The New York herald., 1865-05-13
The Anti-Slavery Society In
Cooper Institute.
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SPEECH BIZ WENDELL PHILLIPS.
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Land and tho Ballot for tho
Negro.
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Jen. Davis Not to be Hung on .
Sour Apple Tree."
The Stone Which the Builders
Rejected.
w &C., 30, SO.

Ane A""oAvory society neid meeting q the Cooper
Institute last evening, tho attendance which filled
every parvof the spacious lecture Negro suffrage
was tho subject discussed oil tho stronger Arguments in
favor Of which, as advanced by the speakors, were
loudly applauded The meeting being called to order,
Mr.. WENDELL PmlIlrs came forward amid applause.
and proceeded 70 address the audience. He sad:
i7Ss the question OF individual liberty had received the
ACTIVITY OF war as much in the present time In 1850
Massachusetts, had liberated her slaves The other New
England states and New Yook looked this result Mary
land, through Pnckney, looked forward 70 the same
result Virginia. head OF the slave States was quescent
under the rule Of Marshall White Jefferson and
Madison, and these great all friends TO abo-
htionism South Carolina and Georgia had taken no
action What sky could be brighter Beneath tho
yessy waves OF the Revolution tho sky above glow
Ing with the efiuIgence OF those eminent men, But
as Napoleon said, fifteen minutes decides the
victory. In these fifteen minutes our fathers
slept, and South Carolina took advantage OF
IT, with little seed OF cotton to SOW widespread the seeds
Of slavery. With that lesson before them we required
vigilance 10 see that by mistake Of any kind this
vest SO costly should not be fully roaped This years
work will be far ahead OF anything the nation ever did
before but that was not the question. The question
was will this difference Of blood be aenated from
our creeds (Appase Tho question that pressed upon
the conscience OF the Anti Slavery Society wipe
from every statute book In the States the word white
(Applause little time ago II thought that slavery
was stronger than and branch OF the society
changed front and determined that the constitution must
DC asaiied The war came and God dashed the system
TO pecos by the hunderbolts Of battle The other side
OF the line the people subdued not convinced II
front against ths Union wss Convinced 'NDo now
II will take whole generation 70 make the South sub
missiye to the change. No reasonable man expect
thar the Southern white men, mass, will cord ally
accept the change. We cannot indict State and we
cannot take vengeance the section have subdued
Our safety does not e In the determination these mon
III o
insect that troubled him he would not crush the
sect bul putting out OF The window he said shero
Is room enough In the world poor thing for thee and
me.n His philosophy was, that while desired be
guarded against The sin OF wicked men, his prayer
little OF little account for they have no influence
and no example. II was the mistakes Of those whom
find that there recognition for negro
suffrage. Mr. Summer on this question nnled round him
only Of his party joined him. With this force he man.
assdmhonorably, sagaciousIy, brayely patriotcally
admission Of Louisiana into the Union with her on
the rghts OF the negro Senator Truinbui said that
fun vote could be upon It. He know too we'll the
great good that arose from State sovereignty W debar the
coming generations Of that soyerognt,, This
showed that fathers trusted degree oreigny to
the States which not admissible " the life
(Appause It H. not states rights but rs the degree
this war is-and that Is my text this evening; tho
nnal triumph for the security Of the negro means
snst .hers suAi De An aeu.ions inter placed on state
brought under the control Of the nation. It IL a
singular fact that unlike all other nations Ibis nation
c,t;zsn Ths s,sa, Sos,s ~ "nr , on,,eu I'LL
is yet unsettled. We will not have parchment liberty
they had pledred their l,yes IshaII th cc
my life not only Gy used but hitherto sacredly pledged
long years aco-plcdgcd not only by actual words bn, in
spr and purpose 10 the accosplishment Of that end
And shall never relax my advocacy OF the question Of
race and the distinction OF The negro iii sa ribed
in tho conatitr,tion tho amepament No 81 s,e ha,,
make sny distinction n civil privileges among thc peonc
born on her soi OF parents permanent,v rsSen, y, %
couut Of rsce color or drscent Tjnan;mnns and lon.
coptInued appIause Our duty 10 dav IS ,o nnnorncs
our purpose-al least gaanty TO strugge,hst no sate
dali come back into the Union unless che b,nes Lack
a cosstjtuton Thai knows no distinctiop Of race
or color Ji.rolonred appausc) NV idea s thai n we
next we will be able 10 create ruch or
public purpose as will embodep one pary or The oibc,
% risk 'ie or death on the decision of this question
Of 'UI os0, i. q s es %
the fullet ex,ent the danger winch STATE righ,a bear m
the safety OF the Union rosdept Johnson is to day our
natural leader and perbas the of that
question President Johns,n has brl one ssson viii
not say 10 learn for belev. he has learned thu, he
has but one uternnce 10 b. jslled In maxi 10 author
lie us 10 consider him the fully trusted the needessto
President Joluson fully re,orni, thc necesilv of cali
inc the negro to the gre.s arena or civil
ne az ihs ss @ suuranies s ana Ioad Of the Union
become the head OF the corner God has rebuked Tie
seGshnees and the fooshpess OF man by putting the
salyst,on OF The mon in his hspds fAnpIsnse And
To- morrow the Union survives the critical era through
which 4, IL passing and sans upon batevop sess the
winds that All er sais will be the and prayer
of the black race sent up TO Heaven m grtds for It's
protection Our fathers would gladly bsy. this
race this say OF thai idea: that II In the
future before then, tho four millions OF black men IN the
South cannot os ermastcr the former three hundred
thousand avoowners OF the south then they deserve
TO be exported (Applause and lsurhterl hold most
slnguIar opinion Ii Is that I prefer Robsrt Small 70
Robert Toombs. loud sppiaase) will undertake 10
show TO President the way by which eli diniculty
between the white and the black can he re moved. I
Will chow him that IL he gives the black man bao, TO-
day aud forty acres OF land ~. morrow the b,st
democrat in south Carolina will ask him 70 dine
with him the day after Appisuse and laughterl And
II this does not convince The President viii tell him
that the race end the hearts which rallied 10 the safety
Of the nation which contributed 30 much to its sae
" this war is the BY which country TO DO
saved in the future, and not by others. tApplsiscl
Mr. Philips concluding annouuced that two pesons
the platform had pat hundred dollars In aid Of
tho agitation Tor negro suffrage. tAppNuse.)
Mr. Grow,H TsonlsoS followed and in brief speech
s<iyoc n. .d The claims of he uevro to sudr.Se