Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1865-02-14
MASS MEETING AT THE AFRICAN
cuupcu-ADDI rIONAL DETAILS.


lass meeting held in the African Church on
We give .oms additional detail.
,-dsy. When the msstipg was rsorganls'd
t ! o'olcck at night, Mr.. Ssmmss, OF h'uisi
.pa, delivered very spirit''tirring and srgu'
nontative address. When he had COL cludsd'
,.nasor R. NJ. T. Hunter INTRODUCED to the
meeting Senator Gustavus A. Henry, Of T,n-
,s,s.s. We givs the following IS q rude
sketch Of
SENATOR @ A. HIHnY's sPaEcn.
Mr.. lI.nry Said: Ladies and gsntlomaa,
think haYt been tho worst treated me-" n
tue hous,. l had been mentioned SIS oce OF
The speakers on this occasion. First, hoHe'
er, Mr. Sheffsy came forward and picked up
nsarly oil the topics which / had saloctsd 70
speak upon. NoIt came tho Secretary oil
Sla.e, between whom and myself the moss
friendly relations had always existed, tn!n
gathered up oil of tho balance; seeing WHOM.
in the midst Of tho applause which greeted
him, took Light through tina. window, with
the exclamation "Savc me from my lriendB."
(App!ausr.l
| am here, however, to sdvCcs:e, as l have
.ysr d ne, and over will do, tho right of those
S:u,os 10 uelf.goyernmsnt-tho right OF those
States to defend their sovereignty against
Abraham Lincoln. And after having tean
aossveL in war four ysars in dcfonco Of this
doctrine, feel moro like fighting low than
d5J Al the oommencemen ut Of the contest. Yss,
fellow citiz ,ns, We have met here to day tt
renew tho discrimination to defend our liher'
tics; on there is nothing in tho prospecs oe-
lore Us 10 discourage u. There is nothlhR IN
our situation like tho revorses which bs.sf
tho march Of GsDeral Washington dnriug shs
Revolutionary war. Wien Washington was
rstrsating through tho Je'soya thsre ware
many fa;nt-hoartsd people in thai seos,Hn =
Not m0re'than ono hundred recruits J,i6ei
his aru,y. Tho rich held back to raso their
pro " End 10 many oasos took sides With
tao enemy. Tho enemy, however, took PCS
session of the Jerseys'and put th" ncrews OF
the people The result wac thai the rniddl.
classes tiookod to Wsshington's bnnnor J..
there anything hero like the ssVersts which
Washington had to encounter? New YORK
philadelphia and Savannah had been Gap
tirsd. Then the battle Of Guillord, in North
Carolina, was fought. And, fellow-1islzsns
lot Sherman dare to como through the ole
North S ate, he will find tar enough the-e Il
stick him fast. (Appiause.) Though mol
born in North ca, o!inf, i Ga m to be relative
| was born in Tennessee; Tennessee ia IN.
daughter of North Csrolins, consequently
an 9 grandson Of the Old North Slate
(ApplSuse.)
There i, another branch Of the subject or
which ! had intended t. spsak tonight. Oul
ancestors went 20 wsr about the stamp sct
TITO war progressed two yeR,B. Lord Nortt
then broush: for Satd q proposition, by Shict
Parliament agreed to pay ali the tau imposed
upon our anr es o-s. ia order to bring back th'
Col Mics to Great Britain,
Our ancestors, however, determined tha
they would agree to no treaty, and make M
ts,;ns unless Great Biitain would withdraw
her armies. Our ancestors did not then know
what Great Britain knew, that France hsc
sgresd to aid Us. Lot IA nov, in the prssen
oris 8, exhibit tho o. ursgs which then actuatst
the conduct of our ancestors. (Applsuss)
/. was right that commissioners wore sen
to moot Lincoln and Seward. Yet Liuoolr
could not condsacend 10 entertain cOmn,is
sionsrs coming from this oountry-a country
the people Of which are descended from ih'
AuglO-Saxon, tho Oelt, the French-and ora
a. last tho equals Of the Northern inaane.
who sock to enslnvs us, ard prefer to cali Vi
robels-thst country which owes It's very ex
istenos 10 rebellion. Our ancestors had smell
cause COR WGr. The tax sousht TO DO imposed
90 them vas noshing--but they Tough. fox .
principle they determined to perbcsere un.i
ind ,pendercs was obtained. NJ rsocn.trno
ton was thought of or desired. They planted
their fStt upon the principle Of independence
they determined to fight, and they gained in
Dependence (Applsuse.) They were unit.d
as ono man in defence of their hb,rty, AID
followed tho advice of him, who spske q, yol
man spsko before, when exalaiming, give
ma liberty or giys me DEATH Applause.
Fellow-oiiiEens: If suoh thing be possible
wbiah do not bslisye, and we arc conquered
in this III =. thCn no people that Over existed
its rsys upon the earth, ever have suffered
DO visited upon us by this Yankee na;i5n.
Oar ancestors fough s against tbs tex upon
tos. Bu! what do wr see is tho oondult OF our
opposing Ssate-when no voics is heard, they
pass law striking down and seeking to render
valuelsss atoae fell swoop milliono OF Southern
properly. Aud no voice is heard in oondemna-
tioa o. this tyrsnnioal, unconstitutional sat.
sly blojd boils ht tho very contemplation OF
sauh tyranny At the hsads Of saoh an aniusl
"a Abraham Lincoln. A1d in the e7oos Of
our being conquered. who arc the people that
We ehs!l bs governed bs2 Either tho Yam.
kss or the negro. We'll have thought Of
this-and prefer being governed By the
negro-in making my choice oan come to 10
other conclusion. And shsli We como to sach
dcs.iuyf No; If We arc tru, to ourselves
such destiny can nsver be ours. We have
within our borders thirteen States, which will
nevsr permit as to be >hs h.wsra Of wood or
drawers Of water to such people. By.tha
last census, frd tho population Of these Is
Ssates to DO .460. COO; suppose we c1traas
from this number one million of men to csrry
on tho war; We still have AGO, 600 men to gus,
tain the forces i'll the field; and th.se are
enough to meet any force that our enemy can
bring against us. If We bring this force into
the contest We can easily beat back the hire
ling horde that is seeking cur overthrow.
But suppose these calculations all fail; shall
we yet submit when We have another element
that can be brought to our aid All the pep.
pie and tho property Of any country may be
brought to defend that country. When q city
is besi.g,d al within its gates can be brought
to defend il. When We have 6 population
thai can be used 10 our dafsnos, I, foe one,
will call forward that population to ward of
tyranny and oppression. If the negro oan be
used to secure independence, / shall not he,i
tate shout bringing him forward for tho pur.
pose. II, with his aid, can orsrpowsr my
adversary, shall not BE- 40 fsstidious as to
refuse that aid indsed, shall be willing to
seek tbs aid. remember on one occasion
when, in difficulty with much stputsr and
stronger man than myself, and ra.bsr hard
pressed too, upon tho occasion, rsosiv.avsry
material aid from ono of my egroes. did
not feel indignant at it, did not r,j %. it then
- in fact felt rather rejoiosd-snd would
not reject such al! iu tho present crisis cf our
Affairs. would whip tho Yankees with the
e.g.o If o,uid not do 50 with the white nan.
Bnt sons say the negro will MT fight for ua
Why notf Djn's no fight on tho other side
" oompulslon9 Certainly he docs, and he
Pill also fight on our side. The negro has
coal attachments which bind him to tho place
f hia birth be likes the log cabin in which
lives. snd also the little patch Of ground