The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1865-10-22

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ertyl Ard when we welcomed the black mar
ohberty we welcomed him 10 the comuo-
law, 60 the modern, 20 the civilized, 20 IN,
Christian, to the nineteenth century idss o
liberty. Applause The President Of th,
United States hooks into the face Of the soi-
diers OF the Repuhlc-meu. every one o
them entitled far shove others. it wouis
seem, % naye his liberty Of the costlies
KIND OF the most exact coinags-and IN,
only thing the man finds for him is the lib
erty Of work. BUt / dc nos blame him.
/ bred IN Tennessee, he doat believe Ia The
/ negios hates chains, and hates the blach
man, equally the Yankee, and 60 cauit bu.
/ crop Qua lie is an honest man. and rpes Il
his mind No man can speak honestly ana
act that he dou't hetray himself That's
Why watched the President his actions
aud his words. That is an honest speech.
Let me turn to'it; g Work, be very indus
trious, be very economical, stick 20 vour iam-
lilies, reverence yOur wiyes, teach tnom 10 ba
chaste, be chsste yourselves, remember che
great duty resting upon vou. perform the
great husband aud wilcly duties" rLaurh-
ter. All, that is no subject of increment.
that speech-a hundred years hence the his
lorian Will hold it IN his hands AS a marvel-
6es,s g. ~ bi,tli9pl ot Whist Amcrica sst at tho
AAAaNA AaNAAAa AANAr Z. U Du-E the mas. OF
us, 50 attached % home that Ell the
dread torture Of slavery itself could never
draw them from the love Of their birth
place. The heaviest burden that hn-
manity ever hung crushed them. but
they were 80 bound 30 their birthplace that
out Of millions only o score or tsO attempt
ed 20 escape, and vet this Goverument
when It unnveted its chains, appointed q
Freedmen's Bureau, with sacacious aud al b
mirable wisdom imagining Do was uecussa
" 20 prevent them irum becoming vagranis.
Here was a race 50 attached 20 kindred that
have seen them, and SO have you, plunge
back from the North. taxing their lives in
their hands into The hell Of slavery 70 snatch
a wife or child whom they have left behind.
You have seen them besiege tho doors OF
Northern cities for the means TO do IL. Il
have known them % invest twenty wears
Of toll IA begging and Gaming the means
to redeem a wife and child. And vet when
they were freed, a Massachusetts, Major
General at the mouth Of the Mississippi,
thought il necessary TO make law keep.
ing back one-fourth Of their wages 70 re-
lisve their kindred. Here was q race that
had done all the work that was done at the
South, and when they were set free, doubled
their toll, insisted on building their
churches, and paying their teachers, labor
ing the long summer day on the islands,
and then paid white men to set up half the
night and teach them 90 resd, and you can
fud twenty white men who in coute upti-
BILE indolence have accepted rations from
the G .vernment they affected 10 despise, To-
one negro that has done if. lappiause. J
This enfranchised race, toihng so diligently
that your ledgers in Milk street. viii how
that they bought double what the white
q L. l. D. &c
and yet every white man that opens his lips
70 them breaches about industry tells
them TO be economical ; tells them that free
dom means 10 work that the cOautry viii
20 10 pieces if they are not industrious.
W0rse than that-says 20 a race 10 whom
marriage has been denied by law, where
husband never lifted his hand 20 protect his
wife but At the peril OF the giobet, where
the mother saw her child snatched from her
BY the lust Of the master and sold away
bv the jealousy Of the mistress man born
in Tennessee no, living in Tennessee
whose laws say that a mulatto Of four de
seen 4, though he can show in each generation
white father, shan't have the right to
vote in the iace Of thousand mulattoes
whose white blood forced upon them is a
record against his own raee,--he has the
impudence to speak TO them Of chastity
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rivers, the highest mountains, the widest
lakes, and the most impudent white man
TSensation Here Is a race, poor because
it has taken its bread and fed the prisoners
you neglected you speak to them Of ecouo-
my. Here is a race, who, by the definition
OF liberty, have not the right 20 shut their
doors against the brutality Of the white man,
and yea charge them TO plant in the South
that rare exotic, chastity All, God grant
that no Jerrold, no swift OF Kabeiais with
his immortal pen hold up that speech 20 The
indignation and scorn Of the world
know he is President Of the United States,
but my clients are four millions Qi negroes
who have never failed in their duty and
deserve nOsuch insult as that. Applause.
