, 1877-07-07
our Washington Letter.

WASHINGTON, D. c., June 2i, ls1
EDITOR STATESMAN The policy which
was to cop,oidate The republican party IN
rhe South, and divide The conservatives soter'
there, is not succrs-. It's first sPpr-ciable
feet was to stimulate Que SET of republicans
in Aiubsms against another set, and irs mex
80 produce diss-iisiou in the parry IN Nor'h
Carolina From the latter State came &C
Cngr,-- u dl.-ipsred and ignorant Negro
nHined Hgman. and ihr PresidrnI procerdtd
10 conciIi.,e 10y promi-Iuy To make HymHn
collector uf inierDai revenue for The s-coud
dis rIur o. North Carolina. But now cou,s
The white republicans OF Ibs State, and rai-e
the colur question and protest against The ap
+, pom mrnt of The nigger, aud yesterday
he President prumis,d not to sppoint him.
In Aiabama the republican quarrri re-ms 'c
he b,-'weeD the scalawag snd the carpet bag
ger in North Carolina il is between the
whites and blacks.
II President Hayes considers the snnihila.
ton Of The republican parry III The SUuib n
necessary srep towards organizing his nrw
psr,y ' he has met with eminent succfs- ~ far.
IN carrying out bis plan. Frtd. Douglass
visit 10 his old master few days slucr, al 81.
MiehaeIs', Md has been mMdr Iho subj-Cr
eel pro~e and v.r-e 10 sn amazing extent.
Frrd found out that his nsn,e was Bailey.
aud ,ha, bis age ~as 50. There wss n gr.ar
den! of feeling between the master, now over
eighty years DID. and The negrU who ran
away from him AZ years ago.
Duugass Is only half blood. de is very
smart and ready. and when aroused If really
eluonrnr He WAS n member uf our district
Legislature Ir 1871, and at nn Informal meet
ing uf The memUers-ruCh n spiritual mrri
rng NJ metropolitan ls,gI.lo'ors viii have a,
timrs-ano' brr membrr, burn iu the s.me
Mnryls county wrh Douglass, pIrasau'ly ly
alluded 10 The snrec-den'n Uf The colUrrd ora
tor. Dvu.. lase rrp led With as n,ncb hunor
as ever saw displayed, tracing he lire OF
hi race iu the old Mary land county, from
the blacknrs- Of darkness 70 its prrsenr til.
nghu-ned condition aud afirituting all those
b-pefirs 10 heir intimate assOcia:IUn wI'h the
besr families in hal par of The country.
The change of proprierors and edi'ors in
The Nation. morning daily published here.
l. -ut,S an'ially he starting of new paper,
IA Tie Nation did no, attain circulation or iu-
fuelce under lis former managrnen There
~ capital in The uew firm, and Atorr, Rhodes,
who assumes edi'orisl eharg-, has experience
aud popularity ir-,ary man.
In n former letter l m.D,ioped the eviden,
iu'eutiun of the Secretaries of the Interior
and Treasury TO substitute mn for women
! far possible In ihrir offic-s. Thrre Is
no conc-almenf OF such design on the port OF
Mr.. Scburz. But this is the most wonderful
cabinet ever constructed, and Mr. X Is iI-
creasing, instead OF diminishing. the num- Der
Of ladies employed in the po- office depart
m.nt. II is not wonderful that such d
vi hered anatomy as Sherman. or such Ill
unbeliever IN christian civiiiza' ion aud prog
r+ss a. SchuIz, should wish TO remove from,
their Officers MI that ha- heretofore made them
ATTRACTIVE, and r-duce he s-rvIc,. 20 the merr
procr>>es of addition and sutir.ciIou-
should exp Ct II Of Them. Mr. KY il enii-
tied 10 Ibr thanks Uf every lady, from the
very old and plain ones like Mirs Aurhouy
.nd Gail H'milrou. TO the young and brau
rIful " hU nrr T, crivlng nppOln menrs Mt hr
hands, for his more literal ccurse. DEN.