The bee., 1882-12-30
AN OPEN LETTER TO THE EDI
TOR OF THE NEW YORK
GLOBE.

| PROVES HIMSELF 4 (ONSU INNATE
LIAR-CoLoNEL MILTON VI. HoL-
LANDS PWLIPIC TRANSFERABLE
THE WASHINGTON CORRESPOND
ENT OF THE GLOBE is MISTAKEN As
USTAL-READ HIS FALSE PREDIC-
TIoNS-PRESIDENT ARTHUR Com
PLIMENTED BY Col. HOLLAND
THE PEOPLES ENDORSEMENT, ETC.
WASHINGToN, Lee. 26, 1852.
Editor Ne5c York Globe:
Your paper for last week has not
reached me, but | have seen a copy in
the hand qf Mr.. Matthews, which con-
tttinS yourFeply to my note of the 18th.
That part of your editorial of the 10Th.
to which my note referred. read rs fol
lows: The Washington Gazette says
| that President Arthur has made up his
mind to appoint Il Democrat to the
Commissionership of the District of
Columbia, made vacant by the expira-
tion of Morgan's tenure The colored
people of the District, who comprise
one-third of the population, have re.
peatedly urged Upon President Arthur
the Justice of giving them the position,
since the whites already have two Com
missionerS but the colored people al
ways invite defeat by putting forward
the weakest man they could find and
dividing on him. The nearer the Re
publican party gets to the division line
of North and South the more inclined
is it to give the colored man the cold
shoulder
| saw just three points to which /
desired TO call attention and TO test
your sincerity and their truthfulness
lst. That in this appointment the Pres
ident and the Republican party gave
the cold shoulder to colored men be
cause of their color. 2d That the can
didate was the weakest the race could
have selected: and 3d. That the race
always invites defeat 10y putting for
ward their weakest man and dividing
on him.
The first proposition | understand
You to withdraw the second You pos
itively assert to be true. which necessi-
tated the withdrawal of the first. Upon
the third you are as dumb as an oyster,
or if you commit yourself at all it is
vague and meaningless. But | shall
give you the benefit of the doubt and
allow You to say that the second and
third propositions are true. Then the
Republican party is abSolved of all
/ blame and your wrath is visited upon
| the candidate and the race
As to the second proposition | have
to state that | shall not lose any sleep
on account of your opinion of me. You
have a right TO your opinion of men.
things and measures, and | have the
right to say that the opinion entertain
ed of me by the editor of the Globe will
neither add to nor detract from me
where am personally known.
Men like Douglass, Bruce, Lynch
and others were unable to discover my
inSigniGcance, but it was left to man
whom never met, to recognize, but
| twice in my life, and that on occasions
when he called on me to pave the way
to secure my subscription to his paper
| Wise man, indeed, who in less than an
hour fathoms mortal and knows more
about his past life and capabilities than
men at least his equal, who have known
me Tor more Uudn twenty years.
nyour issue of July -, speaking Of
the CommisSionerShip, you say: THE
candidate urged for the place by some
; I, of the very best men of the race is Mr..
Milton NJ. Holland, a citizen of Ohio,
resident in the District, who has the
endorsement of a large popular follow
ing. Mr.. Holland is young man of
much ability and would make good
Commissioner" How do you reconcile
subsequent change of heart as to my
ability ?
Is the third proposition wholly true?
In an editorial of September Both You
asserted that Mr.. Langston had been
put forward for the CommisSionership
presumably 10y the colored people).
In view of Mr.. LIS candidacy are yJu
not unfortunate in the unqualified
statement that the colored people al
ways invite defeat by putting forward
their weakest man and dividing on
him? | remember that in addition to
his having been put forward and failed
for the COmmiSsiOnerShip he has been
pressed by the colored people and failed
for the following offices, viz: Delegate
to Congress for this District, Solicitor
General United States, Commissioner
of Indian Affairs, Governor of New
Mexico, Judge of District Columbia
Courts, President of Howard Universe
ty, Member of Board of Public Works.
ID. C., Vice-President United States at
Philadelphia Convention Of 1872, Mem
Der of Hayes Cabinet, Commissioner of
Agriculture, and Member of Garfeld's
Cabinet. Because Mr.. L. was defeated
for these twelve places, will the Globe |
assert that he was the weakest man the
race could have selected?
SO far as | know the colored people |
of the District of Columbia were not
divided as to my candidacy, and YOU
knew when you asserted that there was
a division of sentiment you magnitied |,
less than dozen men, (including the
Globes mem and but one of the num-
ber-LangSton'S brother-in-law-a cit
izen of the District, into respectable |
division with sixty thousand citizens
of the District of Columbia.
You know further that you inaugu-
rated the little disaffection there was
in the interest of Langston, as shall
show.
Mr.. LangSton'S arrival was announc-
ed in the Globe August 19. Your cor
states, in the same issue,
that it was rumored that Mr.. L. would
be appointed Commissioner. Up to