Charles Summer For Greeley

Asmx.rro.v, D. C , July 30.- Tho following oorrpgpondenoe hus taken place between Charles Bumner ind tho oofored citizens of tho United States : Washington, I). 0., July 11. Siii; We, the nndersigned, oiti ';iis of color, regarding you as' the purest and bost frieod of our race, admiriiig youi oensietent oourso in the United States Senate and elsewhere as the spocial advocato of onrrigliis, and beliering that yourcouiibel ut this chtical juncture in the i't'riod of onr citizenbip would bc free trom personal feeling and partisan prejudioe, hare ventured to request your opinión as to wliat actiou the colorad voters of the nution should tike in tho Pr8Ídential contest now peiidiiig. Tl. ohoioe of our people is now narrowed down to Genera] G.ant or Iloraco Greoley. Your long aoquaintance with both and your obierration have enabled yon to nrrivo at a correct conclusión s to whii h ot' the oandidatcs, judging om thcir antecedente aa well a their present position, wili, if olected, onforoe the re quircments of the Oonstitution and the r our civil and politioal ritjhts with tiio most heartfelt sympathy and the greatest vigor. Vf. hope and tru.-,t you wül favor u.s with such a réply is wil! b rve to enligUton our minde apon tliis subject, and impel our peopln to go forward in the riglit direction. Our nuence m yonr juügmcnt 13 bo Hm, that in our opinión thousands of the intelligent colored votcrs of tho country -will Be gnided in tlieir aotion by your statoment and advioo. Elopins to receive a rrply soon, we have the honor to bu, with great respect, your obedicnt Bervauts. (Signed) A. T. Augusta, M. 1. and 2:3 othera. To Hon. Charles Suntner. MR sr:i;it's REPLY. WÁSUINGTON, July 29, 1873, Gentlemen and Füi.low Oitizekb : 11 l liivvo deluyed nnswcring your comraunioation of July 11, which was duly placed in my hümla by your. oommittee, it is not btcüuso thu lroper coursc fo you seuinod doubtful, hut beoause I wanted to rettect upon it and bü aided by the information which time might supply. 8ince th'jn 1 hare oarefully cousiderod the inquines you have addresscd uu and listi n.i.1 to much 011 both sidos, but my best judgmept is in harmony with my early conclusión. 1 am touchud by the a-ppeal you makt). It is true I am the friend ot your race, and 1 am glad to ba assured that in your opinión 1 have held a constant coursc in the Sunate and elsowhore as the special advocate of your righta. That cour.se, by the blessing of God, I inean to hold while life laets. T know your infinite wrongs and feol lor tbem as my ovrn. You only do me simple justice when you add a belief that my oounsel at this critical junctur of your citizcn-hijj would be froe from personal feuling and partiaan prejudice. In nnswering your inquirios 1 oan have no f'eeling exccpt for your good, which I most anxiously seok, nor can ny projudice of any kind be allowed tointerfere. ïhe occasion is too solcuin. lispeoially ia thcre no room i'or personal feeling or for partiean prejudiow. No man or pnrty can expoct power excopt for tho general welfare. Therefore they must bo brought to tho standard of tvuth, that they muy be seen in lite and act. You are xight in saying that the choice for the l'residency is nuw narrovred down to i'kesidext oeaitt ahb horaceoiieeley. One of these is to be chosen ; and assuming my aoquaintanoe with both and my observation of theirlivej, you ask my judgment between them, asking rn' eapecially which of the two, judging from their anteoedents os well as their present position, would enforce tho Constitution and the ]ws, Beooring your civil and pohtical rights with the most heartfnlt sympathy and greatest vigor. Here I reniark that in this inquiry you naturally put vi mr riirlitc iti t.liti t'nri-frriMin Riï dn T Believing iirost sincorely that the bost intorests of the wholo country are assooia tod with the complotest recognitinn of your rights, so thatthe two raocs ehall live together in harruony. 1 also romark that you cali attention to two things : the antecedent of tho two candidates, and eocondly, their present position. You wish to kno?from these whieh pives assuranoe of tho mostheartfelt sympsthy and groatest vigor in the maintenance of your rights. In other words, whieh, judgilig from the past, will be your truust triond. The communication with which you have honorod me is not alone. Colored folioscitizona in other parts of the country -I may 6y in nuarly overy State of tho Union - have made a similar request ; and some oompluin that I have thus far kept silent. I am not iusonsible to this appeal ; but if my opinión is given, it must bo cnndidly, according to my conscience. In this spirit I aiiswer your inuiries, beginning with the ANTECEDENTS OF THE TWO CANDIDATES. Horace Greeley was bom to povorty, and educatod himself in a printing office. President Grunt, fortúnate in Ofttïy patronage, bücamo a cadet at West Point, and was educated at the public capense. One started with nothing but industry and character ; the otlmr sUirtud with a military oommisssnp One was trained as a civilian, tin? other as a soldier. Ilorace Greeley stoud t'oitli as a reformer and abolitiouist ; President (irant enlistcd as a pro-slavory Democrat, and at the election of Jamos Buchanrm, fortified by his vote all tho pretenaions of glavery, inoluding the Dred Boott deoiaion. 9oraco Grecloy from early life wus earnest and constant against tlavery ; full of sympathy with tho colored raf, and alwaya foromost in tho treat battle ior their rightl. President Grant, excejit as n boIdior Bummoucd by the terrible accident ot' war, never did anything ftg&imt elavery, nor has ho ut any time shown any Bviuputhy with the colored race. Horaco Groeley oarmstiy losired that the colored citizèns should voto, and ably championed impartial snffrago ; but President Qrant was on the other sido. Beyond thoso contrast?, whioh nre marked, it can not be forgotten that lioraco Greeloy is a person of largo heart and largo nndentanding, trained to the support of human right;, alwaye boneficent with the poov, alwayfl reaáy fot aay good cause, and oever deterred by opposition or reproaoh, as when for long yoara he be&iended your people. Add to thest 'jualitips oontpiououa in his lifo untiringiiulush'y, abundant ]olitical knowledge, aoquaintance with history, the instinct and grasp oí' st:itusmanship, :iu amiable natures u magoanimous 8oul, and above all honesty which n suspicion haa touched, and you have n brief portraituro. These ar anteoedepts of Horace Qreeley. Few of these things appear in the President. His gzeat succes in war and-tho honors he luis won can not chango the record of oonduot towards your peoplo, espetrially in contrast with the lifotimo lidelity of his competitor ; while thcro aro unhappy antecedent ehowing tlmt in the prosocution of his plans he cares nothing for tho colorod , raoe. The etory g paiuful but it inust be told.