The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1872-11-21
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BAY sT LOUIS. Nov. s, 1S72-
HoS. t. Dear Sir I regret
that your last shoEin the campaign was fired
at two Of your oldest friends-I1on. u. I.
Chandler and myself. Tot first specifiea-
lioa, that we s.are the only white men Of
any note Ia tlIe seashore region who are
supporting Gen. Grant, IL unnecessary,
since the election is oyer and its result be-
fore the country. 70 reply.
The second specification ia, thar Judge
Chandler introduced Mr.. Carter, Republican
Elector. TO the people of this place and that
/ was particularly attentive 10 Mr. Lynch.
Republican candidate for Congress, ~haYIng
large cotton claim, or some other sort OF a
claim 70 prefer against the Government"
[ cannot see where the improperly would
ne. had Judge Chandler introduced Mr.
Carter but he was presented by MIR. Ewing
Cowan. Republican candidate for the Legls-
iature, gentleman universally respected,
and for whose high character L refer 10
your friend, the 3on. W. ). Parham, of
Louisiana. Mr.. Carter was really intro
slnce-ei Ia "a week before his arrival by our
distinguished friend, Judge Cassidy, who
told us Mr.. Carter would be along. and that
we would find him an Intelligent. fair anu
forcibie speaker.
In regard to that part OF the specification
which applies To me. allow me to say that
during my twenty years residence on this
COST L nave offered NV ccuTIcSieS ana HOS-
Ditaiify II eminent gentlemen who ocea-
siontlly visit US whenever my infirm health
permitted. Years ago | enceavored. in this
way. to manifest my high regard for yon
and our lalDented friend Judge IarpIey.
When JUDGE Cassidy came here, the Mayor
oi this CITY aud myself met him at the de-
pot; / intro !uced him personally 10 most Of
our citizens. accom- panied him TO the stand,
and The same night got up special meeting
OF the colored people expressly to hear him.
And l should be happy 10 show you a letter
he has Just written me. not for the many
kind words about myself bat because IL re-
fleets his noble and generous characteristics.
When Col. Stockdale, the GreeIey Elector.
was looked for made preparations for him
at my own liou=e ANA went 10 the depot to
receive him; certainly not account of
his position. but because he was eminent
citizen and q stranger, 3 gallant aud distin-
guished soldier. who had led a number OF
my relatives and many Of the sons of my
early friends during the late disastrous war.
When Mr.. Lynch came here, the nominee
OF the Republican Convention. with two
other cultivated gentlemen of his race, /
confess / had a curiosity TO know him.
knew he had been Il slave in my native city
If NatchCZ until the proclamation of free
dom, aud wholly without education. / had
heard Of him recently an influential
member of the Legislature, as Speaker of
the House of Representatives, and when he
came as the Grant candidate Tor Congress,
anu proved DlfuSttI 4 calm. cledT anu IOFcI-
BILE debater- saying nothing to offend the
sensibiiiTies Of the whites, not ohe word in
praise oil himself, and not one word in dis
para9emeut of his opponent, paid him the
attentions due TO his position and character.
/ As Southerner raised among colored peo-
pie, nursed by them, waited on by them
since through weary stages OF Illness never
deserted by them during the war. owing my
fortune to their labor and my life to their
fidelity and vigilance. / have no prejudices
ia an
Both parties in the late and In the preced-
ing contest solicited the c0lOred vote, and
cannot see how we are 10 count on their
support and exclude them from our civili-
ties. You invite them To your conferences
aud conversations. to places of honor on
platforms, nominate them to high positions
on your ticket, even invite them 10 cOalesce
with you in the expulsion OF a portion OF
the white race--and yet II is grave offence
If Judge Chandler introduces one of them,
holding the honorable position of Elector
for the State at large, or ii | call to see the
Republican candidate for Congress, who in
every respect is a representative man of his
race and OF his
In relation 10 1.-The large cotton claim or
other sort OF a claim," which it is alleged
am about To prefer, and which is assigned as
a motive for my support OF Gen. Grant, and
my attentions TO MIR. Lynch you have been
misinformed. have not preferred, and do
not mean TO prefer, q claim OF any kind
On the published list of ciaimants-all of
whom in this quarter voted for Greeley
you will not find my name. Among the
numerous petitioners TOR amnesty and the
removal of civil disabilities. you have never
discovered my signature. l have reason 10
believe that have always enjoyed the con-
tidence and respect of the President. Yet you
do not find me seeking favors at his hands.
i British merchant, Il loyal subject of the
Queen, purchased some 1000 bales of cotton
in Mississippi and Louisiana during the
war, much OF which was destroyed or seized
by the Federal forces. He employed me,
and others to assist in collectnG ttsstiml99eeSS
commissioners OF English and American
lawyers appointed to adjudicate these mat
ters--a tribunal whose rules are prescribed
by las own mem herS, and which IL wholly
independent of Congress, OF the Depart
ments and ofthe President. Seeing in this
& legitimate business, with a fair prospec
OF remuneration tor my labor, ] accepted
the opportunity with the same motive that
influenced you some two years ago. when
you went on business to Chicago. There il
not as much reason for inputing impure
motives to me in this connection, as there
would be in suspecting lawyer who brings
Il suit and wins his case under the ruling of
Judge whose election he had espoused-a
suspicion which you would not tolerate. l
have quite the same right to accuse any
Democrat of mercenary motives, who in
the recent contest went over 70 The support
of a lifelong enemy, whose record Ia indie
fensible, and who declared that he did not
abate or retract it. My fee 10 this matter ia
contingent, and it so happens that all nv
associates are friends of Greeley, and one of
them, OF all others the man from whom you
received the most pointed attention during
your recent sea-shore excursion. Now
these gentlemen believed, from what they
read in The CLARION, that Mr.. Greeley
would surely be President. But l never
dreamed of imputing their support of him
to heir interest IN this claim. or that their
support of Mr.. Greeley, in the event OF his
election. would have any influence on the
claim, either for or against it. l could not
entertain such a suspicion without distrust-
ing his integrity, and the integrity OF my
associates, and If is not in my nature TO be
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