New national era. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1870-1874, 1872-10-10

"'h nearing W All parties, VIC i'uDliSn as re-
que>tcd, the following communication, sent
70 Us in reply TO letter from Missouri, pub
lishcd sometime ago. We give il exactly as
it was written, without taking any undue
liberties in respect to the authors peculiar.
tiles OF expression and orttiocraply. lie is
tospeak for himself:
Letter from Leayenworti City, Kansas,
from Capt. W. ID. MATTHEWS, in reply to a
letter Of one Mr.. johnson, school teacher at
st. Joseph, Missouri:
l.EAVENwoRTH, KANSAS, Oct. >, 1872.
To the Editor ofthe Nen National Era:
DEAR SIR: On arriving at home few
days aS" received through, HE Pest oiic"
three copies Of your valuable paper, in look
ing through the columns of yn,ir paper, Sec
in your issue of September -, 1872, a letter
IN which my mamie is mentioned, please allow
me space in Your columns t. answer the
author of said letter whe signed himself
(Yosip> it read a. follows:
ST. Joseph, August 81, is?..
10 The Editor 81 lie ,Ee.o AotinnaI E:G:
Soon after reaching here visited feaycn-
worth, Kansas, where l met with a cordial
reception and bad Il delight time. 1t was
there that met the first colored Greeley
man that l ever saw, and lie was i'm the
person of Captain Matthews. On reachilg
there was told by a friend that Capt. N.
and friend Of hi, were ~ Liberals | OF
course had a great curiosity to sec the WON
deriu! sight, So ! urged my friend to take Inc
TO see the great - en-" of Lcavcnwcrih.
A long and spirited argument followed our
meeting, and AZ the end l came to this con-
clusion, namely: that Senator Sumner is Lib
cral, because lac is ,ispeased with General
Grant; Capt. n. is Liberal because Senator
Sumner is, and his friend is Liberal because
he is. Neither my friend nor myself could
get any reason from him why he had turned
against the Republican party. | believe he
did mention few of those base faysekooas ard
slaniesoms ehmyes which are being spread
abroad through the country hS Sc!.urz and
Ilumhull, and that party which Mr.. Greeley
has always characterized as Tins ,7r.asciiprs,
and Aoysc-t.ifrss." | regret that there is a
eolored man living, that ever made any pre-
tensions OF intelligence or honesty, who's has
become so low and degraded as to assist in
spreading abroad those shameful SANDERS
against man who has ever been our stead
last friend, since we knew ANYTHING about
him, and who stands firm by us to-day. How
any colored man can join the Greeley party
and labor 10 destroy that party which took
us from the position Of humble slaves and
made us American citizens with the rights
and privileges of such.
Respectfully, YosIp.
In reply to the above paragraphs the -cn-
t!eman seems remarkable anxious 10 make
himself notorious as a great man bv wiring
long and silly letters to appear in public print,
ut the same time he makes a lame attempt
to criticise the political course of men who
honestly differ with him in political opinions.
When at the Same time he fills to have
the wisdom to comprehend the political
course, which would bring peace, happiness,
and intelligence to him and his race in this
republic. Believe ME, sir, when say; was
it not for the respect have for these two
noble champions for equal rights and human
liberty; namely, Horace Greeley and the
Hon. Chas. Sumner; L would let this matter
pass without notice, and only consider the
source from whom it came, but since this
gentlemen in his letter through the public
print has taken the liberty TO make ungentlc-
manly and personally attacks on me, Horace
Greeley and the Hon. Chas. Sumner not
without paying can let i. pass, without re-
sending the same with the Indignation Of an
honest man. In one paragraph Of the gen.
tleman's letter where makes personal attack
on me now call the attention of the read
ers: namely, the gentleman says "that
was the first colored Greeley-man he ever
seen. In answer to this will say that he
shows himself a knayish fool, or he has been
blind for the last twenty-five years.
For any man with common sense let him
be white or black, we'll knows that every col
ored man, free or slave for the last twenty
years, till the present year was a Horace
Greeley-man, and Horace Greeley vas their
man with bis great wisdom and the power
Of his mighty pen and press advocated the
freedom Of the negro race in this country,
and this no honest man can truthfuly denic:
The next paragraph in the gentleman's lei
ter: she says he urged his friend 10 take
him to see Inc, and long spirited argument
followed our meeting" and that was liberal,
because Chas. Sumner was liberal, etc., etc.,
and that him nor his friend could get any
iSoooi iohh WHY L HUI
the republican party, etc., etc.
In answer to this paragraph; here in
state, that every word, the gentleman has
uttered is false, blak as the ink that falls
from the dempted angels pen.
The Gentleman I referred to was intro.
duced to me by one Geo. G.. Smith a. the
restaurant where l occasionally take nv
meals; no spirited argument was had be-
tween him, aud myself; for l never enter
into a heated political conversation in Il res
taurant nor Oh the street corners with any
one, and the man who would so be-littlc HIM
self to do so fails to have the sense to he
able to successfully criticise the actions and
impugne the motives of such noble states
mans, as the Hon. Chas. Sumner, Horace
Greeley, and the Hon. Carl SclnrtZ.
In regard to me, leaving the republican
party, have the honor to state to all whom
it may concern that the Hon. Chas. Sumner
nor neither Horace Greeley are responsible
for my polical course to which have taken :;
have mind Of my own and responsible
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