The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1872-08-01

fee. President Grant, fortunate II
early patronage, became q cadet a
West Point and was educated at public
expense. One started with nothing bu
industry and q character, the othe
started with q military commission
One was trained as . civilian, the othe
as q soldier. Horace Greeley stoot
forth as a reformer and sboliuonlst
President Grant enlisted as pro SLAYER!
Democrat, and at the election OF JAIME
Buchanan fortified by his vote all tn
pretepsious OF slavery, including tn
bred Scott decision. Horace Greele!
from early life was earnest and con-
slant against slavery, full Of sympath!
with the colored race, and always fore
most in the great battle for their rights
President Grant, except as soldier
summoned by the terrible accident o
war, never did anything against slavery
nor has he at any time shown any sym
pathy with the colored race. Horace
Greeley earnestly desired that our col
ored fellow-citizens should vote, anc
ably championed impartial suffrage
but President Grant was on the othel
side. Beyond these contrasts, which ART
marked, it cannot be forgotten tha
Horace Greeley is person of large
heart and large understanding, trained
to the support Of human rights. Away;
ready for any good cause, and never de
TERED by opposition or reproach, as
when for long years he befriended your
people. Add to these qualities, con.
spicuous in his life, untiring industry
which leaves no moment without Its
fruit, abundant political knowledge, &C
quaintance with history, the instinct
and grasp Of craftsmanship, an amica.
ble nature, a msgnanimous soul, and
above all an honesty which no suspl-
cion has touched, and you have a brle
portraiture. These are the antecedents
of Horace Greeley. Few OF these things
appear in the President. His great
success in war and the honors he has
won cannot change the record Of his
conduct towards your people, especially
in contrast with the lifetime Of fidelity
of his competitor; while there are un-
happy autecedeuts, showing that in the
prosecution OF his plans he cares moths
ing for the colored race.
THE STORY Is PAINFUL,
but it must be told. | refer to the out
rage he perpetrated upon Hayti, with
it's eight hundred thousand blacks,
engaged in the great experiment of self
Here is a most instructive
antecedent, revealing beyond question
his true nature. And the whole is
attested by documentary evidence, con-
veying the idea OF annexing Dominica,
which is the Spanish part OF the island
and shrinking at nothing, he began by
using the war powers OF the Govern
ment in fragrant violation OF the Con-
stitution, and then, at great expenditure
OF money, sent several ARMED ships oi
the navy, including monitors, to main
tain the usurpIng Baez in power, that
through him he might obtain the COW
eted prize. Not content with this au-
dacious dictatorship, he proceeded to
strike at 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 most powerful mon
itor, the "Dictator" or"-properly named
for this service-also the frigate "Sev'
ern," as consort, and other monitors in
their train, the Admiral, acting under
instructions from Washington, proceed
ed to the executive mansion, accom-
panied by the officers OF his squadron,
and then pointing to the great war ships
in sight from the windows dealt bis
menace of war, threatening to sink or
capture Haytien ships. The President
was black, not white. The Admiral
would have done no such thing to
any white ruler, nor would our country
have tolerated such menace from any
Government in the world. Here was
indignity, not only to the black republic,
with its population Of 100000, but to
the African race everywhere, and es-
pecislly in our own country. Nor did
it end here. For months the navy Of
the United States was lowering on the
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, CRUEL PROCEEDING
found victim among our white fellow
citizens. An excellent merchant o.
Connecticut praised by all who knew
him, was plunged into prison by Baez
where be was immured because it wa;
feared he would write against the
treaty OF annexation. and this captivity
was prolonged with the connivance ol
two agents Of the President, one o
whom is found constantly with him anc
is part Of the military ring Immediately
about him. That such outrage coulC
20 UNPUBLISHED shows the little regarc
Of the President for human rights
whether 10 white or black.
| confess my trials as was called to
witness these things. Always a sup
porter OF the administration, and sim
cerely desiring to labor with it, | had
never uttered q word with regard to il
except in kindness. Ny early opposi-
ton to the treaty of annexation va:
reserved, so that for some time my
opinions were unknown. 1t was only
when ! saw the
BREACH OF ALL LAW,
human and divine, that was aroused
and then began the anger of the Presi-
dent and Of his rings, military and
Senatorial. Devoted TO the African
race, l felt for them. besides being hum
bled, that the great republic, acting
through its President could set such ar
example, where the national Constitu
ton ;ntaynot;opal lava and bpr,a Nit q