un .", 'quality with the othei
, powers; one . i . i : nt Grant's was to do
? gradell.
I am so much ol a Republican that I wini
i to see in thc Presidential chair a life-timi
. Abolitionist. I also wish a President siiieei el;.
; dovoted to civil service reform, beginning
with the "ono-lcrni principie," which Pres i
? dent Graut once accepted, but new disowns
? I also wish a President who seth tho example
. of industry ami unset fi a h dedication lo th?
? public good. Andi wish to seoa President
i through whom wo may expect peace and har
i mony, instead of discord, strangely, Presi
? dent Grant BOOms to delight in strife, if he
. finds no enemy, ho lulls upon his friends, at
i i when ho struck at the black republic.ilisultei:
: ! Husein in bis annual message, offended bott
Franco and Germany, and then, in personal
relations, quarreled generally. My own per?
sonal exuorience teaches how futile is tho
charge, that bocanse Horace Greeley recaves
Democratic votes, therefore be becomes a
Democrat, or lapses under Democratic con?
trol. I was first chobon to tho Senate by a
coalition of Free Sobers ami Democrats. De?
mocratic votos helped make mo Senator from
Massachusetts, UB they also holped mako my
excellent friend. Mr.'Chase, Senator from
Ohio, and will help mako Horneo Greeley Pre?
sident. But neither Mr. Chuso nor myself
was on this account less faith fal as Freo
Boilers, and, answering for myself, I knowthat
I novor becamo a Democrat or lapsed under
Democratic control. 1 do not doubt that Ho?
race Greeley will bc equally consistent. The
charge to tho contrary, so vehemently repeat?
ed, seems to reflect tho charactor of those
who make it, except that they may ropeat it
by rote. There is a common saying, "Princi?
pios, not mon," and on this ground an appeal
is made for President Grant, feeling j ustly
that, in any personal comparison with Horace
Greeley, ho must fail. But a bettor saying is,
'.Principles awl men." I am for tho princi?
ples of tho Republican party in contradiction
to Gran tinto, ana 1 am for thc man who truly
represents thom. By these principles I shall
stand, for them I shall labor, anti in their tri?
umph I shall always rejoice. If any valued
friend separates from mo now, it will bo bo
oaiieo lie places u man above principles. Early
in public life, 1 declared my little heed for
party, and my indifference to tho nanio by
which I am called; and now i confcsB my
want of sympathy with those who would cling
to tho torin utter its spirit hus lied.
Allow mo to call attention to another and
controlling consid?ration, which cannot be
neglected by Ibo good citizen. Watching tho
remarkable movement, that has ended in tho
double nomination of Horace Greeley, it is
easy to see that it did not proceed from poli?
ticians, whether at Chichina' i or Baltimore.
Evidently it was the heart of the people, sore?
ly wrung by war and tho controversies it en?
gendered, which found this expression, bir
Philip Sidney said of tho uprising in tho Ne?
therlands, "lt is tho spirit of tho Lord, and is
irresistible," and such a spirit is manifest
now. Notwithstanding tho counteracting
inlluenco of politicians-Rcpublioan and De?
mocratic-in tho face of persistent ridicule
and against tho extravagance of unscrupulous
opposition-tho nomination at Cincinnati was
triumphantly adopted at Baltimore. Such an
uupicccdcntcd victory, without concert oi
Erepulsion of any lund, can bc explained only
y supposing that it is in harmony with a po?
pular longing. That Democrats, and espe?
cially those of tb? South, should adopt a life?
time Abolitionist for President is au assurance
of willingness to associate the rights of theil
colored fellow-citizens with that reconciliation
of which Horace Greeley was an early repre?
sentativo. In standing by Jefferson Davis at
bis trial, ami signing his bail-bond, ho showed
thu sumo sentiment of humanity ho so con?
stantly dieplaycd in standing by tho colored
race throughout their prolonged trial, so that
tho two di.-cordant races find kindred hospi?
tality iu him, sntl he thus becomes a tie of
union.
Tho nomination has been adopted by tho
Dem?crata, iu convention assembled. This
was au event which tho supporters of Presi?
dent Grant declared imposeiblc. 1 do not see
how it cnn bo regarded otherwise than as a
peace-offering. As euch, it is of iulinite
value. It is a revolution, and its suc?es in
pacifying the country will be in proportion to
its acceptance by us. 1 daro not neglect tho
great opportunity, nor can I stand aloof. It
is in harmony with my life, which places
peaco above all things except tho rights of
man. Thus far, in constant efforts tor tho
colored race, I have sincerely sought thc
good of all, which I waa euro would bo best
obtained in fulfilling tho promises of tho De?
claration of Independence, making all equal
iu rights. Tho spirit in which I acted appears
in au early speech, where I said: "Nothing in
hate; nothing in vengeance." Never have I
asked for punishment. Most anxiously havo
I looked for the time, which seems now at
hand, when there should bo reconciliation
not only between the North and South, but
between the two races, so that the two sec?
tions and tho two races may be lifted from
the ruts and grooves in which they are now
fastened,and instead of irritating antagonism
without cud, thcro shall be sympathetic co?
operation.
