[Letter] To Hon. Wm. Lloyd Garrison, Dear Sir [manuscript]

Approving Letter to Mr. Garrison. } -y

Colored Club, "Harmony," )
New York City, Aug. 6, 1872. ]
To Hon. Wm. Lloyd Garrison, Boston, Mass.:

Dear Sir: Your well-couched letter of the 3d instant,
addressed to Hon. Charles Sumner, which found its
way to the public through the leading papers of this
city, has been carefully perused by that class of intelli-
gent and sensible men, descendants of the African race,
and citizens of the United States; and as they have,
with unprejudiced feelings, weighed and analyzed every
word therein contained, they have unanimously agreed
that your assertions are in every respect correct, being
based upon substantial facts which Hon. Chas. Sumner,
with all his sophistical arguments, will never succeed
to distort. Therefore, upon the strength of their con-
viction, we were called upon by onr colored brethren,
members of our Club, to convey to you their Heartfelt
acknowledgments for advocating, with a soundnr
judgment, the cause of Republicanism to which they
belong, and to express at the same time their admiratiOi-
and just approval of your ably-written reply to Mr.
Sumner's atrocious aspersions agaiust General Grant,
who has already done so much for the welfare of his
country and fellow-citizens in general, and that of the
colored people in particular.

Mr. Sumner, in pursuing the improper course of mis-
leading a class of men who heretofore had placed im-
plicit confidence in him, by perniciously advising them
to vote for Greeley, has, we regret to say, very much
impaired his claims to our esteem and consideration ;
because it is clear and undeniable that, in his unremit-
ting efforts to crush General Grant, owing t* his per-
sonal hatred and hostility toward the latter, he is en-
deavoring to attain his ends through the instrumen-
tality of our colored brethren throughout the United
States.

In consideration of the above facts, we are authorized
to say, in behalf of our aforesaid brethren, that, in view
of their interests and future welfare, their votes are

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