The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-01-08

q greater degree of reliance than we demand
for the tables OF our circulation.
An Abolition Lecture by a Negro.
The fourth lecture of the before the New York
CITY Anti 81, very Society delivered Tuesday even.
Ing, by Charles Lenox Remond OF Salem Mass eoored
Remonds father was highly respec table coored
gentleman and kept oyster cellar In Salem. He 40.
eunu'atsd handsome property, and gave his children
good education Charles tbs lecturer Of the evening"
educated abroad and feels immensely superior to persons
Of his cslor He Of the most strenuous oppo
nsns of those theoretical Aboonists are in favor Of
doing away with slavery, but who not ng TO re.
ceve negroes at their sorees introduce them to the
eda circle and give them their daughters In marriage
Rsmond ID about thirty years Of age not exactly black
man. though very t!he IL well formed and appears
10 be possessed Of some intelligence
At tho hour appointed the Tabernacle occupied by
some three hundred persons among whom John P.
bale E. G. stansbury, andl other free-sol luminares
There also pretty fair prnklng Of colored people,
but it noticed that they sat by Themselves not
Ing with their white admirers OF the persons in 1t
tepderce about one half women The lecturer ON
entering the hall received with applause Several
notices given out BY the President OF che society,"
Mr.. Lewis Tappan, and others, when Mr.. Rsmond com.
mencsd his lecture By announcing that when he
was solicited to speak on this occasion his sub
wherever his mplexion 1t might bs
presumed In asksg the attention Of the Audience TO
the subeat or The condition Of the DfAnohssd Anne
riesn," he would attempt TO prove that the law
just to them, and wrong to our common country
Mary persons who did not believe 10 Iaoic.l Aoosonsm
willing to give the coored citizens all the rights AMI
privileges VI white men He never considered results
when he to right and h. thought that the imms
dtAts emancipation Of all the svss 10 this try and
the enfrsnchisement Of all free OF color right
IN the sight Of God and man. He here to ask for
this The writer's the subject Of Cstholic emsncipa
suT hat
Slaves this equally wieA regard the FREQ
colered men in this suntry that really Ave
won't to say 1t true that in some States the coI,rsd
man has right to vote; bat hs vote "a generally quail
ned ore The question was NEST important ons and
considered North and South. To prove tn posi-
ton the lecturer read an article from the Rchmotd
". Examiner this subject. He thought that he
had right 70 show feeling on the subject and he
desi to as this point that all HE fellow citizens
should acknowledge the Importance Of this subjsct
The reason why they did think because
fAshionabls the anti slavery question with ini
ference This owing 30 educaon and passion II it
the fact that the free ooored men dsanchsed
because the whites Indifferent to the situation
Il was poor apology for high handed outrage. He
koew however that wrong done to the ooored men
JUDGES aganst existed. There prejudcs in
this country against fishmep; but the lecturer had
them to great extent socially. The prejudi,e
iet-d against coored and the only for their
ACKNOWLEDGMENT in the Northern States caused by
the fact that 1t was demanced by tae south aud ac
quie in by the North The disrsn chis.mest OF the
oolored the NoIth the brother OF slavery in
the south 1t is said that the passport to political prvi
lsges patriotism. He would attempt to make out
good Of fer his free coored brethren ami
then he proposed That every or other
sbackes which DOW bound them. In reading lsstu-e
recently delivered aere The urer had notice. that the
Irish vote referred to likely some day to DO HARM
The person who that statement overlooked the fact
that there vote to Offset it. In Pennsylvania there
citizens He i'd net say that colored al Wash
inetons Frankns or LsfAyetts He thought they were
much like White men under similar circumstances
He thought hs could make out thu they PATRIOTS
and adverted to their services n the war of the Rsvu
ton. They were patriots In the hour OF need
him nothing. But we are told that the colored
people patriots when 1t was costly; ana IL such
the their patriotism Of higher cast thin that
OF their pser couutrymen and thar because tae vhie
man had some reward in p ospective- something to
prompt him TO exertionhe fought for lands liberty and
for his se and chdIen the cooreo had nothing to
6ght for but tho prcpe They rallied whenever they
heard the cry OF freedom and frequently With the u
the American slave holder lash his back Wnat white
pasrtot say much? Tas lave who jumped the
machinery Of factory TO esesp, punishment showed the
highest beroism The hopors shvwer3d upon extle from
Earu ecad to the Lecturers mind the
many noble cooed exies in Canada and said that
justice was done them every American was
The 6rst bow struck for me American Revolution in Boz
ton 9th Of March, l7'0 wac led BY mulatto who sxhib
tied great berom and killed curing this tbs Boat
Massacre. Recently In the Massachusetts, Legislature,
bill introduced to erect 1ment distiug aished
white an, (wsbst-r) ~heo person moved to adj
an appropriation for q ument TO this col1red
The that the amendment killed the bill tells the
whole story Of the e,ng agAiost s1ored patriotism la
1912 sLego named Richard Seaver, who I'm In S.
lem, Mass, served in tho british navy When the
brhe out be refused to against the Uated rats
and va, kept prisoner OF war. Add yc IL he was in
New Yok this light h- coul osy the ole :ivs
fran chiss In = qualified naantr IL hs had not
properly OF 70 bundrsa and aft, dollars he could MOI
vote In the Revolution the ba:ks hb tory to Is
were distinguished for their herosm and the devotion
70 their tmcers he gave instances where tbs blacks
died IN their defence Khods Ilsnd had regiment OF
them In Connecticut nineteen black soldiers pan
stoned after the and bad certidcsts of
merit fram George WAshiS Rton Tor nectout had ba.
talion Of colored men and commanisd by General
then Captain Humphre., VINO volunteered ia order
AZ az with the prejudice who were Alto, sa,ds
anxious IN get commanis in u Is tney had
bssa = avoid them The eommaneer wa, nssrly connect
roll this corps then said these Washing
tons. aud only ask 10 be treated sccordns to
IT'S He mast 80 sonnet hing OF New Hamp-hise. where
The mics II feedsm haro recently lost at mpor-
tAnt prop-he ssneedn mention names" this the
only vu9arsm able in the lscturel bat he you'll
say that who hsd beer distinguished for gag
laws wrnd do thing Of the kpd la the American
Confess The negro Who hsurss in AL the pioturss 0.
the battle OF Bunker Hill, slave owned by Gsnsrh
WHY pie who gaze him his fr edou previous 10 tas &C
top bstfaiou 81 Ne~ H.mps Legro-s defended
most important poon against force tnrev times their
number, sod tavsd an army They served throughout
the war; and we're brave ana hardy troops 10 New York
negro. did good Service both In tina war of the r. vout
and that OF 1917 In PsnnyvAns the meg aes from aode
Land and Connecticut served. When thu yellow ever
broke Phil. phis thu coore people saysd many
lives This closed rton Of lecture iev ted to *
tracts, lie proceeded to Ak how brave mea ssre
treated the EorthY Ia Massachusetts charter ~asrs
t.d Them wheo they deiIsa to form military CON ,sny
This mere than he South dsmaud.d and ons OF
the int' where the r-.tm. Of ,he eoloed rnsa
the North NIT defhanded by the south and the
Bout could only feel contempt for thsir Northern
brethren Wby thuud not ths ds.ceasau's Of tnp4e
black who ugh IL ~ Revo uion b. a1wsi ~
Csa any rAme . bsck u . tory 10 he Rs.o
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