The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1865-05-13
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mal', tHc iOnS haiOu "AAN w.
headed met and mingled their voices. tu-
multuously in mutual admiration ana
self praise. True, they had much oeca-
sion for Qualification. Time was when
the meetings of this Society attracted no
particular attention, except from the ex-
travagance and even reasonable charac-
fer of the sentiments expressed. But now
If has become power in the land, and
the probability of its fulfilling the re-
mainder of the programme 1t has mark
ell out for itselfis enhanced by the sac
cess which has attended its efforts in the
past and the influence which 1t exerts III
the present. 1t is in this view OF the
case that the proceedings of the Society
and the sentiments uttered by its mem
bers are now invested with much more
Importance than they have heretofore
possessed. They afford glimpse OF what
is to be the condition of our country and
race, if it is governed in the future 10y
the influences which have done so mulch
to mold it into its present shape. That
the nation is rapidly drifting in the di-
rection pointed out by these Abolition
lists, it is vain to deny Possibly. now
ever, by contemplating the depth OF the
abyss before us, as it is revealed in the
predictions of these men, the people may
vet shrink back and be saved.
The Society met on last Tuesday in
DIR. CHEEvER's Church. WENDELL PHIL
LIPS was the first speaker. He c1ngrat-
ulatcd the Society on the triumph its
principles had already won, but was not
satisfied to stop there The land in the
Southern States must be apportioned
among the negroes, and everywhere they
must have the right to vote. He wanted
our Gov ernment so constituted that mo
State shall at any time make dlstinc-
ton of civil privileges between the chill
dren of persons living on or born on her
soil. either of race, condition or color"
and hOped soon to be able to add the
word "sex." He thought that labor was
the ouly proper qualification for suf-
frage. .
Mrs +. w. HARPER, a negro Uomdn, was
the next speaker, or speakeress. II we may
coin a word, modern progress having
quite outgrown the English language.
Mrs. HARPER felt very happy because
she was of the rising race The ne
proes were entitled to the credit Of sup
pressing the rebellion, She was in favor
of enfranchising the blacks and was un.
willing to leave the question to the Union
men of the South. She thought the time
might come when The white race ,oould need
tie marm nature Of the negro, IN its c'rt'za-
ton. With this delicate hint at the doc
trine of amalgamation and interminSling
of blood, the speakeress closed her adj
dress.
GEORGE THOMPSON, of England, spoke
next. He said the declaration OF indie
pendence had been a nullity heretofore,
and the Constitution "a covenant with
death and an agreement with hell He,
too. favored the doctrine of negro suf-
frage both as question of right and OF
expediency.
WILLIAM LLOYD GARRISON thanked
God hat his work as an Abolitionist was
done The constitutional amendment
had already been ratified, because it had
only been submitted to the vote of the
loval States and had received the assent
of three-tourths of them He thought
that. now that Abolitionism had become
common, there would be no more anti
slavery agitation, and it only remained
for them to bury in the grave with
slavery the prejudice which sprang from
II He then offered series OF resOlu-
tons proposing that the society be dis
handed. The resolutions were strenu-
ously opposed and finally defeated One
speaker opposed diSbandment because
"the people yet disliked the idea of id
Niger here, id niger there and ID
niger everywhere" PHILLIPS thought
the work of the society was not done,
and mentioned that when Libby prison
was to be cleaned black soldiers were
made to do it. He wanted "absolate
eguality before the iase ana Grid equality for
The aearo,T and until this was obtained
he was opposed to dissolying the society.
Another meeting was held on Wednes-
nesday and the discussion continued. =
FRED DOUGLASS wanted to continue to
war upon the word white" So long as
the hated word white appeared on the
statute books of any State, the negro was
not free and the work of the abolition
lists Was. not done. Senator WILSON. OF
Massachusetts,, was in favor of centin-
ming the agitation of the negro question
until the rightof suffrage was given
mr. FOSTER created considerable sensa-
ton by reporting that President JOHN,
'soShaa' said that "he would send the
whole negro race to Africa-nay, would
Ont Africa from Asia and sink the whole
ten thousand fathoms deep. t0 savethe
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