The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1896-10-09
QUAKERS FOR BRYAN.
One of Them Writes Letter to
Friend in Frederick, Defining
His Views.

The 70 flowing letter is from menu
Der of the Society of Friends to a gem
tleman in Frederick, who gave it to MS
for publication He has been a MEM
Der of the Republican party, and with
his father were Aboliiionistsa aud friends
OF all the oppressed. He has observed
the course OF degeneracy in the ranks of
his par ty and voted the Populist ticket.
This year he will support Bryan and
Sewall as the representative of the
people:
PRESTON, CAROLINE Co., Md.
1913 1916.
JOSEPH DOUGLASS.
Respected Friend:-Thy letter just
received, making inquiry whether or
not the report thou had heald is true.
L am a strong advocate of silver and
intend to support VIM. j. Bryan in
tins campaign. Now, having known
thee all my life and having been a
schoolmate with thy mother, / will
not surely not refuse thy request. Let me
first say who [ am, as | AIN not known
in Western Maryland. My father and
his ANCESTORS were Friends and noted
for teihg friends to the oppressed slaves
before their freedom, anu | was raised
at the feet of VIM. Lloyd Garrison,
Wendell Philips, Lucretia Mott and
other noted Abolition philauthropists.
When a mere lad | taught first day
(Sunday SCHOOL, to slave children, pity
ing their henighted condition. For so
doing my father was waited on and
notified that if / continued that /
would prubably,be sent to the peniten-
tiaTy, aud it was "a violation OF the law
to teach them to read the Bible even
And when grown to manhood my
sympathies were deeply enlisted for
their freedom, and believing it to be
my duty, i'll 1856 / cast the first and
only Republican vote IL this county
for Fremont and Dayton for Presi-
dent and Vice-President, and in 1860
for Lincoln with ten other votes. And
for distributing the New York Tribune
paper and the Barbarities of Slavery,
the Twin Relic of Barbarian, speeches
of Charles Sumner and ether anti-slaV-
cry Papers, came near causing bills of
Indictment TO he found against me
on St veral occasions, and [ was threat
ened with coat OF tar and feathers,
aud even my life. But | maintained
my principles and tried to do my duty
until L saw the freedom of the colOred
people from bondage. But alas, pretty
sum % W TIC RdICJ VI llG0QOlA anu
liberty which L had helped to make
leaving off its first principles and going
to aid other ri III enslavers of men,
not only to enslave the three millions
of freedmen, but of sixty millions of
free men into financial bondage.
And farmers have now To give five
bushels of corn to bring one dollar in
money. And according to the United
States Agricultural Official Report that
during the last six years under Harri-
sons aud Cleveland's administrations
tue farmers have lost over a thousand
million of dollars, all going directly
into the hands Of the plutocracy. And
shall this be continued? Nearly six
years ago / wrote a warning to Repuh-
lcans which was published in the
Denton Union, a Republican paper of
this county, that if they did not
change in legislating for the rich
bankers and other t usts and combines,
and become once more the friend of the
poor man as was Lincoln, it's glory
would depart, depart from Israeli
And to-day its principles are not for
the poor, oppressed humanity as was
it's founders, Lincoln, Chase, Sumner.
Seward, Hale, Trumbull, Loveioy and
many other good aud patriotic men.
1t rather spurns the poor, and is today
taking tributes from the rich, to buy
or bride to places and power Three
years ago 1 ceased to follow it any lon
ger aud voted as / then believed to be
my duty, the Populist ticket. And
now the larger art of the Democratic
party. having become the PRODUCERS
friend by making platform which
believe will help save the country from
ruin.
Now, l will Inform thee that / am
an advocate of free silver Is to l. also
plenty of greenbacks to make at least
fifty dollars per capita, and to let the
rich bankers keep the gold locked up if
they so want il. That also expect to
vote for VIM. J. Bryan and not for
the foreign ROthchilds aud COmpany's
The more 1 advance In
years the less l care for party princi-
pies or for the dogmatic creeds of re-
ligion, but more for my country's good
and for poor, suffering humanity.
Thine truly,
VIM. t. KELLY.