, 1877-06-09
THE COIORED MEN.

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colorcd. to tho Naval Onleo II New Orleans,
lie Is ono Of the noat prominent OF BITS color In tho
| Btato; has held scvcraa Offices, and been com.
rnended In them Tor efficiency and honesty BY men
Of both partaes lie wa4 An od1tc. In tho eolored
troops lie was really nominated In csucus a.
Senator In place Of Kelfoss, but tho latter was do
| eis1ed elected by ruling Of tho Chairman, two
| Republicans having feInled To voto nt all, and
thus leaving tho majority Of the quorum Tor Lewis
Tho Chairman ruled that the blank votcs could not
be counted ~ blank, and, 70 ordered, Kellogg was
| c1scfsd. Lewis appointment wilt b mort salts.
factory 10 tue best class Of eolo5sd Republicans.
PRESIDENT ftAYRs' SENTIMENTS.
II &hS Rsstsn Afsoetased F4xss
WASHINGTON. D. c.. juno 8.-Coloscd rep.
rcecntat!scs Of tho different States, among
| them j. Henri nufth, Of Louisiana: ". j.
Wilson. Of Nav 5erssy; c. B. Purvts, Of renn.
aylrAnia; J. r. Quasles, Of Gsorgia; N. E. King,
Of Kentucky; J. 4. Emerson, Of A,kanaas; nnl
III. R. Holland, Of Ohio, recently addressed q 1ct-
ter to John II. Langston, now Of this city, in
which thcy ray. AZ no othof cotosed man has boon
30 pronounced IN support Of the policy Of tho
President 10 himself, and ~ his published utter.
anccs contain spnc very explicit statements, thcy
are warranted in shs balist TINT ho has assurances
Of the good Intentions Of tho President toward tho
colorcd pcoplo; therefore they ask him to state
frnnky vhathaF thcfs belief Is well founded ~ TO
tho exact nature Of these assurances, whether
thuy 70 to tho oxtent Of
PROTECTION, PROMOTION, AND PRoprn nEcoo.
NlTioN
Of The colorcd peop1o by lilo present AdmtuEstfa.
ton.
Langsson, In lengthy roply. sa7s: "Af.or
reading your letter, willie considering its contents
tAnt might mako no mistake Ia my reply. called
upon the President, and. explaining tho object Of
my stss received from his own lips tha most posi-.
1.-Two assurances that II L. tho purpose OF his Al-
mln!ettntlnn to secure by any and crcfy legitimate
mean. within ~ po%e's md control our proee.
plsln ea1nest and satisfactory. but, rs 4 deter.
Which s ~, h'tss's. s,,s y ny o b.
day w,s the appointment Of ". ". Gibbs, Of
Arkansas. to IN important ofaeo In his State:
that he was then engaged n preparing circular in
shlen 10 dlFeet' th' various oo'eeholders Of ths
Genera, Government, among other things, to OBJ
ake II sppes4n su for pposo0s o anes uS. i
Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amcndnsents of the
and, continuing. ssd ho hai difsetcd oycfy Po.t.
master and PostmIstress wlom he lad ap1oInted
In H. South to s'' to It TINT tho claims o eolofo
De puIY ursrscrrp.
md that cootcd psraona bo annoint,t tn ,,o,t,o,,
ths Postmissss.s Al Louis1ic kV KIN
had directed that IN organizing iii oalss she must
have eoiofed citizens represented and II IL within
Hi1n Pcar. s.nmniss"n III txxIs' Ky Mmen nc ta.
TFestdent hs asfed smanr the Yery as.t es
which hs nut. whether nv rnin1ob nn,snns III
beeI emnlIyn1 m AGENTS nni snrss,rS.m,M. Maa
among L. Indians, md wh"thc, tk".o @.a @
reason xhY snch ncrsons shnnfi mt h. eor;ovcd
thus showing lhe iii NJ his nind ~ thts smrI:.
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a. EenncI1' Iouis II. Kenpcr ~ nnd tha IT,, ss"es
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svem;np "t dan M romY ~ nh,n ntesHMnat u.ls
daSsn., ~" ~ ~ pan.,,.nt w. @ msoaneea tao
mi NJ Ks..an iMintat.r' ~ n"H s,e eGe'ary hsafts
ss.ont rnu a. ; ~ " Span}. wno were