Morning herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1837-1840, 1840-06-01

Of holiness to the Lord, black stone Will De re-
jected by the builder He that hears the raven cry
and the Young lion when he roars for lack OF food
will regard the tears and cries Of his people, the
black soon the white The sins OF the whte
men of the South awful; but among the slaves Oh
the South have been found some OF the Lots In con-
sideration of whom God has turned>back the waves
of his wrath and has not rained fire and birthstone
upon the Southern slave holders, as he did upon
Sodom and GomOrrah in the days OF old. But again,
let ask if the rights of free citizen are due TO
those who contribute to the welfare OF the country
by means of agriculture who is so well entitled 10
freedom as the colored man! Who does more 70
the of country than
the coored man Who tolls more in the field at the
plough the spade, the hoel Who raises all the rice
and sugar, and cotton and tobacco! The coiored
man! And he then is the greatest agricuiturlst In
America Let America, then blush with eternal shame
and hide her abomnabe and guilty head, when 1t Is
remembered that these things are SO; and more
over, go shame, o, sorrow, and . womankind, as
the poet says, when it is remembered that many Oh
unfortunate colOred sisters are tling the heds
under the lash of the white brute OF an overseer'
Here the white men groaned, the women cTled'
and the niggers cheered most uproariously.) les,
sir, from the border of the Chesapeake bay, to
the shores ofthe Sabine river there is not foot OF
all that beautiful and uxuriant country that Is not
cultivated by the colored man; and the planters
grow rich and ride and drive, and swell, and wal
low in luxury, by the blood and bones and sweat OF
the negro. Yes, such the state of the south-the
gallant south-the naughty south-the ch'vaiross
south, that and frightens one half the globe
with the glare of her boosted chIvary and that etcr
nal bugbear of s'oh talk about de negroes, dey
can't take care of themselves" why, MI. Chair-
man, the bost's de oder leg IT'S the planters as
can take care of demselves They can't do nothing
The very clothes they wear comes from the north;
the food they eat is cutiyated by the colored man.
and cooked by the colored woman The carriages
they ride in made at the north The very Bowie
Knives they flourish with such 2uixotic chivalry
made by the innocent men at the north; and the
whips they bury in the quivering flesh OF their VIC
Tins are plated the banks of the Passaic (Cheers)
Never talk then of the chivalry of the south, or
what the slaves can't do. Tell of what the slave
holders can't do. Why they can't do nothing.
Immense laughing) Ever since this has been
white nation, the slaves have been toing to make
the south what she is and they have made her what
she is, and mistake. They have, time out OF
mind, contributed even to the advancement OF lite
nature and the march of intellect. For how often
has it happened that the slave, poor Tom or Jack,
has been sold in order that young Lord Octavius
William Anthony Caesar might be sent t o college!
(Roars of laughter, in which all the parsons Joned
These are de facts! then let not our white friends
forget God grant we may never be behind any
class of our fellow citizens. In slavery we have
been with you to make the country fruitful! them
oh, preserve our wives, our homes, our affairs and
our iresides Free and we will be with you still We
ask American citizens for redress from toll ana
wrongs. But we trust not alone in the feeble arm
of man. Revenge, Lord God! revenge our mani
fold wrongs, and let the planters find that mercy
they deny l free, and yet am bound For
while my brethren in slavery, whether wander
beneath the bright skies of Asia, list to the harp
like strains OF zephyrs wandering through the Piea
SAINT fields of Africa ramble in the freest part OF
the fair Victoria's dominions, feel though am
as Paul says, bound with them"
This eloquent black man then moved resolution
to the following effect
"Resolved, That all the rights of free citizen
are due the coored all over the United States,
as he has always been ready to spend his money
she'd his blood and devote his life to effect the free
dom OF our common country"
This resolution was passed with tremendous cheer
/ ing
! Mr. Leavitt then read the report of the Treasurer
! which exhibited the following statement
! From l2rH OF MAY 1899 TO 9rH MAY 1870