The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1872-07-31

Add to these qualities conspicuous in his life,
untiring industry which leaves no moment
Without its fruit, abundant knowledge, acqualn-
lance with history, the instinct and the grasp
of craftsmanship, an amiabe nature, a mag
unanimous soul and above all an honesty which
no suspicion has touched, and you have brief
portraiture. These are the anteceaents of
Horace Greeley. Few of these things appear
III the President His great success in war and
honors he has won cannot change the record of
his conduct towards your people, especially in
contrast with the life long fidelity of his COM
pettor, while there are, unhappily, antecedents
showing that in the prosecution of his plans he
cares nothing for the colored race.
The story is painful and it must be told.
refer to the outrage he perpetrated on Hayti
with its 800, 900 blacks engaged in the expert
ment of self government Here is most in
structive antecedent revealing beyond question
his true nature and the whole is attested by
documentary evidence Concerning the idea of
annexing Dominica which is the Spanish part
OF the island and shrinking at nothing. He be-
gan by seizing the war powers OF tho govern
mont, in fragrant violation of the Constitution,
and then at great expenditure OF money sent
several armed ships of the navy including moni-
tors to maintain the usurper Baez in power, that
through him he might obtain the coveted prize.
Not content with this and audacious dictator
ship, he proceeded to strike the independence
OF the black Republic in open menace OF war
and all without the sanction of Congress to
which is committed the war making power
Sailing into the harbor of Port Au Prince, with
our last powerful monitor, the Dictator, proper
" named for the service also the frigate
Seven as consort and other monitars in their
train, the Admiral acting under instructions
from Washington, proceeded to the Executive
Mansion, accompanied by the officers OF his
squadron, and then pointing to the great war
ships in ssight from the windows, dealt his
menace of war, threatening to sink and capture
Haytien Ships .-..
The President was black not white. The Ad
miral would have done no such thing to any
white ruler, nor would our country have toler-
ated such menace from any government in the
world. Here was indignity not only to the
black republic with its population Of 100000,
put TO the African race everywhere, and espe-
clally in our own country. Nor did it end here
For months the navy of the United States was
noVering on tho coast keeping that insulted
people in constant anxiety while President
Grant was to them like hawk sailing in the
air and ready to swoop upon his prey.
This heartless and cruel proceeding found a
victim among our white fellow citizens An
excellent merchant of Connecticut, praised by
all who knew him, was immurred because it
was feared he would unite against the treaty of
annexation and this captivity prolonged with
the connlvance OF two agents of the President
one OF whom is found constantly with him and
to part Of the military ring Immediately about
him.. That such an outrage could go unpun-
ished shows the little regard of the President
for human rights whether in white or black.
l confess my trials as was called to witness
these things; always supporter of the admin
istration and sincerely desiring to labor with it,
had never uttered word with regard to it ex-
cept in kindness
[Some difficulty in transmitting dispatches
delayed Mr. Summers letter until it was too
late for competion.]