The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1872-08-03
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Summers Treachery-What the Colored Pc
pie think of Ii

Summers Treachery-What the CoIored Peo.
... pie think OF It,
TtusriNe, Penn, Aug. IA meeting of
the Grant and Wilson club of colored citi.
zens Of this city was held last evening at
Good Tcmplars' Hall, in Martin street. and
was very largely attended. Mr.. L. A.
Thompson presided and Mr.. p. L. Colding
was secretary. Mr.. Thompson delivered
an address, which was frequently applaud
ed. The mention of Grants name was re-
ceived with immense enthusiasm. The
following resolutions were unanimously
adopted:
That we have hitherto recognized in
Charles Sumner friend of the coIored race
in this country, but his recent course does
not command our respect. We distrust
any alliance with the Democratic party of
the South and North, who have always re-
sisted the principles and measures of the
Republican party, which gave to us eman-
clpation, civil rights, and our political free
dom.
That we believe the hostility of Mr.. Sam
ner is the result of his personal preiudces
against President Grant, and that it is wiser
and safer for US to act with the Republican
party, and that Grant has been our firm
friend and defender during his administra-
ton, which has been an era Of freedom and
elevation of our race such as this world has
never seen before.
That we approve the course and will fol-
low the advice of our time-honored anti
slavery leaders, William Lloyd Garrison,
Frederick Douglass and Gerritt Smith,
whose devotion to our rights cannot be
questioned.
Stanley Matthews--He Speaks for Grant Aud
Wilson
Cincinnati, August 2.-Hon. Stanley
Matthews, one of the leaders in the Cincn-
natl Liberal Convention, addressed large
meet ng in Clifton Hall tonight, ANNOUNCE
ing his determination to work and vote for
Grant and Wilson.
lie said, as the Cincinnati gathering
which nominated Greeley and Brown was
not a representative body, but merely
gathering of individuals, acting for them
selves upon their own responsibility, none
of its members could be held bound by its
decisions unless supported by the approval
of individual Judgment.
The success Of the Cincinnati gathering
depended upon its unselfshness and dsin-
tereStedncss in the interest OF reform, but it
tell below its own standard, being filled with
ordinary politicians, men who wanted offices
for themselves and their friends, determined
no one should be admitted who would not ac-
knowledge and reward party services. The
bargain was struck and the nom nation
made, the choice being made of men person.
ally unfit fOr the stations to which they as
plre. The manner and circumstances of the
nomination absolvc all from any obligation
to support them.
He reviewed at length the political situa-
ton, and said no national expectation of
reform could be founded on the success of
the Democratic party in the disguise of
Greeley and Brown.
Republican Victories in the Tennessee County
Eiections-RepIy of the Colored Voters TO
Summers Letter.
AaorriHe, Tenn, Aug. 1.-Returns
from the various counties of East Tennes-
see, received at the Chronicle office, show
decided Republican victories on county
elections. Knox county, after a most cX-
citing contest, elects Republican county Of
Ulcers with one exception the majorities
range from 500 to 900; vey large gain.
summers letter was circulated in land-bill
form yesterday among the colorcd voters.
Their answer at the ballot-box shows the
most anited Republican vote cast by them
for the past five years. The Grant column
stands firm in East Tennessee.
Opinion of the London Press Regarding the
Presidential Election.
London, Aug. 3.--It is the general opin-
ion of the London press that the letters of
Messrs. Sumner and Banks advocating the
election of Greeley, together with the Dem
ocratic victory in North Carolina, indicate
beyond doubt the election of Greeley and
Brown i'll November.