National Republican., 1885-09-05


through every vein of all your cmprc.n
Breakfast Table Letter TO the Prcs-
dent.
MIR. President Since your departure from
the national capital for recreation aud confer.
ence with your New York friends the depart.
mCnts Of government have been conducted
with circumspcction. No complaint will BE-
made by THE NATIONAL REPUBLICAN, ifyou do
not return until october. For the past two
weeks the weather has been cool AMI agree
able The prospects of business are tlattorlng
for the fail season. the proprictors of our hotels
express deep interest in your welfare, and
hope for your early return; the offensive DE-
mocracy are waiting patiently at their homes,
not at the hotels, expecting every day
to read the announcement OF your arrival in
Washington; the cattlcmen are working hard
to comply with the terms of your forty.day
proclamation; rejecting business men, whose
Judgment is worthy of consideration, hold the
opinion that your action toward the cattle.
men was unnecessarily severe. They say that,
Indian territory into beef or to ovaporate in the
air in the form of malaria, humanity prefers
the former. The herds of buflalocs formerly
consumed grass; then about all the white man
could get was their skins; the herds of
cattle that now roam over the same ter.
rtory, by the progressive enterprise of
capitalists, furnish the people the meat
as well as the hide. Under slch
circumstances, II you had given the cattle
men six or twelve months instead of flrty
days, or even more, to occupy the full tcrmi
their leases from the Indians, It would not, It
is believed, have caused an Indian war. But,
having made the proclamation, you deter.
mined TO stand by 1t, no matter how uufavor.
ably 1t might affect private interest. The great
public interest you declared, controlled your
action. There is another subject of vital I'M
rOrtance to the republic. It Is thought that 1t
far outweighs the question upon which you
have issued two proclamations. The Republi.
can party controlled the government that put
down the rebellion, ana gave liberty and citl-
zenship to the slave. But, with nll its power
IL Ialleu 10 pFolecl the DlacR man IN MS polti-
cal and civil rights, because the public senti-
ment ofwhite men throughout the black belt
ofthc south made the issue one of race. BY
the power of public opinion in those localities
oi the dominant race, the negro does not enjoy
the rights OF citizenship guaranteed by the
constitution OF the United States, He IS de-
priVed oi those rights by intimidation, by
fraud, and by violence. All this Is known
to you, and you must be convinced that
such action is destructive of the fundamental
principle offs lfgovernment. The Will of the
majority is defeated.
Nonr irst message TO ongress VIII not be
presented until after the elections this fall.
Inc kepuDllcahs oil virginia, white ana black,
prefer law and order, but are determined to
have fair election and fair count, Ifblood
shall be shed in defense of the sacred rights OF
the people, the responsibility will not res.
upon them, but upon those who are intrusted
with the power of the national government.
1t matters little to the American people which
| party gets the postoiliccs, but when the per-
| petuity of our form ofgoycrnmentis in danger
every honest. patriotic citizen expects the
President oil the United states to perform his
duty. lfthe protection of the pasturage OF the
Indian territory is important enough for the
President to issue two proclamatons and com
mand the general of the armyto enforce them,
It is thought and believed by good men that
the civil and political rights of our citizens are
worthy OF at least equal attention.
Mr. President the adjustment of the tariff,
the weight OF the silver dollar, the improve