New national era. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1870-1874, 1873-01-16
a.cttCr tron, Scisa Martin.


WAsHING1"N, ID. C., Jan ., 1878.
Nesns. Gsorgc I. NorDiog. 7. t.. Bayba,l-s.,
John 4. GrHH, Il. +. Gyr,H,r, and aers.
GENTLEMEN: Your warmly eyprcsScd
sympathy with me personally gives addi-
tlonal value To your anxiety rs To the iucor-
RICHNESS ot my political affiliations. | thank
Won Tor your interest in me. and trr the on
portunity which the expression vt il gives me
to state the results OF my political recon
sdcratlnns.
need not tell you'that personal ill-rrcat-
ment among what had Il ri.ht to REGARD "a
political friends lei to The first step of my
political alterations, and that NV attitude
mcasurabIN substautiatcd hv finding myself
IN such comi'ny n the late Horace Greeley.
George W. Julian. and the rest. had also
the hope that in the Southern States the ac-
c"ptancc of the three great amendments to
the Constitution by those who had denied
their validity would put an end to every form
OF ku-kluxiSm, and give to- every colurcl
man the power, rs well as the form, of vote.
In all these respects have been mistaken
Some parts Of the South were uuhuuhtrl',.
sincere, because they realized that the col.
Ored man is n political power. But Northern
| Demo rats were unable to see this easy and
| final solution of the reconstruction problem,
and so to-day the Liberal movement has
| failed of realizing the high hopes which many
| has been snare to me, and any false pride
| which would prevent my ACKNOWLEDGMENT of
| the fact would he more objectionable than
| nv first false step.
| l regard this us an interesting time tnmakc
| these statements, as ! am written to hy Lib
| eral friends i'll New Orleans to return and as-
siSt III forming Il quorum in the Liberal Icgis-
laturc. One hours mistake has gone Tar 10
rob me Of thc credit of twenty yeaIs' dryo-
| tIDu Ia and A
IN the Republican party, which | helped, in
the face OF mobccratic rule, to build up.
am not willing to block up the pathway Of
my future usefulness hv 9. ,9irG 10 t.ly mis-
take when, in the estimation of such men as
yourselves, my position places me in an
tagonisin to my race. while MY heart is rs
warm and true toward it as ever
The fiat of the Republican Iarty, speaking
for large majority Of the American people,
| has gone forth. General Grant has been
| chosen fora second term. Speaking through
the law officer of his Cabinet, he saws his re-
cosntion OF the iinChback government of
Louisiana is not temporary, but final and n
| feel that the Iights of The minority IA our
form of government are conserved IN the
triumphs Of the ma loi!ty, / bow tu the will
of the people, and refrain from RESISTING TIE
authority of the powers that be.
In declining my scat in the Liberal t.. n
lature OF Louisiana, AMI Withdrawing fom
my present political affiliations, | feet il my
duty to state that every relation have sus-
tanned to my former colleagues has been ia
all respects pleasant. The Liberals OF Lou
siana have treated me with uniform courtesy
and with ilattcring consideration, and in
ranging myself on the side cf the "rcat mass
F es and the great minds Of my people shall
carry into retirement kindly rccOllcciipus oil
them all, rs well a. the ardent horc that my
mistake and this attempt Ia correct ~ may be
unyisitcd with either the feelings on cNprcs-
sions Of personal or political bitterness.
/ Yours, truly, SELLA MhEIIS.
GEN. BuTLEE's vision is exec adingly sharp.
1t will not do To- exhibit documents In the
House, and depend upon his not seeing all
there is of them. Mr.. Brooks OF New Ork
Democratic lender, as is well known, made
a violent speech in the House dcuoancu,,
McCOmb and denying that he (BT',lj was
IN any way Interested in the Credit Nobiiicr
stock. 1t was true, hc said, that his -uu-.u-
T law owned some Of that stock; bat his SON
! in-law had bought il aud paid full value for
it. Since then, Mr.. Brooks has exhibited 4
document which purpOrts 10 be a receipt given
to his son-In-law for the money which lac paid
for the orc-aid Credit Mubil!er stock. While
he was exhibiting this receipt, Gen. Butler =
eyes fell on it ; whcrcup0p Gen. Butler smiled
peculiar smile. Member. aitcrwarI wanted
to know what hc saw To smile at: aud Gen.
Butler Is reported As sayins that he noticed
that there was no internal revenue stamp on
r that receipt, fact which had escaped the
notice 81 the other. Now, ID that l- 80, then
the receipt must have been obtained recently ,
since the abolition of the stamp tax where
As the receipt prctcnds 10 be- 4 document
/ given several ycars ago, al time when
stamps were required On all such receipts I.
il was really given recently, then Il follow
. ~ matter Of strong suspicion. that Mr.
Brooks son-n-law is PLAYING a It'll. rline On
{ Congress, III which he forgot the stamp busi-
ness or else Mr.. Brooks sOu-!n-law ired 10
Q cheat the Government out Of q stamp, and
2 his receipt j. Of no value. II the report !.
I true, however, "A time j. coming when Gen.
+ Butler will make things uncomfortable for
c Mr.. Brook. Daot Post.
ADVOCATES Of free trade in Cougrc- Il
: there any such left, should not fail % sean
and study the figures presented by the lyon
trade Of the West. \ protective tIriii On iron
N has been the special aversion OF The free trade
!, Congressinen from the Western State. Who.
!, in the past, never tired o! extOllins the ~
). ricultural resources Of that great and pros
, porous section Of our common country. ct
y under tho beneiicent influences oil a protect
: i've tariff scyerai of the Western Common.