The American Volunteer
FOBCaSBDBVBRT THURSDAY MORNING
Jolm B. Brattoa
orncm-eoVTS market squab*.
Xuxa.— Twodslluapu year If paid .trlotly
la advane*. Tiro Dollan and Fifty Ocala If
•alt within thru month*,-altar which Threa
Dollar* will h* ohhrgaO.! Shea* tann* will h*
ilildly adharadto ln ovary Instance. Noanb-
Kriptlo* dlaoontlhoad until all arrearage* ora
paid, nnlaa* at th* option of the Editor,
fleal Estate 5a !«•
PUBLIC SALE OP REAL ESTATE.
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1873,
Will be sold at public Bate, at the late real*
denoe of Jacob Lenkor, deo’d,. Of Silver Bprlns
township, on the north sldeof tho Conodogalnet
flreelc, oppositeßrabm’s mill, at thblron bridge,
aboat two miles north of Mew Kingston, that
desirable FARM, containing
TWO HUNDRED AND BIX ACRES,
more or leas, 106 clear, and under cultivation,
the balance well timbered, being rartly llmo
' stone and partly slate, having thereon erected
““““dwelling hodsjs, bank barn,
wagon shod, corn cribs,.and other outbuild
ings, also good water convenient. This proper
ty la well calculated to raise stock, a good por
tion having been well limed, and is convenient
to mills* churehei. Schools, stores and ware
house; also, CHOICE FRUIT TREES, such os
apples, peaches, pears, cherries, Ac. Persons
wlflhln g to view the premises before day- of sale
can do so by calling on Abraham Heneman. J r.,
residing on the premises. Sale to commence at
•no o’clock, P.-M., on-said day, when atten
dance will ho given and terms made known by
JOHN FORNEY,
■ . Attorney In fact for the
heirs of Jacob Danker, doo'd.
at thoaabae time that well-known
, i MILL PROPERTY,
on the Conodogalnet creek, at the Iron Bridge,
two miles north of Now Kingston, on ttTo south
side of the crook from the above property, con
sisting of a Grist Mill, with an excellent water
power, two run of.stones, could supply double
the amount. > Tho works are of the best and la
test Improved and new, having been put in
within the lost two years. ■ This mill has a good
ran of custom, being In a good section of conn*
trv. There is also attached- thereto TWENTY
FIVE ACRES’ OP GOOD LIMESTONE LAND,
muler ft hlcli state of cultivation, having there
enecoolcd a good DWELLING HOUSE, grod
Barn, hog pen, ahd other out-balldlngs, a well
of never falling water at the door. Also* a good
and thriving ORCHARD,' with choice fruit.
Any person wishing to view said property be
fore tfieday of sale, can do so by calling on the
subscriber, residing on tho premises. Sale to
commence immediately after the above, when
attendance will bo given and terms .made
-jyiown by , L.-F, BRAHM.
P.S.—Both those properties will be positively
sold without full.,
Aug f 1,1872- st,
BEAL ESTATE AT
PUBLIC SALE.
• The undersigned, assignees of William Blair,
will sell, on „
THURSDAY, the M dot; of SEPTEMBER, 1873,
on tho premises; situated in Bavllle township,
Ferry county, near lohesb'urg, a tract of Lana,
containing
,317 ACRES.
about one-half ot which Is under- cultivation,
the balance covered with valuable and thriving
chestnut, oak and pine timber. The improve*
menu are a -
.TVyO-BTOItY BRICK HOUSE,
SlxSO feet, with spring water, carried In pipes to
the dear, brick, smoke, dry and bake house,
bank barn. 106x66 feet, (including corn crib and
wagon shed under main frame,) substantially
bunt with good stabling W feet high, main
frame of upper story 17 feet high. There la an
APPLE ORCHARD *
near the building. We propose to sell about
160 aeres -with the improvements, about 180 of
vbloh Is cleared and In good state of, cultiva
tion, divided into 10 fields, well fenced and wa
tered. is limestone and flint land, partly limed
over, » stack of 3,500 bushels of lime now burnt
on the farm to be put on the farm before seed
ing time in fell grain: the balance, (aboutSO
aoree,) is well Umbered. The otber 167 acres
villbesold as a whole or dtTided into timber
lots, as will befct suit .purchaser*. This property
Is worthy the attention of persons and puroba?
, sen generally! and will be sold together or sep
arate, as may be most desirable. Persons wish
ing tOiTlew the land can do so by calling on Mr.
Mlnnlcb, on the property, or the subscribers.
Attendance* will be. given and terms made
known on day of sale. • • Sale at 12 M.
W J ROBERT GIVEN,
JOSEPH A. STUART.
July 26.1813—8 t : - -
Lancaster Examiner, Ferry. County Democrat
t,nd Petty freeman Insert to day of sale, and
send bills to the advertisers at Carlisle.
Valuable real estate at
PUBLIC SALE.
The undersigned; Executor of Moses Wetzel,.
late of North Middleton township, deceased,
will sell; oh FRIDAY* the oth day of SEPTEM
BER. 1572, on the promises. in Nortb Middleton
township, Cumberland county, about miles
|gBfefefi^«ay?!Mhß“ , r a ’
KO. 1-A Iraqi if GRAVEL LAND, containing
BiU acres. In good cultivation, except 12 cores,
wmeh Is well umbered, The Improvements are
o two-story Brick Hooso, with all necessary
out-bouscs, a good well 'of water at tbo door; a
good barn, carriage hcuso.hog pen, oornlerlb, Ac,
no 2.-A tract of GRAVEL LAND adloln-
InaNo.ii containing 18114 ACRES, In goodcul
tlTatlon. except about 30 acres, which Is well
timbered. The Improvements are a good two
story Log House, with all necessary outhouses,
bam. carriage house, hog pens, corn crib, Ac.
NO tract of MOUNTAIN LAND, near
traets No, 1 and 3, well covered with thriving
chestnut Umber. Easy of access, and will be
sold In ten acre tracts, to suit
above tracts adjoin lands of J, Waggoner, J.
r nhn Jos. Wetzel and others, and will 111 alee
desirable farms; and will bb seta separate-or os
a whole, as Will best suit purchasers.
