The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1872-08-15
SUMNER.


NA>HINGroN, Aug. 5.-Scuator sum
ncr thas replies to speaker Blaine:
WASHINGTON, Aug, ), 1872.
DEAG SIR.--I have seen Your letter al
'lreS>ci'o me hy YOU, Through the public
prints. | notice especially that while ami
m''!' 'e-tinS upon my support of Horace
cation i of jiIat compoandd Of professions
known rs Grantism, in contradiction tG
rcrubiicamism, which You would install
anew IN the government. lou are greatly
concerned about tho company | keep. To
quiet Your solicitude | beg to say, in join,
ins the rcPahlcans who brought forward
an Original aboltionist, | find myself with
50 many others devoted To the caUse have
served always had not missed you until you
FASTENED to report Your absence, nor had l
taken account Of the southern socessiouists,
who, as You ever, are nowco-opcrlting with
me in snr .ort of this original aJolitionist,
except to re.j"ice that If, among M fo-sler
associates, somc Ike yourself hesitate,
tl4eir places arc supplied in an unexpected
quarter.
Ioa entirely misunderstood NE when
Won intr,lucc an incident Of the past, and
Luil ON it an argument by should not
support Horace Greeley. What has Pres
ton Brooks to 10 with the presidential
election? Never, while a sufferer did any
hoGy hear Inc speak of Linn III unkindncss,
ani aow, after the lapse Of more than
half generation, | Will not unite with
you in dragging him from the grave, where
he slecrs, to aggrayatc the passions Of Il
political conflict, and arrest the longing
for concord; and here is tic difference be-
tween You and me at this iuncturc. | sec
The opportunity to make the equal rights
Of all secure, through peace and rcconcili-
alton, but this infinite boon you would
postpone. Sever, years have passed since
we IaiI aside our arms, but unhapnily,
during all this period, there has hccn a
hostile spirit toward each other, while the
rights Of or colorel f,llow-citizcns have
becn.l perpetual question. Seven years
mark Il natural period in human life,
Shoull not the spirit be changed with the
body Cannot we, after seven years.
commence Il new life, especially when
those once our foes repeat the saying:
This people shall be my people, and
their GOD my Cod
declare my preference for an original
abolitionist as President, and you seek to
create diversion by crying out that Demo
Gratis viii support him; to which | reply,
50 much the better Their support Is as
surunce that tie cause have 50 constantly
: guarded, whether of equal rights or recon
/ structioa, IS accepted by the Democrats
and this il pledge Of ;ruc union beyond
anything in our history. 1t is victory Of
IDEAS, without which all other victoric,
must fail To intensity your allegation
you insist that am range with JEFF. Davi:
and Robert Toombs. But, pardon me
nobody knows who the former viii b. f4r
while Robert TuOmb> is lci-tcrous against
Horace Grccler. and with him are Stevens
Wise and Neshy. This i al vsry poo
argumeat and l mention it only 70 exhiDi
the charac.ar of your attenpt.' In th'
same spirit von seek to avoid the real issu
Ly holding up tbs possibility Of what yo'
call q Democratic administration, and yoa
have the courage to assert, as within IN
kEawlolgc. that hy the election Of Greeley
Congress is handed over to the control .
a party who have positively dcniel tn
rights of black men. Ion say know tli,
Mr.. Speaker, | kaew ne such thing. an
son should be sufficiently thou5h tFuI not t
assert ii. | am entirely satisfied that
esnTdss like the present, where tie pic
ciPlcs declared at Cincinn.-,. are cheerful
, accepted GA one side. and not ccntcstcl Q
. the othcr, must result in a larger nQal5,