New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-07-31
SUMNER.
lie Defines His Position COIOred Men
Advised to Vote for Greeley.

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/ Advised TO Vote for Greeley.
WASHINGTON, July 3O.-Mr. Sumner has
written to number of citizens who ad-
dressed him Mr.. Sumner declares for
Greeley. Among his strongest paragraphs
is the following:
The present position of the colored citi-
zen Is perilOus. He is exposed to in
furious pressure, when he needs suppoTt:
but l see no early extricaUiOn exceDt in the
way proposed Let him cut adrift from
! managers who would WELD him merely as
political force, without regard to his own
good, and braVely stand by the candidate
Greeley, who stood by him. Democrats
unite with him; so much the better. The
association thus begun must naturally
ripen in common friendship and trust
lie addresses his correspondents as "gen-
tlemen, and fellow citizens" He DELAYED
answering that he might reflect and fully
inform mself He has listened to much
from bOtI sides, but his best Judgment is
now in harmony with hls early conclusion
He is touched by the appeal his correspond
ents make. lie has been the friend of their
race, andi4 glad they consider him the sDc-
clal advocate of their rights. They do him
simple jus ice when they believe that his
counsel at this critical juncture would be
free from personal or partisan preiudiccs.
Mr. Sumner contrasts the two candidates
Greeley, he says, was born in poverty, and
educated himself in y printing Office. Grant,
fortunate i'll early pa rCnage, became a cadet
at West Point, and was educated at public
expense. One st; ed with nothing but
understanding az. character, the other
with military commission; one was
trained as a { j'ian, the other as
soldier. Horace Greeley stood forth
as refOrmer e. an abOlitiOniSt.
the President enlist i as prO-slavery
Democrat, and, at the election of James
Buchanan, fortified Y his vote all the pre-
tentiOns Of slavery, e.. the bred Scott
decision. Greeley, iron early life, was an
earnest and constant anti slavery man, full
of sympathy with the cOIored race and al
ways foremost in the great htttlefOr their
rights. President Grant, e1 rnpt as a sol
dier, summoned by the terrible accident of
war, never did anything against slavery,
nor has he, at any time, shown any sym
pathy with the cOlOred race Horace Gree
ley earnestly desired that cOIored citizens
should vote, and ably champiOned i'm
partial suffrage, but the President
was on the other side. Beyond these
contrasts which are marked it can not be
forgotten that Horace Greeley is person
Of large heart and large understanding,
trained to support human rights. Mr.
Greeley's industry, general knowledge
amlable nature, and above all, honesty,
which suspicion has not touched, are men
toned. Few of these things appear in
President Grant. His great success in war
can not change his record toward the col
Ored people while there are antecedentsf
showing that in the prosecutions Of his
plans, he cares nothing for the cOlored race
Mr.. Sumner, prefacing that the story is
painful but it must be told, gives tie his
tory of San Domingo and Hayti, where
he outraged 100000 blacks who were ca.
gagged in the great experiment of self gov
ernment. Here follows a history of the
attempt at anneXati0n.l He alludes to the
disrespeCt with which President Grant
treated Fred Douglass, who, by his invita-
ton, was one of the San Domingo com
missioners. Grant has shown but little
capacity or industry in protecting the col
Ored people and assuring peace at the
South. After violating the constitution and
international law to insult the black repl b.
lies and setting an example of insubordina-
tion, he was not in a condition to rebukc
law breakers.
MI Sumner then considers the present
position Of the two candidates. Each was
nominated by Republican convention
lie lands the material composing the Gin
clnnati convention. Comparing the ma
terial composing the two conventions, he
says: The country knows too well the mill
tary ring, the senatorial ring and the Gus
tOmhOuse ring, through which the President
acts. Such supporters are very poor recon-
mendatiOns. He says it is idle to say that
Horace Greeley and the Republicans who
nominated him at Cincinnati are any the
less Republicans because the Democrats
united with them in the support of cherished
prI cipes and the candidate who repre-
sents them.
Mr.. Sumner says: The hardihoOd Of po- |
litical falsehOOd reaches its extreme point
when it is asserted that, Under Horace
Greeley, the freedmen will be re-enslayed,
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fer III their equal rights. On the contrary,
they have in his election not only the prom
seE Of the platform, but also the splendid |
example of full generation, during which
be has never wavered in the assertion Of
their rights. To suppose that Horace Gree
ley, when he is placed where he can do them
he most good, will depart from the rule of
MS honest lite, is an insult to reason. l. is
lOne the less idle to suppose that Demo |
rats supporting Horace Greeley expect or
iesire that he should depart from those
principles which 10 Horace Greeley are the
glory OF his character They have accepted
he Cincinnati platform with its twO-fOld
promises, and intend in good faith to main
ain it.
Gentlemen, in thus answering your two
Inquiries, have shown why you, as cOlOred
elbow citizens, and also who would uphold
-Our rights and save the cOlOred race from
should refuse to sanction the re-
election of the President, and put your
rust IN Horace Greeley and, ought to add,
With him, as Vice President, GratZ Brown,
whom have known for years as most de
ermined Abolitionist. The two together
will carry into the federal government an
devotion to your rights, not to
,e disturbed by partisan dictation or sec
ionaI prejudice. Besides all this, which
nay ftIy guide you between the two
andidates, it is my duty to remind you
hat, as citizens Of the United States