, 1865-11-29
LECTURE sY aEaRlr sSirE.
His Advocacy of tAe Political Equality
Of t&e B1aeks,


Of tAe Blacks,
Hon. Gentt Smith delivered, last evening. al
Smith Etxou's Hal, another public Lecture The
extreme unp1easaotness Of fhs weather initiated
strongly nczjnst The Attendance, bat ~ the Ieaure
vas fee, The body Of tbs hall was well filed and
cosple of dozens Of persons Wcze seated in tbe E.
le1y. The proportion Of ladiss present N. re-
msrkahly email Al nesrly eight O'Clock. Ar.
received with = round OF he4t4y appls1so, Judse
mnkz, tpeaktne Q! hin ~ one oi she Eadels Of
counlfg-ssn czator, statestnan and phnxnth1op,st"
Nj. Smith, tn opening his Lecture, renewed bis
6 sSsa ees is 1s a. REBELLION :hsn
i would 81. down IN blood. ne hsd thea argued
that 60 bisek crime a. thst runst Be short hred,
the inst year OF the war, he sa,d he farther predict
sl.vc would be vtctoTioat- The following Is a
The South might have achieved her tndepen.
Ssnce d she "a ben % Wiling to give up slayery;
seqnently iort BOIL. Yet lie NostA w ~as
very SLOW IN the work Of emancipation and
ltrea, md thousands Of millions OF doliasa. The
exeuse sas made that the people wcte not ready for
this great step, but It wa. unjust for men are a.
The son.h been a. ttpd as lie North VI. slow. she
would have won her Independence The GoveSn-
saek md de sna; ded e aaias. Tas1 Fo1t suisy ss1s
should have been answered By proclamation OF
emancipation. Those two p.edicnans nade BY he
speaker, had been srst:..!.n.ed hS history, ind be
would now make another. that this nation would
be buried m ru1n If 1t pursued Its old theory and
attempted te shnt the negro ont from bis rights "a
freeman. Fortunately, g enable MS 10 understand
what i to be the policy Of the Government We have
the Governmental defence OF f1s course reesrd-
.ne the omission 10 require the rebel States Ia
their reconstIuction to recognize the rights Of tho
Sewnrd'e Auburn speech, IN which he defends III
policy Of the Government; frzt on the ground TINT
md r. 9 1fs i6 snsa
requirement would be useless There are Two
Parties IN thts count1y, ONE who hold that the rebel
as sta1ss x II 3,o5 ,,h5oTng @ away the Constitution threw
rebel States are ttn, 10 all intcnta and purposas
constitutional States q the Union: and with Ills
a!ep pity ~ ~ Seward has eonneoed htnfs In bis
the Government has The right To- pnt down rebellion.
hut moi to declare WEI agaanst our own people; buf
So % 70 beaSn WEE fcssSoa tsas n
revolution acquires snch magnitude a. 10 thyesten
t4e hfs Of .he nation. It is which ri.es abo5e
have night appeal to higher law that Of pell.
9 S.aie eaa Mag,ls a,s1sEsEd md cas. asds all her
other r1ehts under that eame Constltuton-and ne
must in dealing With The case. IN ordering the r.
cAAk HlL&l0u VI Tue E0Ul0EIu GI4tE4, TO in INCH
away is to e*ablish The precedent Tia. d State
must expect to resign all her other z!zh,s as cau.
hdtutional sate when she throws nway the Const1.
tution. The South whenever she may hive tiyht
to rcvoluuonl,e may fsht us with entire frcdorn
froSn ul constitutional restraints but II VIC ahalI de-.
cde that ehe hhs no right 10 rcvplution,ze we ccf-
on. regard to oconstitutton.i restraints. Government
had perfect right TO regard them a. no longer
s%onstisS.ionally % % States. and as what t might
t1on,o doom them to lie waste They forfeited the.
claim TO be considered constitutional States. when
tnsf ss e5essaed DID he .w q he
To this point the Eolth went. and the law OF var
hsd to be applied Ill over the South, and the cos.
