True American. [volume] (Steubenville [Ohio]) 1855-1861, 1856-05-21
REPUBLICAN MASS MEETING IN
NEW YORK CITY.
Speech Of Hon. John A. Bingham.

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The great meeting at the Tabernacle on
Tuesday evening, is represented in the
New York papers as most encour-
aging and enthusiastic outpouring Of
the people. Stirring speeches were made
by the Hon. B. f. Butler, Hon. Abjah
Mann, Jrc, Mr.. Eyarts, Gen. Noyes, and
Hon. John A. Bingham, Member of Con-
gress from this District. We extract the
following from his speech, which will be
read with great interest by his numerous
friends in this region:
aiIkhow that the flag of st. George float
ed in every sea over the kidnapped chill
dren of Africa, but know that the colo
nsts rejected the attempt to fasten here in
their midst the system of menal bondage.
They loathed the idea. They had found
out before that sublime truth that God had
made of one blood all nations of men who
dwell upon the earth. loud cheering.]
And hence say it, and l say it gladly here
tonight, that Virginia, the mother of dead
heroes, and dead patriots, and dead states
men, but thank God the mother of living
empires-Virgnia was the first among the
family of nations to raise her voice against
this internal traffic. [Applause.] And
now are we to be tod that the Union was
formed for the purpose of perpctuatng it!
/ deny it. Loud cheers.] l say the histo-
ryof our country-and you know that his
tory never lies-falsifes the assertion. !
have only to you TO that history. Bear
withme a moment while / call your atten-
tion to the factthat the people Of the State
Of Virginia, in all or nearly all her coun-
ties, met in her primary assemblages, be-
fore the first blood flowed at Lexington,
and protested against this traffic. Zap
plause.] ,. ~
1 beg to read here one or two resolutions
because they happen to bear directly upon
this question of Freedom or Slavery in
Kansas. i find, my fellow citizens, that
in l774, there was general meeting of
the freeholders and inhabitants of Prince
Georges county, in Virginia, wherein it
was resolved, among other things, "that
the African trade is injurious to the Colo
ny, because it obstructs the population of
itby freemen, prevents manufacturers and
other useful people from settling, and oc-
casions an annual increase in the balance
of trade agaiDst.this Colony" Because it
obstructs the population of it by freemen !!
] find that similar meeting was held in
Culpepper county, in Virginia, at about
the same time, and another in Nansemond
county, and another on the 10th Of July in
tue, county of Fairfax, GEORGE WASHING
TON, ESQUIRE, IN THE CHAIR, enthusiastic
applause, at which it was resolved, "that
it is the opinion of this meeting that dur
ing our present difficulties and distress, no
slaves ought to be imported into any of the
British Colonies and in this connection.
we take this opportunity Of declaring our
most earnest wish. 10 see an entire stop
put forever to such a wicked, cruel and un-
natetai trade.ss ssss[Load applause.l They
Lad,nojdea of tppttipg it under ste perpet-
ldtssfsgdsrdfJf the Unlon1-Qaugler and
appIausel l-fbey Wished to pat a stop Tor
eyer1oisueha wicked. cruel and unnatural
trade. TCheerslroThis sentiment was
not acoR6nsd .oYEgipia.; IAold you that
itwas everywhere thatit run through all
the colonies. .isa0issimm1J Fli F @jHsf
note, amongst other things, the reso,
luton aud dsclqratim ofthe State oflGeqr-
gia, in the year l775, in the very same
spirit ks1fsy declared their disapproba-