Cleveland daily leader. [volume] ([Cleveland, Ohio]) 1865-1873, 1865-11-09
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VIZ. LLOYD GARRISoNs LECruREs+The nj
teenth annual course of lectures before the
CevelandDa library Association was iiaugn-
rated last evening by William Lloyd Garri-
son, who delivered a lengthy discourse on
aThe Past, Present and Future of Our Coun-
Try" As was anticipated, the distinguished
man drew a tremendous house to Brainard's
Hall. Every seat was occupied, and all the
standing room taken. The lecture consum-
ed an hour and a half in ifs' delivery, but
the speaker engaged the attention Of the au-
dience to the last. He INDUCED in many
pleasant personalities and "reminiscences
and the lecture was, from first
to last descriptive rather than di-
dactic. Now and then came a fash
of irony,s fiery sarcasm, aud bolt of iEdie.
nation but a high moral tone peryaded the
greater part of the discourse. The triumph
of correct principles, the grand transforms
ton, which, after a generation Of agitation,
have made the last four years famous in our
annals, were recognized as Gods, not mans.
work. In the North, he said, liberty has
| always been held as an abstraction or SEN
| timent it was not a principle with us. We
inherited il, and it had be en- a simple tradi-
ton. But God has wrough l. and overturned,
and educated the popular conscience, and
prepared US to meet the shock of rebellion,
and through Hin the North conquered the
South and superseded,,her base social system
with our nobler civilization. "'i'a77 f4d'' 81
The speaker dwelt at length upon the past
and present aspects of affairs, and spoke of
the awful responsibility resting on the next
Con gress. In his opinion the Southern
States should not at present be received
bae k into the Union. Conquered, but not
broken in spirit ard pride, it is not in the
nature of the human mind that they can
be trusted, now or for a term of years, with
seli-government or participation in the gem
eral government. They should be tutored.
Meanwhile encourage Northern capital and
labor and genius to go South, and settle, and
invest, and operate there. The inter-blend-
ing of social and commercial interests and
elements would in the course of time de-
velop a thoroughly loyal sentiment and
spirit in the Southern masses, and future
tranquility be secured and ensured by such
homogeneity.
He affirmed that the great work now to
be done is, to ~enlighten and educate the
rank and file of the Southern people, pro-
tect and aid the freedmen in their new
estate and efforts at melioration, and,
as tending To this latter result, to extirpate
the silly prejudice to color, which testers in
the public mind and heart. Manhood is to
lie recognized for what it is; its essence is
tOJbe considered, and not the mere accidents
of complexion and form which the man
may have. Affirming that prejudice to
color is a mere delusion, he illustrated its
truth by the statement that it did not exist
in the South so long as The blacks were
slaves 1t did not prevent the slave trade
it did not prevent that wholesale amalgama-
ton in the slaveholding States, where the
original blacks were not only cheated out
of their freedom, but of their complexion
it does not exist in England, Scotland, Ire
land and Wales, or in any European State.
He concluded by drawing encouragement
from the cheering news from the States in
which elections were recently held, and on
resuming his seat was loudly a~pplauded.
report of the proceedings of the Police
Court for the month of October, 1865:
70 the Common Council: