National Republican., 1886-04-10
BrenEfns. rable letter to m. pre.ldep,.

Breakfast Table Letter to the President.
Mr. President At a recent meeting of tho
national council ofthe National linton League,
among other resolutions It was declared
THAT the most important work Of this
organization and Of the patriotic citizens
Of the whole country, should be directed
against the suppression or Justification ottic s'V
frdge in any part Qfhe linton; aud that II is in.
dispensable TO liberty and the preservation Of
our free institutions that these labors should
be continued untIl the free ballot, the right
preservatve Of all rights, is no longer assaIle d
by practices and crimes destructive OF popular
government aud disgraceful to civilization,
"Thst the league will, for the present, direct
It's principal efforts to secure a fair vote and
an honest count of the ballots in all parts Of
the Union, and especially al he south. tei,ere The
ballot has been largely suppressed"
The cause OF the suppression Of the ballot Mt
the south IS declared TO be the numerical
equality or ascendancy Of the colored popuia.
ton over the whites IN certain states
and sections OF the south. To protect
tho white race from negro domination
in those districts II is claimed that
intimidation, fraud, force. and crime are
necessary, and are therefore praollced. As a
result of such public policy the right OF the
ballot is denied the colored man, yet ho In part
forms the basis OF representation in political
conventions, in the legislatures OF states, and
in tho Congress OF the United States.
The loss ofpolitical power results in a loss
| Of civil rights, and creates serfdom, which
brings servile labor in competition with Tree
| labor.
How to prevent this hlgh Grim, against
popular government, civilization, ana hu.
manity is the problem for American statesmen
to peacefully solve.
| In the language OF Gladstone: ave should
no longer fence or sklrmish with this question;
we should como to close quarters with II. W.
should get at the root OF 1t; we should take
means not merely intended for the wants OF
to-day or tomorrow, but should Look into the
distant future"
Something is imperatlvely demanded from
us to restore the first conditions of civil life -
the free course Of law, the liberty of every in
divldual in the exercise of every legal right,
their confidence in the law and their sympathy
with the law, apart from which no country
can be called civilized country"
"The best and surest foundation to build on 4
the foundation afforded by the affections ant
connections and will of man, and that 1t &
thus, by the decree OF the Almighty, that, fii
more than by any other method, we may be
enabled to secure at once the social happiness
the power and the permanence of the empire.
These words of Gladstone, the greatest o
living statesmen, so recently spoken in bohal
Of Ireland that their echoes yet resoundln.
throughout the world thrill all natloas ar
equally applicable to the cause of freedom an'
good government in this republic.
Mr.. President: You have registered an oatl
in Heaven to see TO II that the constitution an
the laws are faithfully observed. VIII you no
listen to the declaration of the national couu
Gil of the National Union League, who or
banded together to establish justice, promot
the general welfare, and secure the blessing
of liberty to ourselves and our posterlty2
Would not distribution of portion of tn
colored population OF the south from thei
dense settlements to states where the whit
population largely exceeds them benefit bot
races and remove the cause of our preser
social and political complications?
Domestic tranquility thus assured, labor re
warded and dignihed, the happiness and tn
prosperity of the entire nation would be pr,
NOTED. THE NATIONAL REPUBLICAN,.