The weekly Louisianian. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1872-1882, 1872-08-10
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human: hum and dayine, that 7 wa
aroused, and then began the ange
q. the President 1 and q big rings, mil
ttary and. Sepater;a,. Devoted
the African race. I felt for them, b
side being hum1led, II !. tbs great r.
public, acting lA4e through lt:it its Presider
could set such ii az ,,.!e example. whe1
the national >constitation. intern'
tional law and humanity were a
sacrificed. Especially was T move
when I saw the ipdignity to til
colored race which was aecomplishe
by trampling upon the fundamenta
principles of international law de
claring the quality Of the nations
US our ..
DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE
declares the equality Of men. Thi
terrible transaction, which nobod,
can defend, is among the anteced
ents of President Grant, by. whicl
you can judge how much the col
ored race can rely upon his heart
felt sympathies. Nor can it be for
gotten that shortly after the retur,
of the commission from this islant
Hon. Fred. Douglass, colored ora
tor, accomplished in manners as il
eloquence, WAS thrust away from
the company of the commissioner
ut common table of the mail pack
ct on the Potomac, almost withil
sight of the Executive mansion: sim
ply on account Of his color. Blu
the President, at whose invitation
he joined the Commission,
NEVER VfTEhED Il WORD
in condemnation OF, this exclusion
and when entertaining the returned
commissioners at dinner, carefully
omitted Douglass, who wasin Wash
inntom at the time, and thus repeat
the indionitv, Other things nigh,
be mentioned. as showing the sym
pathy Of the President, but I cannot
forget the Civil Rights bill, which is
the cap-stone Of that equality beforl
the law to which all are entitled,
without distinction Of color. Pres
ident Grant, who could lobby SO
assiduously for his
...et SAN DOMINGO SCHEME,
fell wrong to the colored race, could
do nothing for this benefcient mea;
sure. During the long session oi
Congress twas constantly discussed
and the colored people everywhere
hung upon the debate; but ther,
was no heartfelt sympathy from the
President. At last, just before the
nominating convention, he address
cd q letter to q meeting of colored
iellow-ciizens in Washington, called
to advance this. cause, where, be
avoided the question by declaring
in favor of the exercise ol
those rights to which every citizen
ia entitled, leaving it uncertain
the colored people are just
y entitled to the rights secured by
the pending bill. I understand that
Mr.. Greeley has been already assail-
ed by IN impraeticable Democrat
as being friendly TO this. ~. bill u but no
body has isped against President
Grant on this account. x>.
Among the anteeedent I deem it
my duty to mention, is the capacity
Of industry Of the President in pro.
tecting the colored people and as
suring .
PEACE Ar THE SOUTH.
Nobody can doubt that q small
portion of the effort and earnest
will, even without the lobbying 90
freely given to the San Domingo
scheme, would have averted those
ku-klux outragss whioh'we dephre
10 that there would have been: nc
pretense for further legislation BY
Congress. But he was disabled
both by the eharcter and the draw
back Of his own conduct sitter viola
ting the constellation and interna'
akional olaw, to- insu1t the black re
public; and setting an example Q
II iinsnbordination he wax not in ,
condition to rebuke the laR-brsak
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.vaa Il. simTwo oA1unA1RsI
which the sabjsc Of your mex
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