Daily national Republican. (Washington City [D.C.]) 1870-1872, 1872-08-14

Mr.. Summers two principal charges against
Gen. Grant are, first, the outrage, rs he calls
It. upon the Black Republic, aud second, his
neglect IN invite Mr.. Frederick Douglass 10
dinner at the Executive Mansion upon the
II we may form an opinion from the letters
that the Massachusetts, Senator has lately
written upon the latter subject, the CONVEX
satiOns that he has had, and the pains that
he has taken to send his Ideas 10 the country
through Newspaper Row, the dinner bu,l-
ness Is a much greater crime than even the
outrage upon lIhytL. Here Is what Mr..
Douglass himself says about u in the last
number Of bis journal, the hctioIIth Ntto Era
LET me now come to my own personal rela-
tons with Ten. Grant, rs we'll as my own per
sOnAi knowledge Of him; tur have the honor
10 know him we'll. Very much that you have
heard concerning him Is true, and very much II
false. He, like most public men, has been So
Verely criticised, not only as an Oficer, but as a
man. Here, then, Is my testimony concerning
him. During my varied public career OF more
than thirty years | have, perhaps, more than
any other colored man Of Eiy time, been brought
into direct contact with our nations great men,
and taking my whole experience into account
ham Lincoln, and senator Charles Sumner, no
man in high position has manifested In his In
tsreaurss with me upon all occasions add In
more places more entire freedom from Vulgar
prejudice Of race and color than Ulysses y.
Grant l have called upon him ofton, (neyeT,
however, TO solicit office for myself or for 9TH
ersl and have always found him 10 be easily
accessible, genuemAnly and cordial. Like
most Of you when meeting with distin-
guished white persons, / was tho look,
out when meeting with General Grant for some
Indication Of the presence In his manners and
words OF the slavery born aversion 10 my race.
l found nothing Of the kind In him. You have
heard that General Grant II a man Of Tow words,
and the Inference has been drawn by his enc.
an Inference more unjust Il Often requires
more talent TO be silent than 10 speak. IL II the
merit Of this man that he knows Just when To
speak and when to DO silent have heard him
converse, and converse freely, and " those who
have seen him only In bis silent moods my
statement will hardly be credited that few men,
10 public life or otherwise, can state facts with
greater elearness and ituency than Den. Grant
4 have often been called upon TO reconcile
my GRATED opinion q President Grant with tho
TACT that iallsd TO he ihVltad, with the oOmmis-
slOneFa OF Inquiry 10 SantO Domingo, IN dine
with the President at the white House. lhaYe
two answers 10 those who inquire Ol ne on this
point. First, The failure 0l the President To
Invite me could not have been because my per
sOnal presence on aooOuat Of color would have
been dlsagreeable TO him, for he mover withheld
any social courtesy 10 General Tate, tho minis
ter plenlpOtsntlary from the republic Of HAyti,
man OImy own complexion, And In this con
nectiOn ! may state that during the war he
hhONed himself as troo nom lndlAn pref ulloe ~
negro preiutice, by retaining upon his stat
densTal Ell Parker. IL Is, besides, impossible
that color u the explanation Of the omission 70
Invite me, because the gentlemen whom he did
Invite had dlDOd with me daily during ton weeks
on an American ship, under an Amprlaap flag,
and In presence Of representatives OF tho leadinK
presses VI the United States, and thi8 doubtless
by the Presidents special direction, II Is
further obvious that color had nothing 10 DO
with the omission, because other gentlemen ae-
cOmpanylnE the expedition TO SAntn Domingo
equally with myself, though white, failed 10 70.
o6ivo an Invitation TO dine NJ the White House
The only commissioners provided iOF by the act
VI Congress were M0ssT5, u. y. Wade, Andrew