The weekly Louisianian. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1872-1882, 1872-08-10

your opinion I have held consist
tent courae in the Senate and else
where, o. the special advocate o
Your rights. That course, by th
blessing of God, I mean to hold.
know yoar infinite wrongs, andlee
for them as though they were m.
own. You only do me simple jus
tice when you add a belief that m.
counsel, at this critical juneture .
your citizenship, would be fre'
from personal feeling and parrish,
prejudice. In answering your in
quiries I can have no feeling ex
cept for your good, which I mos
anxiously seek; nor can any preju
dice Of any kind be allowed to in
terfere-the occasion is too solemn
and especially is there no roo.u
for personal feeling or for partisan
prejudice.
NO MAN OR PATTY
can expect power except for genera
welfare, therefore they must bt
brought to the standard Of truth
that they may be seen in life and
act. You are right in saying tha,
the choice for the Presidency is now
narrowed down to President Grant
or Horace Greeley. One of these
is to be taken, and assuming my
acquaintance with both and my OBJ
servation of their lives, you invite
my judgment bstweca them, asking
me especially which of til, two,
Judging from their antecedents, as
we'll as present position, would en-
force the constitution and laws,
your civil and political rights, witt:
the most heartfelt sympathy and
greatest vigor: Here I remark that
in this inquiry you naturally put
your rights in the foreground. So
do /; believing most sincerely that
the best interests of tie whole coun-
try are associated with the
.;rE CoNPLErEsT RECOGNITION d.
of4your rights so4hat thet1o races
shalltogether in unbroken harmony.
I also remark that you call atten-
tention to two things, the antece-
dents CT the two candidates. aud
secondly, their present position.
You wish to know from these which
gives assurance of the most heart
felt sympathy and greatest vigor in
the lnaintainance Of your rights; in
other. words, which, judging from
the past, will be your truest friend?
TIE mmunication with which you
have honored me, is not alone.
Co]ored feliow-esdzens in other parts
Of the country, I may say in nearly
every State of the Union, have made
similar requests, and some complain
that I havo thus far kept silent. 1
nm not insensib1e to this appeal;
but if my opinion is given, i must
be candidly, according to my con-
science. In this spirit I answer
your inquiries. beginning with
FL. A1T1CEDExTs oE TIE TWO CAN
Horace Greeley was born to pow
erty, and educated himself in q
Office. President Grant,
fortunate in early patronage, became
> cadet at west point, and was edu+
Gated at the public expense. One
with nothing but industry
md a, character; the other started
with military commission. One was
as q civilian; the other as a
soldier: Horace Greeley stood forth
ss q refofmer and abohtionist.
President Grant enlisted as a pro-
Democrat. and at the cleo
tion Of James Buchanan, fortified
by his vote all pretenaons OF slave
~. including the Dral Scott decir
siou. Horace Greeley; hom aa<l1
life. was earnests=la1da Wndtant
against slavery, full u
With the oolored race, and a~a5f
foremost in the great battle 6r thsar
rights. President M Grant except e
: soldisr sumnoned b. the terrible q 81
accident Of war, never did anything ] ilne
sga;nst slarsry, nor has he at any
tina shown any sympathy vith. the
aoaouei1- =. raos. Horace Greeley,
earasstly desired that our eoaored .