, 1865-10-23

| nlitc r3f,e6il1n FIR vnnr rocc in -nr,,;, 1.arn
harmonious contfc,lity to the white r. - =
Which renrrsent, fISrrb,ar ~ In1e 9.,ns. at,e q &C
Illltv Of WGfte man md Iiact NAV . 5w4i,;a,
together as eouals~ths oId nni.ou Ia ~ ,rh;af si
ioaded tbo cannnn st Snr,3ar ri,ts3' rits9u mnlsl -
emoEe of the g11npowdcr Of four ycara 10
rot exercised from lilo soul ot The Prcsi;,cn ~,
Of the United States! WcIl, he ti.cn mos s., y,
Na1k you, l Htsl1 you not 10 1nter onc sinai
element Of blame il what / AM sayinr.
was born il New Euc'and-thank f;na n II
but It Is no merit Of 1ninc. and II ,Johnsnn wa
born ID slavery let hin, mourn in secret tha
| Il was so. Il was not bis fault. but Il mn, nm
largely incapacitatc lin for takinr The Ira.
in Ills great battle betwixt thc. ideas Of thI h
am cndcayoring in nv chemistry tonight i
10 lind out whether his soul has been clesnsed
In these dread scenes Of rchelIinn ont ~ villa
seemed 10 be The iucyita51e wcaEnesscs of n,
slayc-brcd white man,
Tup pnrs,nr,.r,a nrr,~,r,o<- -, uu.~
anS W, r1Is.psSIs - DEFINITION or LIBERTY
VEL, ns aadeakcs UNI 70 aeiine liberty TO tn
plach nun, anu What " It: would not lnsis
4Pcu y nh Mas tne urst oe1aitlou ne ms made
.ritiassod ~ LUIS pI'ofu tnmk, iast Nay, enc
Slu.stu ~ as, ~; speecn o. tne Fresldent II Wh'ei
~ naaue ING eame de1tnlsion, ana leaid slsnl
l'3ed speeea, & Or npt Wen reported
ar,aed s,t eiaen1 ~. Sncn nc mas not delb
c1ate9 out nero tne deliberate tlrlcc re
Hs'art..e s'aseehs e;a ~ "a LUZ saue man, What Is
nueE.y ~ !. saaa ue ,,..,
" irienas1 understand what liberty ls
The United States has struck down slaycry In
ateao stlmesIe. toa arc ifec. Do you
WEI Manl 10 know "nat that means: It means
u1eity 10 Norh-Aoeely 10 work and enjoy
WAL you WORK lor AL Through
| venture TO say that IN the hundred deflnf.
| lions ot liberty for the Inst two hundred years,
l 1hATE
| unworthy deainttion Of what liberty means
as that uttered by the President Of the United
| States 10 the men that had won 1t with their
swords in hts behalf lApplause.] Through
out this whole speech he defines liberty By Its
duties. lhere Is not one single passing allu'
men. mol ope, Ie says: Ton are mar
rled you must take the penalties of mar
riagc.' lLaughtcr.] Well, I don't know ex-
actly What he means, hut he says You are trrc,
| and freedom means to work; and he says
yoa arc free and mnst take the penalties Of
| one Of the rights. Throughout this whole
| speech he three times undertakes to tell
them what liberty means liberty to
the black man-it is liberty to work. Now,
every student Of this subject knows the his
tory Of the word liberty. In Asia liberty
means non.slayery. Thai 1s, you we're lie
] property Of another; you now work for your
! SELF That ID the crystalizcd, stereotypcd,
| rotten conservatism Of Asia. Come thou-
sand miles westward. Napoleon describes
| hhelty as everything for the people-nolhing
oy ihc People. Tint Is liberty under des-
Poi,1c ra,t ns.u,ons, t EveIytaing ior them no
eisi fishts, bht every lmaginable beneat TINT
Government can secure you. But Lieber, aud
spencer, and every enlightened man bred In
ne ne English M; school laughs at such deani-
tlon. Time vas when Government was weak,
and the ieudal 1obber in Lis caste was strong;
haf YCnc IN c&+
Government and curb the robbcr. Tint l. the
Hlstory OF thc m.ddo ages, but since PFotcs-
tantlsm scattered the clouds OF Europe, Gov
cfhtneh1 l. strong anu the individual Is weak;
ant4the tendency of Our utilization is to build
up Duiwafks-oexelop ana gtSo TO each the
means ,s. oI protecting US own Individuality
asamst s9tet1iment. Liberty, therefore, 10
every ModeIn 1aea, ID man possessed Of ail
ms natufu rights, ana endowed With civil
Ilehts 70 pTotect his natural ones. ireat ap-
pnu;,c' ana1 Is nhefty: that Is tie white
