The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-06-28
VOL. XVII--NO. 43.

he went to Missouri and Joined the
| free-sOil Benton party, who wanted
every man i'll the Territories free, and
who, during the war, was a UniOnist,
and for the liberty of all. And yet
Frederick Douglass, half white man,
who got small Office from Grant, but
whom Grant refused to invite to his
table with the other San Domingo
Commissioners, denounces CIR, eley and
Brown as though they were pirates.
By the Fourteenth Amendment, a
large number of the leaders of the Re
bellion Were made incapable of hoki-
ing office. These Brown and Greeley
and the Cincinnati Convention want
pardOned, as they now are willing to
give the blacks all their rights "liber-
ty of all before the law" as our Cincin-
natl Platform has it.
The Grant men, to keep in office, are
playing the part of the monkey, who
took the cats paw to pull the chestnuts
out of the fire. They seem bent on
keeping up the strife between the
blacks and whites that they may keep
in Office, and after awhile, when the
blacks are ruined in property and
character, they will fly with their ILL
gotten gains, and leave them to the
vengeance of the whites of the nation,
whom the Radical party would have
made their eternal enemies.
Pirst-Now the whole matter is, that
we are now, we think, strong enough
to elect, by the assistance of the Demo-
crats, an old friend of the blacks to
the Presidency, and the blacks, in
gratitude, ought to do it.
SecOnd-There are 100000 of
whites in the Union, and, say, about
5000, 900 blacks, or about eight whites
to one black. Now, the whites are too
strong in arms and in votes for the
blacks, who are, therefore, dependent
on the whites for their good will, mag
nanimity and justice for their rights
and liberties. Now we don't think it
good policy for the blacks with the
Grant party to keep up abuse and strife,
till the whites shall learn to hate the
blacks, for the weakest must at last go
under.
Third-NOw, therefore, when the
blacks will have all their rights al
mitted by Greeley and the Democrats,
1, as their lifelong friend, beg them to
accept the offer. Go for Greeley, am
nestry and equal rights to all. ''Let
not the sun go down on your WRATH"
Fourth-SuppOse you will not be
persuaded, and you go with the Grant
men and you are beaten, the National
Government goes into the hands of
your enemies. Where are you? In
the hands of the Philisiines. Ihave not
the time now to discuss "centraliza-
tion," "official corruption" and ''hd-
beds corpus suspension" further than
to say that these usurpatiOns affect us
(the whites) as well as the blacks, and
if allowed will take away the liberty of
all. To suspend the writ of "habeds
corpus" as Grant is doing, places the
life, liberty and property of every man
without trial by jury or having wit
nesses bought face to face with the
accused or counsel in defense, at the
will of one man-Grant. To-day he
may use that power to save some black
man from the violence of lawless men,
but tomorrow, should parties change,
another President may use the same
power (by precedent made JUST to
destroy the liberty of any black man
in the South. In a word, We would
place your liberties upon the great and
good will of all parties and eternal jus
tice Grant 4 Co. would join you to a
falling party, and their fate you share.
'They who draw the sword shall per-
ish by the sword" Be wise now,
while it is to day. Turn ye-why will
We die? Your friend, &. M. CLAY.
To A. ]. CHAMBERS, Esq.