Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1885-04-23
A STRONG DENIAL BY MIR. BAYARD.

A statement was recently telegTapHetl
from Washington to the New York 1,id-
N1e to the effect that Secretary Bayard feels
intense apathy towards the negro, which
was manifested during the six years in
which he and Bruce were colleagues in the
Senate, to whom he never gave recognition,
either by look, word or action, and that up
on that ground he had absolutely ignored
the commission of George w. Williams, a
colored citizen of Massachusetts, who was
nominated as United States Minister to
Hayti on March 2nd, without the formality
of reference to q committee and took the
oath of office on March 4th, and had init
mated to Williams himself that he had no
instructions for him, and that he would be
paid his salary to date only upon the un-
derstanding that he would Immediately
hand in his resignation. With reference to
ex-senator Bruce, Mr.. Bayard was quoted
as saying that whenever he had met him
| in the Senate chamber he had considered
him as "vacuum." In regard to these
charges in the Tribune, Mr. Bayard recently
said to an Interviewer:
''Itis unnecessary to regard the malevo-
lent insnuations of that paper, or to attempt
to meet its utterances by denial. it is alb
solutely void of either political or journal
istic sense of honor. Its conception of the
| truth is too vague to be discernible. Why,
SIR" he said, his eyes sparkling with indig-
nation, "that article is an absolute fabrica-
ton. 1t is tissue of falsehood manufact-
ured out of whole cloth from beginning to
end The charges incorporated in it are
simply gratuitous SANDER. l denouncee
the entire matter as utterly unfounded and
uncalled for No one has ever entertained
more friendly consideration for the colored
people than myself. No one has ever en-
deavOred to be kinder or more just. No
one has ever treated them with less discrim-
ination. During my Senatorial intercourse
with Mr.. Bruce it never occurred to me to
ignore his existence or to treat him with
discourtesy when placed in contact with
him, nor did ever say to any gentleman,
in reply to a question as to how L managed
to meet and pass Senator Bruce, that 1 just
imagined was passing vacuum. Haugh-
tiness does not enter into the completion
of my nature, and those who know me will
relieve me of the imputation that l am dis
respectful to interiors; The humber an In
diVidual's station the more particular one
should be, | conceive it, to guard against
any utterance or action that would render
him unduly sensible of his unequal position
1 have made it rule all my life, to be more
considerate of the feelings of those whom
fortuitous circumstance has placed ina lower
walk than of that class whose talents and
position entite them to respectful recogni'
ton.
GAS to the appointment of Mr.. Williams
to be Minister to Hayti, 1 know nothing
beyond the fact that the matter is before the
Senate, as understand it, in the hands OF
committee. I will simply impress this
fact upon you that if Mr.. Williams has ever
received any mark of discourtesy in this
department or perceived disposition on
the part of its attaches to deprive him OF
justice, am totatally unaware of it,"