, 1865-10-23

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Il We arc on the verge Of doing not only an
impolltic act, but an infamous act.
I can never forget,cI nerer wish to forget,
| the long years have been permitted to s.rvc
The negro race. The poor, poor negro, who
never Jet 1eaned On the word Of white nan
without finding II broken reed, the th-e1d
;of whose fate never mingled with ours with
out painting picture OF wretched4ess, though
OF honor to him, and iuEarny to rs! Jap
p1ause.J We hide in onr heart Of hearts
the names Of men who bid the lac in closets
white men, who waited till the bright dawn
enabled them to bring 1t to the light an
the 1oya1Ist, who worshipped the fag in the
darkest hour In the markct-place stood With
open hands full Of welcome for the 1oyalist
and northerner, and died in the face Of day
for bis patriotism. Have you no considcra-
:tion for hlms Then II not for him, for the
'Wadsworth, for Lowell, for Putnam, for
Winthrop. for shaw-(applauseEfor the men
who, like Lafayette, would hare never drawn
their swords had they not thought the hour
was come for justice-foF the braye and hap
less victories at Port Hudson, for the heroes
for them?
VIII you stand here and sec the country
Iashed By wretehcdness and inGny into
new civil war? Do you own bank share?
! warn you, rcpudiatiou is behind the Presi-
denis plan. Are you merchant, and you
count on trade, and think when the Labor
system Of the South Is finished, you will have
q crop Of cottonp Oh, no. You will have
harvest Of bloodl
San Domingo never took life to ffee her.
sell, bnt she delugcd the Island In blood
down to the granite to resist reinstatement
me negro has felt freedom, has used arms,
and no matter what the GINNING Of the white
man may tie there can be no quiet system of |
ia6or' Il you want cotton, If you Wnnt the |
debt paid, Il you want the honor Of the couu- |
w saveo, button up In your selfish pocket |
no seEcn.lnlstles At par-the negro holds his |
strangle your finances, because the Justice Of |
God makes his face the measure Of your pros
lcFity! The London Spectator says the Con- |
iedernte loan has gone up scycral dollars be- |
cause men sec In the plana Of President John |
son the certainty TINT some project will b. |
made for the assumption Of the rebel debt
Europe looks not across the ocean In thc:cTes
ofJohn Smart Aiill, and says: Beware You
tread on the very verge of national lnfamyi |
You arc about to commit suicide /" But she |
looks across the water in the eyes Of the |
Frankfort capitalist and the Confederate bond !
holder, and says: '.Hurrah for the l1zmony |
Of thirty-six States"
The southerncr, who stood by his Presi-
dent TIL he saved his life, willie the North |
deserted the negro and lett him to his fate, |
has smarter chance Of paying his debt than |
New York with all her cunning. Join hands |
In that lntamy, md as Wordsworth says, at
Kills" Wait till January-it Is accomplished /
Rise to-day to proteat-it is lille Rise to
prevent It. Speak not even In the voice OF |
our best Han-our oldest senator. The lips |
that could say even to Lincoln, IL Reconstruct
on the Declaration Of Independence, or count
me your enemy !"-thc Charles sumncr-who
nobly, gloriously uttered that defiance to tho
President In March, was not permitted to say |
m IRE at Worcester than, " Gentle
men, We may trust Congress-"
Friends, my legacy Is That you cannot trust
Congress. Nj legacy Is that vou cannot
trust Andy. johnson. My legacy is you can
not something deeper than patriotism, The
sonth Is victorious To-day, and victorious for
q dozen Yeara to cama