Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1865-1869, 1865-09-18

The Massachusetts Republican State Con-
vention assembled here to-day and is largely
attended.
The Convention permanently organized by
electing Charles Sumner president.
SENATOR sUMNER's SPEECH.
Senator Sumner, on taking the chair, de
livered o long, prepared and printed speech,
commencing at the very outset by denouncing
the policy of the administration, declaring
that the ship of State was drifting upon the
lee shore, and that apologies or roundabout
phrases were out Of place when danger
threatens. The following arc extracts from
his speech:
EMANCIPATION NOT COMPLETE 50 LONG As THE
BLACK CODE EXISTS.
When last l addressed my fellow citizens
on public affairs, at the close Of the late Pre-
sidential election, as we were about to vote
for Abraham Lincoln and Andrew johnson,
l undertook to show the absolute identity be-
tween slavery and the rebellion, 80 hat one
could not end without the other. As / fin
ished that address | said TO friends near me,
that it was "my last anti slavery speech" L
so thought ut the time for | anticipated the
speedy downfall Of the rebellion, carrying
with it slavery. | was mistaken. Neither
the rebellion nor slavery is yet ended. The
rebellion has been disarmcd but that is all.
Slavery has been abolished in name hut that
is all As there is still quasi rebellion, so
is there still quaSi-slayery. The work Of
Liberation is not yet completed. Nor can it
be completed until the equal rights Of every
person once claimed as 4 slave are placed
upon tie safeguard of irreyersible guaran-
tees. It is not enough to strike down the
master you musL also lift up the slave. 1t is
not enough 10 declare that slavery is abolish
ed. The whole black code which is the sup
plemeat OF slavery, must give place 20 that
equality before the law which is the very es-
sence Of liberty.
DUTY OF MASSACHUSETTS,.
On this question Massachusetts has duty
to perform. Now, as In times past, her
place is in the front. You will not, | trust,
be disturbed by criticism, even il 1t become
inycctiye. Throughout the long conflict with
slavery and the earlier conflict with the
mother country, Massachusetts has become
accustomed TO hard words, and, even at q
more ancient day, as far back in colonial
history as l69l, We find an i'll tempered
critic, with Il strange tumble OF metaphors,
CRYING out against our fathers, Al! the
frame of heaYcn moves upon one axis, AID
the whole Of New England interest 3ccms
designed 10 be lOaden on one bottom and her
particular motion 10 be cJncen.ric 70 the
Massachusetts, topic. You know who are
wont to trot after the bay horse" II others
trot after the bay horse, It is simply because
Massachusetts means always o keep on tn
right road, and, by uncrring instinct, Knows
the way. Error lr eds oi.ener from Igno-
rance than from malice. Obviously, al this
moment, the great difficulty Is that people
do not see clearly what ought TO be done
Passing from this point lie dwc!t short
time on the dikes OF Holland, dikes in gene
raj. the condition of the rebel S.atea--in
winch he gave the position OF affairs Just as
the rebel armies were sugIeIderlug-and
ignored recent developments; charged tue
South with determination 20 rcpudiato the
national debt, accom- Ianed with an argu-
ment agains, the assumption Of the rebel
debt, Then came chapter on guarantees
of all kinds; then laid down what may be
termed the real creed Of his radical Jacobin
faction, under the head OF
WAYS TO OBTAIN GUARANTEES.
He asserted that time is necessary. There
must he no precipitation. Time is the gen.
tlest, but most powerful, revolutionist. Time
is the surest reiormer. Time is peace
maker. Time is necessary TO growth, and
it is an clement Of change. For thirty years
and more this wickedness was maturing.
Who can say that the same time will not be
needed now to mature the conditions of per-
manent peace? Who can say that genera
ton must not eLapse before these rebel conu,,,-
mites haze been so far changed as TO become