The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1872-08-14

fiom the company of the commissions
ers at common table of the mail
packet on the Pctomoc, almost within
sight OF the Executive mansion, SIMPLY
Oh account of his color. But the Plesi-
dent, at whose invitation no Joined
the Commission,
NEVER UTTERED A WORD
III condemnation of this exclusion ;
and when entertaining the returned
commissioners at dinner, carefully
omitted Douglass, who was in Wash
lngton at the time, and thus repeated
the indisnity. Other things might be
mentioned, as showing the sympathy
of the President, but I cannot forget
the civil Rights bill, which is the cap
stone of that equality before the law
to which all are entitled, without dis
fiction of color. President GIANT, who
could labby so assiduoasly Cor his
SAN DOMINGO SCHEME,
fell wrong to the colored race, could
do nothing for this beneticent measure.
During the long session of Congress it
was constantly discussed, and the
colored people everywhere hung upon
the debate but there was no heart
felt sympathy from the President. At
last, just before the nominating con-
yention he addI essed a letter to a meet
ing of coloied fellow citizens in Wash
ingtoD, called to advance this cause.
where he avoided the question by de-
claring himself in favor of the exercise
OF those rights to which every citizen
should be entitled, leaving it uncertain
whether the colored people are Justly
entitled to the rights secured by the
pending bill. I understand that Mr..
Greeley has been already assailed by
an Impractical Democrat as being
friendly to this bill, but nobody has
lisped against President Grant on this
account.
Among the, antecedents deem it nv
duty to mention, is the little capacity
of industry Of the President in protec-
ting the colored people and assuring
PEACE AT THE SOUTH.
Nobody can doubt that small por-
ton of the effort and earnest will,
even without the lobbying so freeley
given to the San Domingo scheme,
would have averted those kuklux out
RACES which we dep!orej so that there
would have been no pretense for
further legislation by Congress. But
he was disabled, both by the charac-
ter and the drawback of his own con-
duct after violating the constitution
and international law, to insult the
black republic; and setting an exam,
pie of INSTRUMENTATION he was not in a
condition to rebuke the law-breakers.
e second-Passing from antecedents, I
come now to the present position of
TIE TWO CANDIDATES,
which is the subject of your next in
quiry. If in any former particulars the
two are on an equality, yet in all sub
stantial respects the obvious advan-
tage is with Horace Greeley. Each
was nominated by Republican Conven-
tons, one at Cincinnati and the other
at Philadelphia. In this respect they
may seem to be on an equality, but it
will not fail to be observed that the
at Cincinnati was COM
posed of able and acknowledged Re-
publicans, many of whom have acted
with the party from its first formation,
and who, without previous organiza-
ton, came together voluntarily for the
sake of reform and purity in the gov
srDment, while on the other hand the
at Philadelphia wa, COM
posed of delegates chosen largely un-
Ter the
NFLU NEE OF OFFIcE-HoLDERs
Who assembled to sustain what is
Known as Grantism, being the per
'onal government and pretensions of
President Grant, involving nepotism,
of gifts by official patron
'gc, neglect to public duty, absentee
SIN, military rule, disregard of the
constitution and laws, with general
lntitness, and dignity to the colored
ace, all of which is so unrepublican as
o make his support impossible by true
republicans; therefore the Convention
'eld at Philadelphia, calling itself Re-
publican, was less Republican than
hat held at Cincinnati. The two
Platforms, SO far as concerns especial
y the colored race, are alike in sub
lance, but that of Gin cinnati is ex-
,ressed in terms of the most worth of
EQUAL RIGHTS.
t states and claims that we recognize
he equality of all men before the law,
nd holds that it is the duty of the
government in its dealings with the
'eople to mete out equal and exact
ustice to all, of whatever nativity,
ace, color or persuasion, religious or
In other respects the Gin,
innati platform is the most Republican,
nasmuch as it sets itself against those
abuses which have been
lursed by the President into pernicious
ctivity.