American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1872-08-03
Sumner Supports Greeley.

WASIIINGTON. July 30.-Mr. Sum
ner has written Il letter to Il number
of citizens who addressed him. Mr..
Sumner declares for Horace Gree
ley. Among his strongest para
graphs is the following:
'Thc present position of the col
orcd citizens is periious. He is cX-
posed to injurious pressure when he
needs support-but | see no early
extraction except in the way pro
posed. Let him cut adrift from the
managers who would WELD him
merely as a political force without
regard to his own good. and bravely
stand by the candidate Greeley who
has stood by him. If Democrats
unite with him, so much the better.
The ASSOCIATION thus begun must
naturally ripen into common friend
ship and trust. He addresses his
correspondents as gentlemen and
fellow-citizcns. He delayed an an
swer that he might reflect and fully
inform himself. He has listened to
much from both sides, but his best
Judgment is now i'll harmony with
his early conclusion. He is touched
by the appeal his correspondents
make. He has been the friend of
their race, and is glad they consider
him the special advocate of their
rights. They do him simple justice
when they believe that his counsel
at this critical juncture would be
free from personal or partisan pre-
JUDGE. Mr.. Sumner contrasts the
two candidates:
Greeley was born in poverty and
educated himself in printing of
fee Grant, fortunate in early pat
rOnaGe, became a cadet at West
Point, and was educated at public
expense. One started with nothing
but understanding and character;
the other with a military commits
sion. One was trained as a civilian;
the other as a soldier. Horace Gree
ley stood forth as a refOrmer and an
abolitionist the President enlisted
as pro-slavery Democrat, and at
the election of James Buchanan, for
tilted by his vote all the pretension
of slavery, even the bred Scott de-
cisiOn. Greeley, from early life was
an earnest and constant anti slavery
man; full of sympathy with the col
Orcd race, and always foremost in
the great battle for their rights
President Grant, except a soldier,
summoned by the terrible accident
of war, never did anything against
slavery, nor has he at any time
shown any sympathy with the col
Ored race. Horace Greeley earnest
ly desired that the cOlored citizens
should vote and ably champiOned
impartial suffrage, but Grant was
Oh the other side. Beyond these
contrasts, which are marked, it can
not be forgotten that Horace Gree
ley is a person of large heart and
large understanding. Trained to
support human rights, Mr.. Gree
lcy's industry, general knowledge,
amiable nature, and above all, hon
esty, which suspicion has not touch
ed, are mentioned. Few of these
things appear in President Grant.
His great success in the war cannot
change his record towards the col
orcd people, while there are antece-
dents showing that in the prOsecu
ton of his plans he cares nothing
for the cOlored race.
Mr.. Su,iuer, prefacing that the
story is painful but it must be told,
gives the history Of San Domingo
and Uayti, where he outraged eight
hundred thousand blacks who were
engaged in the great experiment of
self government. Here follows the
history of the attempt at anneXa-
ton. He alIudes to the disrcspect
with which Grant treated Frederic
Douglas, who, by his invitation, was
one of the San Domingo Commits
sioners. Grant has little capacity
or industry in protecting the cOlored
people, and assuring peace at the
South. After violating the COnstl-
tuition and international law to in
suit the black Republic, and setting
an example of INSTRUMENTATION, he
was not in a condition to rebuke
law breakers.
Mr.. Sumner then considers the
present position of the two candi
dates. Each was nominated by a
Republican Convention. He laudS
the material composing the Cincin-
natl Convention. Comparing the
character of the supporters of the
two candidates, he says the country
knows too well the military ring,
the Senatorial ring, the custom
house ring, through which the Pres
ident acts. Such supporters are a
very poor recommendation He. says
it is idle TO say that Greeley and the
which nominated |
him at Cincinnati are any less Re
publicanS because the Democrats |
are with them in the support of the I
cherished principles and the candi-
date who represents them.
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