Daily national Republican. (Washington City [D.C.]) 1870-1872, 1870-03-10

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TO ayenRe their imagined wrongs, and seek
10 place the Congress Of the United States
in the contemplate attitude Of leglalatlng
against large and respectable olass Of pro,
tesslonal gentlemen 70 gratify the revenge.
ful feelings Of these three negro doctors.
That this whole movement against the
Medical Society has been inhuRuTated for the
grahncation OF private revenge and desire
70 achieve triumph over It, members on
the part Of these eolored doctors and theil
coadlutor., IL clearly manifested when va
recollect that the opportunity Of participant.
Ing 10 the dlscussions OF q medical society
aud all other proceedings Of such bodies ae
cessory 10 professional Improvement, Il
open 10 them In their new organization,
without the necessity Of charter from Con.
gress or any legislation whatever BY thai
body. So that they are now In the enjoy.
ment Of every privilege, immunity, and pro.
fesslonal advantage which any other white
practitioner Of the District possesses, with
the addition, II am correctly Informed, oil
the emoluments Of Offices conferred upon
them either BY the municipal or General
Government, In several Instances loyal, con.
slatent, Union white physicians having been
removed from office for the benefit Of negro
successors.
They arc regularly licensed practitioners
here; they pursue the practice Of their pro.
fesslon without molestation, and under eH-
traordlnary advantages Of collateral adj
they enjoy the privilege Of consulting with
any Of the white members OF the profession
whom II is supposed they would prefer.
They belong 10 society which needs no
charter 10 give them the privilege Of partlcl-
patlng In all OF lta proceedings, with which
We OF the old society have never attempted
TO interfere directly or remotely, whilst they
have arrogantly demanded Of Congress that
the charter should DO taken from US a. q
puulahment, not for having violated POSI-
lively or coustruetlyely any Of itsprovlsions,
but for having exercised fundamental right
which Il Is supposed belonged % every elll'
aen Of this country. Let Mr.. Sumner sue
coed In abrogatlng the charter OF the Medl.
cal Society, aud he Ia as far from the object
which he pretenda to desire as before he en-
barked In this ANAL game. Nay, further,
for his conduct will only have the effect OF
lntensifTiDR the antagonism which already
| exitts.
Il now remains TO DO seen II Congress will
condesceud 10 such . cowardly act OF petty
tyranny merely % crafty feeling Of Pri.
vate revenge. II IL marvellous TO me that
the Senate should have the patience TO listen
to these oft-repeated and hypocritical dla.
tribes from the honorable Senator over
hypothetical cases Of injustice 10 the colored
race, when Important subjects OF the gravest
interest 10 the whole country imperatlvely
and urgently demand their legislative consld.
Grafton. In friendly regard for, and llberallty
Of conduct towards the eolored race, claim
to stand second 10 no man In this District,
aud whilst rejoice In the opportunities af.
forded them by the laws OF the land OF I'm.
proving their condition In all the ma
terlal elements ofprosperity and civilization,
! do not hesitate to say that am unalter.
ably and eternally opposed TO all social com
mlngling Of the tWoraccs, but believe that the
| line OF demArcatlon established by the Deity
cannot be too sharply drawn or too faith
| fully and jealously observed. Let each 20
on and work out It's destiny 10 its own sphere,
equally protected by tho law. A few words,
Mr.. Editor, In regard 10 the special charge
made against mo and l will trespass nc
further upon your kindness. The particular
Instance referred to BY the Senator, Of ny
having acted In an unprofessloual name
towards one OF these negro doctors, occurred
In the family OF = very old and highly
esteemed colored friend ri mine, and =
crafty whom consenteCf4A,, 'N~sAs
tlent alluded TO. The elronn.r SO
ing my attendance In that ca Re and
elently SGT forth In the noto kTelo appended
addressed 70 me b. ths father Of The patient
IL not neeealaTy, Therefore, that shoult
makekny comment except 10 add that hav
4 never received, nor dld expect 70 receive
any Peeuniary compensation FOR my attend
anee.
Respectfully, A.Y.P. GARSErT, MD.
wEsuIssroS, March 8. 1871
DR. A.. Y. p. GARNHTT-Slr! I answer YOU
request desiring me to Eiye the fact. how YOU
last day and q half Of her life, a. you are
| charged with interfering with DE-. Augusta
ptAetiee, and my ease cited.
DE-. Augusta Isft my house, ssyins he woul,
be back by noon, He did not come Until
about four. MY ehlld dying And in such grea
told you how sick she was, and Aske'
you 10 come and do what you could, a. diI
not intend to have Dr.. Augusta any longer
and AtlaSt CONSENTED to do what you could
las friend Of my brothers and his physielAl
for near 20 yearsl After your arrival yo'
PAT'pS :ol ssa, gos .'G .s4
Dr.. \, had done ali that souid be done, Iss Al
doctors lose patients, and you did not iu'sn'
I am sorry, air, you have been unJustI,
aeoused on my account, And shall ever fee
for u: s,ssi nos yS1 psid TX Sslid
perhaps my child would not have been 30 In
| properly treated. l will also say that yol
we're my physician long before knew DR.. A
Local BRKvITIEs. sixty parent
Of pupils in the public schools Of the seeont
district were addressed Tuesday Afternoon b.
Superintendent Richards on the relations Of
parents, pupils, and teachers.
Eleven more colored men with thei
families started yesterday morning for Mis-
s,salppl to work on the plantation Of Gov
e-nor Alcorn. This makes twenty-five who
have thuS far len, and Il Is expected thai
| NWaaI laEag n. II
At the fifty-nnh monthly meeting OF the
Central Building Association IS shares were
sold at an average Of thirty and oue-bRlf per
cent.
Josiah Mitchell was arrested by OficeT
Franklin, and fined tl2 by Justice Thompson
yesterday for selling bread under the weight
required by law.
A trio OF eolored men, named Glen. West
| Thomas II. Butler and Daniel Waine, wer
arrested by Oficers Hamilton and Marks OF
cross charges OF throwing stones and assault
aud battery. The accused were arraignet
before Squire MAryman, when Justice wa
doled out As folloWG West, fined S7j Butler
$40. and Walne, go, all Of which was paid
and the "band OF brothers" departed.
batch Of colored gay lothSIios and
HVnlphs dH Pave were subsequently, received
at the court reception OF Justice Pearson
The cards deposited 10. the waste basket
| Ienu hb IOllOWbi John ToWnbenu, Barney
Clark, Charles Hilton, Julius Day, JohI
johnson, Martha Jones, and Lefty slmms
The court learned that the object OF the vial
was TO answer 70 . complaint Of being dis
orderly aud profAne, whereupon he Required
the aggregate sum Of e22 to be deposited Al
an earnest that they would not "eall'
again.
TRUsTBEs or CoLoRED scHooLs.-A reg
ular meeting Of the board OF trustees OF col.
ored schools was held last night at the Ste.
vens school.house, with Messrs. Charles
King and Alfred Jones present.
II was resolved that those teachers OF col
Orcd schools now receiving $50 per month
who furnish evidence Of having taught
school two years or longer, previous to The
present scholastic term, shall receive t6C
per mouth, to date from the LIST Of March
| instant.
A communication WaA reeelVeA from MlSl
l.. q. Waters declining TO accept the posi-.
tlon Of teacher TO which she had been ap
pointed.
The application Of NIsS NJ. Z. Ksyes anG
E. R. Wright for teaebershlps were received
and referred.
STha r.st,n.tta., ~ MI. I'll. A ut.ta =.