New national era. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1870-1874, 1872-09-19


his manner of handling the difficulties of re-
organizing the Southern States. The good
done us by Gen. Grant is of the practical
KIND, that which we can see, and feel, ana
enjoy. When the freedman in the Southern
States sees the outlaw who has pilaged his
house and outraged his daughter brought to
trial, convicted, and sent to prison BY the
order otGen. Grant when he finds the school
house which was burned by the disguised
incendiary rebuilt and another school estab-
llshed for the education of his children
through The efforts of Gen. Grant when he
! learns that he may attain honorable and lu-
cratve offices if he is qualified to fill them.
aud finds himself filling these positions by
the appointment Of General Grant, and when
he sees formidable organizations, raised for
the purpose Of lorcibly preventing him enjoy
ing these blessings and exercising these
rights, ordered by Gen. Grant in formal
| proclamation to disband and cease their UNI
lawful operations, and by him dispersed he
feels more secure in his home, he feels that
his freedom is not a mockery. He realizes
that law means something, and that he is
under the protection oft.
The cry raised against Gen. Grant of CEN
trallzation is not really against him but
against US !; against the interests of the col
ored people, it means that the power of pro-
tecting US against the midnight raids of armed
bodies Of men, and defending us at the bal
lot-box, should be taken away from the Fed
eral Government, and we and all our dear
| and blood-bought rights should be left to the
tender mercies Of the Ku-Klux; it is because
the Administration has tostered and encour-
aged the State governments erected on the
ruins of the Confederacy, and has shown a
determination to protect them from the men
who have always been opposed to them, who
refused to take any part in the matter of re-
construction by keeping away from polls, and
would now tear them down, that it is sub
Jected TO this charge. No Capitalization of
power is harmful where the purpose of it is
for the public good; in proportion to the
power will there be healthful and beneficial
results flowing to all; like the wide-spreading
Ggis Of the American Union, as its border.
are extended and its lberty-inspirng in
iluence increased, the greater are the bless
lngs conferred upon mankind. The power
which Gen. Grants administration yields is
OF that wholesome and conservative character
derived from our laws and the Constitution,
which ensures order and the blessings OF
peace, and cannot be found fault with. except
by those who live in lawless communities, or
Their aider5 and abettors or sympathizers.
The cry raised against him about the Santo
Domingo affair, one would think from the
noise made about it, that he had committed
the objectionable sin. Let us glance at it
moment, and see what ga great matter a
little fire kndleth."
The Inhabitants OF this little Republic are
much annoyed by bands of insurgents who
infest the mountainous regions of the island
The country, though peaceful now, according
to the report of the commissioners recently
sent there by our Government. has been from
time to time torn by internal dissensions and
hostile factions struggling to get possession
OF the government. To allay these troubles
| and secure the peace, quiet, and protection
which strong government affords, the peo-
pie have with great unanimity expressed n
desire to become annexed to the United
States. This desire, the commissioners say,
IS very general among all classes, and the
newspaper reporters who accompanied the
commission all confirm this statement. II
this be so, and there is no reason to doubt
1t, and If the annexation of this rich and fer
tile land with its valuable mines and capa-
cious harbors will be profitable to lis as well
| as to them, think it was wise and humane
to entertain the proposition, in receiving the
agent sent by that government to Washing
ton, and sending parties to Santo Domingo
to learn the feeling among its inhabitants on
the question, and laying all the facts before
Congress. l think that General Grant has
done nothing but his duty, and is to be COM
mended for it. 1t surely cannot be good
| reason to exclude them from the Union be-
| cause they are colored, at least not a good
| reason with us, however much men like Sem
| atOr Schurz may object to receiving into the
Union any but those of the Caucasian blood,
| and however much his Imagination recoils''
at the thought. Other States have knocked
at the doors of the Union for admission, and
have always been admitted. Here come q
| people seeking protection under the folds OF
the stars and stripes. Shall we turn them
away because they are not white? This is
the true reason of the opposition of some. |
| am glad Gen. Grant is free from color preju-
| dice.
| Horace Greeley is colonizationist. Colo
| nization, next to slavery, has been the worst
| foe of the colored men in this country it has
| been the hOt-bed ofrace prejudice. In some
ofthe States, through the exertions of coloni-
zationists, cruel and oppressive laws have
been enacted to force colored people to leave
| their borders, and heavy taxes laid upon
| them to raise fund to convey them TO the
shores of Africa. The money thus collected
has been applied to other purposes, some.
| times to the school fund for white people
Mr.. Greeley, as late as a few weeks ago
made speech at Poughkeepsie, wherein we
were addressed as Africans in America
ana his argument tended to show that the
colored people are here only temporarily, ant
that some day or other we will not be in this
country that under the burning sun of the
tropics black people and people of mixed
blood find q more natural home than the
more Northern ATTITUDES afford them. Gen
Grants action towards us shows that he
looks upon colored men as American citizens
and that being such are entitled to the con
sideration and respect that other citizens are
That Mr.. Greeley has done something to helT
our cause 1 will not deny. His newspape,
has had wide circulation, and has exerteC
no little influence in disseminating Republic
can doctrine, but while this is SO, in Repub
| lican convention he would have but few claims
upon US for our support against those of 6
| large number of Aboitionists and anti-slayery
men who take precedence of him in earnest
ness, ability and devotion to our cause.
need not name them, they are well known tt
| you, and the recollections of their deeds an(
| sacrifices are engraven on our hearts. In hi!
present attitude as leader of our enemies hi
certainly has none, and it is the widest foil,
to expect that We shall vote for him as chief
tain of the Democrats. He has written {
great deal on the anti-slavery question, as he
has on many other questions, -Fourierism
and other isms, and has been on both sides
ofnearly all of them. He was for and against
during the war. At one time he would LEI