New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1872-08-23
CAMPAIGN MISCELLANY.
FRED DOUGLASS ANSWERED.
ANOTHER REsPONsE-s. r. scoTTR0Ns CRiTl-
CISMS.


ANOTHER RESPONSES. r. scoTTRoN's CRIrI-
CIsMs.
To the Hon. FREDERICK DOUGLASS.
SIR: have not the honor OF personal ac-
quaintance that might entite me to address you YET
have had the opportunity OF hearing you speak at d
feront times and upon various SUBJECTS which mas nao
the effect Of elictng my profound respect ana adma-
ton for you as leader OF our people The Importance
attaching to the econ Of the proper man to the Pes
dental chair. and the compleIty OF the situation
constitute my excuse for addressing you. In shese
days when politicians performing the most remark
able feats in tumbng. it requires something exuaor-
binary in that line TO attract our attention WIN you
allow me TO cay that am astonished nj your ohoNs
course directly antagonistc to your former pfo.es
sons In referring to The Nev National Era, Of which
you are the editor nd under date of JAM 49, 1871 the
following words in the 7" Prospectus"
The N, will pariake Of tvofod s,'are nss ?,
Advocate Advocate 4 vi. :se, ,Ta n'i1 n
ever light pertaining the American citizen o. Te S
wherever extends or the national ensign saTs
lam induced to notice the above, as my attention mas
been directed to extracts from your speeches. IN Noh
Carolina as well as your letter to the colored people,
which was published Aug 10th, 1874 In speech oe
livered at Warrenton, you say:
Ask me no. to which will in cat the slightest
shadow those who have 50 terribly oppressed my
Tbis to me 70 be an abandonment Of the DECLARE
tion n the Prospectus referred TO. To cast vote IN
favor o. tat we shall thereby Interfere with or
abridge our own rights and believe 1t to be truth
saa1 Sne saposze tbs with the extract which would
logical deduction either allow US to remain inafsye
when anothers rights imperiied, or at nDerty W
cast our influence against them. am IN favor OF gnS
mankind all those rights which 40 not terer ere witn
tuted the protection of the various rights OF chen
does the fact that one portion OF t9e Se9s 1p
am not unmndful Of the fact that we have been Ter,
riby oppressed but now that oppression mas ceased
whole country that and oppression 81 eyery
sutant past condition OF the people shan DO
finally subdued by reconciliation. -.
neranng TO the American citizen independent OF race
color or accident OF birth In the speech you VIII DO
nothing In favor Gu in dbareng Won With more
papabe Inconsistency aud uncertainty than you nave
Charged Mr.. Greeley with. You certainly DO not main;
tain the rights of all the people to-day as you proposed
eTet very much that one like yourself who has had
such ample opportunity study the character OF Mr.
Greeley should rest your case with charges only, en-
iects OF civil rights labor free speech and free men,
questions particularly Interesting to our people, !
viii venture the rtion without the fear Of successful
Contradictions that Mr. Greeley has been firm and
right stands to-day where he did forty years ago You
certainly gave evidence that you considered Mr.
Greeley an uncertain In those days, when 1t cost
something be the friend TO the slave when he was re-
garded every the personitcation OF abolition
isIn and that too, at a time when there not APP
pareny the remotest chance OF our ever being able to
help except by the oupourng OF our grateful hearts
Nv "a arrange fortuity Of events you have had your
vision suddenly opened to the fact that Mr. Greeley has
narrow escape we must have had from injud-
cious action of his during those long years in
~ should like to for Mr.. Greeey-I want TO vote for
him-if only knew which vote might help elect
but cannot know anything about It, whether Greeley,
the Aboltonist, which would not be Objectionable or
Greeley the leader OF all that class OF men who have
opnosed bitterly every leading to present gor
GUS freedom" 1t Is very evident that you dwell upon
the point OF Mr. Greeey's present supporters in the
Democratic party as beng sufficient reason 1or our
rejection OF him. aware, Sir, that II Is usual or
good policy for gentlemen already In nomination Dy
any Drsons who willingly subscribe to their declaration
OF principles. not aware tat President Grant mas
others who were opponents Of the black mans
rights but the other hand, his adherents are
20 yet as many Democratic votes Mr.. Greeley
himself. The mere fact that appearances indicate
that Mr. Greeley Will get by far the greater portion Oh
this vote does the least affect the question OF It's
being right receive Its support by way OF further
Instead OF nominating Greeley and Brown, had shown
further evidence their desire to reconcile all past df
ored with the second positlon-woodhul and Douglass
would the fact OF their having done SO be sufficient
ty in face of your past devotion to human tnat liberty
s snd az many any, others would have rather CON
fded our destinies to Woodruff and Douglass
than to Grant and Wilson have every reason 70 De
pcions aud abuse that have Deen the p0r
on o. Mr. Greeley T he ysy r zea ta as
on OF his ungentlemany omission TO extend to
cyltes accorded " other members OF tne SantO
Domingo Commission would lead one 10 suppose that
you we're possessed OF very acute senslby under
such circumstances From the columns OF The New Ma
onal Era quote the Presidents answer TO the commit
tee OF co0red men: 49,
The President reply stated dat be bad doubt bat what they were
deprived rights privileges which tey had claims TO- and the
absence lawyer not possible for HIN TO adj
the best AS regards TIE supple
Civil X ghe bill not hanng read enuVe ne vas unable
the specific contained therein OUT ne housns
unfortunate It should be tackled 10 the Amnesty BILL as
be fearful that tn, manter Of 80 placing y
vote Civil Rights Dill oouli be passed
by Majority and he thought his limited the
bin the set forth By those present hs there was
merit and justice the Supplementary Clv aghs Dill 70 com
itself the thoughtful consideration Of those wno are Called upon
legsate the subject 10 passage he 'n er inc
the coore people was
Fourteenth aud Fifteenth Amendments 70
the tie opinion that all iha vas necessary
Of law for Their enforcement and VndleShon Com
and others gaed b Law should not make Color oAn
objection
idenps reply at the time not well peaseu Dut con-
sdered most evasve answer, and upon lts very lace
proved that he only fearful 1T would prevent the
passage of the Amnesty bill, which he mad already rec,
ommended in his annual message. he nadnt even rea1
10 attenvey enough to give an Intelligent OPINION Oh
its merits. Suppose a committee OF cOoreu men hau
waited upon Mr. Greeley With the same design ana Nc
had given the reply would II not nave Deen gwen
forth as conclusive evidence that he never was IN FAVOR
of civil rghtsi Certainly 1t would, and think your
own eloquence would have been Drought 10
pear very effectively upon the TACT. . oo.,