New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-05-24
aAFRIC-AMERICAN LITERATURE"


tire" Being the voice Of The TibHac and cOutalnns
several important cf opinion and of fact have
thought you would probably allow much space as the
editorial occupied to set thematter in true Tight iieei
the more certain of favorable response to this request
from the fact that TIE Aieaed American the commence
ment Of which provoked the editorial has, according to
agreement been suspended until the pledged SUD
scr ptions be sent in.
Allow me to thank you for any notice OF paper
But in the first line you m'sepresent u.s. perhaps M
Intentionally by ihmAtng that the whole m and END OF
The Aiiehed American AnttSavery and then arZueto
IT. that as good An slavery papers were already apu
sant in and about Cleveland" I'VE have need Of tes
The same far AMT slavery Is concerned might
tn much truth be SAID Of The Herald and Forest CIy
" big papers, Inc PleiA Dealer Democratic, me lrHs
German papers-al Anti slavery and all puDlishet
here; and yet submit whether the word Anti sllvery
yon apply It, would be- to persons not acquainted With
those papers fair representations their objects and aims
If IT would be- have com plant to make; but If II
would not be- then il is not thus applicable to me A'eaef
Ameyioom and therefore any argument or suggestion
based upon its being uncaed for Anti Slavery Wise, Is
not fl to be made"
You saw with a very undignifed flourish. (which tall
cise1 IN nom t Afeoa ootorstp could assreo ne pHr
posi- there Fred DOHgiass paper on the one dean
The Yioe Of The Fsgitire the other each issued within
few hours ride of Cleveland and neither Of them above
the need Of vigorous editorial aid and few hundred SUD
scribers" desire to ask, Fred D1Hgtass's paper
and The YOtce Of The Fugitive" African edit n hpi
And TO make strong for The 1rJuae did need 10
white down facts by saving within few hOurs ride OF
Cleveland instead OF the whole truth, viz that Fred.
Dongiasss paper Is in Rochester T. and The Poies
So much a. to the argument based upon the proximity of
the three lournas-on argument applying upon the one
hand well against any local paper as against Ihe 4tsd
A,a lean Eede DoHTfdsSs paper or The Voice II The
Eppinrc-and on the other in favor OF purse proud
papermonopoy Ike The London Itnucs or lis nmt'ors
But Mr. Douglass paper while It Is an able advocate o.
fbe clored people is the accredited organ Of the Lbe ~
Party and doing efficient work in us ded OF laor Ii
changed from The North STR to Fredertek DoHsiass's
Paper, and superseded the Liberty PGTfy PaPsr 50
called trust il may long be sustained But Colored
Americans not all Liberty Party men and they were
would not tb il improper TO establish as they have
done ew journal for their elevation social meehsn
zeal and political which while it will be political will not
be the organ Of any political party That paper me
AIiened american Ii thought best to establish i Geo.
rally With that view Cleveland was selected IL will
generally employ none but coored men IN any capacity
II ese could cab be found qualified to -no In the spirit
eacusveps caste but in order to give tne crushed
sort Of chance to develop lis capaenes Ia the
direction Of printing Neither the Editor of The ARcd
American alone The paper hast~o pad corresponding
EDITOR Mtssrs Ward and Pennington. Already one
respondept has sailed for Europe and another will
follow Regular spoDdence is expected from Africa,
and arrangements being completed for paid cor-poa-
deuce from the West Indies. In the Home Department
we have valuable correspondents in I'll parts of ths
/ try-even in NewOrleans The NieHed american viii
to do for Ohio what any local paper would AMI
for al what il can. Its motto, adopted from the dstn-
euisbed IT, s. Senator from New York, is Educate your
Children emo pc for Justice" Knowing many of these
facts Fredoick DOugiasss Paper and fhe Voice Of The
Ereihre were among to warmly welcons ustJ
new field of labor.
