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Mr. Ashley, 1t will be remembered, repre-
sented thai District In Cnnareas

that, AS Republican I am glad to see you
taking the stand you do that justice shall be
done the colored people by the Republican
party. There is one act perpetrated by the
last session Of the Legislature upon colored
people, which seems to me a terrible outrage,
and one you would be justified in using most
terribly against the party at this late day in
the progress and enjoyment Of equal rights.
''The matter il this: March Is, 1854, the
Legislature passed law organizing separate
schools for colored youth. You will see how
odious are its provisions by referring to it,.
| Now last winter the Legislature passed a
law for the reorganization and maintenance
OF common schools" In this law all former
laws are codified and repealed. That was
the design Of the law and the design Of the
Legislature. But by sheer trick, section 81
OF the law of 1864 referred to was saved, and
Is now in force, as you will see by referring to
the law of last winter and reading the re
pealing section. This, taking into
consideration all the circumstances Of the
colored people at present. is a shameful,
sneakinS swindle, and what makes it meaner
than il otherwise would be, this shameful
section 81 was preserved, saved from repeal
sneakingly and surreptitiously. Perhaps not
more than seven members in each House
knew that section was not being repealed.
And this by Republican Legislature"
iMy letters of last winter spoke of the
odious school law and ventilated il in
full. d.
ROBERT M'CAREY, Esq,
of indianapolis, Ind, says: - believe with
you, this is the time to dem md justice at the
hands of that party | am true Republican
with yourself, and labored last year for the
success Of that party, but when through the
importuning of friends we apply for positions,
the answer was and is there are but few
changes yet"
J. W. STEWART, ESQ,
of Harveysburg, informs us that 81 have
read your speech to our colored friends, and
they agree with you in every particular. We
are anxious to have you come to our town
and make political speech, for the Republi-
can party needs stirring up here as much as
any place" And so might go on filling up
your paper completely with letters and dis
patches from points all over the State, includ-
ing the Republican executive committee,
Inviting Mr.. Clark to speak for them, but
which, unfortunately. could not be accepted
on account Of other duties. Every colored
newspaper in the country, so far as l have
been able to judge, sustains our principles.
THE PROGRESSIVE AMERICAN
inquiries: "Who are entitled to more credit
for the success of the Republican ticket in
this State in the last election than the col
ored men? Yet who has received as little
substantial thanks: Colored men are getting
tired of this thing. They want their proper
representation. 1t is part of their duty to
see to it. They owe it to themselves and
their race, and the Republican party will
come to the conclusion some day that it will
be to their benefit to give it to them.
Half, yes, two-thirIs of the men in the Adj
ministration employ are not there as the Re.
cognized worth of the col0red vote. Half, or
nearly half, the colored men thus employed
have been servants in the employ Of the men
before being elected to office, and through
personal friendship they secure their posi-
tons at Saratoga or Long Branch.
We have no objection TO individual colored
men being appointed by individual influence,
but we do object to their being tackled
on.as our proper representation, while the
man who has done the political work gets
nothing at ALL"
THE NEW JERSEY STATE REPUBLICAN
says: "a Federal officer called the cOlored
convention of Chillicothe a set Of silly sore
heads So much the worse for the Republi-
cans of Ohio, for considering the element Of
the convention, it must have taken hard
knocks to make 'soreheads' of Them
THE WEEKLY PLANET,
in the course Of an editorial, says: with
Ohio in the front, other States will follow.
While we deprecate the idea Of black mans
glance with any party movement, that allie
glance should have for its basis integrity,
honesty, and manhood recognition.
We hail the movement of Ohio as the birth
place and day of a higher political freedom;
we indorse it as timely and Opportune; we
believe it is neither inexpedient nor impolitc,
but wise and Discreet
This, apprehend, will be sufficient to indi-
cate the drift of the wind, and demonstrates
the strong, abiding faith of the people in the
| leader we have chosen.
In conclusion, / would like to ask my
friend, Colonel Robert Harlan, the price he
paid for the brains expended in getting up
the very excellent article criticising my last
letter, signed by him, and published in your
issue of the 25th September. 1t was little
hard on the Colonel for you to publish along
side, in the adjoining column, communica-
ton from Joseph l.. Champ, of Mount Pleas
ant, Ohio, fully indorsing our movement.
"'Tis true, tits pity;
But pity tits, tits true"
| AS friend and admirer of the Colonel's
magnificent physique, l advise him to ex-
change head pieces with the author of his
article.