The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1872-08-13

as when for long years, he beiriended
your people. Add to these qualities con-
spicuous in his life, uu;ring industry,
which leaves no moment without its fruit,
abundant political knowledge, acquaiut.
ance with history, the instinct aud grasp
of u statesman. an amiabe nature and
magnanous soul, and above all an honesty
which no suspicion has touched and you
have brief poftraiture. These are the
autccedcnts Of Horace Greeley
Few of these things appear in Presi-
dent Grant. His great success in war,
and the honors he has won, cannot change
the record OF his conduct towards the peo-
pie, and especially in contrast with the
lifetime fidelity of his competitor, while
there are unhappy antecedents showing
that in the prosecution of his plans he
cares nothing for the colorcd race. II o
story is painful but it must be told. |
refer to the outrage he perpetrated upon
Hayti, with its 100000 blacks engaged
in the great experiment of sef-goveln
ment Here is IL most instructive al te
cedent. revealing, beyond question his
true nature, and the whole is attested by
documentary evidence. Conceiving the
idea Of anuexing Dominica, which is the
Spanish part OF the island, and shrinking
at nothing, he began by Selling the war
powers of the government, in fragrant VIC.
lation Of the constitution, and then at a
great expenditure Of money, sent several
: armed ships Of the navy, including mont
tors, to maintain usurper Baez in power
that through him ne might obtain the
, coveted prize. Not content with this au-
dacious dictatorship, he proceeded to
+. strike at the independence of the black
, republic in open menace of war, and all
without the sanction of Congress, to
/, which is committed the war making pow
er. Sailing into the harbor OF Port Au
: Prince with our most powerful monitor,
Dictator, properly named for this ser
! vice, also the frigate Severn, as consort,
4 aud other monitors in their train, the ad-
o miral, acting under instructions from
Washington, proceeded to the executive
+ mansion, accompanied by officers of hi.
squadron, and their pointing to the great
war ships in sight from the windows
v dealt his menace of war threatening tc
,. sink or capture Haytien ships. The
4 President was black, not white.
- The Admiral would have done no sucl
- thing TO any white ruler, nor would on
/, country have tolerated such menace from
4 any government in the world. Here wa
. indignity not only to the black republic
il with its population of 100000, but t.
the African race everywhere, and cspe
=. cially in our own country. Nor did
=. end here. For months the navy of tn
,v United States was lowering on the coas,
=. keeping that unsettled people in constan
q. anxiety, while President Grant was +
n. them like a hawk sailing in air and read
y. to swoop upon his prey This heartes,
cruel proceeding found victim anon
" our white fellow citizens. An cxccler
h. merchant Of Connecticut, praised by q
i. who knew MIN, was plunged into prise
~ by Baez, where be was immured becaue
/. 1t was feared he would write against III
,, treaty Of annexation, and his cartivit
10 was prolonged with the connivance Of tw
found constantly with him. aud is part {
the military ring Immediately about hin
- That such an outrage could 90 unrul
ps ished shows little regard of the Presidcr
Ut for human rights, whether in white {
es black. confess my trials as | was cal
er ed to witneas these things. Always
supporter of the administration. and 81,
cerely desiring to labor with it. I ha
I'd never uttered "A word with regard to
except in Kindness. My early opposite
eu TO the treaty of annexation was reserve
ne so that for some time my opinions we
at unknown. 1t was only when saw II
o. hr"a"h Of oil l"'-, h- "an ana divine. tn
n. | was aroused,and then agan the anger
10 the President and of his rings. miltar
no aud Senatorial. Devoted to the Africt
race felt for them, besides being hun
u. bled that the great republic actir
re. through its President could set such
is example where the national constitutio
or international law, ana humanity were a
an sacrificed. Especially was | moved VIII,
e l saw the indignity to the colored ra
he which was accomplished by trampling II
en- on fundamental principle of internatio
ng al law declaring the equality of nation
DIV as our declaration of independence d
or clares the equality Of men
be This terrible transaction, which TO o.
zee con defend, is among the antecedents
cir President Grant, from which YOU c.
zen judge how much the coored race can r
he y upon his heartfelt sympathies. n
as can 1t be forgotten that shortly afterwar
roe on the return of the commission from tn
,ur Island, the Hon. Frederick Douglass, 4
ost colored orator, accomplished in mann
n as In eloqucnce, was thrust away fro
-ou the company of the Commissioners at t
re- common table Of the mail packet on t
rt- Potomac, almost in sight of the Executi
ole Mansion, Only on account of his col,
ct But the President, at whose invitati
wo he had joined the commission, never I
ar. tered word in condemnation of his c
at clusion, and when entertaining the
&C. turned Commissioners at dinner, carefi
nd ly omitted Mr.. Douglass, who was
to Washington at the time, ana thus rcpe
Of ed the indignity.
est Second. Passing from antecelents
ITS come now to the present position of t
the two candidates, which is the subject
The your next inquiry. If 10 any former pr
on tlcular the two are on an equality, yet
cit. all substantial respects the obvious {
nay vantages is with Horace Greeley. Ia
on, was nominated by reform conventions, =
me at Cincinnati aud the other at Philad
mt phia. so that in this respect they m
my seem to be on an equality. But it "
ac. not fail to be observed that the conv'
iri ton at Cincinnati was composed of
18th able and acknowledged Republicans ma
ties. of whom have acted with the party fro
and its first formation, who, without previC
ice. organizations, came together volnntari