The existing diff?rences ought to be ended.
There is a lime for all things, and we are ad
mouished, by a wido-spread, popular upris?
ing, bursting tho honda of party, that the
timo has come for estrangement to cease be?
tween people who, by the ordinance of God,
must livo together. Gladly do I welcomo the
happy signs; nor can I obsorvo, without re?
gret,"tho colored people,in organized masaos,
I residtiug tho friendly overtures, even to thc
> extent of intimidating those who are the ot her
i way. It is for them to consider carefully
whether they should not take advantage ol
the unexpected opening and recognize the
i bail-bond given at Baltimore as tho assurance
? of peace, holdiug tho parties to tho lull per
i forioanco of its conditions. Provided always
- that their rights aro fixed, I am sure it cannot
. be best for the colored people to band together
, in a hostile camp, provoking antagonism and
. keeping alive tho separation of races. Above
i all there must bo no intimidation, but every
i voter must act freely, without constraint from
t league or lodge. Much better will it be whee
1 tho two political parties compote for your
- votes, each uuxious for your support. Only
? then will that citizenship, by winch you are
? entitled to the (quai rights of all, havo its na
" tural fruits. Only thon will there bo that
i harmony which is essential to a truo civiliza
" Hon. Tho present position of the colored
i citizon is perilous. He is exposed to injurious
, prossuro when ho needs support. But I see
' no early extrication except in tho way pro
- posed. Let him cut adrift from managers
* who would wield him merely as a political
i forco, with little regard to his own good, and
' bravely stand by tho candidato who has stood
t by him. If Democrats unito with him, so
- much tho better. The association once begun
> must naturally ripen in common friendship
i and trust.
> I am for peace in reality as in name. From
, tho bottom of my heart I ara for peaco, and I
r welcomo all that makes tor peaco. With
> dcop-felt satisfaction, I remember that no
i citizen who drow his sword against us has
i suffered by tho baud of tho exeoutionor. In
- just association with this humanity will be
i tho triumph of equal rights when the pro
- mises of tho great declaration are all fulfilled,
' and our pcoplo aro united,as never before, in
I tho enduring fellowship of a common citizen
i ship. To this end, thora must be rcconcilia
j tiou, nor can I withhold my hand. Freely I
- accept tho hand that is offered, and reach
i forth my own in friendly grasp. I am against
- tho policy of hate; I am against fanning an
) cient flames into continued lifo; I am against
* raking in the ashes of tho past for coalB of
, tiro yet burning. Pilo up the ashes; extin
f guish tho flames; abolish tho bato; snob is my
I desiro. And now, turning to the Democratic
i party, I hold it to all the covenants solemnly
I given in tho adoption of a Republican plat
- form, with Horaco Grooloy as candidate
I There can bo no backward step.
t With no common sympathy I havo obsorvod
- that Mr. Hendricks, a leading Domocrat,
t whom I know and esteemed in the Senato,
' bas recently aunouueed his acceptance of tho
- constitutional amendments, with their logi?
cal results. Ho proposes, as a proper key
i note to tho extraordinary movement now
* swelling to a sure triumph, "Just Laws and
Publie Virtue" This ia a worthy aspiration,
entirely lit on lill? occasion. My key-noto ia,
? ''Tin- unity of the Republic, and the Equal
Righi s ol All, with Reconciliation." Such is
' my cry, and wherever my voico can roach,
' ? there do I insist upon all these, humbiyinvok
j lng tho blessings of Divino Providence, whiob,
I believe, munt descend upon Buch a causo.
Accept my best wishes for yourselves pcr
. sonally and for tho pcoplo you reprosont, and
1 believe nie, goutlcmen, your faithful friend,
I CHARLES 8?MN1R.
i i To Dr. Af 0CSTA, W. H. WORMI.EV, and others.
Change of Schedule.
WILMINGTON, COLUMBIA & ACOTJBTA B. B. CO.
SUPERINTENDENT'S OFFICE,
WILMINGTON, N. O., Joly Ul, 1872.