nln ncsita1te ~, iaea oi hbertT and when
w ,,.e, we.so,Iea ~! tae oiack man 70 liberty we
Ne!coinea mn 70 thc common laW, Anglican,
SaaS1nzed Christian ntneteeth century Idea OF
LII 1tuS.y e. lapp.auMt ine resident ot tae
Gu,leu s1utgs loohh mto tAc 1accs o1 tae sol
.,s,o oltis OF t9e oneUmen1 every one OF them
ra au, ~, ii, IT, aut n.nels y "oald seem. 10
nase nav. n.s t iioetly 9! the eos1nest mini, OF the
moss eaacL g9ulaee-ana 1le only Thing lie
D..k T.Yr
~ ~. ~ ai9 ~ ~ ~ oanme nln. bseo IL lehnes
ehnins and hates blackmen, equally Yankees
liaueAtel,J anu u Gaunot DnL crop ont: He Is
an honest man, ano SPEAKS MS mind: Norman
Gan SPEAK honestly, and act; bnt he betrays
his actions and his words. l want to know
him, what he plans, what he means literally
70 qo; .-..,
meu y 1rsn M,t ue soEs oa III tMs spceen ana
sals, Nolh, HolA nala' 9e fefy ha1stn-
t,o nas " tesJ economical suek 70 yo1f 1aml'
tasch tls tbsn, ~ h. sous "!Ff h
se1sas .Is,n ~ ~ snasle oc caas!e your
seasea 1Cuelapsl the steaI d9ty [esA9g upon
2on. tSf4vrH taG gieat nusonno ma WHEY
1 ualls ~ o1a !aoSntel' lGtioheo p ap-
Plausse' ~! tn4t u no suo9ect OF mefta-
~ 4,e+ LA es;s naaut5a ~ sss nenee
.nT wi na9a 70 ~ mana as mar
at tbe bca or er " no;ea1 reas p e1aa 1aad sss
T.. ~ it nIE - ns. g..s ioEces u ieaa Aer
Mare nns f.ea. .,oo no u ~ 5ailor,i e,taat
.e at ~ = .ass Il, y ~. .ng mast .! us SO aliaeheo
t.a1e nn,,iI 80 ,v.n, .nn :" ~ ~ sasci1
tIeiT iTthnoce Tho % Geaxie.t hnren l1'f fhet ~
hpm,Ditr INN c,rp Enew cfnsSad ihsm saraa .nns
lar lie twilight Of escape: md tLey were 60
chained TO birthplace. thai ont Of millions
only a score OF, two attempted TO escape. and
Chains, appointed a frecdman's Bureau with With
admirable wisdom, iulaciaipg fhat It Wa
pcccssary TO rreyent tilcm from hecouin~
yacrante.
Gere was race 60 attached to kindred that
have seen them. and so hare you. plunre
back into the hell Of slavery to clutch loved
child or wife whom they had LEFT behind Won
have seen them hesfere the lnor nf Eoribr,,,
cities for the neans t0 do If: hive known
tbem invest tTri,ty years If toii In becsint-
and corninr the means Of redeern}n5- w,te and
ch}fd md yct. Wlr,, fhcs were ticed from
the 1~6n; n v ths NIss3sssnns % i6o"rt Il necaa ~
snTv n motc a Inv Eeenn~ hocE onc.fnTrth
oFiheir Tro1es ~ reifora tfs;r E;rJrcd fcnn
5aso-1ior ~ ''1"N' A'AeAN0 AVN
Terc ar,e n nca that h,i7 ;ora al, .to ,o,,,
+hnt Wosena a. thn sat,. s aoa.o ,s; , ~ HoaA s
hn;;a s1. h HI uoaosu tnelr t9l, tnsisle4 on
o.r., dosoHar. IN suatGhes aao payME t1eG
~, .ho $500 aelutSu .Eo ue aons suniues IVY
~ III aaos' 41a ny tneu patu ~hlse men 10 sis
~ uan ,rS ,rt nSns 10 asash .mem 70 rad
hraad froIn ~ Eo,.r.,,, Sup.su ~ acGePI
;nIa,a a"eaes a nnse n Nho III con!e.l..ioic
.. lnuutenct ,ta taGtgptea !ano4s lrom the Govern
tncn., mA4cu tAes u11ectel to despise, to one
n:e19 eaat has done 1t. (Applallse.] This
cnfnnchise1 race, toillng 80 diligently that
your own 1cdgers in Milk street will show
that they bought per head double what the
white men Of the South had purchased be-
fore, md yet every white man that opens his
lips to them prates about industry, tells them
to be economical, tells them that freedom
means 70 work, that the country viii 60 to
pieees If they are not industrious.
Worse than that, here Is race to whom
na1riagc has been void by Iaw, where the
husband nerer lifted lis hand to protect his
wife but at tho peril Of the eibbet, where the
mother saw her child clutchcd from her By
the lust Of The master and sold nway By the
Jealousy OF the mistress And man bo1n in
FfGY 1GEE mn ETf-r T.
laws say that q mulatto Of four dcscents, |
though be counts In cach generation q white
fatlcF. shall not hare tile right to vote
looks into the face Of thousand mulattoes
whose white blood, forced upon them, is the
pudence-ycs, he hns the innricnco IN aneat |