TERMS OP SALE,—IO per cent, of the pur
chase money to bo paid wlonsoW; thobnlnnca
of ono-half on Ist of April, 15 73; _ tUo hplttnco lri
two eaual annual payments tvlth Interest, se
enredhy Judgment or mortgage. . The one-third
to remalnta properly, scoured as widows dower.
Possession or tract No. t given Immediately,
view the premises can do
so by calling on Mr. Shngarts. on the place
or iho. undersigned at Carlisle, Pa.
SALE to commence at II o'clock on said day,
JACOB A. WETZEL
Ex'r qf Moses Wetzel, deo'd.
Aug, 1.1873-fit.
XTALUABLE FARM AT PRIVATE
, V BAtiE.—The underslgned offera hla FARSI
located In, South Middleton township, on the
road leadlnciftom tho Walnut Bottom Road to
the Baltimore pike, and about lour miles south
of Carlisle, at private sale. This farm Is in ox
ceUent condition, and contains
ONE HDNDEED ACEBB
of good limestone land; nil of wuloh is under
fence and cultivation, except about two acres
of woodland. The Improvements are a largo
BRICK DWELLING HOUSE,
nearly new, stone bank Barn, corn crib, wagon
shed hoa pens, do. There Is ft never falling
well of goo cl water near the dWQlUng.anda cis
tern at the,barn. The apple orchard ** ®*L
nerlori and In fine bearing condition. There ate
the premlsesf 11 ° n th ° wfwGOBBOi&.
July i, 1873—2 m. ,
TBOB SALE. That’ large two-story
BRICK HOUSE,
situated oh the corner of South Hanover street;
opposite°he Market House, Carlisle, known as
"InholTs Corner.” a private residence, with
the modem Improvements. Alsoastot o f° o ?3-
dauueron gallery, law offices,und dentist s or
flee; also several rooms oocnplod by dlfforont
so'cletlei; all of which are In .good order. I will
also dispose of at private sale, the.
STOCK 03? GROCERIES
and Qnednawaro. with the
a splendid ,aah business. Satisfactory reasons
8 aw.^.JotS?. o”*' 0 ”*' O. INHOFP.
ptta«llaneo«o.
New Liquor Store.
has opened a liquor.store m the •Volunteer
BDlldmp:. M (Shower’s old. stand) and will keep
constantly- on hand, a largo assortment ox
Choice Liquors.
Families and others con be snpplled on.short
notice, Thankful for past favors, he reapcowui
ly solicits a continuance of the Bome/
Agent for MAasey & Collin's' celebrated Phlla*
detphlaAlea*
May 53,1872—1 f
1 OST'—On Saturday night last, oh tbs
I 1 state Road, between CnrUalo and Plainfield,
rewarded by leaving it at iUo-Ambwcah Vol
- umtbbb office. Joly ii—tr.
CHEAP COAI*. —The subscriber hav-
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A isn-sm OqrUalo, Fa*
WASTE D.—Good, reliable, actlta
bnatnesa men to take the agencies for Me-
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Easiest to °P o « W j O ,?'^^ Q \ o i!B,® n c “ r r ?K.?
Joly 11-,-tf Agent for uomberland connty.
J>BEBIDENTIAXi CAMPAIGNI
iAPB, GAPES and TOUCHES,
Baud for ninmatad' Circular w( Prise LUI
OUKKIHOHAM a HILL,
No. 904 CUeitnut fiuett,
Juno e, .
BY JOHN 6. BRATTON.
SENATOR SUMNER.
ms IOHQ LOOKED-lOR LETTER,
A Bombshell in the Radical Camp—tTnequi*
vocal Endorsement of Greeley—Appeal to
.the Colored People—Greeley ana Grant
Contrasted—" Unity of the Bepnhlio"—
• "Equal Bights to All" —And "Booonoil
iation"—Qrooley Embodies These Ideas—
A Masterly Beview of the Situation I
Washington, July 30.— The fallowing
is the correspondence between the Hon.
Charles Sumner and prominent colored
citizens of the District of Columbia,
which vyss given to the press this after*
noon at five o’clock :
THE COLORED MEN TO MR. BDMNEB.
Washington, July 11,1872.—-Sir .• Wo,
the undersigned, citizens of color, rs*
gardlng you as the purest and best friend
of our race, admiring your consistent
course in the United States Senate and
elsewhere,.as tho speolat advocate of our
rights, and believing that your counsel
at this critical juncture In the period of
our citizenship would be free from per--
sons! dealing and partisan prejudices,
have ventured to request your opinion
as to what action the colored voter, of
the nation should take In the Presiden
tial contest now pending.' The ohoioe of
our people Is now. narrowed down to
General Grantor Horace Greeley. Your
long acquaintance with both and your
observations have enabled you to arrive
at a correct conclusion as to which’ of
the candidates, judging from their ante
dents as well as their present position,
will, if elected, enforce the requirements
of the constitution and the laws respect
ing our civil and political rights, , With
the most heartfelt sympathy and the
greatest respect we hope and- trus t you
will favor us with such a reply, as will
serve and enlighten our minds upon this
subject, and impel our people to go for
ward in tho right direction. Our confi
dence in your judgment - Is so firm that,
In our opinion, thousands of the’ en
lightened colored voters of the country
will be guided in .their action by your
statement and advice. Hoping to-re
ceive a reply soon, we have the honor to
be, with great respect, your obedient
servants,
A. T. Augusta, M.D.B. P. Proctor,
David Fisher, sr„ J, T. F. Ketohnm,
John H. Smith, . Chas. IT. Thomas,
Edward Cruiser, W. H, Shorter,
W. Hi A. Wormley,Henry Hill,
W. P. 'Wilson, Truman J. Shadd,
B. W- Tompkins, Geo. D. Johnson,
John H. Brown, Chas. A. Fleetwood,
Henry Laoy, Chas. P. Bruok,
W. H. Bell, David Fisher, Jr.,
J. h, N. Bowon, David Faing,
Jacob Dewitter, Wllllan^Polk.
