, 1881-01-15
Presenting Their Claims for Protection
by the Federal Government
from 0utrages.
Gen.. Garfield, lin Reply. Gives
Some Good Advice to His
Auditors.
lie Does Not Think tho Present 10 }c
tho Proper Time 10 Talk
Politics.
The Colored House of Bishops Also
Sends Grooting in an Adj
dress.

CLEVELAND, o., Jan. 1.-THE colorcd
delegation, Visited Mentor tt.lny and waited
upon Gen. Garfield ut ills home. Tile dele.
cation Is composcd Of Il. u. Elliott, Samuel
Lee. d. u. Straker, of South Cnro!nn; Henry
Z. Curry, Of Texas; ,1nties Il. DeyrnVX, Of
Georgia; {icorxe W. Price. Jr., Grorgu l..
MADISON, james ". f1ou,t, John 4, Lpary, j.
II. 11nrrls, and Steward Ellison, Ut North
Carolina.
on uE1Sd RECEIVED
by Gen. Garfield iii the rarlor, Mr.. Elliott,
elect rs follows:
OF tl,o statcs nf Virginia. North CAroltilu, soih
Krauito you oss your trnphnnt HUI: oieetion s L,
the, United Suites. and to nssuro you TINT, AZ
their prayers during tho oxcltInY Iltlcul ut,-
,cst which has so happily oventuated II your
SUCCESS were feryontiy uttered III your l,ehulf
% y s M Sy I'll, pray hs As a GSb "y e xnsi pHi
by the Divine wlsd01n tn SECURING to ali AtnUri-
can clttzcns tho blessings OF
EQUAL LAWS
End 1nst adm!ns'r!t!on. Cheercd by the many
nude III our bchai t. unh rectHutzmH tho vnlt.-
able services you have hitherto rendered IN tho
Inent. w hnve ntso conlc to present to you q
brief ssnte,ncnt Of ni'r condition IN tlo s.'nth,
hot ~ sFttlt ol ulctht0a Oue IN tho bcllDt thAt
d fair representation Ut our catlse Gun best bc
mn.ac hy those of us who nro compelled to en-
slgrc gricvous WRONGS for nero nrnloo's sake.
Sy the provsious or TIC th ceastitt.o' p'a, Il tic
United Stntc5, ami recognized MS such by LEXIS
latSs enasstnents md jac,l decisions, yot
stil! in all tho Southern Stntes VIC are but
CITIZENS IN NAME
and not In fnet. Our Right to participate In
elections for the ctkt,ict or public officers is not
pnly questioned, but ut lna.ly localit hbsOutg.
Nftf lfn
sttcs, sr: tho rights q rnajoritics nro Illegally
81 unserupulous tnInostios FOR NJ, otIor reason
thnn this: These tnnJortlcs consist Of mvt
vino, FREQ and entranchiscd ny the laws Of tho
land. prefer tn rculAtl loyal to tho country Uf
which they nro citizens. aR.i stendfast In tho
support ut TINT political purity which saved tho
Gun most safcly liz intr,isteti tho duly OF pre-
serving tho results accomplished BY tho lato
TIE METHODS NEsonTED TO
by our pnll1!cnl uppUuunts In tho South to de-
prive us Of rIshtful particfpatsos in public A.
fnits have lsen 50 often stuffed to tho public.
aaa nrs 20 vel. known to yo,. TINT T. y tneces-
1ntlt OF them u1l this occNs0n S,tllice It TINT,
BY tho inrulnoua use Of tissue ballots. ~ ,ho
Ses5ss seeon sstsns sSSGe 81 o af q sfty sS 1g sa
the polls By armed n1os. by murder md u Gen.
sra! system Of terrorism, nntl BY the reflsil IN
where tho n,nJorlty of tho voteEs are lIcpublsc-
AHs: III c'ceNis % nasG peo. FttafEea a lhero tafco.
LUG sutpurt ol thp stnte Governments nave
otcM N.ttlo y! ucltsu tho1r noWets ot from tho
, c9msoIL q 81 tue hoVefhGa: nut from tAonrbltrary
VII! VI afptHtFy h'hoflt!os'
we ARE rOW'EKLEss,
slr, to redress these wrongs through the ma.
chtnesy " tho Stuto Courts; for, to I'LL iItents
AUG putnoses. thoy hfo ofgttH!zeu n8Ainse 'i,s-
kno lures OItehttnes !'slnR composed mot only
nI tnoso WHO sympathlze with the vlolntors Ut
tno !nW. put frequently consisting. III part, Ut
tne netivo participants IN theao Yrt!ng .do!ngs;
1hd. !htet'l. When we fltFn oven to thu FctlorAl
Gourts ior tho yit,lication ct our rights WI lind
tuat ihesa "ronRd are suffered TO pAss unchai-
!engcd. nnl tho perpotrttors Of thcln 20 I'm.
Whlppca oI JUSTICE. bcclluso under tho present
HIVE. ehncse4 W !JesnucfAtlQ Congress. tho
atters anu AHottors Ill these crimes sit In tho
1Mry-box TO pnss judgment III them. This cou-
ultiou or at1airs. added to the 4MtAtr and unjust
treatment q our people at tho hAnsls Of tlnso
who constitute tho class Of employers, has
created
4 SPIRIT OF UNREST
among thom. and bus tended III grent measure
TO dlsorRanlzo tho industrial system Of tho
South.
Forced to stngger under burdens which aro
heavier thAN thuy ctn ocar. tloy ace necessarily
driven to seek relief In prccntute flight rruIu
thelr homes Into strnnye and ottentilnes U1-
cunKcntal places, This tends not only to pre.
vent tho coiDrctl nn8sDa Of tho South from Gt,tl-