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lied by Prof. Greener, when you knew
| that siieh was not tho raSn

lied by Prof. Greener, when you knew
that such was not the case.
In an editorial of September 80. 'Too
Much Greatness" you said "three
names had been put forward for the
Commissionership: Mr.. NJ. NJ Holland,
Prof. Richard I. Greener and the Hon.
John Mercer Langston. Prof. Greener
claims to he out of the fight. Mr.. Hol-
land and Mr. Langston hold the field
alone So much to show that Lang
ston was candidate. Now in the lat
ter part of that editorial in contrasting
our records, did yua not Intentionally
and to prejudice my claims ignore the
| fact that / was soldier in the war OF
the rebellion, and received two medals
for distinguished conduct on the field
of battle; that | was admitted to prac-
tice law in 1871, having graduated
from the Law School of Howard Uni
versity, and that | served acceptably
two terms as member of the Board Of
Education of this District? TO say
you did not know these things is to ad-
NIT your incapacity to judge and impu-
dence in attempting to pass upon my
qualifications.
In your issue of November 4th, your
Washington correspondent says it is
stated upon good authority that Mr..
Langston is to be appointed District
Commissioner. Why then was he not
appointed? Did any one tell him that :?
If SO, was it good authority? This
Mr.. Editor, must have been the same
good authority that told you Douglass
or Langston coul'4aee appointed Com
missioner?
In the same letter your correspond
ent tells us that it is reported that Mr..
L. III. Douglass is secretly mentioned
for the Commissionership. Was that
true? Did this not grow cut Of the
inventive brain Of your correspondent? :?
Did he not cut this out Of whole cloth,
and publish it for the pGrpose OF Great
ing the impression that the Hon. Fred
erick Douglass was playing me false
and thereby weaken my case in the III
tercst of LangSton?
Was not all these stories published
in the Globe the result of Il conspiracy
to defeat me, hoping thereby to secure
the appointment of Langston? Truly
this is sad exempfilication of the doc
trine "that the end justifies the means. !"
Are YOU not convinced that you are
the chief conspiratUr?
Now in regard to your intimation
that it was .immOdest in ne to address
you a note in response to your editorial
criticisms of me, beg to state that |
had precedent for SO doing. Mr..
Langston, your candidate for the Dis
trict Commissionership, some time ago
through the Globe, replied to structures
upon him by the Echo, and the Globe
editor was neither shocked nor felt it
his duty to lecture the Professor upon
the propriety of his conduct. But does
it not matter with the Globe "whOse OK
is gored?" My note of the 18th inst.
had the desired effect. | did not be-
lieve the Globe desired the appointment
of any colorcd man as District Commits
SionGr unless that man was LangStOn.
Your answer confirms NE i'll that opin-
ion. The truth is YOU attempted to
use this act of the President and the
Republican party for low and base
purpose. You tried to make it appear
to the colored people of the country
that the Republican party Na'. false to
its colored friends, and inStanccd this
single case in support of your assertion;
but when pressed you showed your
clOven root Dy admitting that the prof,-
ident did a wise and praiseworthy act
in treating the appointment as he did,
and as YOU would have done had you
been clothed with the appointing pow
er, Whited seplllchre!
AS to the action of the President in
my case, | have nothing to say; but |
am determined that no personal ami
mostly that you and Your Washington
correspondent bear me (for what cause
| know not nor do care, shall be used
Ivy YOU to wound the party to which
the race owes its present position i'll the
body polite and from which your
Washington correspondent gets bread
while aiding the enemy. There has
been lying enough done about the Com
missionership. My good name is the
result of nearly forty years of unaided
effort, and | shall defend it by saying
with emphasis, you must not add insult
to injury.
MILTON NJ. HOLLAND.