To tilp Hon. Charles Sumner, Washing
ton, D. O.
To this communication Mr. Sumner
replied as follows: '
' Washington, D. C. July 25, 187 J.—
Gentlemen and JfeUaw Citizens: If I
have delayed anawerlng your
oallou of July 11, which was duly placed
In my hands by your committee, It la
not because the proper course for you
seemed doubtful, but because I wished
ito reflect upon It, and be guided by the
Information which time might supply.—
Since then X have carefully considered
the Inquiries you have addressed to me
and listened to much on both sides. My
best judgment now la in harmony with
my early conclusion. X am touched by
the appeal you make. It Is true that I
am the friend of your raoe, and I am
glad to be assured that In your opinion I
have held a consistent course In the Sen
ate and elsewhere as the special advocate
of your rights. That course, by the
blessing of God, I mean to hold so long
as life lasts. I know your Infinite wrongs
and feel for them as my own. You on
ly do me simple justice when you add a
belief that my counsel at this critical
Juncture of your citizenship would be
free from personal feelings and partisan
prejudices. In answering your inquir
ies I can have no feeling except for your
good, which I most anxiously seek, nor
can any prejudice of any kind be allowed
to Interfere. The occasion la tooeolemn,
and especially is thhre no room for per
sonal feeling or for partisan prejudice.
No man or party can expect power ex
cept for the general welfare; therefore,
hey must be brought to the standard of
■ruth, that they may be seen In Ufa and
Yon are right In paying that the choice
for the Presidency (snow narroweddown
to President Grant or Horace Greeley.
On eof these is to be taken, and assuming
my acquaintance with both, and my ob
servation of their lives, you invite my
judgment between them, asking me
which of the two, judging from their
antecedents as well as their present po
sition, would . enforce the constitution
and laws-, securing your civil and politi
cal rights, with the most heartfelt sym
pathy and the greatest vigor. Here I
remark that in this Inquiry you natural
ly put your rights in the foreground. So
do I. believing moat sincerely that the
best Interests of the whole country are
associated with the completes! recogni
tion of your rights, so that the two ra
ces shall live together In unbroken har
mony. I also remark that you call at
tention to two things—the antecedents of
the two candidates, and their present po
sition. You wish to know from these
which gives assurance of the most heart
felt sympathy and greatest vigor in the
maintenance of your rights; In other
•words, which, judging from the past,
will be your truest friend. The commu
nication with which you have honored
me la not alone. Colored fellow-cltlzena
in other parts of the country, I may say
In neatly every State In tbeUnlon, have
made a similar request, and some have
complained that I have thus far kept si
lent. lam not Insensible In this appeal,
but If my opinion la,to bo given It must
be candidly, according to my conscience.
In this appeal I answer your Inquiries,
beginning with
THE ANTECEDENTS OF THE TWO OAKDI-
SIMON W. EARLY.
Horace Greeley rrat bora to porerty,
and educated In a printing-offloe.. Gen.
Grant, fortunate in early patronage, bo
came a cadet at Wait Point, and waa ed
ucated at the public expense. One star ted
with nothing but industry and oharaoter,
the other atarlad with ■ nilitery oom.
natation. One wae trained m a eirtlian,
the other at a soldier. Horace Greeley
stood forth aa a reformer and abelutlon
i M ."""Bates ol Adveks:
Glu American Muntccr. m
I • i For Executor*’ and Adm'rr* xi<
I , For v^‘
|Mitol
MB. BUMNEB’B REPLY.
GRANT OH GREELEY,
DATES.
Ist, and President Grant enlisted as a
pro-slavery Democrat, and at the elec
tion of James Buchanan fortified by bis
vote all the pretentions of slavery, In
cluding the Bred Ibcott decision- Horace
Greeley from early life was earnest and
constant against slavery, full of sympav
thy with the colored race, and always
foremost In the great battle for their
rights. President Grant, except as a sol
(Jler summoned by the terrible .accident
of war, never did anything against sla
very, nor has he at any time shown any
sympathy with the colored race. Hor
ace Greeley earnestly desired that col
ored citizens should . vote, and ably
championed Impartial suffrage, but Gen.
Grant was on the other side. Beyond
these contrasts, - which are marked, It
cannot be forgotten that Horace Greeley
Is a person of large heart and large un
derstanding, trained to the support of
human rights, always benellolent with
the poor, always ready for any good
cause, and never deterred by opposition
or reproach, as when for long years he
befriended your people. Add -to these
qualities, conspicuous In his life, untir
ing Industry, which leaves no moment
without its fruit, abundant political
knowledge, an acquaintance with his
tory, the Instinct and grasp of states
manship, amiable nature and magnani
mous soul, and above all an honesty
which no suspicion has touched, and you
have a brief portraiture of the antece
dents of Horace Greeley. Few of these
things appear In the President. His
great success in war, and the honors be
has won cannot change the record of his
conduct toward your people, especially
in contrast with the life-time fidelity of
his competitor, while there are unhap
pily antecedents, showing that in the
prosecution of his plans be cares nothing
for the colored race. The story Is pain
ful, but It must be told.
THE OUTRAGE ON HAYTI.
