The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-08-29
THE AFRICAN INTHE SOUTH
INTERESTING CORRESPONDENCE ON
THE QUESTION OF RACB.
A Clerical Demagoaue IN New Hampshire
Undertakes to Instruct "a CoIored Mission.
arr In virginia, and Gets Good Lesson

| Brother Dlnjee. On the 18th Inst. sent you
check for $50, and have received no receipt or
Tod received a letter from Harper's Ferry
| In which IL the following sentences: THE re.
| port IL current here that Bro. Dunjee has gone
| over to the rebels, and Is going to stump for
Iilde1 and HendriSks am afraid it is So"
| repott7 Have YOU even had thought Of dong
such thng3 II you have, pray YOU pause be-
| Such course would be cause OF great grief to
all your true friends. and all the true lovers Of
| freedom and piety. In doing this you will bring
wound and rsprOach upon your missions
| WORK among freedmen, and ruin your own use
funess as minister OF Christ. How will all
those feel VINO have contributed for your sup
! port In our mlssion-work for Richmond meeting
/ aouse, etc, " you now desert your brethren aud
go over to the old kebs, the haters OF the col
ored man and the cause Of freedom, and give
your Influence to strengthen the hands Of such
men as Jen. Davis and those who have murdered
thousands and thousands Of your culored preth-
ren at the South within few years past, to pre-
vent them from voting for the cause OF their
own God-given riRhts2 ., this can not BE- I will
not believe 1t eau be 80 till near more from
you. Do write me by return mail and send re-
ceipt for ufty dollars, aud tell me " there IL any
| foundation for the report TO which have allu.
ded and 20 entreated TO go no further in that
direction, II you have taken one step, until you
! consult with your true friends, brothers
Morrell, Drackstt. Stewart burgess. Anthony,
| Chase, &C., &c.
DO not fail to let me hear from you at once.
| Yours truly. SILAs CURTIS
the old rebel party, and will be supported by ex-
| rebels OF the JET. DAVIS stripe and those who
| since, and | would Just as soon vote for Jef.
Davis for President as would for Sam lilden,
| the former associate Of loss Tweed Of New
| YORK, aud always rebel sympath1er sc.
| RICHMOND, Aug q, ls16.-Dcar Brother Curtis
| Yours oil July 20 is beiCre me, asking me about
| rumors which you have heard In regard 10 my
| going over to the rebels" First. would state
| that have tried 10 fulhl my whole duty In my
| work here, ana have not at any time neglected
| my mission duties. No man Is more Interested
In ulI hat oil fIa hoo lfura .eft l.
| cOlored people and their highest development.
| So. have tried to conduct myself and teach my
| people that II Is their Christian duty to make
| friends with the white yoople Of the South,
| among whom they live. This cnn be done with
out sacrificing any priuciple Of manhood in
| TACT the southern people DO not ask the colored
| people to compromise "A single right. but we
| VINO live here see the great im portance OF full
| and manly reconciliation between the two races.
| Tnis can be done by dividing tue cOlored vote
| between the two parties. As soon 40 1t IL thus
divided they will cease to be an OBJECT Of ostra-
| cism and bone Of contention. Both parties Will
then treat them with due respect. lake VIr-
| GINA, and the white people OF this state are as
friendly to the colored people "a they are any
where In America: the most friendly feelings
| oxlst between the two races. what we WHO are
| interested in the great cause OF humanity are
eDdeayofing to do Is to break down all color
the past. and 70 on to higher attachments and
| broader Christian manhood. believe the white
people Of the South are truo to the professions
| they are now making. They do not desire any
more slavery; they will stand 10y all the results
OF the war; they are IN the Union TO 70 cut no
| more forever. lDey are laboring noby IN our
| state Tor public education, without regard to
| color. have every night in hlchmoud that
would have In Boston. They are doing all Tor
tho coored people In a benevolent they can
do. You know the late war laid its whitening
hand upon the South, aud there are many poor
| people, both wnito ana black; Dotwithstand-
ing, there are many OF the white gcntlemcn who
have contributed largely 10 missions woiN Tor
our people IN kichmond aud other places IN the
South. There are 3l.UO cuiOred people IN this
city who are depending on the whites TOR tue
would starve To- death here but Tor She kindness
Of the whites IN giving them shelter and food.
You can have no idea OF the true condition Of
things mere. Now, In the face " all tht 90 facts.
mot think the white people Of tue South
| vely dangerous reoels.
| Just a word about some of our troubles. You
| ave heard much talk ABOUT carpet-Oaggers.'
