The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1881-01-22
sENAToR BRUCE IN THE CABINET.

Washington Pos

Washington Post
Some time aoo Senator Rruce n,
Mississippi. was s,,ppested far n nosi.
tion i'm Gen. (iarfield,s Cabinet The
suggestion was made Mt the Instance
of n number of gentlemen, friends nj
The colored race. who fell tl,t there
had been. for n number of wears en-.
tirely too much talk about the rioht.
of the negro co,npatible with tha
very little which actualIv ho. bee,,
done for him. AZ soon os Mr. Rruce,o
name was mention, d as fitting seIec.
tion for the representative i'm tt1c C,I,.
met of OOO 600 colored RenuhIic,ns
some of the white "Stnlwnrth bre,hre,,
suggested In 4 his onnojntmenf mioht
reta.d the work -ar n.Jjt;r.I N ,c;iica.
ton i'm the SouIh. n iob which Gen.
Garfield. il is unde, stood will unJcr.
take. Nv "noIitjcoI nncificotionn is
meant fhe conversation of whiic
Democrots with white RenuI,licons Inv,
tbe use of federal natrdnoUe The
POST at that time attcmnted IN show
that the selection of Senntor Rruce for
n Cabinet nosition would not shocl, tho
tender a,IsonntiIilities of Southern
Democrats
For n number of wears nast Nortbern
Republicans have prof,..sed to regard
tbr noIitic,I conduct or Niss;ss;nn;
Dan,porats will daonnst a,,ar-,;pi,
Tbo White noonle of nonthor Southorn
Stota have heon more Ioudlv ooo,,saJ
~ n,ur',or halInt hnx st,,ti;,,, s.to
thon those of Wi.sissinn; II ySas foii
tharafnro ] that IL tho tannoor,,ie nortu
of ,Iat Sioto hnd ,,o ,,i,;no,;an td NJ
Rruoa hacou.a of his color ,thar
SnutI,o,n nonoorn,s wa,II 'nt nn,,
slain no thn ranrosontat;vns 49, of cJ tho
nanno,,tio n,r,y ~ M;ss;oa;,,n;
thorasnra 'T thdp ppnst ,d,rassod | itsaIf i", io,
;,e,nn,ati,o,, LII, ~ s,iia,',,,, ,',,,it IT,
'sS,a' Snnnaor an,ar Will r"s ,U,'o" Lo1;n e1
AZ, @.;l n.' ~,
wa. 'i,o scico.,oii ,.,, VI oIliavoi nruce iol
aD'l,uI Posi'',i, Wouiu SiNe as il,ucn
sa',siac',on ,s 10 We oou.neIli people
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in' ni,ia s,o, n Lu'o,, tI om ~ '',e % 'oei,i,e
h,l.r'' T., olio9, y, ,Io,t III H., WI w I'' ' i'o.
shess;a os ~ ,,,, oan,,, ,,"I nf ,on ne Va ~,
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,,,"nnor IL hoa ".9 'I no ''s.n ,I'D
Stada H., IA. Snat' ;,s,paJ ar III
nai c,e,;on ond las im,,ar;.I.I,, n,,,
4, Jisnnsitinn ta ba of assisi, me- tn
n.morrnts rs we'll oa 'Rnnuhiica,s
when hc couId ,Io On witI,nnt yning
,y,insi Lio nor,, ~ o3
Mr. NoSey says. "Ifjoes,,t uato
any difference ~ The Snuther, nan,Ie
What Southern RennLIican IL Iri nni IN
the Cabinet sennter Rru.o wnnii
satisfy the Southern Democr,,s as
we'll ~ any ono He has shawn I've NOR
FIR Ills nnlitcoI onnn-
nents than n majority of The Southarn
NV relations wifi him
nre nIeosant and I have ALWAYS found
him willing 10 do onythino for M thaf
he could do without living i'm tbe face