I refer tp the outrage be perpetrated
upon Hayti, with its eight hundred thou-
sand blacks, engaged upon the great ex
periment of self-government. Here ie
a most instructive antecedent; revealing'
beyond question hie true nature, and the
whole la attested by documentary evi-
dence, conceiving the idea of annexing
Dominica, which ia the Spanish part of
the Island. Shrinking, of nothing, he
began bj seizing the war powers of the
government, in flagrant violation of tbe
constitution, and, then, at a great ex-
penditure of money, sent several armed
Ships of the navy, including monitors, to
maintain the usurper Baez in power,
ttyat, through him, he might obtain tbe
coveted prize. Not content with this
audacious dictatorship, he proceeded to
strike at the Independence of the black
republic by open menace of war, and
without the. sanction of Congress, to
which is committed the war making
power.' Soiling into the harbor of Fort
au-Prince, with our moat powerful mon
itor, tbe Dictator, properly named for
this service, also the frigate Severn as
acting * wffh ’lnstruc-
tions from Washington, proceeded to the
executive mansion, accompanied by offi
cers of hla squadron, and then pointing
to the great war ships in' sight from the
windows, dealt his menace of war, threat
enlng to sink or capture the Haytlen
ships. The President was black, not
white. The admiral would have done
no such thing to any white ruler, nor
would our country have tolerated such
menace from any government in the
world. Hera was indignity not only to
the black republic, with its population of
800,000, but to the African, race every
where, and especially in our own coun
try. Nor did it end here. For months
the navy of, the United States was hov-
ering on tho coast, keeping that insul
ated people in constant anxiety, while
President Grant was to them like a
hawk sailing In the air, and ready *to
swoop upon his prey. This heartless,
cruel proceeding found a victim among
our fellow-citizens. An excellent mer
chant of Connecticut, praised by all
who knew him, was placed in prlaon by
Baez, where he was immurred because
was feared ho would write against the
treaty of annexation, and this captivity
was prolonged with the connivance of
two agents of the President, one of whom
finds constant favor with and is part of
the military ring immediately about
him. That suoh an outrage should go
unpunished shows the little regard of
the President for human rights,"whether
in white or black. I confess my trials
as I was called to witness these things.
Always aaupporler of the administration
and sincerely desiring to labor with 1t,.1
had never uttered a word with regard to
It except In kindness. My early opposi
tion to the treaty of annexation was re
served, so that for some time my opin
ions were unknown. It was only when
X saw'the breach of all law, human and
divine, that I was aroused, and then be
gan the anger of the President and of
bis rings, military and senatorial. Devo
ted to the African race, I felt for them,
besides being humbled, that the great re*
public, acting through Its President,
[ could set such an example where the na
tional constitution, International law
and humanity were pit sacrificed. Es
pecially was I moved'when X saw the
Indignity to the colored race which was
accomplished by trampling upon a fun
damental principle of International law,
declaring the equality of nations as our
declaration of Independence declares the
equality of men. This terrible transac
tion, which nobody can defend, Is among
the antecedents of President Grant, from
which you can Judge how much the col
ored race can rely upon his heartfelt
sympathy. Nor can It be forgotten that
shortly afterward, on the return of the
Commission from this Island, Hon.
Frederick Douglass, the colored orator,
accomplished In manners as In elo
quence, was thrust away from the com
pany of the 'Commissioners at the com
mon table of the mall packet on the Po
tomac, also within sight of the executive j
mansion, simply on aoedunt-of his color,
but the President, at whoso Invitation he
bad Joined the commission, never utter
ed a word In condemnation of this exclu
sion : and when entertaining the return
ed commissioners at dinner carefully
omitted Mr. Douglass, who was In Wash
ington at the time, and thus repeated
the Indignity. Other things might be
mentioned, showing the sympathies of
the President, hut I cannot forget
TUB OrVLL MQBTS DILL,
vtaleh (a the oapetons of that equality
CARLISLE, PA., THURSDAY, AUGUST 8,1873.
before the law to which all are entitled
without distinction of color. President
Grant, who could lobby so aesldidusly
for bis San Domingo scheme, full of
wrong to the colored race, could do
nothing for this boneflolent measure.—
During a long session of Congress it was
discussed constantly, and the colored
people everywhere bung upon the de
bate, but there was no heartfelt sympa
thy from the President. At last, Just
before the nominating convention met,
he. addressed a letter to a meeting of col
ored fellow-citizens in Washington, call
ed to advance this cause, when he evad
ed the question by declaring himself in
favor of the exerolse of those rights to
which every citizen should be Justly en
titled, leaving it uncertain whether col
ored people are justly entitled to the
rights secured by the pending bill. I un
derstand that Horace Greeley has been,
already assailed by an impracticable
Democrat as friendly to this bill, but no
body has tasked against Prealdonl.Grnnt
on this account. Among antecedents I
deem it my duty to montion the little
capacity or industry of the President in
protecting the colored people, and insur
ing peace at the South. Nobody can
doubt that a small portion of the effort
and earnest will, even without the lob
bying freely given to the San Domingo
scheme, would have avoided these kn
klux outrages which we deplore, eo that
there would have been no pretense for
further legislation by Congress; but ho
was disabled both by character and the
drawback of his own conduct after vio
lating the constitution and International
law, to Insult the black Eopubiicans.
Setting an example of .insubordination,
he was not in condition to rebuke law
breakers. Passing from antecedents, I
come now to the
PRESENT POSITION OP THE TWO CANDI-
DATES.
which la the subject of your next inqui
ry. If In any former particnlarsthe two
are on an equality, In all- substantial re
spects the obvious advantage’ls with
Horace Greeley. Each was nominated
by a R epubllcan convention—one at
Cincinnati, the other at Philadelphia—,
so that in this respect they may seem to
bo on an equality. But It will not fall
to bo observed that tho convention at
Cincinnati was composed of able and ac
knowledged Republicans, many of whom
have acted with tho party from Us for
mation, who, without previous organ
ization, come together voluntarily for
the sake of reference and purity in the
government j while, on the other hand,
the convention at Philadelphia was com
posed of delegates chosen largely under
tjio influence of office-holders, who as
sented to sustain what is known as
Qrantlsm, being tho personal govern
ment and personal pretensions of Presi
dent Grant, involving nepotism, repay
ment of gifts by official patronage, ne
glect of public duty, absenteeism, mili
tary rule, disregard of constltbtlon and
law, with general unfitness and Indlgnl
-tsoe—ftU-of which is so
possible for true Republicans. There
fore, the convention at Philadelphia,
though calling itself Republican, was
less Republican in reality than that at
Cincinnati.
