Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1876-08-25
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correspondence
prr,yEEN REV. sILAs CURTIS, OF NEW HAMp
SHIRE AND REV. j. W. DUNJEE, (C0LOREDl, !,
or RICHMOND.
CONCORD, N. H., July Is. 1876.
Dear Brother Duyee:
On the 18th lus,. l sent you check for sou,
.oJ have received 20 receipt or anything from
To1av | received letter from Hsrper's s
F.rrv in which is the following sentence !:
..rhs report is current here that Bro. Dunjee
h,. gone over to the rebels. and is going 10
stump for rilden aud Hendricks. am afraid
Mr. Dear Bro. D.. is there any tru' b iu that
ronort2 Have you even had thought OF DO
,os ~ apv such a thiug2 If you have, | pray
You pause before you take single step In that
',r,c,iop. Such course would be cause of
pr.at grief to all your true friends, and all the
true lovers of freedom and plety. ln doing
this YOU will bring wound aud reproach upon
YOUR mission work among freedmen, and ruin
sour own usefulness as minister OF Christ
il W will all those feel who have contributed
for your support 10 our mission work tor Rlch-
moud meeting house, &C., &C., 1t you DOW de
sert your brethren and 20 over to the old Rebs,
the haters of the cOlored man aud the cause OF
freedom, and give your lnHucuce to strengthen
the hands of such men as Jet. Davis, and
those who have murdered thousands aud thou
sands of your c1lorcd brethren at the South
within few years past to prevent them from
voting for the cause Of their own God-glven
tights? o, this cannot be; will not believe
il Gao be so till hear more from you. DO
write me by return mail and send receipt Tor
the fifty dollars, and tell me if there Is auy
f,undaton for the report to which have al
luded aud be entreated to 20 no further 10
that direction, If you have taken one sIcp, un-
al you consult with your true friends, Brothers
Morrell, Bracket, Stewart, Burgess, Anthony,
Chase, &c, 10.
Do not fan 10 let me hear from you at once
aud give ue the facts on this subject.
Yours truly, SILAs CURTIS.
p, S. Tllden and Hendricks are identified
with the old Rebel party, aud will be support
ed by ex Rebs of the JEFF. Davis stripe and
those VINO sympathized with them during the
war and suce, and would just as soon vote
for jeff Davis for President as would for
Sam. Iideu, the former associate with Boss
Tweed, of New York, and always Rebel
,ympathizer. S. Z.
RICHMOND, Aug. 81, 1876.
Usur Brother Curtis:
Yours OF July rs is before me, asking me
about rumors which you have heard in regard
to nv golpg over to the ''rebels" First |
would state that | have tried to fulfill my whole
duty 10 my work here, and have not at any
time neglected my mission duties. No man Is
mole interested in ali that pertains to the best
welfare of the colored people aud their highest
development SO. have tried to conduct my
scit and teach my people that 1t is their Chris.
tlau duty to make friends with the white peo-
pie Of the South, among whom they 1--we. This
eau be done without sacrificing any principle
ol manhood; iu tact, the Southern people do
not ask the colored people to compromise
slupe right. But We who live here see the
great Importance of full aud manly reconcile
alton between the two races. This can be dOne
by dividing the colored vote between the two
parties. As soou>as it is thus divided, they
will cease to be an object of ostracism and boue
of contention Both parties will then treat
them with due respect. Take Virginia, aud
the white people of this State are as friendly to
the coiored people as they are anywhere 10
America; the most friendly feelings exist be.
tween the two races. What We who are inter-
rsted in the great cause of humanity are en-
dravoring to do, is to break down all color
lines, aud altogether forget slavery, the war
aud the past, and 20 on to higher attaluments
and broader Christian manhood | believe
the white people of the South are true 10 the
professions they arc now mixing. They do DOT
desire any more slavery; they will stand by all
the results of the war; they are IN the Unlon to
70 out no more forever. They are laborlog
uooy 10 our State for public education, with
out regard to color. l have every right 10
Richmond that | would have 10 Boston. They
are doing all for the colored people 10 beoev.
olnnt way they eau do. You know the late war
iai its witheriug hand upon the South, and
there are many poor people, both white and
black; Notwithstanding, there are many OF the
white gentlemen who have contributed largely
10 mission work for our people 10 Richmond
and other places in the South. There are 81
80 coIored people in this city who are depeud
lux on the whites for the bread they eat. Many
poOr people OF color would starve to death here
tu for the kinduess of the whites In giving
them shelter and food. You can have 20 idea
Of the true couditon OF things here. NOW
III the fac, OF all these facts, L do not think
the white people of the South very dangerous
rebels
Just word about some of our troubles. You
hive heard much talk about carpet baggers.
III have no idea the amount OF trouoie these
men have given us. Men who were of the worst
characters 10 the North, who were from the
hwcSt haunts of New York aud Boston, men
Us bal rs crime could make them, who were
ncsrohatcrs in the North, have come South
ana taken advantage of the ignorance OF the
clorcd people, and have been elevated to
PAGES OF hg trust 10 our State governments,
ior the sole purpose on their part to plunder
the public. This same class of men have ar
r,,cd the colorcd people against the whites tor
Political purposes, and, when trouble comes, de.
s.rt them. All the mobs we have had 10 the
South have been gotten Ip by bad white men.
know We have some Iawless white men here,
but the good people Of Che South must not be
n!amed Tor their acts You have them at the
North with you. This wild and fruitless Con-