The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-01-25

The Constitution says there is grow
81 sense of justice in the North iha'
in hereafter be heard from in putting
egro officials over southern coiiiliuni
sc That the New York Herald has
ra,aa a rift in the clouds by rebuking
be President. etc We hope SO, but now
hat Roosevelt has appointed Boston
oor 10 a high office the Herald may
hange front and say ne is consistent.
rbat growing sense of justice is q cham
,ion Of many colors. 1t was quite visible
little while after Grady made his
hsrming speeches in New York and
4Boston. but the preachers withered it
and Mckinley made more appointments
and kept making them as long as he
.lived This growing sense does not seem
TO flourish in many places. The fact Is,
We have almost despaired OF ever seeing
instice grow ct the North. Lately
have received three lette"s from up
there that indicate the growing sense.
and | have read and re-read them with
comfort. One of these is from an old
Mexican veteran who says that of the
9. 100 coo soldiers who fought against us,
one million we're from the east lighting
to free the negroes Grants included.
One million from the west fighting for the
union ard the other go, GOO were the riff
raff and scum thc flotsam and jetsam OF
al! nations VINO joined the army for
bounty and booty and beauty. and they
were the clement that Sherman employed
10 make war hell Ee speaks of the war
rs unhOly. unrightcous and unjust.
Another letter is from Portland, Greg
and says the writer recently got holu
Of one Of my letters which said that
General Grant was a slave holder ara
hired out his negroes up to the close oi
the war and lived off of their hlre. ne
saws: Il didn't believe it, but was ~
duced to examine his biography anu
found it was So" He says that nobody IN
4 hat country ever heard of it and ii IS
Samazing and astonishing that l-IHcoih
would apTOint a Shareholder TO De the
lead Of the army The writer OF TINS
litter Yves brought up to belleve that
.e North brought all the negroes from
frica Another letter is from New
HAMPSHIRE man. a veteran, VINO says
hat he and seven others from his town
lined q company in 1852, and only one
osides himself got back Ever since
hen he has been reviewing his folly
nd the folly OF the war and is ashamed
his people and says that ! do not
GORE them in my letters as hard as they
ese~ve. He has Hinton Rowan Helpers
,mous campaign book, in which he
avs:
We are going TO free your slaves and
RIM them with pixies and torches and
ltcher your families and burn up your
pmes.''
This book is indorsed by sixty seven
embers OF Congress, including John
herman. Appleton says that $4,000
pies were sold in three months and it
ccepitSted the raid of John Brown, at
hose execution all the church bells of
CIV England tclied a requiem. And so
have found three Northerners who
lve this growing sense and have heard
one more who is a suspect. | am
pcping tally sheet and soon as
ear Of any more growing sense | Will
cord it, My Oregon friends generation
hice up since the war and never had
me to bother themselves about the his
cry Of the war or slavery. The South
has outside of their concern and JEFF
Davis was the arch traitor that Roose-
elt told about IL his history. That is
ail he cared to know. But he says your
ate letters have excited our curiosity
Ind if when your book is out, you will
bet rae advertise and sell it in my own
w5y. | viii sell 100,D00 copies north OF
/ the line This man is a big advertiser
4 with headquarters in Chicago and sent
to re a big lot of his cards and litera-
ture
Well. MIR. Byrd will see about that. but
10 nay opinion his Northern customers
don't care q baubee about me or Grant
or his nigge:s. They remind me of two
fellers who went off to camp meeting,
ana as they were standing by tree one
Of the brethren came up and invited them
to go up to the altar and jine 'em in