The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1863-11-10

would bless their endeavor to the perfec
tion of liberty over all our continent
| Loud cheers The condition Of the
North was that of ship carrying pass
engers tempesttosse and while the
sailors were laboring, and the captain
ard officers directing, some grumblers
would come up from amongst the passen.
gers and say, You are all the time
working to save the ship. but you don't
care TO save veg ofl ssseq ssghould
like to know how you would save the
passengers so we'll as by taking care OF
the ship. At this point the chairman
read to the meeting the telegram on the
seizure offhe rams at Liverpool, tThe
effect startling the audience ro4sso
their feet, while cheer after cheer was
given Allow me TO say of the conduct
OF the colored people, our citizens, for
IN New York colored people vote, as they
do also in Massachusetts, and in several
other Northern states Mr.. Wharnecliffe
lord Wharncliffe, beg bis pardon. to
The contrary notwithstanding that it is
subject of universal remark that no men
on either side have carried themselves
more gallantly, more bravely, than the
colored regiments that have been fight
ing for their Government and their lib
erty. My own youngest brother is col
onel OF one of those regiments. and from
him | learn many of the most interesting
.acts concerning them. The son of one
Of the most estmable and endesred OF
my friends in my congregation was the
colonel of that regiment that charged at
Fort Wagner. He fell at the head of his
men-hundreds fell-and when inquest
was made for his body, it was reported
by the men in the fort that he had been
buried with his niggers and on his
grave stone We, it shall be written. The
man that dared TO lead the poor and the
oppressed out Of their oppression, died
with them and for them, and was buried
with them." Cheers I On the Missis
sippi the conduct of the colored regi
ments is SO good, that, although many
of the officers who command them are
Southern men, and until recently had
the strongest Southern prejudices, those
preludices are almost entirely broken
down, and there is no difficulty whatever
IN finding officers, Northern or South
ern, to take command of just as many OF
these regiments as can be raised. 1t is
an honorable testimony to the good con
duct and courage of these long abused
men, whom God is now bringing by the
Red Sea of war out of the land of Egypt |
and into the land of promise. Cheers.
| have said that it would give me great
pleasure to answer any courteous ques |
tons that might be proposed TO me. If
cannot answer them, | will do the next
best thing-tell you so. Hear The /
length TO which this meeting hss been
protracted. and the very great convic !
ton that seem to have wrought by my
remarks on this Pentecostal occasion in
yonder Gentle crowd loug laughter
admonish me that we had better open |
some kind of meeting of inquiry"
Renewed laughter 1t will give me
great pleasure, as gentleman, to re
ceiye questions from any gentleman
hear, hear and to give such a reply
as is in my power.
The rev. gentleman remained stand |
ing for few momen's, as ii to give the
of interrogation, but no one
rising TO question him. he sat down
amidst great cheers. The speech lasted
nearly e4 hours.