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as a further reason for opposition to him, that he 

 is a colored man, and after reciting the misdeeds 

 that followed carpet-bag rule and negro domina- 

 tion in South Carolina, you say that "we have sworn 

 never again to submit to the rule of the African, 

 and such an appointment as that of Dr. Crum to 

 any such office forces us to protest unanimously 

 against this insult to the white blood" ; and you add 

 that you understood me to say that I would never 

 force a negro on such a community as yours. Mr. 



puts the objection of color first, saying: "First, 



he is a colored man, and that of itself ought to 

 bar him from the office." In view of these last 

 statements, I think I ought to make clear to you 

 why I am concerned and pained by your making 

 them and what my attitude is as regards all such 

 appointments. How any one could have gained the 

 idea that I had said I would not appoint reputable 

 and upright colored men to office, when objection was 

 made to them solely on account of their color, I con- 

 fess I am wholly unable to understand. At the time 

 of my visit to Charleston last spring, I had made, 

 and since that time I have made, a number of such 

 appointments from several States in which there is 

 a considerable colored population. For example, I 

 made one such appointment in Mississippi, and an- 

 other in Alabama, shortly before my visit to Charles- 

 ton. I had at that time appointed two colored men 

 as judicial magistrates in the District of Columbia. 

 I have recently announced another such appoint- 

 ment for New Orleans, and have just made one 