But you say 20 me, ''Aou mistake the Pres
dent this is only an experiment Of he"
II It is an experiment, why do an the jour
mails argue for it as the best thing possible
Why do half or twa-thirds Of the Republic
can Conventions endorse it a. wiser The
Republican Conventions make no mistakes
in interpreting the workings Of the White
House. If / want 10 know what the White
House means I 90 10 the Evening Post, the
Tribune aud the Republican Conventions,
What do they say They have finally
concentrated on this idea-grant the negrc
suffrage and every other right viii grow oul
Of that They say suffrage is the negro
right, that tWould BE- disgracciul 20 deprive
him Of il. Do they claim it2 mol Hav-
ing said 80 much, they say" Great is Audy
Johnson immaculate are the plaus Of the
Presideutt uumista kable Is the sagaeity Of
the v hite House he may trust 10 our sup
port and cooperation" The Evening Poet
says-Giye us the smendment 10 the Cousti
tuition, and we arc quite sure the South
will do all the rest. They msy give us .
parchment provision that the black man
ought 10 have his rights and ali viii be
we'll. Nsu tell me the President Is feeling
about for facts. lie sent the Chief Justici
down South. and he come back % the White
House. John tovode went aud he stopped
out West. Gen. schurz was sent ana i s
Friday he waited at the White House una
bic 70 gain an audience. There was an old
king once who called a prophet. and said--
% Come curse me Jacob coma defy Israel.
And the sage looked out upon the broad
landscape and said" How grandly are thf
tents, Oh Jacob, and thy tabertaele, ot
Israel Blessed IS be that bicaeth thee,
and cursed Is he that curseih thoe :" Aue
the king was Wrolh and said--''l called thee
to curse mine enemies. aud thou hast blessed
them altogether. Go thy way" The pr0ph-
ct wa not Chase, nor C0vode. nor Schurz
bat tho history viii do for them. Applause. !.
But you say b me, Did not Mr. sumner say
to the Convention st Worcester, there Is !
power under whose shelter we can take ref
uge, that is Congress? Who made Gongressl
William Penn was travelling once IN Penn
sylvania with Quaker friend, when Jus
tice Of the Peace insulted him. The Cover
nor paying him no attention, the self-im-
portant officer turned 10 his hieEd and
said, "knowest thou who 4 am
an Justice OF the Peace." and
the friend said, Ny friend here
mauufacturss such things a. thee" We
know who manufactures Congress- The
people; the republican party. The Repub-
lican party has spoken We have heard iii
voice. There has not been a single Eepub-
Hcan Convention that has not endorsed ths
President. Why the Republican party
doesn't exist. There is a spectre walking
over the c.untry IN its shroud, bet there i
no such party. It hasn't exiatee since the
Baltimore Convention when it was buried IN
the viii Of Abraham Lincoln. I deny the
existence Of any political force entitled 4
the name Of the Eepuhiican party. show
me a lnembor Of he eahinet that has ever
gone out 20 the peoPls and By word Ia la-
Tor Of suffrage endeavored ID smooth the
path Of the President towards the odoptiqn
of such q plan, and viii aclrn1wiedye that
we have men in the Cabinet who, athou %
approaching the Governments, still have
opinions tells you this and tells you
that. but ne lisp. ne whisper, either in % B.
Iie or priVate--l assert n has y knoz--eit thsr
in private 81 public has been heard fron the
rsemberr II he Cahinei in afar 81 3 plan
sn which & j sad the lste Of tds esaa nv
depends. 10. the dodge is-it d right. 4
is necessary, q - dispensable-trus it 10
the south. DO you expect that the stream
WI - higher than fhe founfainf Da-vou
expect hat ne rien uh6 treidtie i1r eiee-
iions ars gong = bs tttre with tlets sesnes
behind them, and throw themseives like
mederl Ggriii into the gull which the ne
cessity or the hour creafas. - hsa "a poIid-
cians ever 90 IT, When did they make briekl
oi straw Atthe barol The House Of Repre-
sentetises stands MeP Phesson Who has e fighi
y make up his list and include slrhty-f5ur
Southern members without quesiiols Ht
says be VIII not. He says t would D. iu-
famous. He Says ihcrs 3 q law aEainst Be-
The National intelli geneer-the organ o.
The G0vernment-say that law does not
bind Congress. What THAT Conrross did,
this Congress need not uoEce They can
not bind their succesfori. Congress = the
sovereign and rsfFlnaibie judge whether
these men are competent to enter. suPpcae
the third Of Dccsnber TIE Hepuhi.c1n meai-
hers hold = caucus neolltle, a Wisconsin
Eouid Be there, OF Il BE- i nos elected sone
man Ike himf ths Deoltiics are 10. e1-
hausted. 6orae enc says 20 hiu' tne t'rc,i-
dent looks upon this 81 % e1fqflme ~
eExperimentl why Z have been ail over
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