New-York tribune., 1872-07-31

| ana aDly cnamplOneu liupdi" "'i n
| President Grant was on the other sue
| yOnd these contrasts, which are ha,A'u'
cannot be forgotten that Horace oreeioy
person of large heart and large unuel0'''n.
ing trained to the support oi
| rights. always benefcent with the poor, 'n""'
ready for any good cause, and never ue'o,iou
nv opposition or reprOach, as when ior ,one
wears he befriended your people Adu 10 'no'0
qualities conspicuous in his lie, uh1i,l l"s - ~
dustry. which leaves no moment without itS
fruit, abundant political knowledge acquaih'
ance with history, the instinct and grasp Oh s'a'es
| mansbin an amiable nature q magnanimous soul,
| and. above all an honesty which no suspicion mas
| touebed and Won have q brief pOrtralture' 1hese
| are the antecedents of Horace Greeley
| GRANTS HOSTILITY TO THE COLoRED RACE
Fevv of these things appear in the President His
| great success in war, and the hOnors he has won,
! cannot change the record of his conduct toward
your people, 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 colored race. The
story is painful but it must be told. l refer TO the
outrage he peTpetTated upon Hayt, with Its SOOOOO
blacks engaged in the great experiment of
self government. Here is a most instructive an
tecedent revealing beyond question: his true nature
Conceiving the idea of annexing Dominica, which is
the Spanish part of the island, and shrinking AZ
nothing, he began by seizng the war powers of the
Government in fagant violation of the Constitution,
and then at great expenditure of money, sent
several armed ships of the navy, including moni-
tors, to maintain the usurper Baez i'll power, that
through him he might obtain the coveted prize. Not
content with this audaciOus dictatorship, he pro-
ceeded to strike at the independence of the Black
Republic in open menance of war; and all without
the sanction Of Congress, to which is committed the
war-making power.
INSULT TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE BLACK RE-
PUBLIC.
Sailing into the haTbor of Port-au-Prnce with our
most powerful monitor, the Dictator, properly
named for this service, also the frgate Severn as
cOnsort, and other monitors in their tram the Adj
miral, acting under instructions from Washington,
proceeded to the Executive Mansion, accompanied
by the officers of his squadron and then, pointing to
the great war-ships in sight from the windows, dealt
his menace of war, threatening to sink or capture
Havtian ships. The President was black, not
white The Admiral would have done no such
thing TO any white ruler nor would our country
have tolerated such menace from any Government
in the world. Here was indignity, not only % the
Black Republic with its population OF 100000 but to
the African everywhere, and especially IN our
own country. Nor did 1t end here. For months the
navy of the United States was lowering on the coast
keeping that insulted people in constant anxiety,
while President Grant was to them like hawk sail
ing in the air, and ready to swOOp upon bis prey.
This heartlesS cruel proceeding found a victim
among our white fellOw-citizens An excellent mer
chant of Connecticut, praised by all who knew HIM
was plunged into prison 10y Baez, where he was I'M
INJURED because it was feared he would write against
the Treaty of Annexation, and this captivity was
prolonged with the conniyance of two agents Of th
President one of whom is found constantly wit
him and is part of the military ring immediately
about him. That such an outrage could 90 unpu
ished shows the little regard Of the President for
human rights whether in white or black. | confess
my trial as | was called to witness these things.
Always a supporter of the Administration and SIN
cerey desiring to labor with it, had never uttered
a word with regard to it except in kindness. My
early opposition TO the treaty of annexation was
served so that for some time my opinions
known. 1t was only when l the breach
of all law, human and divine, that /
aroused and then began the anger of
the President and of his rings military
and Senatorial. Devoted to the African
race felt for them, beside being humbled, that the
great Republic, acting through its President could
set such an example, where the National Constitu-
feed. Especially was moved when l the in
dignity to the colored race which was accomplished
by tTampling upon a fundamental principle of inter
national law declaring the equality of nations as
our eclaration of Independence declares the equal
ity of men. This terrible transaction which no
body can defend is among the antecedents of Presi
dent Grant from which you judge how much
the cUlOred rely upon his Heartfelt SYM
pathies"
OTHER NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. OF "HEARTFELT
SYMPATHY"
Nor can it be forgotten that shortly afterward on
the return of the Commission from this island the
Hon. Frederick Douglass the cOlOred orator, accom-
plished in manners in ehquence, was thrust away
from the company of the Commissioners, at the
common table of the mail packet on the Potomac,
almost within sight of the Executive Mansion,
simply on account OF his color. But the President,
at whose invitation he had joined the Commission,
never uttered word in condemnation of this ex-
clusIon, and when entertaining the returned
Commissioners at dinner, carefully omitted
Mr.. Douglass who was in Washington at
the time and thus repeated the indignity.
Other things might be mentioned as show
ing the sympathies of the President but cannot
forget the Civil Rights bill, which is the capstone
of that ,qualty before the law to which all are en-
titled, without distinction Of color President
Grant who could lobby 50 assduously for his Santo
Domingo scheme. full of wrong to the colored race
could do nothing for this benefcent measure During
long session of Congress it discussed constantly
and the colored people every where hung upon the
debate but there was no word of heartfelt SYM
psthy from the President At last just before the
nominating Convention, he addressed letter to a
meeting Of coored fellow-citizens in Washington
called to advance this cause, where he avoided the
1trA Aa.lor -, nf
ercse of those rights to which every citizen should
i he