The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-06-19

Grant as "lhe chief Ku-KluX," tOr attempting
to destroy, by illegally Interfering with Santo
Domingo and Hayti, the two black nations of
that island. was The most efficient friend the
coIored people had in all their past days of
legislation. When we elected Lincoln we were
In a minority, Bell and Everett, Douglas,
and Breckenridge carrying majority of the
votes. 30, ut the end of Lincoln's term, al
though he had been re elected, we were not
sure that we had majority. OF The people for
equal rights TO all, so we nnhapplly took
Grant, q lifelong Democrat and batter of the
Abolitionlsts, who alter the discussion of the
rights OF men for thirty years, In 1856 voted
tcc that old enemy of justice, James Buchanan,
for President, VINO saw blood shed 10 Kansas,
and the civil war begun 10 establish slavery
forever, and aided and abetted 1t. It seems
Grant did not vote for Lincoln; perhaps too
drunk 10 vote. AS soon as he was made
President he put the son OF Stephen A. Doug
las, the most powerful OF our enemies, in the
most conhdentia! place as his private secre-
tary land went on negecting our old friends
who had fought the good fight and achieved
victory, TO put III office our enemies and
eleVenLn.hour men to their exclusion, and
now he has fallen into the hands of the worst
men In The nation, Hamilton Fish, o. p.
Morton, Ben. Butler aud Simon Cameron,
none OF whom were ever Republicans; and an
eleventh.hour man holds the highest office In
The gilt OF the President. (secrelary OF State,)
voting in 1868 for Hoffman, q Democrat, for
Governor Of New York years after the war,
who aids Spain to keep the blacks Of Cuba in
slavery, aud whose son-in-law, Sydney Web
ster, is the paid attorney and hlreling Of the
Spanish King to keep up slavery and the slave
trade in Cuba.
Now, Greeley is the lifelong friend Of the
blacks, AMI has done as much as any living
man to achieve their liberty, and the New
York Tribune defended at New York my
movement In favor of liberty 10 all, while the
New York Herald, Grants paper, was doing
all 1t could 10 have me- murdered by mob,
being shot and stabbed 10 the lungs several
times, and only escaped by the providence of
God. Greeley Is also In favor Of Santo Do
mingo aud Hayti's liberty, and the liberty Of
the blacks In Cuba, while Grant and Co. are
doing their best TO destroy IT, B. Grutz Brown
is also lifelong friend of the slave; o convert
of my sentiments In Kentucky, he went to
Missouri and Joined The Free Soil Benton
party, who wanted every man In the terrific
rips tree, and who, during the war, was
Unionisf, and for The liberty OF all. And set
Frederick Douglass, half wsile man, Who
got q small office from Grant, but whe Grant
refused to invite 10 his table with the other
Santo Domingo commissioners, denuunces
Greeley and Brown as though they were
pirates. BY the fourteenth amendment
q large number of the leaders OF the re-
bellion were made incapable OF holding office.
These Brown and Greeley and the Cincinnati
Convention want pardoned, as they now are
willing TO give The blacks all their rights,
ssliberty OF all before the law" as our Ciucln-
natl platform has 1t. The Grant men, 10 keep
in office, are playing The part Of the monkey,
who took the CATS paws to pull the chestnuts
ont of the fire. They seem bent on keeping
up the strife between the blacks and whites
that they may keep In office, and after q
while, when the blacks are ruined In property
and character. they will fly with their lll.got-
ten gaius, and leave them to the Ve1geance OF
the whites of the nalon, whom the Radical
party would have made their eternal enc.
niles.
l. Now the whole matter Is, that we are
now, we think, strong enough TO elect, by the
assistance of the Democrats, an old friend of
the blacks to the Presidency, and the blacks,
In gratitude, ought to do 1t.
2. There are 40,OO0,00O of whites In the
Union, and, say, about 100000 of hiacka, or
about eight whites 10 one black. Now, the
whites are 100 strong In arms and In votes for
the blacks, who are, therefore, dependent on
the whites for their good will, magnanimity
and Justice for their rights and liberLles. Now,
we don't think 1t good olicy for the blacks
with The Grant party 10 keep mp abuse and
strife, till the whites shall learn 10 hate the
blacks, for the weakest must at last 60 under.
MI tilttrrtsrrp, utrurrttCu Ny 3 eoi>ry IH~t-1no
Democrats, I, as their lifelong friend, beg
them to accept The offer. Go for Greeley, am
nesty and equal rights to all. "Let not the
sun go down on your wrath"
4. Suppose you will not be persuaded, and
you 90 with the Grant men, and You are
beaten, the naioual government goes Into the
hands of your enemies. Where are yon? In
the hands OF The Phlllsttnes. have not The
time now to discuss rehabilitation" "officlal
corruption,n and "habeas corpus suspension"
further than TO say that these usurpations
affect us (the whites) as we'll as the blacks.
and IL allowed will take away the liberty OF
all. To suspend The writ OF habeas corpus, as
Grant is doing, places the lie. liberty and
property OF every man. Without trial by Jury,
or haylng witnesses brought face to luce with
The accused or counsel In defence, at the will
of one man-Grant. To-day lie may use tLat
power to cave some black man from the Vlo.
lence OF lawless men, but to. morrow, should
parties change, another President may use the
same power (by precedent made jusD to
destroy the liberty OF any black man 10 the
South. In word, we would place your llber.
ties upon the great and good will OF all
parties and eternal justice. Grant d 60.
would join you 10 a falling party, and their
fate YOU share. "They who draw the sword
shall perish By the sword" Be wise now
while it is to-day. Turn ye-why will ye die.
Your friend, U. IL. CLAY.
To a. j. Chambers, Esq.