New national era

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and explicit, as friend addressing friend. Your

not being Secretary of the Territory of Columbia

was not because of any word, act, or

wish of mine; no one can in truth say I said a

word or did an act against your very evident

desiro to bold office. 1 never did an act or

said a word in opposition to your being Minis

ter to Hayti. I did not, while Mr. Bassett

was being urged for the office, think of yon aa

an aspirant for the position. 1 used your letter

A t .i -if i it.

in uts uuuuu, urging nun lur me position, ana

did not dream that yon was expecting the ap- I

pointinent yourself.

As to another insinuation. Once, at the

suggestion of Governor Andrews, I took

steps to obtain the position of Brigade Quartermaster,

but did not press the same. 1

gave it up because of a suggestion made to me

by a most distinguished friend. Since then

some of the most influential citizens of my city

proposed that I apply to become Collector of

Customs at Newport, offering to become my

bondsmen. At one time I thought to apply, but

did uot present my papers. This is a history

of my oftioe-seekiug.

I have sent some articles to the Herald, rather

than to the Tribune or to your New National

Eba, because the Herald, in darker days than

these, with energy and tact, gave fuller and

more complete reports of our appeals, our ra

solutionis, our wishes and efforts, than did the

Tribune, w ith the idea iu the mind of its editor,

as expressed to mc, that it circulated the same

iu quarters where they would not otherwise

reach, and where the colored people would have

How to cite this articleCómo citar este artículo

New national era. (1871). Washington, D.C., 1871-06-22. Haiti in the American Press. Library of Congress, Chronicling America: https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn84026753/1871-06-22/ed-1/?sp=3

ReferencesReferencias

Library of Congress, Chronicling America: New national era, 1871-06-22.