Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1865-1869, 1865-07-24
RICHMOND, Va, MONDAY MORNING, JULY "a, 1865
RICHMOND WHIG.
MONDAY MORNING. ..... JULY "a, 1865.
Policy, Fears and Feelings Of the
Radicals.
VIEWS OF SENATOR WILSON AND
WENDELL PHILLIPS.

The following is an extract from speech de.
livered at negro celebration of the 9TH Of July
at Washington:
want the South to understand that their
black code and their black laws, and all they
have done TO hold men in slavery. were abolished
forever with slavery itself and seTre here 10.
day notice Ipo'; then. that hare prepared G bill,
which intend 10 introduce. too, on the frat day
Of the next Congress, for The personal liberty Of
every freedman On this continent; and want
them TO understand that belong to a body ofmen
1pho are accustomed to sleep on the field If rieso.
Ty-a class OF men who accept the doctrines OF
the New Testament who accept as the living
faith OF tho North American Republic the Decla'
ration OF Independence-a class OF men who 70.
present the principles If liberty. Of humanity, OF
justice, and set Of men tcho never yers and nerer
can be defeated. (Cheers) In our ears the words.
the touching words, OF Abraham Lincoln
run forever, that tie black man may, in some
the family Of freedom. Mr. Wilson then reviewed
the various political parties with which be had
been connected at various times, but from which
be had broke when they ceas to carry the
standard Of progress 10 the height he thought 1t
should CO. unil at last, said he, after four years
of bloody struggle have seen slavery wiped out
Of ths country, from Canada to Mexico. Now
tell you to-day that, casting party obligations
aside, We stand on the eternal principle of right;
have sworn TO stand there to tho end Of the chap.
ter and so long as there Is right not secured, or
q wrong unredressed these r1tr ere ready. and
l0iU build Up and pull do,5T at hsir pleasure
And | say 20 ynu that ninety five out Of every
hundred of the men who, In November last, voted
10 put Abraham Lincoln-0od bless his name
In the presidential chair, are standing to-day
shoulder TO shoulder, determined to protect the
freedmen OF America. Nothing 10 more sublime
than the record Of the black man in this struggle.
They have stood by our brave soldiers and sailors
in the thickest fights; they have guided them
against the enemy; they have stood by our
men when fugitiyes from starving prisons
and given them food. They have stood
by the country faithfully in the hour of
trial, and the country will stand By them
lood, good f" and applause). II Is said II they
possessed the night of suffrage they would vote
as their former masters dictated TO them. II there
ever was an utterspce that had not the semblance
of truth in II, that Is II. believe If the Govern.
ment had told the rebels when it forced them 10
lay down their arms that they must do justice to
the negro and give him his franchise, they would
gladly have done II; but | am not hero to find
fault with the Government, and shall keep my
faith Ia 1t until 1t is broken. And | believe the
President of the United States, who told the
black man in the capital Of his own Tennessee
that, II no else would, he would be the Noses and
DO to them Nhat A. Lincoln would have been TO
them had he lived to carry out his great aud glo.
rious principles. understand they say they hold
them 10 understand that ca act of Congress pro.
hbta them from holding offices under the Gov.
trnment, and until justice Ia done to the negro
those gentlemen will 60 minus the Offices. Par.
dons won't give them 10 them. | am IN favor Of
compromises generally; but We may accept as a
compromise justice to the negro.
The following letter from Wendell Phillips OK.
plains itself:
From the Antlslavery Standard, July g.
To the Editor Of the Standard:
Let me call your attention and that of the
country to the danger pointed out in the follow.
ing extract from the letter OF an acute and yigi'
liant friend:
president johnson Is rapidly issuing procls-
nations for the reorganzl alton of the reoe states.
The Governors appointed are old politicians, WI o
know all the ropes. Is 10 not their design and
will they not be able, before next December, 20
mako ali their now constitutions and elect new
Governors and full congressional delegations p
Then what Is TO prevent those States from pre-
senting themselves, fully accredited, on the floor
OF the new Congress, and participating in its or.
ganization They will claim, as President John
son les that their States have never bsen out Of
the Uniyn; that the Government declares las 1t
Will he rebellion suppressed and military occu-
patton Withdrawn, and that they now resume
their relations with the Federal Government,
which has been only temporarily suspended. In
this claim they will be backed by the whole pow.
er Of the administration, and this is the tap to
be sprung on Us. The Clerk Of the House. you
remember, presdes until q new Speaker Is elect
ed. II he had frmaeEs enough to refuse 70 re-
ce!ye the credentials of these rebel members, and
to refuse u count their votes, this danger might
be aVeued But can we count on so much vir'
tue in any politician Wo may perhaps befhe
this plan 10 the Senate, That body being always
organized, no member Can be admitted without
the concurrence of the rest, But how long would
even the Senate stand up against the action Of
the House Of Representatives and enormous pres
sure Of every other Kind
~ believe that this attempt will be made at
the next meeting of Congress. Possibly South
Carolina might be kept out but even that 10
doubtful. | may exaggerate the importance.o OF
this matter, but that the attempt will be made
there can be no doubt"
The importance of these suggestions cannot be
oyer-estimated, and every means should be taken
to avert this peril. We have been counting on
tho possibility Of rallylng majority Of the legal
ly elected members OF Congress TO keep the mem
bers from the rebel States out OF Congress, at
least till they consented to certain conditit us
ratifying the anti-slavery amendment and other
matters. Some sangune fr ends believe they can
be pit out until they agree 10 give the negro the
right 10 vote. But, according TO this rebel plot,
the Southei members may enter Congress with
out agreeing 20 the anti-slavery amendment, or
TO any other conditions. Ouce inside the doors,
they ay take part in all the discussions and
votes affecting themselves and their cl inns, and
may checkmats the anu-slavery amendment It
self In fact our fate rests in the handa Of the
clerk of the House of Representatives.. know
nothing about him; but how few men IN the ma.
ton could be trusted TO stand firm in such post!
The whole North should be reused to guard
against this danger If the rebel STATES, In their
present mood, can, in any way, get inside Con
gress, and WELD eighty four votes there, and more
especially If they cen get there unplsdsed to any
conditions and WELD those votes, then truly, the