The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1876-09-16
The African IN the South.
INTERESTING CORRESPONDENCE on The
QUESTION OF RACE.
From the Richmond Wing

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have received no receipt or anything
from you since.
To day received a letter from Har
per's Ferry 10 which is the following
sentence: "The report is cnrren
here that Bro. Dunjee has gone Over
to t,e'rebeIs, and is going to stuaIt
for Tildeu and Hendricks. an
afraid it is so.'
NV neav brother D., is ;l,ncu all,
truth in that report Have yol
even had thought of doing such ;
thins' If You have, l pray yc,
PAUSE before you take a single stel
in that direction. Such course wonl'
be a cause OF great grief to all yon1
true friends, and all the true lovers OF
Freedom aud picty. In doing thi:
you will bring 4 wound and re-
proach upon your mission work
among freedmen, and ruin your owl
usefulness as a minister of Christ
How will all those feel who have cou-
tlibutrd from your support in ouI
mission work for Richmond meeting
house, etc, if you now desert yon,
brethren and 10 over to the old Rebs
the haters of the colored man and the
cause of freedom, and give yoar in
hucncc to strengthen the hands OF
such men az jeff. Davis and those
who have murdered thousands and
thousands of your celorcd brethren at
the South within few years past, t'
prevent them from voting for the
Ncause of their own God given rights 2
o; this can not be !; | will no believe
it can be 40 TIL hear more from You
Do write me by return mail and send
receipt for fifty do|lats, and tell TIT
If there is any foundation for the re-
port to which have alluded aud
be entrcatcd to 90 no farther il tina;
direction, if YOU have taken one sep,
until you consult with your It &c
friends, Brothers MorreIl, Bracket,
Stewart, Burgess, Anthony, Chase,
&c.,s&c.
Do not fail to let ne hear from you
at once, and give me the facts on this
subject. Yours truly.
SlLAs Curtis.
p S.-Tildtn aud Hendricks arc
identified with the old rebel party
and viii! be supported by eS.relels OF
the Jri1. DAVIS stripe and those whc
sympalhjztd with them during tho
war and since, and | woaId just as
soon vote for jeff, Davis for President
as would for Sam. i'ildru, the fo!n-
or associate OF Boss TWrri of Nrw
io:k. uad always u rrhe! syu'pat'.-
iLcr. $. G.
Richmond, Aug. ~. lc76-Dear
Brother Curtis: lous Of July 70 is
before me, asking me about rumor>
which You have heard in regard to
my going over to the "rebels.' First,
| would state that | have tried to
fulfil my whole duty i'll uy work
here, and have not at any time no.
elected my mission duties. No man
is more interested in all that pertains
to the best welfare of the colored peo-
pie and their highest development.
so, | have tried to conduct myself
teach my people that it is their Chris
tian duty to make friends with the
white people OF the South, among
whom they live. This can be done
without sacrificing any principle of
manhood in fact, the Southern peo-
pie do not ask the coIored people to
compromise a single right. But we
who live here see the great impor-
lance of a full and manly reconcilia-
ton between the two races. This
can be done by dividing the colored
vote between the two parties. AS
soon as it is thus divided they will
cease to be an object Of ostracism and
bone of contention. Both parties
will then treat them with due respect
Take Virginia, and the white people
of this State arc as friendly to the
colorcd people as they are anywhere
in America; the most friendly feel
ings exist between the two races.
What we who are interested in the
great cause Of humanity are endeav-
oriug to do is to break down all col
or lines,a nj altogether forget slavery,
the war and tire past, and go on to
higher attainmcnts and Il broader
Christian manhood. l believe the
white people Of the South are true to-
the professions they are now making.
They do not desire any more slavery !;
they will stand by all the results of
.|e war they are in the Union to 60
ont no more forever. They are labor.
ing notify in our State for public edu
cation, without regard to color. I
have every right in Richmond that l
would have in Boston. They arc
doing all for the colored people in u
benevolent way thcy can do. You
know the late war laid it's whitening
hand upon the South, and there are
many poor people, both white aid
black; Notwithstanding, there are
many Of the white gentlemen who
have contributed largely to mission
work for our people in Richmond and
other places in the South. There are
81 900 colored people in this city who
are depending on the whites for the
bread they eat. Many po,r people
of color would starve to death here
but for the kindness of the whites i'll
giving them shelter and food. VOW
can have no idea of the true condi.
ton Of things here. Now in the face
of all these facts, do not think the
white people of the South very dau-
gerouS rebels.
just a word about some Of our
troubles. You tIave heard much
talk about carpet baggers.' You have
no idea the amount of trouble these
men have given us. Men wh'
Uore IF the. worst character in the