Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1865-05-30

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ss9rs navatit. did not wish to sse even
=. .ssat rod Of emancipation effected at
s,,ch = terrible cost. l believed that It
could eorus sens time; believed that, BY
wise and just administration Of the FEEDER.
Il Government, it might be hastensd; but
never desired to see such terrible strug. |
ele a that through which we have passed.
I never desired 70 sse those seas Of blood.
and those vast gulfs IN which the treasures
Of the country have been sunk, even for that |
highest good which, ~ we al hoped, could
have been obtained by other and gentler
means. But, in the providence Of God, war
cAane; and, - means Of carrying that VA
through TO . successful issue, felt It was
The duty Of the general government to re.
epsct its natural allies and knew that the
whels colersd population Of the South was
loyal. said and felt that II We would
succeed In this struggle We must strike the
letters from the bondman. Such Was my
counsel 10 the Cabinet; and when that hon.
cred man-whose death this nation now
moutns, in common with oil the lovers Of
freedom throughout the world; when that
honored man made up his mind to cay that
Ill men in this land shall be free, none gave
Il more hearty sanction or . more emphat.
ic amen than myself. Then, when the 9th.
q question arose, "shall We put arms in the
hands Of the black man p I never doubted
the proper answer. IL We make them free.
fence Of this nation, whose duty is il TO
bear arms, II not theirsf Whose duty is II
70 TAKE part in this struggle now for free
dom - we'll q foe union, u not their duty
And bow can W expect TO succeed IL we do
not avail ourselves Of that natural strength,
which, In this struggle, is created for us by
the circumstances under which it 10 waged.
When the Government. therefore, made up
tts mind TO call the black man to the field,
lslt that Il had not done it one moment too
soon, but great many days too late.
But now the colored man has borne his
full proper share in the great struggle. II
anybody has made sacrifices he has made
them. II anybody has suffered extreme
III. he has suffered it; and the victory be.
ing won, end freedom and union being sc
cured, who has better right than he to
participate in the fruits Of both, II is sim.
ply because think il just and right that
Aaivecats Il. believe that the safety Of ma.
tions - we'll a. Of individuals consists in
doing justice. believe in the truth Of that
passage Of scripture which says that he that
walksth uprightly, wAlketh surely. That
- q that nation linking his or It's action
with truth and justice, relying upon the
providence Of Almighty God, is sure to issue
oafsly and triumphantlyi Il may be that
great struggles have to DO gone through,
great trials 70 be made, great marty rdoms
TO be endured. The war has seen multi
tudes Of martyrs-last and noblcst Of them
al, that great martyr, our beloved Presi-
dent struck down by the hand Of the assas-
ein. 80 martyrdoms may yet be needed;
but out ofall your trials the issue is sure
have aid The victory is won. The ar
mics Of the rebellion arc disbanded, peace
returns, and pesce brings with it its duties.
A great race. numbering four millions is
suddenly byought into freedom. NJ the
world - looking to see whether the prOphe'
eteo OF the enemies Of that will be full.
dlled or falsified. It rests upon the men Of
that rscs to tell. They say that you will be
disorderly, shiftless, lazy that you will
Otarve rather than work that you will be-
come thisvish vagabonds. So your enemies
nay 20, too, . great many people that are
not your enemies seriously fear. 1t is for
you to say whether it shall be SO or not
You need not in the meantime be particu
1arly anxious what people say about you.--
Show that you will be honest, temperate,
industrious and faithful in your employ
ments; that you are ready to do honest
work for honest wages DO economical, lay
up portion Of every days or every months
earnings in some savings bank for your
selves and families for rainy day. Do
everything in your power to increase the
products Of the country doing this with all
your might you will save yourselves and re-
hect credit upon those who have been your
friends. God forbid that before die shall
be Obliged to hang my head and say, | ex-
pectsd great deal Of this people, believed
them to be honest, industrious and orderly,
and find have been mistaken that they
allowed miserable prejudices to grow up
among them that they permitted them
selves to be controlled by vindictiveness oil
feeling; that they were unwilling to labor
for living.
For, after al, labor must be the cardinal law
Of your lives. was myself . western boy,
and in the log cabins Of the west we Jared
Just a roughly "A most of you have Jared.
We had very little capital, nothing to 60
upon but our own good will, patient hearts
end free school education, which, thank
God, this country gave to all her white chill
dren, and is now going to give to al the
blacks who win take It. Well, upon such
capital we went to work, and came to some
thing. You can do the same thing if you
will 60 to work in the same way. But If you
spend your time in fretting because this or
that white man has better time than you
have or more advantages, and take short cuts
70 what you may think success, you will.
In the end, be very sadly disappointed take
things patiently, and labor faithfully the
result will be glorious Let tho soldier fight
we'll, let the preacher preach well, let the
carpenter shove his plane with al his might,
and the planter put in and gather as much
corn or cotton ~ he can-wOrking for fair
waess, and - he gets able to hire others,
paying them fair wages too. Act thus, and
eeave no fsars for your future
Now - 70 the elective franchise. Major
Oelany has said that be has heard me saw in
thehouse Of representatives at w ashington,
that knew no reason why the hand that
hid down the bayonst might not take up
the ballot. II he had listened to me twenty
years ago, in the city Of Cincinnati, be might
have heard me cay substantially the same
thing. But ths colorsd man did mt get the
elective ftansAils because said it then
quite poeaibly be may not now. Certainly,
sAeWsvlf, events have Progressed remarkably
b hat direction. II everybody in this c,ty
-naw things exactly - see them; if they
felt q lei that It would be desirable on &C.
count Of The geasfal interests, that every
per,on should have the same rights before
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