Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1864-04-07

W buoS htSeb pTlnulklist ana now thtR who'll
nation Is aeontstos Fnake the application o
1t to the circumstances ,ot an oppressed
race on this eontinent Here in the Acad
emy Of Music, 10 IIe sentrs of the oity, s q
PhilAdelphta, and in lhei presence of mi
vast auditory, 1, p1ihe5 9Th of April, 1884
openly and iearlessl declare thai 1 am ia,
friend and adV6sat q of. The 'doetrfue 4 iof, i'm
mediateS entire, and d6fyefsaI enaucipa.
tion. LGreAt apfl Here cal
aloud aud say, "L6o the bond of wick
edness, uado the hssyy burdens, and lei
the oppressed go fist But, my friends
il was not always Cd Obi blessed be th,
God and father of tae human family tha
have lived to se6ithis day, a day wter
not only 10 your owl Beloved city Of Phil
adelphia, but iacB1tto !, aud In New York
aud in Portland, IL ll5ot which places i
have been heard by snttve, Kind, and ap
proving audiences; hnt 10 shiuRton, with
Ia the walls OF your e d, itolS aye, even ia th q
hall Of your sepreseu stivesi I may staud,
l the once hAted A1d pefsecnted mission.
Hry OF an ulpbp1lgt aadt tdespised truth
may stand even Nterl Fenr Rssembl rep
resentatiyes e6pg md aloud;
stsFeak every YOKE and let the Oppressed
60 free, for the ubuth of the Lord hath
spoken it," [Grtat applause. The be.
loved friends VITA whom I kept sweet
counsel in the house of darkness, doubt,
and peril, thirty jean, ago, saw you not
the cloud arising them Little as a human
hand, now il spreads over all the land,
and for that let US give joy and thanks
torevermore; the we$y night is we'll nigh
passed, the slumbert of the North are
over, aud the. giant sands erect at last
[Oheers. In this glad hour, when our
souls are, drawing out liu to inklulness to
God, whose HAND d-hath done II aii-in this
hour of hope and promise, let me recall to
your recollection Abe names aud Iabors of
some of your own ciiEens, aud some of
their achievements in the cause of human
freedom of your own hpuored State: On
the l4th Of April, 1875, eighty nine years
gathered together'iu small room 10 an
obscure tavern, called tie Sun Tavern, on
Second street, few earnest and devoted
friends of the human raC friends OF the
human race without dis6nction of color,
who did not estimate humtnity by the tex.
ture of the hair, or the length of the heel,
or the color of the skiu-wno looked with.
il, and remembered. aim who said: "Ren.
der unto Cesar the things that are CeSar's,
aud 10 God the thing that are God'st-
who looked upon that a1tmated being,
whom the planter calls cLattel personal,
a. one having the impress of The Deity
upon him, who deemed Il their duty 10
render unto God the thiugs which are
Gods. In that obscure tavern might, on
the l4th of April, 1875, have been seen u
few such persons assembled for the pur.
pose Of forming an association under the
the modest name of "Tbe society of free
negroes unlawfully held 10 bondage"
oh, Truth Oh, PEeedOmi how are 70 stilibOrn
In the rude stable, In The ehImLsr nnFstL -
ThrOash which tie spIsndOrs Of the new day
bGrStt
The little room in the Sun Tavern, held
the AboliIiunists of philadelphia, 90 the
I4th of April, 1864, 1t would require many
such buildings as this TO contain the Aoo..
that have since grown up
Great applause. That little band, we
are told, was principally composed of the
people called Quaksrs. All to the
Qaakers CApplause. Africa aud her
children owe = mighty debt to the follow
ers of George Fox and William Penn
They we're the people called Quakers, who
gave Thomas CIRrksou, stranger in Lon.
don, both sympathy and aid In the outset
of his career for the abolition OF the slave
trade. They were the people called Dusk.
with WilberfOrce and Blackstone and Ma.
cauleS, for the abolition OF slavery in the
British colonies. They were the people
called Quakers who were among the frst
religious bodies of Ohristendom to make
non .slave holdihk condition of member.
ship in their communion. The anti slavery
annals of this county are rich with in
stances of seIf.devotiou on the part OF the
QhAkers. Amongst those who have beeu'
The forerunners of emancipation on
this continent, the names OF Woolman
and Bsnezct stand conspicuous, { applause.
When l was last iu America the free
States were a hunting ground, in, which
Two looted monsters sought their human
prey. There was not city of refuge for
The fugitive slave in America; no house.
hold in which he could be entertained, for
1t was ,mtsdemesuor punishable ct law
FOR hospitable citizen to tender u cup of
sold water or nights shelter to the iugi.
i've Aye, even from the very halls of the
altar he might be dragged, aud was drag
zed, in defiance of the divine law which
said: "Thon shalt not return to his mas.
Ter the servant that las escaped unto thee" !"
The fugitive slave law, which still poIlutes
your statute book, is oneagainsL which, as
with one voice. you ought to-Protest and
have instantly efacsd. Yet, Of the millions
who people these SLates ofSSAnerica, L
think there is not one who would attempt,
ut this hour, to execute that execrable law.
TAppIAuse. When 1 was last ih America
slavery was secured. It's thr6ue seemed
70 be established. It,appearsdr to be im.
The slave power was dominant
and universal I!wRs the eruling power of
=
foreign policy; appointing your Rmbassa-.
dors. consuls, and judges, coming nearer
and nearer to your religious and ecclesias.
tieal assemblies, tyranul1iog over your Bi.
BILE Society, your missionary Society, and
your Tract Society. A liltle,iater the slave
holding aristoeracy is 40 longer ,ackuowl-
edged; the spirit Of 'T6 is revived; the pso
pie OF America are themselves again, aud
yet'a little while and America shall place
her heel upon the neck of slavery, aud
say: "BabyIon the great hRs fallen.P-