The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-05-12

lion ana exated character supposed to be within tne
natural rsach OF other men These questo,N
being asked Us - . colored race, by the world.
It 10 asked us, can the negro dc without msster-can
be do without MASTER Can he rise from degradation
to respectabty, from isnorspce to intelligence, from
isolation to society from disorder 10 order from savage
ism and unrestricted life to well tsvissd and well
gsnzed civil And II has been asked-but
It truetha when the coored man is left 20 himself,
without the guidance without the CONTROL without ths
government without the example OF what is called the
superior race 1t is asbed viii he not turn his face in the
direction of barbarian and relapse into Wild savsgsm
in his ma live Iapds The answer these questions can
not be answered by the white race They may give US
their views and learned and teach from the
words Of the inspired writings that God has made us
what we are, a cursed race ON the face Of she
earth, but this Is 20 answer to these questions
There neraties do not meet the entirely What
the worlo asks OF s fscts-facts And am s,rry to
doubt in their own Minds there is cast over shadow
OF doubt to whether do without the guidance,
example control and direction Of what are called the
men of the superior race Even 10 the management OF
the anti slavery ITSELF it Is considered preposer
Tor coored man to assume thing more than to
follow the guidance of those soperors We do stand in
tona councils. And the burden OF nearly all the
speeches is confirmation OF natural inseriority per-
petua hurled at the sable blows OF the sons Of Africa
1t II confession blush to hear made. blush to hear
coorei men and colored exclaiming-"We coored
The best way to prompt thai do nothing 70 re-
inactive and shall be able to do anything
for ourselves or others Now s In the color
sometimes gloomy thoughts. But there necessity
to despond, il they would only loos to the examples
they had of eminent distinguished coored gentle
men before them to nign5. Une hing is csrtaia-
whether are capable, or have natural abte, TO rise
from low condition in life to higher state OF civiza-
tion-these questions cannot be answered for they
must be answered by ourselves. We must show them
what we are capable Of becoming-show them we are
satul architects, profound thinkers orignstors or
higher state Of civilization This will be of far more
importance than all the lectures delivered in
favor by white friends This would be fact plain
enough to be understood by the sim pest mind This
is what is wanted to abolish chattel slavery When
point to in'eects among the blacks as brighr
that of Webster, Clay, or Calhoun when we can do
this, but not till shen-is made out Az thts
point several coored gas" entered and disturbed the
speakers train Of thought, who had not prepared set
speech And tell you another thing you must learn
to come to meeting in time. You must be punctusl
the white people is ability do just Whatever white
people do and we'll and quick without being int
tators they can count the stars SO must we; build
in fsrty seconds, SO must we. 1t is idle for US
to suppose that we be respectable in
going to say the next-f contented to
to be inferior The idea prevails everywhere in this
Of
a knowledge of our rights there is deep seated con
victon in the public mind that we care too little about
have every coored defend them when the Law does
not protect him. and Surrender his liberty only with
assaii.d by the slave hyntsr This viii gain you some
respect. Hungarians, Irshmen and Italians can fight
for liberty and they respected and once 10 while
coored man does the same, and is respected for
it. Fear inculcates respect. would rather see
insurrec,ion for the next SIX months in the
South than that slavery SHOULD exist there for
next six years. Anthony Burns would never have gone
back to slavery he had had the spirit to fight for his
liberty. The speaker referred to the case Of william
Crafts. The aboltiouists told him to to Canada.
al hsve,' said William to the Bostoniaus 'run far
enough" And for two weeks he staid there when he
knew that the marshal had warrant for his arrest.
He sat at the table with revolver and bowie knite be-
fore him. and determined to take the lives OF several
hog pens Of slavery The speaker visited him while the
excitement was pending, and he confessed to being
afraid. He addressed him to go to Canada but he
piled " II TAKEN it will be the last slave hunt in
Boston" Precious as life 1t was nothing without
liberty, There he sat with smiles for his friends
and caggers for his enemies. (Applause). There
was nothing more noble than this to be found
in Roman history. Would to God William Craft
had been allowed 10 follow his wish.
The duty of the eolored population to let the kid
slaves it was daDgerous-not to their reputation, for
God knows they had little OF that but of their lives.
Christianity would bear him out in this argument.
Kidnappers were what Christ calico q generation Of
vpers there snakes u their breast they had the
spirit Of tiger or wild beast, and tue sooner
whne man goes on this principle everything Is pre-
sumed in his favor but everything Is presumed against
the black man. Is black man drunk OH yes, Is he
lazy? oh, yes. All this ID presumed in his favor.
Laughter Me-. Douglass reviewed at some length the
conduct of the anti slavery socsty AMI denounced it,
he opposed to dissolution and ia favor, to .
tain extent, of free solism. His arguments
cluded with q few funny anecdotes He then favored
the audience with abolition ballad, to the tune of
"1'll never get drunk aga. O. ain, !" &c
The Council. The meeting was next addressed BY Mr..
Remond.