Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1865-07-21
power and authorit, over the black man on ,hi.

power and authority over the black man on mi.
continent has passed away forever. | want
Them TO Understand it is DESTROYED, and with il:
death the compromises Of the Federal Coustitu
ZION, the laws Of Congress, the black laws of the
late siaye States and of the free States. and all
'he political dogmas and ideas upon which the
system depended, must be numbered among the
things of the past
The Dred Scott Interpretation Of the Cous;i-
tution from the Supreme Court, under which
the negro has no political rights which white
man n bound to respect. goes with all the other
rubbish into the dumping ground Of slavery.
Immense cheering.) want them 10 understand
that their black code and their black laws and
all they have done to hold men in slavery was
abolished forever with slavery itself, and serve
here to-day notice upon them that have pre-
pared bill, which Iintend TO introduce. too,
on the hrst day Of the next Congress, for the
/ personal liberty OF every freeman on this conti-
nent, and want them 10 understand that be-
long to body Of men who are accustomed to
sleep on the field of victory-a class Of men who
accept the doctrines of the New Te.tament-who
accept as the living faith of the North Ameri-
can Republic, the Declaration of Independence.
class OF men who represent the principles Of
hoerty, OF humanity, of justice, and set Of
men who never were and never can be defeated
Nothing is more sublime than the record
OF the black man in his struggle. They
have stood by our brave soldiers and sailors
in the thickest fights. They have guided
them against the enemy They have
stood by our men when fugitiyes from starry
ing prisons and given them food. They
stood by the country faithfully in the hour
ot trial, and the country will stand by
them"
''lt is said if they possessed the right of
suffrage they would vote as their former
masters dictated to them If there ever was
an utterance that had not the scmblance of
truth in 1t, that is It, ! believe il the gov
ernment had told the rebels when 1t forced
them to lay down their arms that they must
do justice TO the negro and give him his
franchise, they would gladly have done it;
bnt am not here to find fault with the gov
ernment, and shall keep my faith in it until
1t Is roken. And believe the president of
the United States, who told the black man
in the capital Of his own Tennessee that, If
no one else would, he would he the Moses.
will be to hem what Abraham Lincoln
would have been TO them had he lived to
carry out his great and glorious principles.
understand the Southern white men saw
they hold the right of suffrage in their
hands. I want them to understand that
an act Of Congress prohibits them from hold
ing cfhces under the government, and until
justice is done to the negro those gentlemen
will 10 minus the Offices. Pardons won I
give them to them. | am not in favor of
compromises generally ; but we NAV accept
as compromise justice to the negro"
In conclusion Mr.. Wilson urged his
hearers to temperance, industry and ecomo-
my to educate themselves and their child /
rem to be an ornament and blessing to the |