The bee., 1883-04-28
THIS is MR.. LEE NANCE'S LET.
TER PUBLISHED.
BY REQUEST TO CORRECT ERRORS
THIS is HIS LETTER VERBATIM,
EFT LITERATIN, EFT PUNTUCATIM.

EFT LITERATIN, EFT PUNTUCATIM.
In our last issue we published let
ter from Mr.. Lee Nance in reply to
some structures made on him in a pre-
vious issue, in which he states were
several errors:
The following is reproduced from
said letter by his request: Again, have
l "done any thing of account in the
interest of the people of the minority
racer" Perhaps l have and perhaps |
have not. Whether / have or not
emphatically declare that | have
wanted to and have sincerely tried to.
To prove this l would need only to sub
NIT here few letters which | have
lately written to and received from
men of high character and large caPa-
city in every part of the Union. But
| submit only one of such :
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,, Z s., !
WASHINGTON, March "a. 1888.
Mr.. LEE NANCE, Washington, ID. {.
My Young Friend: Besides hearing
read l have read your paper on the
industrial and political position of cur
citizens of African decent.
1t shows throughout careful thought
and study and its earnestnGss gives
promise of your future usefulness
WI ich l hope to see realized.
l especially commend your firm and
correct statements that your people are
now Il very important and honorable
part of the working people of our
country that they must continue to
be so for all time, to come and ought,
therefore, to have that respect among
! the great producing classes, whence
comes our wealth-and that fair share
of the profits of production to which
their honest and law abiding character
entitle them. These are strong points
great truths-which must he under
stood and acted upon in order to give
this meritOriOus minority political in
dependence, and the fraternal stand
ing they may justly expect among
their brethren of the producing classes
of the majority race. &.
Let them organize for this purpose
and learn most effectively to do their
duty as voters and they will advance
rapidly and surely.
If you can dedicate yourself to this
work you will deserve we'll of your
race and country.
x
All your people are now learning to
do their duty as voters, and if they
adopt these principles, and organize to
act independently upon them, they will
soon command the confidence and re-
spect of the whole people of the
United States.
United with brethren Of the pro-
ducing classes, they will help soon to
secure diminished taxation and in
creased economy in the government.
Your friend.
w. S. ROSECRANs.
A few words more necessary to ex-
plain some things, and / am done
The paper referred to in the fore
going submitted letter was read, on the
night of December 80, 1882, before sew
eral of the prominent members of the
then existing Congress. l hoped to
have them forcibly understand these
facts, among others that the fast
growing population of the United
states was composition of two pr1n-
cipally distinct races of people; one of
the two races (styled, respectively, the
majority" and the "minority'') was
less fortunate than the other in most
every observable and mentiOnahle
instance of American life in which
both figured there were laws upon
the statutes which viciously and mon-
striously Disseminated against the
great masses of the people of the
minority race in favor of certain, par
ticular elements Of the majority race !;
and, that the dictates of every SEM
blance of reason, of right, and of truth
demanded their entire repeal, if not
revision or something of a satisfactory
basis, at once.
Such, was venture of mine. and
only mine, December 30, 1882.
Now, if l succeeded, even in it
alone, have l not, since l have been in
Washington, ''dOne something of ac-
count in the interest of the minority
race of people?