the 7tiJunes criticisms then upon The Aisned A0cri
certainly show that the mistake belongs wholly TO The
I7iJtne The person who wrote that editorial could not
have r. the first editorial in that large and fair drs
number or the aim Of The Aiened American uId have
been SEEM and much Of the time spent upon that article
saved We have generally accorded 10 Ihc TrfhUae Ia
con with several other New York papers great clear
ness of vision points OF public interest aud especially
have we accorded to it desire 10 justice to C1lored
Americans but have to say that no other paper in The
whole Union has misapprehended aud other pap.r
has lad il in its power so to help Us IN, Fribua Said
an EDITOR in Ohio and friend of The TcitnE', Had
that article in The AeT lork Her@d, would not
have been asODshed, but AS il is, am Said distin
eushed Professor Of esern State aud friend OF Ihe
I,HHne mir Greeley has blunt, of hand way. and he
must have written that article without thinking am not
certain which is the worse, the editorial the apology
SAYS The TfibzHc;
%But assin: will cOorod man-evinces an ex
.STd o 9u s s% T. %as Be 10 ss & S or
Fdo they tiny him aud types an ink STAND and pair Of
lie insult N thr above 10 Frederick Douglass be
apparent all for believe that he is the only colored
an whom friends have bought press. The rem rk
is not applicable The AeHd TN icaH, for no CIR lie
of admirers" have gathered round and bought "a
rress" &C. for It's editor and as 10 the doctor and III
'awy,r" he Ia. had opportunity u be either Atpre'ent
he is neher LAWYER or doctor" nor yet clergyman,
as The 7tiJBsc states in the third lne Of is article.
need state what IN OHIO is well kno Fn That tn
All, ned american is The result OF any of the "circum
stances" bewaed by The Tribune IL Is the result OF
te ndp ndrt action Of the Colored People the State
in view Of known want For years has the e-tabislm nt
OF SUI a paper been urged For years has the present
editor been asked TO take charge OF such journal tie
ed living journals, not engrossed by any particular ism
In that ok il is said good done and IN this new po
sjtop is believed, good will be done and aft-n ION
ARRESTED" Ne" do not speak from much experience:
bt ten wears Of labor in the different departments OF prac
tca printing and sbsce in the conduct of newspapers
have not left wholly untitled for small portion OF the
duties allotted although HAVE had other ambition IN
boyhOoo than that of attaining usefulness and position as
an eonOr" Those few duties we shall endeayor to per
TOM and we believe the Co respond ny Editors with the
Home and Foreign Core pOndents. will endeavor to IKE
The Ahmed worthy OF the high regard shown I,
by all the papers Of the country noticing IT, excepting
The Ttituhe Attention. The Tribune has H. i Ar
rested" already Some who make sDeei,l profession OF
attachment 10 cOoT,d people are subserbsrs tn TIE
dfncd American and what an evidence ." interest have
maid for 1t iH 0drdhee. The AhcAcd american does
beg for support nor does IT, any more str lily than The
TiIpne and other uruals, >Accept subscription ten
/ der, d il as half way charity
The col red brother edit rial has penned this letter not
because of being offended The 1rbEse Intmros he
woulo be- bur 10 correct false impressions ana more Ill
sorrow than in anger Very respectfully
WILLIAM III DAY.
Cleveland Ohio, Monday, May g. 1853.
We cannot perceive that Mr.. Day has made out
any case of msstatement or msapprehension on our
part that at all justifes his heavy demand on our
columns for space advertise and praise his own paper
We are still of opinion that the African Race in
America did not need journals devoted to their
Improvement and elevation, but better and that
these are to be secured not by farther division, but BY
a concentration of whatever Editorial talent they may
hayef possible on single Journal which shall thereby
be rendered of such character as will enable Il TO
brave any competition, however q" mOnOpolizng" and
command the patronage Of thousands and the attention
of the Intellectual world. What there is in this, which
ought to have appeared in The Herald rather than TIE
Tribune, every reader will judge. Ira