THE TWO PLATFOBMfI,
*0 far as concerns especially the colored
race, are alike In substance, but that of
Cincinnati Is expressed In terms most
worthy of the equal right. It states' and
claims equality of all men before the
law, and holds that It Is the duty of the
government, In Us dealings with the
the people, to mete out equal and exact
Justice to all, of whatever nativity, race,
color or persuasion, religlous.or political
opinions. In other respects the platform
of Ulncauatl is the most Kepublioan, in
asmuch as it sets Itself against those on
republican abuses, which have been
nursed by the President into pernicious
activity. From the two nominations
and the two platforms, I come to the
supporters of the candidates, and here I
look .first at those Immediately about
thorn, and secondly, at the popular sup
port behind.
A REGENERATED PARTY.
Horace Greeley has among his Imme
diate supporters In all parts of the coun
try, devoted and consistent Bepubllcans,
always earnest for reform and purity In
the government, on whose lives there Is
no shadow of suspicion, being a contrast
in character to those rings which lay
such a part In the present administra
tion. The country knows too well the
military ring, the Senatorial ring, and
the Custom-house ring, through which
the President nets. Such supporters are
a very poor recommendation. Hooking
at the popular support behind the advan
tage Is still with Horace Greeley. Presi
dent Grant has at his back the diversified
army of office holders, drilled to obey the
word of command. The speeches prala-
lug him are by office holders add mem
bers of rings. Horsoa Greeley finds
flocking to his support large numbers of
Republicans, unwilling to continue the
existing misrule, and as allies with them
a regenerated party, which comes forth
to unite this Liberal movement. Domo
-1 crate In Joining Horace Greeley have
changed simply as President Grant
changed when be Joined the Republi
cans, except that he was rewarded at
once with high office; the charge la open,
adopting the Republican platform,
which places the equal rights of all un
der the safeguard of Irreversible guaran
ties, and at the same time accep
ting the nomination of a life-long abo
litionist, who represents preeminent
ly the sentiment of duty to the colored
race. They have set their corporate seal
to the sacred covenant. They may con
tinue democrats In name, but they are
In reality republicans by the same tltla
that those who sustain republican prin
ciples are republicans, or rather they are
democrats according to the.original sig
nification of that word, dedicated to the
rights of the people. It Is Idle to say that
Horace Greeley and the republicans who
nominated him- are any less republican
because democrats unite with them In
support of Christian principles and the
candidate, who represents them. Con
versions are always welcome, and not
less so because the change Is In a multi
tude . rather than In an Individual.
A political party, cannot, If It would,
and would not If U could, shut the door
against converts, whether counted by
the score, the hundred or thousand; and
so We find that the supporters of Presl-
denVGrant announce with partisan trlr
uqipk the adhesion of a single democrat'
lopolltlclan dr a single democratic news
paper. On equal reason and with high
er pride may the supporters of Horace
Gfedy announce the adhesion of the
demioratio party which, turning from
thinfs that are behind, presses on to
chose that are before. It is also Idle to
say that the election of Horace Greeley
as President, with Grata Brown as Vice
President, both unchangeable republi
cans, will bo the return of the democrat
ic pirty to power. On the contrary it
will bp the Inauguration of republican
principles under the safeguard of a re
publicin President and a republlcap
Vice President with democrats as avow
ed supporters. In tho organization of
h|s administration and in the conduct of
affairs Horace Greeley will naturally
lean on those who represent best the
great promises made of equal rights and
reconciliation made at * Cincinnati. If
defimorats are taken, it will be as repub
licans in heart, recognizing the associ
ate tkrme of the settlement as an irrever
sible finality. The hardihood 6f political
falsehood reaches its extreme point when
it is askortod that under Horace Greeley
the freedsien will be reinslaved or that
colored people will suffer in their equal
rights. On the contrary, they have in
ids election not only tho promises of
platform but also the splendid example
for a fqll generation, during which he
has never wavered in assertion of their
rights. To suppose that Horace Greeley,
wnen placed whore he can do them the
moat good, will depart from the rule of
his honest life, is an Insult to reason.
It is nevertheless, idle to suppose that
Democrats supporting Horace Greeley
expect or desire that he-should depart
from those principles which are the glory
of his character. They have accepted
the Cincinnati platform with Its two
fold promises and Intend in good faith to
maintain it. Democrats canpot turn
back who.nl the convention adopting
this platform, sang Greeley songs to the
tune of “ Old John Brown, his soul is
marching on." Seeking the establlah
nient of character in tho national govern
ment they will expect their President to
be always true to himself. Therefore I
put aside the partisan allegation that
Horace Greeley has gone to the Demo
crats, or that ho will be controlled by
Democrats. Each la wlthojit foundation
or reason. According to my judgment
they are attempts to avoid what ydu rec
ognize as the true issue, being the ques
tion between the two candidates, or per
haps 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 under any
influence except that enlightened con
sciousness which will keep him ever
true to the principles he represents.
Gentlemen, in thus answering your
two inquiries I have shown why you as
colored fellow citizens, and also all who
would uphold your rights and save the
rube ro sanction itio'ie-cfcv.cu
President and put your trust in Horace
Greeley. I ought to add thftt with, him
will be associated, as Vice President, B.
Gratz Brown, whom I have known for
years as a most determined abolitionist.
The two together will carry into the na
tional government an unswerving devo
tion to your rights, not to be disturbed
by partisan dictation or sectional preju
dice. Besides all this, which may fitly
guide you in determining between two
candidates', it is my duty to remind you
that, as citizens of the United States,
and part of the country, your welfare is
indissolubly associated with that of tho
Whole country. Where ail are prosper
ing you will be gainers. Therefore,
while justly careful of your own rights,
you cannot be indifferent to tho blessings I
of good government. It is for you to
the. time has not come for
something better than the sword, and
Whothera Character like Horace Greeley s
does not give stronger assurance of good
government than can be found in the
inaulter of the colored race, already fa
mous from the rings about him, and his
plain inaptitude for civil life. The sup
porters of Grant compel us to observe his
offenses and shortcomings. The com
parison they challenge cannot be* de
olined. It will be for others in the pres
ent canvass to hold it before the Amer •
can people.
