Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1872-08-15

| OaoSA oui tliC litC SCSSlOu vi OOI
gress you conferred with me in regar
to the possibility of having your Civ
Rights Bill passed by the House. |
was introduced by your personal triend
MIR. Hooper. and nothing prevente
its passage by the House, except tn
rancorous and factious hostility of tn
Democratic members. If | have col
rectly examined the Globe, Democrat
lc members on secenteen different oc
cds'ons resisted the passage of tn
Civil Rights Bill by the Parliamentar,
process known as fillibustering. The1
would not even allow it to come to
vote. To intelligent colored member,
from South Carolina, Elliott and Rain
ey, begged of the Democratic side o
the House merely TO allow the Ciyi
Rights Bill to be voted on and the,
were answered by denial so absolute
tnat IL amounted to scorntul jeer of the
coiorcd man. And now you lend youl
voice and influence 10 the reelection of
those members who are cooperating
with you IN The support of Mr.. Greeley
DO you not know. Mr.. Sumner, and
" 80 va nv dS - tdutiIu iIlln dCkUOW
edge, that with ,hcse men in power in
Congress, the rights of the colored men
are absolutely sacrificed so far as those
rights depend on Federal Legislation?
Stlll further: the rights OF the colored
men IN this country are secured, if Sc
cured at all, by the three great Consti-
tutlonal amendments. the 18th | ith an Il
loth. 10 give these amendments full
scope and effect legislation bv Congress
Is Imperatively required, as you have so
often and so eloquently demonstrate d.
But the Democratic party are on record
lh the most conspicuous manner against
any legislation on the subject. Ii was
only III the month OF February last that
my colleague, Mr.. Peters. offered res
olution i'll the Honse of Representatives
affirming ''lhe validity of the Constitu-
tional amendments ofsuch REASONABLE
legislatlonal otCONGRESS As MAY BE NEG
EssARY to make them in their lctteriand
spirit most eflcctualI." This resolution
very mild and guarded, AS YOU will
see-was adopted, by Ia YEAS to 5S NAYS:
ONLY EIGHT OF the YEAS were Demo
Gratis; ALL THE NAYS were Democrats.
lhe resolution Of Mr.. Peters was
followed week later, by one offered
by Mr.. Stevenson of Ohio, Us follows:
"ReSoired That we recognize rs
vaiid AMI binding all existing laws
passed by Congress for the enforcement
oi The thirteenth, fourteenth and fiji
teenth amendments of the Constitution
oil the nited States, and Tor the pro-
tcctlon 0! citizens i'll their right under
the Constitution as amended" :"
On the vote upon this resolution there
were lul YEAS 10 % NAYS. ALI ruE
YEAS WERE Republicans, and thcv are
row unanimous i'll support OF President
Grant. All the nay, were Democrats.
who are now equally unanimous IN -up-
port OF Mr.. Greeley.
are vaiSd part. ~ Tie C0nST1tu rfJ!f
long n The same mes on The
same day vote that the provision,
OF these amendments should not
be enforced by Congressional lrgi>-
lation. The aRieudmcnt- are but sound
ing brass and tinkiing rymbaI- 70 the
cpiorrd man IN. il Congress make, them
effective amd practical. Nay mnrc; il
the rights of the colDrei men are to bc
left to he legislation ol.the southern
States, without Congre- -iOnal intcrycm-
ton, he would under u Democratic
administration be deprived o. The right
of suffrage less than two years, aud lie
would be very lucky il lie escaped some
form OF chattel slavery or pconagc =
And in ,proof OF this danger | might
quote volumes oi wisdom and warning
from the speeches of Charles Sumner.
When, therefore, yeu point out to the
colorcd men that their rights will be
safe in the hands ofthe Democratic party
you delude and mislead them. do not
say wiliullv, but not the less really
The small handful Of Republican,
compared with the whole mass-Who
unite with yourself and Greeley in go
ing over 10 the Democratic party, can
not leaven that lump Of political un-
>oundness even ii Won preserve Your
own original principles in the contact.
The administration ot Nj. isreeley,
therefore, should he he elected, Would
be III the whole and in detail 4 Demo-
cratic Administration. and YOU would
be compelled TO 90 with the current Gr
repent and turn back when TOO late 10
men,i the evil YOU had done. Your
argument that Horace Greeley does not
become Il Democrat by receiving Demo-
crotic notwithstanding it by The ana
logV of Your own election TO the Sen;tic
is hardly pertinent. The point j. not
what Mr.. Greeley will become PERSONAL
". but hat will be the complexion nl
the great Legislative branch of the Gov
crnment with allits vast and controlling
power. Gou know very well, Mr. Sum
ncr, that il Mr.. Greeley i elected Pres
dent. Congress l. handed over to the
conirol of the party who have persist
emily denied the rights oi'the black mani.
What cours" YOU will pursue towards
the cololcd man j. OF small consequence
after YOU have transferred ihe power uI
GDvernment 10 his enemy.
The colo ed men of this country are
moi as class enightencd; bat thev
have wonderful instincts, and when
they read YOUR letter they will know
that at great crisis in their fate you
deserted them. Charles Summer coop
Grating with jefferson Davis is not the
same Charles Summer they have hithcr-
50 idolized = any more than Horace
Greeley, cheered TO the echo III Tam
many Hall, is the same Horace Greeley
whom the Republicans have hitherto
trusted. The black men of this country
will never he ungratetul for what YOU
have done for them in the past-nol il
the bitterness of their hearts, Will they
ever forget that. heated and blinded ky
personal hatred of one man. you turn eu
| your back Oh the millions to whom il
past years YOU have stood as a sh:el,
aud bulwark Of defence.
Very respectfully,
Your obedient servant.
| JAMES G. BLAINE.