, 1865-05-25

Wien ttat other question arose-"Shali r.
put aims mic the hands Of the black mun =
GeSer donotea The proper answcs. Il VI
maize them irccnen, aud tue defense Of the,
freedom Is The dcfeu.e OF this nation. who's,
duty is y to Eear aE1ns, G not theirss Who's,
duty is 1t to takeparl il the struggle how f.
tttcdom as we'll 'as fer uni n, If not the1
duly? And hos, can re expect to suecee.
IL NC, do not nsnn ou. se17eb Of thai
IS created foF rs by the cifcum stance;
under whse1 It is Wagedf Wheu tho GOV
eminent. therefore, nude up Its mind to col
the black man to the Geld, / felt that It bad
not done It one moment too soon, but greal
many days too late. Dnt now the cn>o1eh
nan tasbospe his full proper sha,o in the
great struggle. # any body has made sacfI.
nees he has nsade them. Il anybody has
Suffered extreme III he has suffered It and
the Victory being WOE, and freedom and
Union beng secured, who has better right
= gu be TO pdt tticfpatc in the fruits of boih
~ E'm1 IS because think It just and right
af 9atious, Sc veil as Of individuals cor Is
~ doing justice: T believe In thu trnslr Of
thai psstase of Scripture ThIch says that he
lat wa'kesh uprisht!y,: walketh surely.
1hat man or that nation linking Ills OF its nc-
Nn With truth and }ustlee, relying upon the
eafe}y ard tfiumphautiJ. it'may be that
great struggles have to be, gone through,
great trials 10 be mal1e, great martysdpp,s 10
be eIdured. The war has seen multituilcs Of
martJrs-last and .noblest Of them al, that
great martyr, our Beloved President, struck
aoHn 6y tho hand Of the assnsslu. So
marfyrdoHls mar Jet be needed butout of all
| your triais the issue is sure. Ihnye said the
| victory is won. The ar1nies OF the 1vbellIon
! are disbanded, peace returns, and peace brings
| Will It It's dut!es- a great race, numbering
four millions, Is suddenly brought into free.
ocm. al Inc world ls looking TO Gee wleth-
er Ike prophecies Of the enemies Of that race
! Will ht lulailed or falslGed. Itrcsts pon the
Ntn ofthat faee to tell. They say that rou
~Al be aisoidesly, fhitt1ess, lazy; that you
viii sfalFe Inther than work; that wages
cannot tempt you to work that you viii &C.
come thievish vagnbonds. So rour enemies
not your enemies seriously fear. 1t Is for ypn
to shor whether 1t will be 10 or not. Ydu
nec4 not 10 the mtnnt'me be Particularly
anxious what people say about you. Show
That y6u will to honest, temperate, inIu.tri-
Gus and faithful III your employmenis; that
you arc ready to do honest work for honest
wages; be economical, lay up q portion OF ev-
cry days or every months earnlng In some
saF,bgs bank for yourselves and ta1st}y for q
rainy day. Do everything In your power to
tncsease the products Of the coun-
try; doing this with Ill your might
cttdlt upon 1hose who have been yorr
friends. Gcd forbid that before die shnli
bs obliged 10 hang my head and say, I ex.
pecttd a grea. deal Of this people, bsitered
them TO b. honest, industrious aud orderly,
and find lave been mistaken that they
allowed miserable prejudice 10 grow up
among them; That they permitted themselves
70 be controlled ly yiudictiTcness Of fecl,ng;
that t4ey are unwilling To labor for their
LIVING: For, after all, labor nust ba the car
diaai law Of cur lives. was, myself, West.
esn beg, aud In the log cabins Of the West We
iascd. Wu had very little capital, nothing 10
20 upon but our own good viii, patlent hearts
and Tree school education, which, thapk God,
this country gaSe to all her white children,
ard Is now gong TO give to all her blacks wao
'1llsake It,. We'll, upon snch capital We
You can, DO the same thing Il you will 70 e.
work In the same way, Bat II you spentf
your time in irettirg because this or that
white man has het'ee tin. than You have
Of more advantages, and take short cuts to
what, 5ou may think suceeas, 5oa will
IL the end, 10 very sadly disappoint.
faithfully the iesuit will be glorious.
Let the soldier fight well, let the preacher
preach veil. let the carpenter shove bis plane
With oil his might, and the planter put Ia aud
ghthtr III as much corn or cotton aa he can--
working for fair wages. and. as he gets able,
to hi1e oaatss, paying them fair wages, too.