MB. BOMNEB WILL VOTE FOR HORACE
GREELEY.
Speaking now lor myself, I have
say that my vote Will be given Hor
ace Greeley. But in giving it Ido not
go to the Democratic party, nor am i
any the lees a Eepuhilcan. On the con
trary I am so much of a i ® e P ubl 'f"
that I cannot support a candidate whose
conduct in civil Ufa shows an incapacity
to appreciate Republican principles and
whose administration is marked by a
of delinquency, especially towards the
colored race, by the side of which tho
allegations in the impeachment of An
drew Johnson were technical triv
ial. Unquestionably President Grant
deserved Impeachment for high crimes
and misdemeanors rather than a re
nomination, and on the trial it would
have been rough to exhibit his seizure
of the war power, and his Indignity to
the black Republic with Us population
of 800,000 in violation of the national
constitution and of International law.—
And here a contrast rises between him
and Abraham Lincoln. The latter in
his first annual message recommended
the recognition of what he called the
Independenceand sovereignty of Hayti,
but It is at these that President Grant
has struck. One of Abraham Lincoln’s
first acts to place the black Republic on
an equality with other powers. One of
President Grant’s was to degrade it. I
am so much of a Republican that I wish
to see In the Presidents! chains life
time abolitionist. I also wish a'Presl
dent sincerely devoted to civil service
reform, beginning with the one term
principle, which President Grant once
accepted but now disowns. I also wish
a President who sets the example, of
Industry and unselfish dedication to
the public good; and I wish to see a
President through whom we may ex
pect peace and harmony instead of dis
cord. Strangely President Grantseoms
to delight in strife. If ho finds no ene
my he falls upon his friends, as when
he struck at the black Republic, In
sulted Russia In his annual message,
offended both Franca and Germany,
and then In personal relations quarrel
ed generally.
INSTANCES OP COALITION.
My own personal experience teaches
how futile Is the charge that because
Horace Greeley receives ' Democratic
votes therefore he becomes a Democrat
or passes under Democratic control. I
was first chosen to the Senate by a coa
lition of .Free Boilers and Democrats.
Democratic votes helped to
make me Senator from Massa-
chusetts, ns they also helped
to make my excellent friend,
Mr. Chase, Senator from Ohio, and will
help to make Horace Greeley Presi
dent, but neither Mr. Chase or myself
was on this account leas faithful as free
sellers, and, answering for myself, I
know thatlnever becameaDemocrat or
lapsed under Democratic control. Ido
not doubt that Horace Greeley will be
equally consistent. A charge to the
contrary, so vehement repeated, seems
to reflect the the character of those who
make it, except that many repeat by
note. There Is a common saying,
“ principles, not men,” and on this
ground an appeal is made for President
Grant, feeling justly that in any per
sonal comparison with Horace Greeley
he must fail. But a better saying is,
** principles and men. 1 * lam for the
principles of the Republican party. In
contradiction to Grant’s administration,
I am for the man who truly represents
them. By these principles X shall
stand, for them I shall labor, and in
their triumph I shall always rejoice.—
If any valued friend separates from mo
now it will be because he places a man
above principle. Early in public life I
declared my little heed for any party
and my indifference to the name by
which I a called, and I now confess my
Want of sympathy with those who
would cling to the form after its spirit
has fled. Allow me to call attention to
another and controlling consideration |
which cannot be neglected by the good
citizens watching the remarkable
movement which has* ended ■in the
double nomination of Horace Greeley.
It is easy to see that it did not proceed
from politicians; whether at Cincinnati
or Baltimore. Evidently it was the
heart of the people, sorely wrung by 1
war and the controversies it engendered,
which found this expression, Sir Phil
ip Sidney said of the uprising in the
Netherlands: “It Is the spirit of the
Lord, arid is irresistible,” and such a
spirit is manifest now. Notwithstand
ing the counteracting Influences of poli
ticians—Republican and Democratic
in the face of persistent ridicule, and
against the extravagance of unscrupu
lous opposition, the nomination at Cin
cinnati was triumphantly adopted at
Baltimore. Such an unprecedented
victory, without concert or propulsion |
popular longing. That Democrats,, and
especially those of the South, should
adopt a lifelong abolitionist for Presi
dent is an assurance of their willingness
to associate, the rights of their colored
fellow citizens with that reconciliation
of which Horace Greeley was an early
renresentative. In standing by Jeffer
son Davis at his trial and signing his
bail bond he showed the same senti
ment of humanity he so constantly dis
played in standing by the colored race
throughout their prolonged trials, and
that two discordant races find kindred
hospitality and he thus becomes a tie
of union. The nomination has been
adopted by the Democrats in conven
tion assembled. This was an event
which the supporters of Grant declared I
impossible. Ido not see how it can be ]
regarded otherwise than as a peace of
fering. As such it is of infinite value.
It is a revelation, and its success in
pacifying the country will be In pro
portion to its acceptance by us. I dare
not neglect the opportunity, nor can X
stand alone, but in harmony with my
life, which places peace above all thinp
except the rights of man. Thus far, in
constant efforts for the colored race, I
have sincerely sought the good yill
which I was sure was best obtained in
fulfilment of the promises of the Decla;
ration of Independence making Jill
equal rights. The spirit in which I
acted appears in an early speech, where
I said: “ Nothing in hate, nothing in
vengeance.” Never have I asked for
punishment, but I have looked for tne
time which seems now at hand.—
Where, then, should be reconciliation?
Not only between the North and Bouui.
but between the two races, so that the
two sections and the two races may be
lifted from the i ruts end groove in
Which they are now fastened, and in
stead of irritating antagonism without
end there shall be sympathetic co-oper
ation. The existing dlfierences ought
to be ended. There Is a time for all
things, and we are admonished by a
widespread popular uprising, bursting
the bonds of party, that the time has
come for estrangement to cease be
tween people who, by the ordinance of
God, must live together. Gladly do I
welcome these happy signs. Nor can I
observe without regret the colored peo
ple in organized masses resisting the
friendly overtures made t* them in
stead of intimidating those who are of
other minds.
