The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-02-21

difficulty. Mr.. Douglass went to Eng
land, where he remained for six or
eight months. He then returned to
Rochester and continued the publica-
ton of his paper. When the civil war
began in 1861 he urged upon President
Lincoln the employment Of colored
troops and the issuance Of a proclana-
ton of emancipation.
In 1863, when It was at last decided
TO employ such troops, he gave his as
sistance in enlisting men for such regi-
ments, especially the Fifty-fourth and
Fifty-fifth Massachusetts.
After the abolition Of slavery he dis
continued the publication of his paper
and applied himself TO the preparation
and delivery of lyceum lectures.
Became an Editor.
In September. 1870. he became editor
OF the New National Era, in Washing
ton. This was afterwards continued
by his sons, Lewis and Frederick.
In 1871 he was appointed assistant
secretary to the committee to San Do
mingo. On his return President Grant
appointed him one of the territorial
council for the District Of Colorado.
In 1872 he was elected presidential
elector at large for the state of New
York and was appointed to carry the
electoral vote of the state to Washing
ton.
In 1875 he was appointed United
States marshal for the District Of
Columbia.
After this he became recorder of
deeds for the District Of Columbia,
frim which Office he was removed by
| President Cleveland in 1885.
In the autumn Of that year he re-
visited England to inform the
friends whom he had made while a
fugitive slave Of the progress
/ of the African race in the Uni
ted States. After his return to
| the United States he was appointed
minister to Hayti by President Harri-
son in 1859. He was sent to Hayti i'll
a United States man-of-War. He ar
rived in Hayti on the 9Th of October,
1889, just as that country was emerg-
ing from one of the most exciting
revolutions that country had witnessed
for years. The government existing
upon his arrival was simply provision
al and even after the new president
took office there was some delay in the
arrival and presentation OF his Gre
dentials. These circumstances gave
rise in the United States to persistent
rumors that the Haytian government
had refused to receive Mr.. Douglass
on account of his color They were
denied, however, and Mr.. Douglass was
finally warmly received. The Haytian
| ministry was the last position in the
gift Of the United States held by Mr.
Douglass.
MIR. Douglass Wealth
In 1892 Hayti made an appropriation
Of money for the Columbian exposi-
ton and appointed Mr.. Douglass the
senior Of her two commissioners to the
I exposition. Since the close of the fail
| MIR. Douglass has lived Quietly in
| Washington without engaging in any
special business. His wealth is var
iOusly estimated at from s100, 600 t
5000, 000
The news of the death of Frederick
! Douglas reached the National Council
| of Women during the evening session
| Mrs. May Wright SeweH, the presi
! dent of the council, announced it I,
| the audience. She; said among othe
things;
ut Is surely to be regarded as
historic coincidence that this man
WHO embodied a century of struggl,
| between freedom and oppression
spent his last days as q witness of tn
! united efforts Of those who have COM
from so many different places AMI
alOng such various avenues, to fornlu
late some plan for new exposition
of freedom in the ranks of women +
the world, to society and to the state