Nov, as to the elective franchise, Major De-
laney has said that he heard me say In the
ball Of tha House Of Representatives al
Washington, that ikueW no renson why the
hands that laid doRn the bayonet might not
take. up the ballot. II he had listened to ma
twenty yeats ago ID the city Of Cincinnati, be
might haVe beard mo say substantially the
same thing. Dut the coiorcd mau sild IT
get the elective franchise because seid it
thtn. Quite possibly he nay not now. Ger
{a'n'f, however, eFe0ts hare progressed re-
Inarkabls In that direction. II everybody In
this city saw things exactly "a sce them, If
uhey telt as feel: that 1t would be desirable
o. account OF the general interests, that ]
.ights before the law in the elective
franchise - ID everything else, IT would
co1le TO you very soon. But there IL not
that agree mcnt. Having nothing 10 do with
politics, am not prepared to say what wall
oe Lie action of the Government. am no
know That It. i pr pared to Do. viii only
sag this: belleTe thsrs 1s not 1uembsr f3f /!
the GoAetnment who would not be pleased |
to see universal snf1tage. But am not ready |
to Eay that The Government WILL row eetaG. /
5.sh universal suffrage. This do not know.
II son ere patient, aud constantly show BY |
your acts that you merit the right Of suffrage,
then Jon can be safely trusted with It. Tlst
In ytur hands It Will be On ,he side OF order
AID liberty and education, reasoning upon
G. neial principles. can ssfely say you win |
yet The elective franchise In very short Do.
[5ea. ttnst It Wal not and Jou unprepartd
But respect yourselves and respect The rights
of al, and do Tour very best to fho4 ttat |
Jon arr, each a.d al Of fou, worthy to have
1t. fGa cannot Eet 1t by threats or mis5cha-
sior. You cnn get It by patience aud pcrsc-
yetanee IL well doing. Nov, II the Govern
1tas Of TIE United States, taking every thing
TO en1oll the co1ortd d men as citizens aud 70.
about IL think not. II we were aAa IN "Uy yoag
tase, would 70 to work and SHOW
that The United States GeYeynmeut
res = mistaken In making the decay.
I think It Is The best p;an for a1i
MN, white and biack, that every man who
. honest sud Of due age shall have tbs right
# suffrage. Having It he will RESPECT
1irnstb tne more, wlll do moro productive
aoor, snd will addmors wealth to the com.
nuntty. he wia receive tho respect Of hts
zen Is always great. But Il the Government |
htnk d Geiently and circumstances delay its
lcti6n, advise ron to be patient, calm and
ndnstt!ons This is about all hare to say
o you. When man has been faithful In tue |
lolest Performance ofhis duty, hsis Thought
settt! " II nucIeeb A+tt4u uiIH III LR!6 world.
3ut tt 20 happens; In the Providence Of
iodt that these material results do nat fol.
oN that performance, still he carries In bis t !
I'VE mind the consciousness that he has tried !
o Do what is right In the elght Of God, ren-
e1ng ito eYelyboay bis due. contributing
II be can 10 The general happiness and In. .
'roFement, ditnk1ug as much enjoyment and =
7hch he is the center; with that conscious
@s be goes through LIE t'happy as King, z
lough be may not bethe king" ends 1t ii :
licity, md goes Whefo there is an end to all
,cte cont. oye1sies, beeapse there Is but ono
cd ind one Father. before whom au chill
'en urc equaL =,
0EsKzA1 aAx7os's srREcA u
Mujor General sl1ton followed the Chief =
lstIce, and said that 30, 600 colorsd people ~ "
&c already located On farms In this depart -
ent. He referred to the murder Of the Pees- t
cnt, declaring that he had been murdered | Il
slavery, He died martyr. He then said: II
But would not hare The co1orcd men hero e,
thout voice In that re Organization. You IT
ast ask for that voice, When our natiou e
la In trouble, 1t called on the stout arms "
d loyal hearts Of the colorcd men To help e'
EN- In this var and you bare had IN ots- 81
rtunit5 to fight under the stars and stripes, te
der that glorious emblem Of liberty. Cot [ n.
Cd men have borne II In triumph over many te
bloody field, and hare achieved honor for e1
emsclves. want the colored men IN this
psrtmcut to petition the President Of The | x
lifted States and Congress for the right to .,
ercfse the elective ttsnchise-the light to sr
te for those who arc to 1u'e over a. a.
IN. remember #hen was boy read ns
: In the Fape1s the story Of IN old man fe
10 had been President Of thu United | 4,
ates, and Fad retqrned To the Congress Sd