New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1863-02-07

what the cOlored people think. ] will tell You
how joyfully they received the Proclamation OF
Abraham Lincoln. We were not all colored either;
but we all seemed to be about of one color that day.
We met in good spirits ut 10 clock expecting before
the adjournment to have the Probation. We waited
on each speaker Keeping our oye OF the door. No
Proclamation. The Pre- ident said we would meet
again at two when be had no donbt we read the
Proclamation. We met again but no Proclamation.
We did not know whether TO shout or hold our
peace bnt we adjoured again with the understanding
that H. was on the wires and We should certainly
IL in the evening. But no Proclamation came. We
went on until IL o'clock and SAID, we
won't 90 home till morning By aud by Judge
Russell went to one of the Newspaper oiicssa and
Obtained slip contaiuing the Proclamation. new.
h. saw enhusiasm before. never raw JOY before;
Men, women, young aud old, were api hats and
bonps,s were in tho air and we gave lhfee cheers
for Abraham Lincoln and three cheers for about
everybody ese Some prayed and some sang anu
finally we adjourned from that place TO meet IN me
Rev. Mr. GravesChurch; that good old soul laugh
teri and we continued greeting them till o'clock.
There was shouting and saying, GLORY: hal
ielliah," 'Old John Brown," March
ing on" and Blow Ye, the Trumpet
Blow !" - till we got up such state
IT enthusiasm that almost anything seemed TO De
witty. There was one black man who stood III u
corner, aud thought never saw biacker man.
and | think | never saw whittier teeth. Occas!ou-
ally lie would bound up like a fish out OF water,
and. "a be was standing in a dark place, you could
nothing going mp but little white streah.
Loud laughter About the last he said he must
speak, and viii make you his speech. 1t was all
in place. We were up to the point when every
t,iog was IL ORDER "Breibren," sad be, " was
born in North Carolina, where my brother Doug
lass was born. thank God' / didn'. happen to BE-
born there, but could hot for the life Of nie inter
RIP, him. Sid he, 81 was born there,
and was born and held slave there, thank God
lLaughter.l | grew up from childhood TO manhood
here, thank God! And the audience shouted.
And faid lie: "When got 10 be grown up TO mans
e,tate | wanted to marry a wife, thank God'
Lsueb,erI And sad be: 4" counted no less than
slxteen women, thank God % Great laughter
And said lie: The woman / married Is here TO.
night thank Codr We ell up to see this
little woman, and che was told 10 get up, and we
looked &c her, and she was nothing extraordinary
llaughter; but still IL was all in place. The whole
OF this black congr,g stionfori u was mainly black
was that they ready 70 olier their services at
any moment this Government should call for them.
And wan. 20 assure you, aud the Government, and
every body, that we are ready, and we oply ask 10
be called into this service. What a glorious day
when Slavery shall be no more in this country,
when we have blotted out this system OF wrona,
and made this Uuiicd States in fact and in truth
hat it is in'ibeory-The Land Of the Free and the
Home of the Brave. Loud applause.
Mr.. Robert Hamilton sang the new John Brown
song, and Mr.. Theodore Iilton made few remarks,
the manner in which the name and deeds
of John Brown were received Ia New-lork two
years ago and to-day.