, 1865-06-06
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TUESDAY,, JUNE 6. 1ss5.
FRED, DOUGLASS ON PREsi.
DEhT LlkCDlh.
VAST GATHERING AT The COOP.
ER INSTITUTE.
Tha Speakers Views on the Future
of His Race.

would deliver IN or7r1on m Tho lie, adn,1nistrs.
hon md desth Of President: Lincoln, drew N In.
s1enef e 81 t.
ilce department. George ". Blunt and other
prominent ctdzenf, occupied seats on the ttsge.
Inc chairman introduced the prator Of the
complimentary words. Mr.. Douglass WIS
Warnly applauded On advancing to the front
Of the psnttorm. b. eaid that he felt Ger
tain deglee of Embarrassment In appearing be-
fore the audience On ttIb occaslop. It was q
time wlen the rarest gifts, the highest elo-
queuce. and the greatest genius the country
had produced might fall under the dignity
the principal themes which Was destined to
interest and thrill the heasts Of men in the
coming nces.. II Abraham LIn9oln had died
by any ordinary i'll by which men ore ordtna-
rily removed ; il, after successful life, he had
reached the good old age Of which hts consti-
tuition gave promise II he had: lived to see
the work he had inaugurated, completed in q
certain degree, his death would 4haye been
grand. but Abraham Lincoln! died by. the
rcd hand CT violence, without warning.
He WIS assasstnated-rnutdctcd without
personal hate-fur no MN that knew
abraham Lincoln could hate him, He
died because he was the President Of the
United sta1es duly elected. For this he was
Hlied-nurd urdercd-assassinatcd. This Is the
great, al1-commendfng reason why VIC pay
homage to his memory. Forthis reason men
everywhere pay homage to his memory as
glorious martyr Of freedom and human rights.
In this view we should consider him. The
mest the people could do In time Ike this,
when the press, the pulpit and the platform
back 70 the country the Thoughts and feelings
derived tFem the country. The speaker was
but as the wave OF the ocean, deriving his
strength from tic sea. All over the co5utry
mcn arc thinking Of Abraham Lincoln, their
poets as never before, arc paying tributes to
the memory Of our martyred President. It
was proper, MS 1t vas we'll dcserFEd on his
part, and 1t VAS beautiful on our part.
Mr. Dousiass said that 1t was well that the
colo1cd people ehould have voice In these
marks Of respect to Cur uartyred President.
No peop!e as class have more reasoa to Ia
ment his death and revere his memory thnn
the colored people Of the United States.
They were the only people prohibited from
publicly expressing their regret and sorrow
at the death Of the President. It was hatdly
worth while for HIN to denouncc the action
Of the authorities Of New. York in excluding
the eolored people from the procession, bnt
it he should say anything Ii would be that
1t was The most dlegeacetu1 and scandalous
proceeding eyer exhibited hy people calling
themselves civilized. lAprlanse.l The speak-
CT inquired, What was Abraham Lincoln 10
the colored peoplc3 And what was he to
them com,,ared TO the lopc line Of his prede-
cessora. who were the seITle and ab;.ct de-.
Yotecs Of tie elave powers. Abraham Lin
coin Wns uusurn,ssed tyy anv7 in hia inter.
est for the white man. ard Was emphatica},
ly the black mans President. H.
Tas the first Of The !orp line Ia shnw anrirc.
spect TO the rights OF the black ma1, Of to
acknowledge that he haa any rights the
man DO All that u nossiIie In nernetn. r. his
1nrmnry. hnt lot 1he roioret1 Teo.;sa havs
snare for nne stnnr n oire snrna tntir, is +inr
Of he e.rest reverence ind iore tha coin.o5
psonle have for Ahraharn Iinco1n Tbasa
tnrr rnnst Win rcre,ve Tnost Iarn,anso
Th lectnrc, ssid t,e nnn.t nfTcc+, .rasd1nI
h. hsd .hcsr1 WHs that NJ noor soiorsd ~ ~
mar Thn ma fa1nd wssn;np~ - poga o, ~ ~; m
5a.,+,n, .o.nsior W1has, .,.sa s1t - .Ie .teos
sho rcn';ad .wa bsr bsl asSed ~ Wy sag Msps
RI. ans.rerxras rivcn IEod2n !o1t 9TI sa1,9 e.,
SnnW 3h,+ nv o ~ So%an hsd h,9, 9ss saa'
4,;snsa s -7ha s a,aaEar ~ nan,ianaa @ sns HAp
lnause,1 tn1 elTneeI Svntlaae1 aoo SAG tne
so!otta ptoWS neneseo N az: anatn Lincoln,
mad loved hnn even when he smote
a5d Nonn1eo lhtm. They thoroughly trust.
ne'id unsupported ~ teason. They caught
= glance Of hin In the beginning, and viewed
hin II the light Of bis great mission, they
trnEted rs men seldom trust. They Hould
nave been pieaecd II he had confined his req
sans to other motives than exp .diency or mil
itarT necessity: but they wanted to see the
Grand tact tbat siayerJ was being abolished.
Ihty saw good tn the fact that he Was plu:k-
Ing out tho writing OF aEes-prcjudice they
saw three miltiuus made free and given the
right to defend their freedom with the rife
and cartridge-boI. They eaw good In the
ground TO powder and blown away as dust
before the North wind. They took no
captious exception to incidents connected
with their transition fr0m sl1yefy to free
dom. Mr.. Douglass said he would not speak
TO them as eolnfcd men, but as meu amocg
glory In the common interests Of the country
as other mtn: From this standpoint the
prospect Is bright and glorious for the futare
G!cAlnese oi the nation. In alluding to the
destn Of Ar. Lincoln, the speaker slIa that
noth.ng could have produced greater conster-
nation. Although We had not set reached
land, We might cay that we had survived the
agony Of the fierce and sanguiuaEy rebellion,
N!tn sS p!UspeGl q peace. II Hwe are Wise aud
Gsat, VA ,t 1. 70 a,stntbea oy me proud ard
~ .inotsnh uhEatS13 " s4e eoutas Alfea1J,
o1saal! a1a. ngLs ~ 3as.lse Ia nas oeen Eonnoed
.1,.s ~ Iauet ~" use eoue ouL " eon1usaon. ana
+rn,t1r. ~ a's ~ pseoaos s'or 10 eFnaoefe;
are to he Tnnishr3 I1n,,1snse m e s,eEnl1 aa.1
hccn hio;Ted ont ond sho1isbe5 faas Smsts s nas
the ncrrn fs ~, he nnf-a Cnhsss5 aua aia,. s..a
E;th 81 thc d;-;t,. - ~ A.,sa ano stoana .I!
iAnn1ause m m The noor w w,, ~ ~ n ezh' aoze,
Wiz iare feen idnTnd don.1 .,,en y, ~ 9' s9ut'
nrassed hr X. .i.pahniaao. o"u upo1 ~ ana up.
fitted nm f1orn tbei, sorfs1 ~ T nn1i.;.. ~ W
basement Tencefn7th 1he1e .hnni5 1a ". ta
Enrth ~ ao,,th ~ 80 ~ o. Eu 70 ~
scsn no3Is,cs I'M i .hnn'5 s hs "Ess n ARe5
ior III. We shall Sind as n navsr amon1 y! ~
the nations Of the E0rth. The iecfrrer r3fn
tur.d glowing future for our country. md