You have no iae, tue amount Of trouble these
men have given IA. Men VINO we're Of the worst
Characters IN the North, who were from the
| lowest haunts II New York and Boston, men
as bad AS crime could make them, VINO were
negro haters la the North, have come South
aud taken advantage OF the ignorance OF the
cuiored people, and b We been elevated To pl .ces
81 hlgh trust Ia our state governments. for the
sole purpt On lheis uAft TO plumber tue public
| LUIS sane cl4-s 4 men have arr.jtd the col.
ortd people az inst the whites Tor itlcAl pur.
pos,s' aud. when trouble comes, desert them.
All the NOUS which We have had Ia tue south
have been gotten up hv bad men. | know We
have some lawless white men here, but the good
people ~ tue Soutn must not be ulaiued for
their acts You have them at the North with
you. Inis Wild fpd fruitless contest has Teen
gong on Tor Years, aud WHO are the sufferers =
lne colOred men, being the weaker party,
always lose erould ana must at last 20 To the
Hampsni e, may not see this matter ~ l do, but
tell yOu that the negro OF the south must 80
under II the policy Of the - few years l. to be
continued. Now. II the Home Missions Board
discharges me fur these sentiments, | regret u,
but cannot yield 10Y honest CONVICTIONS, aui
sorry cannot MAKE 'beui zee tAe rsutiuIness
VI my position.
You ask me what the persons who have con.
tributed from time 20 time for my support won q
think 10 tnis would say, II they understood
my true position they would l think, make
those contributions more readily than ever. Ine
negro Il now pas-iug through tho most critical
period Of his history, and his destiny for good
or evil will be sealed by his action. II he arrays
himself against the white peOplc, 10 must,
sooner or ter, b. ground 10 powder.
There Il no natural antegOnisln between the
two races IN the south the whites ana blacks
were born anu brought w together, and must
live ana de together Tho late trouble AT Ham
I burg, South Carolina. and other troubles we
have Ind IN the south since the war, have not
| been Inc result of any III feeling on the part of
our nome people. but are the result OF the ac-
, | ton Of Tad men who have come South and kept
contest, bnd have used every effort to keep the
white and coored people from making friends.
one % their principal means Is the Wholesale
use Of Dad whlskeb also, appealing to the very
l worst passions OF the ignorant. No stone IL
3 lett unturned on their part to exa-perate and
excite the feelings OF our poor people, winch
y might at any timo be kindled into a dame VIII Gu
might result IN bloOdsh ed, / OIly wonder
=. We have not mad ten riOts where have had one.
: | Now say that every good man ia the south,
white and back. ought 10 JON hands ana rid our
b fair section from this terrible state Of things.
hope you VIII mol mlsupuerstani me; these
| charges are not against the good people OF the
| North. We VIII give the most hear welcome
I to any good nan 81 the North who may come
among US for good purposes. | think tnat II
| YOU were to live here few Year, you would
, | t4ke the same stand tnat we. We nave some
u | men from the North who are highly respected
o but all Of these take tue same stalG, AID al,
. not tho men obJoc ell to, The coluI,d men, II
they are 10 be citizens OF this country, must dif
fer lust AZ white men do on ali the great qurs.
! tions Of the day, such as finance, talH, taxa.
l ton. aud questions Of law, tlHie. sc. Uni
= We arrive At this point we VIII be mere
D machines and not msD 10 the true sense u
y the term.
! In conclusion, would call your attention &c
the report Of the Hon. -. b. Douglas OF Vir
ginia, on the FIeedmans Bank fraud, and tnt
speech OF Hon. ", ), Singer OF Pensy wanna
on tuc same subject. woull also cant your at
tentIuu To the iurse amount al money stoleI
FROM the widows ana Orphans of tine coIuTeo
soldiers and sailors. The District Ring ana many
- other things ai-ht be men,iun d. nut tme are
e space will not allow 1t. The cOlo.ed voter vi
p. the South, rs ruled by the Radicals. han u,
a hterty in the use OF his ballot, wnich liberty ",
claim, and must have, or continue 81 YES, IA,
p should w taught Independence and self TO
s lance,
Y Please answer me few questions. Wh,
should be the beet Judge OF the true cundi iOi
- OF the Southern people, l, who WIS bora an,
brought up In the south, as have been, ant
served twenty seven years Vt ny life + "a slave
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