Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1876-09-08
CORRESPONDENCE
Between Rev. S1las Curtis of NeN
Hampshire and heV. J. w Dul
jee. COiOred, of Rich mond, Va.

i CORRESPONDENCE
Between Rev Silas Curtis of Ne
Hampshire and Rev. J. W Du
jee. COiOred, of Rich ond, Va.
CONCORD. N H., July 26, 1876.
Dear Brother Du,Iee: On the IL
instant sent you a check for $50 al
have received no receipt or anythil
from you since.
To- day I received a letter fro
,, Harper's Ferry, in which is the folio
ing sentence: ''1he report is cure
here that Bro Dunjee has gone ov
to the rebels. and IS going to stun
for Tilden and Hendricks. I am afra
it is so.'
My dear Bro. D.. is there any tru
in that report ? Have you even had
thought of doing any such thing?
You have. L pray you pause before ye
take single step in that directio
Such course would be cause
great grief to all your true friend
and all the true lovers of freedom a1
piety In doing this you will bring
wound and reproach upon your mil
sion work among freedmen. and ru|
your own usefulness as a minister
Christ. How will all those feel VII
have contribute for your support
our mission work for Richmond meeI
ing house, &C., &C., if you now dese|
your brethren and go over to the old rel
the haters of the colored men and til
cause of freedom, and give yoar il
tuence to strengthen the hands of sud
men as jeff Davis, and those vii
murdered thousands and thousands
| al h
within few years past to prevei
| them from voting for the cause !
their own God-given rights? 0, thI
cannot be; will not believe it can u
so till [ hear more from you. Do wri(
me by return mail, and send receil
| for fifty dollars, and tell me if there
| any foundation for the report to whid
I have alluded; and be entreated to
! no further in that direction, if I'd
have taken no step, until you consu
your true friends, Brothers Morre
Bracket, Stewart, Burgess, Anothon
Chase, &C., dc.
Do not fail to let me hear from yd|
at once, and give the facts on tn
subject. Yours truly,
s1nAs CURTIS.
p. 8. Tilden and Hendricks a
Unidentified with the old rebel part
and will be supported by ex-rebs
the Jeff Davis stripe and those wi
sympathized with them during tt
war and since, and I would just
soon vote for Jeff Davis for Presiden
as / would for Sam Tilden, the form
associate of Boss Tweed of New Yor
as always rebel sympathizer.
RICHMOND. August 81, 1876.
Dear Brother C,trtis:-Yours
July Goth is before me, asking
about rumors which you have hea
in regard to my going over to I'll
s'rebels." First, / would state that
have tried to fulfill my whole duty
my work here, and have not at ar
time neglected my mission duties. n
man is more interested in all that pc
tains to the best welfare of the co
ored people and their highest develop
ment. So, I have tried to conduct M
self and teach my people that it !
their Christian duty to make friend
with the white people Of the South
among whom they live. This Gao b
done without sacrificing any principI
or manhood, in fact, the Souther
people do not ask the colored peop
to compromise a single right. Br
we, who live here see the great impor
ance OF full and manly reconciliatioi
between the two races. This can bI
done by dividing the colored vote be
tween the two parties. As soon as I
is thus divided, they will cease to b|
all object of ostracism and bone o|
contention. Both parties will theI
treat them with due respect
Take Virginia, for instance: he whit
people of this State are as friend
ly to the colored people as they ar
anywhere in America, the most friend
ly feelings exist between the two races
What we who are inter ested in tn
great Cause of humanity are endeavor
ing to do is to break down all colo
lines and alto gether forget slavery, tn
war and the past. and to go on to high
er attainments and a broader Christian
manhood. I believe the white peopl
of the South are true in the profession
they are now making. They do no
desire any more slavery; they vii
stand by all the results of the war
they are in the Union to 60 out nj
more forever. They are laborIng nohl1
An our State for public education, with
out reard to color. I have every righ
in Richmond that I would have il
Boston. They do all for the colored ped
pie in a benevolent wav they can do
You know tide late war laid it's witherI
ing hand upon the South. and therl
are many poor people. both white AMI
black; notwithstanding there are mani
of ho xuh
tributed largely to mission work fC|
our people in Richmond and othf|
places in the South. There are 81 ,0Q
colored people in this cit who arc d.
pending on the whites for the brea|
they eat. Many poor people of cold
would starve to death here, but for tt =
kindness of the whites in giving the
shelter and food. You can have q
idea of the true condition of thing
here Now. in the face of all thes
facts, do not think the white peopI
of the South very dangerous rebels.
Just a word about some of on
troubles. You have heard much ia
about carpet-baggers. You have nj
idea of the amount of trouble thes|
men have given us. Men who were d
the worst character in the North, VIII
were from the lowest haunts of Mel
York and Boston. men as bad as crimI
could make them, who were negrd
haters in the North, have come Sout|
and taken advantage of the colore
people, and have been elevated
places of high trust in our State go ]
ernments for the sole purpose
their part to plunder the public. Th}
same class of men have arrayed tt
colored people against the whites fd
political purposes and when troub /
comes, desert them. All the mo
which we have in the South have bee
gotten up by bad men, I know
have had some lawless white me
here, but tie good people of t |
South must not blamed for their act
You have them at the North wi
you. This wild aud frultless cog