Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1872-08-19

me faIiure OF the attempt 20 carry the cOIered
-it2iie q the country 70 the democratic camp
uIohkE tLe influence Of Sir. Summer is shown
i TIC style Of explerive heayed upon the men
wfo decline to be delivered in a lump, Per con-
tract O. Mr.. SumDer, or of snybo Who assumes
70 speak IL behalf OF their race. Had :heyfol-
loved ''my leader" like a flock OF sheep TO the
supper; o. MT. Greeley We should have heard
netting OF tie current cry about negro DONNA
uGI ''EegrOes banding themselves together IN
ciaLUishness," sc. IL would have been credited
to their 'inte'l:geuCe and all that sort Of thing
II they bad banded themselves together under
the GTeCley standard. Circumstances alter cases,
you know. But The North Carolina election, the
SaUr Gers Garrett discussion in New York and
Tic Position taken by the colored peple every
where show that they understand what
y what, and who is who. tolerably vel.
The trCuhLS with them IL that they are not
e IsIs-aI: as was hoped. This fact was well
Illustrated by the expression OF views at a
meeting Of cOloreG people OF Cincinnati On
Thursday night to consider the Sumner letter.
The Cincinnati Commercial, an independent
liberal paper. comedies that TIE meeting "was
one Of the largest cOlOred gatherings that ever
assembled in this city," and that the speakers
Were Intelligent colored men," The resolutions
ADOPTED gave Mr.. Sumner due credit for his
services for equal rights in the past but say
they Cannot follow his advice 20 support Horace
Greeley, "tLe standard bearer Of the democratic
PARTY" The speakers, while disposed to treat
MI Sumner tenderly, in view Of the past were
vet decidedly severe upon his present course
Isaiah Mitchell, from Mississippi, said "the
CciOre6 people had idOlized Mr. Sumner, but
tEelT instincts were for freedom, and they would
rot follow hin nor Greeley. He was glad to say
lie Lad Ec; heard Of a single co,ored Greeleyite
II - Ut ,.lg
tie CclCTef Cs:i.s7, declared that in Mr. Sum-
EeTs letter lie iIStTucts the colored men how 10
vote With a degree or egotism unparalleled
IN TIE history OF statesmen. "He speaks
WITH authority as one who has a clear
me &c our souls and bodies as a
ieECal I"Fd whose mandates we must obey',
Peter HI. CLARK, the principal speaker of the
evening, said the advice to speak of Charles
sumner With bowed head and hushed voice
struck Linz e. Inconsistent. His early education
ST eng tie Nethodists taught him that il is a
t-i;cuii matter to strike sin without hurting the
devil. and il Mr.. Sumner has-perm:tted himself
10 become so entang!ed with the plots OF those
WtO seek 70 cheek the rising tide OF liberty.
Stc hoI6 that once checked il nav begin 10
sth, and tie "carse" lost On the battlefield be
'rssaiEec IN The Cabinet that a blow struck
tEeu reaches him Is a Pity, bat il cannot be
EtiIed SO Tar the replies which the colOred
PEOPLE have made to Mr.. Summer have been
characterized by the utmost good huulor. No
rec! has denounced him, brit by this time |
Tie ocEctit which he entertained con-
CerLirE his power to lead us il any di-
TeetcI lie chose must be pretty well dissipated
ErCtrCr thing, lie said, which excites astORish-
EeEt Is the assumption that Fir. Sumner is the
Samson whose mighty grasp has overthrown the
Pillars o. TIE temple o. slavery: uIv nnas ,r,re
EEcE- -, Stssv4S nave done as well. Surely
Ills generation can not have forgotten the
latois ci Jas. G. Birney, Samuel Lewis, Cana
ne! Bailey, Salmon p. Chase, GerTit Smith
William GcCcCli, the TaYIans, Garrison Phil
Ii =, &1C scores OF others, who did noble service
IL tie cause c. ibe slave. To single Dir. Sumner
cat irCu- generation, in which the best hoads
aHC isarts Of the Nation were enlisted IN the
;.r'-s.avery cause, as the man Who above all
CtLeTz L u be halle the champion is to do gross
injustice 10 many noble souls, living and dead
UthCr Il esche> TO the same purrcrt were made
aTC Nttc-C, ltiy apPiauded IN a way 10 show the
temper O. tie oolOreG people upon the curren,
IS'.uiai question. Iha5 the cOlored vote OF the
country. ctsI lie Mr. Summers advice. will be
given a.Eost solid!y for Grant there can now be
little Question: and when il is remembered that
rei Cniy n the southern states but in several OF
the closely contested northern states this vote Is
lafse enough 10 turn the scale one way or the
ether It Is lot surprising that the Greeley
democracy have sought it so indastrIously and
sLcU bac temper a: the certainty of losing It.