??&M?m^ AFTER tina dato thc
jg Mt? following Bchedule will
bo run by traiiiB on thia road:
DAY EXriiKKH THAIN [DAILY.]
Lcavo Wilmington [Union Depot| 8.25 A.M.
Arrivo at Florence. 9.13 A. M.
Arrive at Colombia. 1.35 P.M.
Leave Columbia. 12.00 M.
Arrivo at Florence. 4.10 P.M.
Arrive Wilmington [Union Depot] 10.25 P. M.
NIGHT EXPBESB THAIN.
Leave Wilmington [Union Depot] 5.45 P. M.
Arrivo at Florence. 11.38 P.M.
Arrivo at Columbia. 3.45 A. M.
Loavo Columbia.10.20 P. M.
Arrivo at Florence. 2.09 A.M.
arrive at Wilmington. sioo A. M.
No NIGHT THAINE leave Wilmington or
Columbia Sunday P. M.
July 31 JAB. ANDERSON, Gon'l Sup't.
Charlotte.Colnmbia and AugustaR.R
SUPERINTENDENT'S OFFICE,
Coi.cn ni A, 8. C., Juno 9,1872.
WE) ON and after Monday,
BrSJune ll, the following
Bcbedulu will bc run over tine road:
GOING HOLTH.
Train No. 1. Train No. 2.
Leave Charlotte.COOA.M. 8.20P.M.
Leave Columbia.1.C4 P. M. 3.40 A. M.
Arrive Auguata.7.45JP. M. 8.20 A. M.
GOING NORTH.
Leavo AnguBtn.G.85 A. M. 5.50 P. M.
Lcavo Columbia_12 3G P. M. 11.02 P. M.
Arrivo Charlotte.7.42 P. M. 6.00 A. M.
Standard Timo ten minutes blower than
Washington; six minutes ahead Columbia.
No, 1 Train daily. No. 2 Train daily, Sun?
days excepted. Both trains make close con?
nection to all points North, South and Weet.
Through tickets Bold and baggage checked
to all principal pointa.
E. P. ALEXANDER, General Sup.
E.R. DORSEY, Gen. Freight and Ticket Agent
Greenville and Columbia Railroad.
PASSENGER TRAIN SCHEDULE.
?3?fl&?H5S@li BAILY, Sundaye
wBt*LWS?.$at geffle=!3Z? excepted, connecting
with Night Trama on South Carolina Railroad
up and down; aleo with Trains going North
and South on Charlotte, Columbia and Au?
gusta Railroad, and Wilmington, Columbia
and Augusta Railroad.
up.
Leavo Columbia at. 7.45 a. m.
Leavo Alston. 9.35 a.m.
Leave Newberry.11.15 a. m.
Leave Cokeebury. 2.45 p. m.
Leavo Belton. 4.30 p.m.
Arrivo at Greenville. 0.10 p.m.
DOWN.
Leavo Greenville at.'... G.30 a. m.
Leave Belton. 8.30 a.m.
Leave Cokeabury.10.15 a. m.
Leavo Newberry".. 1.30 p. m.
Leave Alston. 3.20 p.m.
Arrivo at Columbia. 5.10 p.m.
Anderson Branch and Blue Bidgc Division.
DOWN. rr.
Lcavo Walhalla. 4.45 a.m. Arrivo 7.50 p. m.
Lcavo PerrjvilJo 5.25 a. ra. Leave 7.15 p. m.
Leavo Pendleton G.Hi a. m. Lcavo G.80 p. m.
Leavo Andorson 7.10 a. m. Leavo 6.30 p.m.
Arrive at Belton 8.00 a. m. Leavo 4.30 p. m.
Accommodation Traine run on Branch lioadb
on Mondays, Wednesday s ano Fridays.
Abbeville'Dranch.
Leavo CokeBbury for Abbeville at..10.20 a. m.
Leavo Abbeville for CokeBbury_l.SOp. m.
THOMA8 DODAMEAD, Gen.-Sup.
M. T. BABTLETT, General Ticket Agent._
"Richmond and Danville Railroad.
fwT ???M. rm EBBW 1 CONDENSED TIME
TABLE, in effect on and
alter Sunday, Juno 2,1872:
GOING NORTH.
BTATIONH. MAIL. EXPBESS.
Leave Greeneboro.1.15 A. M. 10.00 A. M.
Leave Danville. 3.54 A. M. 12.48 P. M.
Leave Burkvillo. 9.10 A. M. 5.45 P. M.
Leave Amelia C. H_10.02 A. M. G.40P. M.
Arrive at Richmond.. .12.02 P. M. 8.47 P. M.
GOING SOUTH.
Leave Richmond.2.35 P.M. 5.20 A.M.