THE BAIL BOND GIVEN AT BAI/TXiIOBE
It la for them to consider carefully
whether they should not take advan
tage of the unexpected opening, and
recognize the ball bond given at Balti
more as the assurance of peace binding
the parties to the full performance of
Its conditions, provided always that se
cured, their rights are fixed. I
sure it cannot bo beat for the colored
people to band together In a hostile
camp, provoking antagonism and keep
ing alive the separation of races.—.
Above all, there must be no intimida
tion, but every voter must act freely
without constraint from ‘league or
lodge. Much better will It be when
the two political parties compete for
your votes, each anxious for your sup
port. Only then will that citizenship
by which ypu aro entitled to the equal
rights havo Its national fruits. Only
YOL. 59.—N0. 9.
then will there be that harmony which
Is essential to a true civilization.
critical position op the colored
CITIZENS.
The present position of the colored
citizen is perilous. He is exposed to
injurious pressure when he needs sup
port, but I’see no early extrication ex
cept ih the way proposed. Let him
cut adrift from the managers who
wield him solely os a political force
mill, with'little regard to his own
gdod, and bravely stand by the candi
date who has stood by him. If the
Democrats will have him, so much the
better. The association once begun
must naturally ripen In confidence and
truth.
PEACE AND EQUAL RIGHTS.
I am for peace in reality as in name.
From the bottom of my heart I am for
peace, and "welcome all that will labor
for peace. With deep felt satisfaction
I remember that no citizen who drew
his sword against us has suffered by the
hand of the executioner. In just asso
ciation with this humanity will be the
triumph of equal rights, when the
promises of the great declaration are
all fulfilled, and our people are united
as never before In the enduring fellow
ship of a common citizenship. To this
end there must bo reconciliation. Nor
can X withhold my hand* Freely I
accept the hand 'that la offered and
reach forth my own in friendly grasp.
lam against the policy of hate. Xam
against fanning ancient flames into
continued life. I am against raking
In the ashes of the past for coals of fire
yet burning. File up the ashes, extin
guish the flames and abolish the hate.
Such is my desire, and now turning to
the Democratic party X hold" It to all
the covenants solemnly given in the
adoption of a Bepublican platform.—
With Horace Greeley as the candidate
there can be no backward step. With
no common sympathy T have observed
that Mr. Hendricks, a leading Demo
crat whom X knew and esteemed In the
Senate, has recently announced his ao
ceptance of the constitutional amend
ments with their logical results. He
proposes, as a proper key note tto the
extraordinary movement now swelling
to a sure triumph, “Just laws and
public virtue.” This Is a worthy aspi
ration, entirely fit on this occasion.—
My key note is the unity of the repub
lic and the equal rights of all, with
reconciliation. ■ Such is niy cry, and
wherever my voice can reach, theredo
I Insist upon all these; humbly invok
ing the blessing of Divine Providence,
which I am sure must descend upon
such a cause. Accept my best
wishes for yoiirselves personally and
for all the people you represent, and
believe me, gentlemen, your faithful
friend. Chaeles.Sumnbb.
To A.T. Auhusta, Wm. H, Wotmley
ORmEY-a LETTER OF AOOEBTAHOE,
He Accepts the nomination Upon a Plat
form ‘'lncontestably Eopublioan and
Emphatically Democratic."
New York. July 23.-Tbo following
is Mr. Greeley’s letter, acbeptlng the
Baltimore nomination, In reply to the
letter of the committee appointed-to no
tify him thereof,:
New York, July 18, 1872.
Gentlemen :—Upon mature delibera
tion it seems lit that I should give to
your letter of the 10th instant some fur
ther and fuller response than the hasty
unpremeditated words lu which I ac
knowledged and accepted your nomlnn
tion at our meeting on the 12th instant.
That your Convention saw St to ac
cord Its highest honor to one who had
been prominently and-polntedly opposed
to your party In the earnest and some
times angry controversies of the last for
ty years Is essentially noteworthy. That
i many of you Liberal Republicans should
I present another candidate for President,
and would more rapidly hare united
with us In the support of Adams or
Trumbull, Davis or Brown, is well
known. I owe my adoption at Balti
more wholly to the fact that I bad al
ready been nominated at Cincinnati, and
that a concentration of forces upon any
new man had been proved Impracticable,
Gratified as lam at your concurrence
ih the Cincinnati nomination, and cer
tain as I am that you would not have
thus concurred had you not deemed me
upright and capable. I found nothing in
the circumstance calculated to Inflame
vanity or nourish self-conceit. But that
your Convention saw fit to reaffirm the
Cincinnati platform Is to me a source of,
the profoundest satisfaction. That body
was constrained to take this step by no
party necessity, real or supposed. It;
might have accepted the candidates of
the Liberal Republicans upon grounds
entirely its own, or it might have pre->
sented them as the first Whig conven
tion dld .Hffirrlsson and Tyler, without
adopting any platform whatever.
That it chose to plant itself deliberately,
by a vote neatly unanimous, upon the
fullest and clearest enunciation of prin
ciples which ate at once incontestably
Republican and emphatically Democrat
ic, gives trnstworty assurance that a new
and more auspicious era Is dawning upon
our long distracted country. Some of
the best years and best efforts of my life
were devoted to a struggle- against chat
tel slavery, a struggle none'the less ear
nest and arduous because respect for con
stitutional objections constrained me to
act for the moat part on the defensive In
i resistance to the diffusion, rather than In
| direct efforts for the extinction, of human
bondage.
