, 1865-10-03
CLAIMS OF THE CoLoRED RACE.

Address by Rev. Henry Highland Ea,
net Last Evcntng-Th1 Duty or al
hation-The Ballot the only Safety
The Black mAn.
A lecture On The claims Of The co,ored ra,s at N
a. period of our nat1onal history, was delivered !,
OF evening IN smith d Eixou'e Hall, by Rev. Hen
ut hiehlapd GInet, co1ored gentleman, bonn ela1
4, tn kent county, Mssslsud, nfU 5csrs ago, md wh
made fee 1t The age Of nine years by rnnnfDo
3. hss snce achieved reputation which rp,nr NM
!. scholars md disfnes might enYy. "1'
b. NJ Garnet ia widely known a. an able. e,oona,
speaker, md devout, influential Chri.tI.n 1n,,
one who has through good and evil 1epurt labnr,
!of 'na good OF his class, md with nsrkcd resuN
@ ae g1adn.;ed Il .he qneIda Institute in lsta an
district sehoot and eonductod rs,Irtous meo3;ne
p ne Old lecture room Of the Fifst PresbJteriS
Z pc1ag ai"aJs among the foremost, as among IN
hss hnscss sos1aies OF The rights Of bis colored
psos easyMses sp5 a. R,5Ssssh IT,. The gospel
co1oied chale8 Ell il =, the f'
hsn Of ,he audience Being xhhe % persons, T gent1e nd
men md lhdies. Among The former we're msnY oj
nros"dp af oss prominent ~ dassns 1ns lectnreF
u I" Our Henry Ward Beecher,"4 4 tItIe 7hich it,
speaker modesty disclalmed- only simcd to teii
The address WAS IN ablc one, rather In the de-
eGs1pnse than the argnmentative vein, and there
o, 1ore nssessaEIy somewhat dtsenrsIse. FR DE
the effect Of hts descriptions depended On the Hs1.
R o. elltng =, e. tae mat.ss told ne does no
are glowing because spoken IN the language 81 al.
solnte simplicity. but couehed In tones which show
;aat II ne words cone from The heart and he speass
evening g a1aeS hpaaass lsss
report 1he fo!lessing is tkcteh q - retnazks:
:. The subject 9I his discourse would be the ones
fiun Of The claims Of the black man In The ,ernn
61,sn aTs10q Of the 1ensl States Il was
eenns ID ofthe question is 10 eai Viz It Et,S4 y
q thst It: III %n1tsy g. e 1s admit
1nee, ntea rs @ ma a equal tcheersl The only my TO
eet es1. vs. 70 meet It = true Christians Rspub-
faee M has dest1ny--oct which IL psophcsIed, What
Eas hs condition four years ago, md what l. It 10
forward toa high position IN he Sole Of Ths
na5 Of slavery has seen its decline In the Uuited
SLatss o. America There arc now no slaves, only
| Any ,he!e be who now admire The ..diytne In
feetns ;cr siye IL 1s brF F0od @ ot
| blesred condtnon- The black meg never n,ean fo
| r aea!p, they mean to march on with the ffea.
d1m hs taey haye as,eady gained t they enjoy al
thIse assefons Of The shareholders he never could
understand. and Tho fHt Vas thai thu ueetoes loved
sss isass iSes Of &C. 50 IA sy
P5saeasd a,1 in ths North, by FeFnsrdo WOOD md
Hew England church members. The doctrine Of
snd COZ ID not a ely be opposed IN lie South: hi
hs tad recently stood on The soil Of KENTUCKY md
tbe - rd no " nSW ~ those
Who had once begn sases thought that tIayery wes
therpo1mal condition He hsd sean those soidiess
snd ard II Epeks ,oiuues. Another shine that ia
been preached. sas that tho negro ueseT could
Ga ska II. To- he1 81 tss sis and
tsey BAD made laws restraining The whites rom
,sashing ihs blacks what they could not lean. IL
thas be might eee how the blacks werr progressing
ne found that they were learning 1spidlg. and n
x At ONT church be hsd seen them e,Inine yery 1ap
% gre afraid that he blacks VIII oatsizip them Tie
who are tho only xchool teschcrs down sonth e.
the sonth1n people ~ not teach any moEe than
ds9y nsy ssia s !e. e{eset IN R'shoad d other
able to whlp ps ~ bad not been Tor lie ID oft6e
h1i&ses had besn said that the negro Is IN In
ting what good e1non de whites, nst a. ths rno
nd md Augustine md oeen q theoloe5 Fly yeais
meice Will be largely found among the blacE.-fhat
their destiny. Another thing saId Is, thai If lie
sEe md sSeS ID ssss esse b. iii e ~
unable to look hts former master IL he Ace Or r.
