The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1885-04-22

been urged for the position of Register
Of the Treasury because Register Bruce
il 4 colored man. No colored m.n will
succeed Mr.. Bruce. The idea that one
,fice belongs 70 y cless Of the com.
mum ~ srd another office he,orEe to n
other clsss will not be spccrr7g:d. The
PRESIDE: in erds IN rnpoin. a colored
man Or TO cTc,. 4 lie 49, 70 4"
t c He fc.!s ~ it lstim" 10 10 l..
md he Is trying IN -''"ii e VI piece t.
pat a colo Ell man y. The 80 sever
n members Of tie colorc1 race whom
'!e President knows, arl Of whom he
ti.:nSs very vel. His selection will t.
made from such m"n as Rev. c. S. SIr!t'
IF Bloomington. Wright Of Cincinnati.
I"theTs Of Albany, and George =.
Downing or RhcIe Island.
Yesterday, when he crushed Ci:csc.
Inc editor Of The Bee, 80 thoroughly
he !iefined his position very fully to the
other members Of the delegation. He
cs*arcd them tkat he should protect
them in all their rights; that the party
he represented would redeem all the
pledges it had made for the full nna
equal protection and recognition Of IL
colored people. He told them 70 re-
srect themselves, to respect the law. (.
:.cqnire the habit Of thinking Of them
selves as American citizens on = perfect
equality with white citizens, and not as
. particular sct, apnr: FROM the white
people,'~st special necessities and arr
bitions, and .Sote all he warmed them
to berarc of putting too much conf
!cnce in iisrcp" able ~lcs.'-:s Of their
color. The great LnnSr-. he told
them. was Of trusting themselves i'm
plicitly to unworthy men of th.ir own
race like Chase, who used them simply
to promote their private ambitions and
interests. Chase published in his psp:r
last November. just after the election, a
lurid article, Of which the following in
an extract
ut is time for every American negro
in the South to make an appeal to arms
and fire every Democratic home where
negro killers live, from = palace 70 . hut,
in retaliation for tho foil and dastardly
murders that were committed in the
South. W. speak without fear, and in
defense Of the helpless negro. 1t is for
more noble to die tho death Of = free
man than live nm isnomin.ouy slave.
The 1853 electoral votes from the South
we're obtained through theft aud assass.-
nation. Schemes Of the most outrageous
character were rcsorted to, negroes muir
dered, ballot-boxes stuffed, etc. Und .
these circumstances, it will cost the lives
Of millions to inaugurats Grover Clcvc-
land.'
The paper had been furnished 10 the
President, and when Chase began to
make his great .oratorical effort the Pres
ident pulled out the paper ard asked him
If he wrote tho article alluded to.
Without paying him any further at n
ton, the Preaiicnt gave the rest OF the
delegation the assurance and advice
summarized above. Again AID again
the unhappy Biz. Chase tried to make an
explscetion, but the President would
rot look ct him or recognize his exist.
eHcc. farther. t..aa to say to the others
that such an article could not be ex-
planned and there was no OCCASION fer
talking about it. Chase mama 10 say
while the President was talk That the
was written under a misapprc.
hension. and more light having been
Toured in upon him, he had made cor
rectioas in the later issues of his paper.
which he would he happy to send to tic
but the President did not
express any desire 10 sec q Ole Of The
Bee.