Throughout most of these years my
vision was unoheered, my exertions were
rarely animated by even so much as a
hope that X should live to see my coun
try peopled by freemen, atone. The
affirmance by your Convention of the
Cincinnati platform Is a most conclu
sive proof that not merely Is slavery
abolished, but that Its spirit la extinct j
that despite the protests of a respectable,
but Isolated, lew, there remains among
us no party and no formidable Interest
which regrets the overthrow or desires
the reestablishment 6f human bondage,
whether in letter or in spirit. I am
•thereby Justified In my hope and trust
that the first century of American Inde
pendence will not olbse before the grand
elemental truths on which Its rlghtful
neea was based by Jeffehon anil the Con»
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regarded ae glittering generalities, bat
will have become the nnlveraally accep
ted and honored foundations of our poli
tical fabric. J demand the prompt ap
plication of those principles to opr exist
ing condition. '
Having done what I could for the com
plete emancipation of the black’s, I now
Insist on the full enfranchisement of all
my white countrymen.: Let none say
that the ban has just been removed from
all but a fow hundred elderly gentlemen
to whom eligibility to office can be of
little consequence. My view contem-,
plates not the. hundreds proscribed, but
the millions who are denied the right to
be ruled and represented by men of their
own unfettered choice. Proscription
Were absurd If these did not wish to elect
the very men whom they are forbidden
to choose.
• I have a profound regard for the people
of that part of Now England wherein I
was born, In whose common schools I
was taught. I rank no people above
them In Intelligence, capacity, and mor
worth ; but while they do many things
well and some admirably, there Is one
thing they cannot > safely or wisely un
dertake, and that Is the selection for
States remote from and unlike their own,
of the persons by whom these States
shall be represented In Congress; If
they could do this to good purpose, then
republican institutions are unfl c and ar
istocracy the only true political system.
Yet, what have we recently witnessed?
Z. B. Vance, the unquestioned choice of
a large majority of the present Legisla
ture of North Carolina, a majority back
ed by a majority ot the people who voted
at Us election,-refused, the seat In the
Federal Senate to which he was chosen,
and the Legislature, thus, constrained to
choose another In his place or leave the
State unrepresented for years.
The votes of New England thus de
prived North Carolina of the Senator of
her choice, an£ compelled her to send
another In his stead—another who In our
late contest was, like Vance, a fighting
rebel, but who had hot-Served In Con-,
gross before the war as Vance had,
though the latter remained faithful to
thU Union till after the close of his term;
I protest against the disfranchisement of
a State, presumptively of a number of,
States, on ground so narrow and techni
cal as this. The fact that the same Sen
ate which refused his seat proceeded to
remove his disabilities after that seat had
been filled by another, only serves to
place In a stronger light the Indignity to
North Carolina, and the arbitrary, ca
pricious tyranny .which dictated It.
; I thank you, gentlemen, that my name
Is to be conspicuously associated with
-yours in a determined’ effort to render
amnesty complete and universal In spir
it as well as in letter. Even defeat In
,snoh a case would leave no sting, while
'triumph would rank With those victories
iwhloh no blood reddens, and which
, evoke no tsars but those of gratitude and
!fi?o mine, assures mo m«>
not henceforth to stand for one thing
and Republicanism for another; but
these terms are to mean In po|ltl(», as
they have always meant In the diotlona
ry substantially one and the same thing,
namely, equal rights, regardless of creed
or clime or color. I hall.this as a genu
ine new departure from outworn feuds
and meaningless contentions In the di
rections of progress and reform.
Whether I shall be found worthy to
bear the standard of the great Liberal
movement which the American people
have inaugurated is to be determined not
by words, but deeds—with me, if I s tea(l "
ilv advance ; over me If I falter. Its
grand array moves on to achieve for our
country her glorious beneficent destiny.
, X remain,, gentlemen, yours,
Horace Greeley. ,
To Hon. James B. Doolittle,. Chairman
of the Convention, and Messrs h. W.
Sykes, John C. Maocabe and others,
committee.
Elections.— The elections during iho
present year will h® held as follows *
Kentucky, August 5. L .
Montana Territory, August 5.
■ Utah, August 5.
Now Mexico, September l.
California, September I.
Vermont, September 3.
Maine, September 9. -
Colorado Territory, September 10.
Dakota Territory, October 8,
Indiana, October 8,
lowa, October 8. .
Nebraska, October 8. ,
Ohio, October 8. •
Pohnnsylvanla, October 8.
South Carolina, October 10.
West Virginia, October 24.
, Alabama, Novembet.o.
. Arkansas, Nor. 5. • -
‘ Delaware, 6.
Florida,‘Nov. 5.
■ Georgia, November 5.
Illinois, " 5.
Kansas, " 5.
Louisiana, . 5.
Maryland,' “ .5.
Masaaohn’e, ,
Michigan, “ S.
Minnesota, “ 6.
Mississippi, “ o.
Missouri, " 6.
Nevada; " f.
New Jersey, “ 5. ,
New York, “ 5.
‘Tennessee, “ 5.
Virginia, " 5.
■ Wisconsin, “ 5-,
Arizona, “ 8.
, The' Presidential election will occur
In all the States on the 6th bf November
From Father to Son.
One day a young man entered a mer
chant's office In Boston, and with a pale
and care worn face said:
• Sir, I am In need of help. I have
been unable to meet certain payments
because certain parties have not done as
they agreed to by me, and I would like
to have $l,OOO. I came to you because
yon were a friend to my father, and might
bo a friend to mo.’ - .
‘Como In,’ eald the old merchant,
‘ come In and have a glass of wine.
•No,' said the young man, ‘I don t
drink/ ,
•Have a cigar then?’
•No. I never smoke.’ ‘ . T
•Well,' said the old gentleman, 1
would like to accommodate you, but l
don't think I can.’
• Very well,’ eald tho young man as, ho
was about to leave the room, * X thought
perhaps you might. Good day sir.
• Hold on.' said the merchant. ' you
don't drink V
‘No,’.
1 No.',
• Nor gamble, nor anything of that
kind?' ■ ’ ' . ~
• No sir, I am superintendent of the
Sunday school.’ -
• Well,’ said the merchant, 4 you nha 1
have It, and three times, the amount If
you wish. Your father let me have five
thousand once and asked me the same
questions. Ho trusted me; and It will
trust you. No thanks —I owe It to you
[ for your father’s trust.’
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