New national era. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1870-1874, 1873-04-17
HON. j. ". MORGAN,

Legislature, thinking that had sent you a
sketch of
HON. J. n. MORGAN,
| OF Washington county. But upon receiving
your paper to-day, sec no mention Of him.
| am almost sure that | wrote it, but NAV
have forgotten to enclose it with the Others
1t needs no sketch Of mine, however, to add
to the already prominent standing OF Mr..
Morgan, as he is looked upon as man in the
highest sense of the term. He is a large
property holder in his county; cultivates a
large plantation in cotton and corn, and is a
lirst-class example Of what the changed con-
ditiOn really is of man in slavery to one in
freedom. He has no further object in COM
ing to the Legislature than to legislate for
the benefit Of his constituents of his county
and the State, and it is, really, a pecuniary
sacrifice for him to be absent from his place
during the session Of the Legislature. lie is,
! | believe, native of this State; was ap-
pointed member of the Board of Supervisors
by Gen. Amcs was elected to the Legisa-
ture in 1869; reelected in 1871; and, like
Senator Gray of his county, will be reelected
next fall if he wishes to. lie exhibits about
one-fourth Indian blood in appearance tall
and slender in form, and very aristocratic in
his general department. No one can be in
troduced to him without becoming an earnest
admirer of him; and it is, indeed, a proud
recollection of mine that he is on my list oc
warm friends. Long may friend Morgan live
10 DO honor to good old Washington, and to
continue to show to those haters of negro
elevation, that all we desire is a fair chance
and we can rise in every respect to tie level
Of common humanity.
| notice that you compliment Gen. Grant
very highly for appointing colored men to
positions of honor and emolument in the
State of Georgia. Please remember that
there are other States in which the President
has shown the same recognition Of our claims
to high Offices. In this State he has APP
pointed our warm friend,
HON. ROBERT II. WOOD,
to the position of postmaster of the city Of
| Natchcz! Mr.. Wood was appointed one of
the justices of the peace of his county by
Gen. Ames in 1868; was elected Mayor of
J -NuttHtL III lou, anu IclulUcu lilt lbSltlOU
until last winter, when, through the con-
temptible combination of certain parties with
the Democrats, he was defeated by small
majority for reelection. His claims upon
the party were strong, and he was too good
a man to be defeated by such combination.
And all of our State officers, as well as his
friend, Hon. John r. Lynch, NJ. c., elect
united in strong petition for his APP
pointment to the position Of postmaster
Of the city OF Natchez. And through the
manly efforts of General Ames, he succeeded
in getting the appointment. Considering
that this is the most important post Office in
the State, save the one at Vicksburg, we
give the President great credit for recog-
nzing the claims of colored man to it.
Mr.. Wood is native of this State, a man
Of fine education and frst-class business
capacity. He is an artist by profession, but
relinQuished it for want Of patronage.
In my personnel of the clerks Of the
Legislature, | unintcntionally omitted to
mention
MIR. W. A. HARVEY,
! of Kinds county, who is, like the others, a
lirst-class business man. Mr.. II. is a native
of Canada, but came here in 1870. lie has
been engaged in teaching school during the
vacation of the Legislature, and gives as
much satisfaction in that capacity as he
does as one of the clerks in the Legislature.
He has held but one political position since
he has been in the State, and that was eector
/ f,rt I'll ,i, an,o CT
is a mild, genial gentleman, and, Judging
| from his appearance, he would not do any
harm to mouse, but allow it to make its
way through the world like other animals.
| A certain Democrat of our Legislature, a
few days since, thought he would test the
sense of justice Of the Republican members
of our Legislature, by introducing a resolu-
ton condemning those members of Congress
who voted for the "salary grab" Imme-
diately upon introducing it, Mr.. Davis, Re-
| publican, made a motion that it be referred
to a committee of three. The motion pre-
vailed; the committee took the resolution and
reported it back to the House favorably rith
NE amendment, that those members be also coH-
dem"ed for not making the Girl RigL{s bin a
lac! Here the Democrats were in a close
place, but the resolution as amended passed
unanimously.
| In previous communication | stated that
/ there was contest in seating the members
/ from Desoto county, and that two Demo.
Gratis succeeded in obtaining their seats.
was in error in making this statement, and
the staunch Republicans of Desoto do not
like their county to be classed as somewhat
Democratic, after fighting manfully to obtain
n substantial Republican majority. Messrs.
Smith and West, the two members who. per
sons might suppose were the two Democrats
who were seated are staunch Republicans.
and their votes are recorded on our side
every time. | am sorry that had no data
| from which TO make a sketch Of them.
cheerfully make the necessary correction, as
no one wishes TO see himself classed with the
wrong party, and it is the least of my desire
to intimate anything wrong concerning any
person. We trust in our next campaign
Desoto will again send us staunch Re-
publican delegation.