fase r. s TO o9ey hss bidding ne h.d not faana Il ao
been free he had been abe TO boz bis Old sn.s:eT
th!ooeh md through There v.s one ereat incou-
the Sou.hezna docs hot want otlns-nothlnep p'easrs
him 80 much ~ to hare Honorable" prrdxcd 10 |
ass name. and ne would be willing to 1t The ne-
black rote- But he knows he cannot do IL fhe
sote sWny ~ b. ieG 11 feepy &c, ssa s h.s liberty
pezhead- The lecturer had studied natural IL
to,y gns.,a haftlfa ~ but h,d never seen blacl
sonfhe1ne1s were unwilling to lei de biscss v1te
they know that the black vote Wonld be esst aan.t
t[, then ana e1s,gn them 70 ese1astine defeat The
That the negro ts m inferior being. BON with esd
oss On ~ back fot the uhite MIN to ride 1t pleas
Judgment against psieoner without haylne hesrd
- 1he southerness say nor " Go home and tell the
hofthctneTs TO raise the black to ouf level sni
N Illinois the black man is dst1ea rom the A bs!iot I
Denoai. ifths 6e dsnee,aey ops God aeii1er s0s os
hum It Democracy mesns The eoscrnmept Of The
men n esd ss Of .ns ID s ssy
tn,nt Mp a eays yoa black rascal get away rom
the ballot.box.' The Democrats ssy to he Ger
moi 20 pliahle Us some other<. Tbe Tshrnsn NJ.
eepts the invitation, bnt wheu be comes oyrT hsre
ne allows them to blatuey HIM.
The lecturer here told funny story of m Tr,ah.
nan %no 1f,er hnsi9e been assisted ACROSS tie
s.e5 sed;y p ,sa bask eeeE e' md xofted
being xhiepe1ed q By brothes shanp. p3' ta;ped ed
.oTna .1o with .'Ah, Know Jour chaTacter-yoa arc
The great 1tea Of America !. liberty. 1t Ii pa..
aal,S 1nsc1rea nor, but the time VIII soon conc
anss safons t6e ,na to a =
Ni1l yet eEow ashamed 81 thelr opposition % 10 he
,e a; apa ,5s1 Until IN 1T opposition I'D prejudice
the We1:k1own J&naica piaut Whtch viii mi
in stji waezs, the Liberty nee has been
'-tathesbood Of God md the npiseTs.j brothersfns
q 1ot ~, whSh 1Dg pr..ed M long
her one whose rich bctnT ieaisstsd " =. ea,o osH
aho ebould make He laws NbIeh lind IN Il bod i ai,Se
The lecturer dealt i seathins blow ut .hos. WIN t
RSp and shs ao,on ,sa q slavery 81
ead men Who iii recently had been s nn.b%e % q rp
Thank God they are now icarnine pJ sp Iesd. saa 10
'eeog9ize the right Of the back to be called m.n.
Is s Me nss as nea fSp re- r. the :. asser9n
ne white man. Hslf loaf !. better than no iosi 2
i az, but how dare any MIN attempt to cus ia :
ought for The freedom Of the biack, bua @ h. hss 2
ne fanl tho lev F be OWL for be was
nen'H hPped "a the! used 70 whip black men, nov =
u ns5s s5s n es now ~ stand equa they hire both
II. -
:ndta.oted to s. keep back a pazs Of lie prizef o
rom he black man. Seres till bis f1ll rehts be
accorded can America lay claim 10 the proad ttle
,oGe Ma1en y r. {or hsr Land OF the % and The
lp The as great day when the secrets Of u1 hearts
hail Be opened and ACCOUNTS made up, he would
u M father IT, take hls place with the oppressed Than
The tpcafer drelt at lenglh On the fact taat the
ny nay TO keep the Southern freedmen from b.inc 4
Tnund TO pieces between the upper and The nethcs =
1ssone is 70 Pat The ballot mic hss band and
&c tn!age-ihe Int saveho1dcr is not Ia all c,ses
BE sfa wtes 'n 1hs sonh are griesed md called 10
ancf h1thetfo given them, aud many Of them sigh ns
Or the time when the Federal troops Wili Be- q
e11osed 10 nE7g the blacks again under the 1rnn y
ar no longer than he IL Obliged to do eo. The s!
reaEer beliesed in liberty, bat it was scarceiy
'o5th calling liberty 10 be allowed to work Tor ye
I the remainder. &c remembered when he 1ras - "
~ be 1an away nom stale Of liberty almost ~ h
ntned. The black man will work much betier th
'r thcir cash than for their lash BLACK men were N
esy willing to work when they knew they woujd ~
paiio 'G1 9 H. .a he d had sesn them work well in
stances where al harvest time, the slaves would
double work under better than Ordinary treat- e
lent; The so1therncrs were beginning now to ~
I'd that ont- They hare yet TO use the blecIs veil
I'd pay them. II they begin 10 import while
borcn. md Ignore he baccs The cmtsTants vii i,
,on lave bought Up gu the land out oi .hes sa,nsx -
Inc speaker closed with = glowing eulocy on | =.
lncoln the martyr, the author Of the gloftous u m
manpdtfon Proclamation and the fusti7utor Of &c r.
~ con1se q reconstruction now being pursued ~
President johnson. lie e1hoftcd his heoresa to Y
rstd yell the rights Of tnsn, and not 10 rcst satfs
ID til The h1ack bad hls full rights secured nti =
I'm ne kha}l not be ceriatn asa1n to hear the a.
Blk OF Inc .lase chain In all our broad land. -
lssuHAScE AGA1SrT copy The fol.