Leave Amelia CH.4.50 P. M. 7.20 A. M.
Leave Burkvillo. 5.45 P. M. 8 28.A. M.
Leave Danvillo.10.50 P. M. 12.55 P. M.
Arrive ab Greensboro.. 1.10 A. M. 3.50 P. M.
Trains leaving Richmond at 2.35 P. M., and
at 5.20 A. M., connect at Greenaboro with
trains on North Carolina Divieion, for all
points South. Paesengera leaving Richmond
at 2.35 P. M., connect at Greenaboro with
train for all points Eaet of Greensboro. Pas?
senger truiu leaving Raleigh at 7.50 P. M.,
connects at GreenBboro with Northern-bound
Mail train, arriving in Richmond at 12.02 P.
M. JOHN R. MACMURDO,
General Freight and Ticket Agent.
T. M. ll. 'JALCOT. Engineer and Gen. Sup't.
NO UT II CAROLINA DIVISION.
GOING NORTH.
STATIONS. MAIL. EXPRES??.
Leave Charlotte.8.40 P. M. 6.30 A. M.
Leave Saliaburv.10.47 P.M. 8.47 A.M.
Leave High Point.12.28 A. M. 10.19 A. M.
Arrivo at GreenBboro. 1.09 A.M. 11.00 A.M.
Leavo Greensboro_150 A. M. 11.10 A. M.
Leavo Company Shops 8.80 A. M. 12.21 P. M.
Leave Hillsboro.4.38 A. M.
Leave Raleigh.7.80 A. M.
Arrive at Goldeboro.. .10.10 A. M.
GOING SOUTH.
Leave Goldebsro.4.00 P. M.
Leavo Raleigh. 7.15 P. M.
Leave Hilbiboro.9.31 P. M.
LeaveCompany8hopB.il 10 P. M. 2.15 P. M
Arrive at Greensboro. 12.24 A. M. 3.80 P. M.
Leavo Greeneboro_1.10 A. M. 4.00 P. M,
Leave High Point_ 1.52 A. M. 4.40 P. M.
Leavo Salisbury.3.32 A. M. 6.13 P. M.
Arrive at Charlotte... 5.35 A.M. 8.10 A.M.
Paaeengor train leaving Raleigh ft 7.15 P.
M., connects at Greensboro with Northern
bound train; making the quickest time to all
Northern cities. Price of tickets same as ria
other routes. Mail trains daily, both ways,
over entire length of road. Lxprees daily
between Company Shops and Charlotte (Sun?
days excepted.) All pasBenger trains connect
at Greensboro with trains to and from Rich?
mond. Pullman Palace Cars on all night traine
between Charlotte and Richmond, without
chango. S. E. ALLEN, Gen. Ticket Agent.
W. H. GREEN, Master Transportation._
Change of Echednle.
SOUTH CAROLINA RAILROAD COMPANY,
COLUMBIA, B. O., June 9, 1872.
toa. THU CBSBHBSl!l?- Change of Schedule
?f*?BK"?to go into effect on
and after Snnday, 24th instant:
MAIL AND PABSENOER TRAIN.
Leavo Columbia at.7-40 a m.
Arrive at Charleston at.8.20 p m
Leave Charleston^.8.10 a m
i rrive at Columbia at.3.40 p ta
NIGHT EXPRESS, FREIOBT AND ACCOMMODATION
TRAIN, [Sundays excepted.]
Leave Columbia at.o.ov p m
Arrive at Charleston at.7.00 am
Leave Charleston at.7.10 p m
Arrive at Columbia at.6.40 a m
Camdon Accommodation Train will con
tinue to run to Columbia as formerly-Mon?
days. Wednesdays and Saturdays.
A. L. TYLER, vice-President.
S. B. PioxiNS, General Tickot Agent.
Summer Schedule S. & U. R. R.,
CMWimWJ DOWN TRAIN. UP TRAIN
^S^^aSr Arrivo. Leave. Arrivo. Leave
Spartanburg.. 5.80 5.25
Batoaville. 6.00 6.00 4.f8 4.53
Pacolet. 6.08 6.13 4.40 4.45
Jonesville. 6.43 f.48 4.05 4.10
Unionville. 7.25 7.60 3.05 8.25
8antuc. 8.20 8.25 2.80 2.85
Fish Dam. 8.40 8.45 2.10 2.15
Shelton. 9.15 9.20 1.85 1.40
Lyles' Ford... 9.40 9.45 1.12 1.17
Strother. 10.05 10.10 12.50 12.55
Aluton. 11.00 11.00
May 24 THOS.B. ETER.President