inshtuted At the South without recognition Of this
setel Suites should have representation IN Con
admit them. It IL alleged BY rosae thst Gosern.
ment might as well make this requirement OF the
loyal The rebel States but this Is al error Be-
tution and the latter under The lasy OF war. What
bad our State governments done before the rebei.
lion 10 Promote universal political eanalityl
in kew York and Pcnnsylvania, disrranchisias
the negro. and escn, since the rcoel1on,
p's ss & dens 1 es esss M II
md If The question were LEFT 10 the people Of the
North. The verdict wonld be taat Connecucut hsd
neeo,a VII range themselves On The side Of poan-
cnl equality among all men. Nj. Seward proposes
BY eome plan Of reconciliation 10 pass lhe constItu-
Of the slavery p5asm hi instead Of resu Of F
cuuciliatipn 1t seems 1atheT that Of coetcon. It
has been esEuueorsfy sid that the var MIS- a con-
true There has been 10 risnlry between them, but
It nfs ocen struggle to keep The negro under the
heel Of the opp1esaor. Ems there ever been nation
the earth that stood in loathsome attitude.
And how hun,inattns is Ar. Scw1ras sttempt
to a1gne for hcr = Glosions future fsnm a
baee and cullty past. II out future il to be Of
| Ytpf4 nj h the hSpt9Rf that
have DO tutute, that we should be buried now. Bat
| Mr. scaasd u cnundeni Of our future glory and
dontstnc. 1t ie weak In one full Of tact and wis
dom he, to natter himself and the nation, that
the whites Of the South, having exclusive political
equality. We do not do 80 1t the North, md Vt
cannot allow that the Southern whites are better
| than the Northern.
This milton will surely perish + 1. p.rsst in this
md rights oi manhood. and put him un5er lie heei
Sea1y op1denss oi which We 70 aot now dses1 s1n L
vile race unay become active md terrible, and W
side an aseug1ng aud terrible God who ia not with
their oppression This war has already commenced
IT. sSah IT, my ass 5,ss
avense themselves. When they r1se in war IL etll
not be me.elL to asenee present wrongs, but long
i Il ve15 essential to h,ppnees that QUE
may be answered. No. not u The right Of
outrage is IN friendly bands: bul the
even woF.e lot THIN he was before the abolition Of
property wosth little when all the political pow
er IL aeaIns, him. and hir Hghts and testimony will
be bu, contemplate tarce the powcr Of appoint
irc Judges md jurors le!t in the hands Of his
enemies. It IL aleo sald that the negro must rst
be edted and then will ret the ballot; bat thtA Is
deception lcg7o never will be educated unul
| be gels The ballot
II II asked. who IL the negro that We should thus
| treat hmt He is onr brother, child Of tn. .sne
Father, and in day Of h,gh=T civilization 1t viii
moi be strnnEc II the pre- emnence AIMING Ii. raacs
ts accorded 10 The African. tor he L. patient gcutle
1EecticnAte and long suffering. and his intellect
l only needs Development he hae donc us nothing
but good, xhie We have done hin rolhlng hat
torture, and he has IN turn ssred onr national life.
| II ne continue this injustice to him, comhlned
With the base ing1autnde for the good he has done
us, ne may well expect II to work our moral and
1 physical Ynu-*e may expect to Ea0 hy onr oHu.tn-
| Iqufty. Yet nc arc taking NO steps to redeem our
| evil conrre toward the negro, have no real
/ determination TO work his freedom. A
| nation 20 oppre' give and unjust must b1cak mp
1t will neither keep fa1th with man nor God, and
by her dagznt breaches OF fifth Will involve her
I selt in ruinous wars with foreign powers, will
| fcpudiadon finds apooSis and ue can not ex-
pe gratitude TO the lenders Of our national finds
10 preserve our national honor If ve havr not erati
tude totsRrd our saviours-the black men. This
national debt will cyeT be REGARDED with hatred by
The whites of the Sou1h, who Will look upon 1t as
The re1nemhrnnccr Of their subjuEatton. while The
black man will lose It ns the pF1ca Of his liberty,