Rensselaer Republican, Volume 22, Number 5, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 October 1889 — A "NIGGER“-HATER. [ARTICLE]

A "NIGGER“-HATER.

Captain Kellogg, of the Ossipee, Kernses, to Take Minister Douglas to Hayti. The United States steamer Dispatch arrived at Washington Friday evening for the purpose of carrying Minister Fred Douglas to Fortress Monroe, where he was to have taken the Ossipee for Hayti, but Mr. Douglas will not sail in the Ossipee for his post at all. The commandarof the Ossipee is Captain Kellogg. In Mr. Kellogg’s make-up there is a very strong vein of animosity toward the negro race, and this caused the commander to emphatically refuse to carry Mr. Douglass on his vessel. He said that his officers did not care to associate with a colored man, and that he himself would absolutely decline to sit in the mess with a “nigger.” He, therefore telegraphed to be released from the command of the vessel, and his request has been granted. The command was transferredjto Lieutenant-commander Evans, who has suddenly discovered that the boilers of the Ossipee are in such a condition that he would not dare to take her to sea unless they shall first be thoroughly overhauled. Of course, the Navy Department cannot think of sending the officers of the navy to sea in an unseaworthy ship and they are averse also to risking the life of the new minister to Hayti in such a vessel. The consequence is that the minister will not sail in the Ossipee, and as there is no other vessel which is immediately available he is to remain at Washington until the Kearsage can be made ready for sea. When this is done Mr. Douglass will sail in that vessel from New York.