New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-02-06
trate II 1t h their good fortune to have white face

repeat again: Massachusetts 50 nn0Aerao'y oppose" 70
any proposition Of colonization or aggregation o. me A"'
lean citizens made BY this Amendrrenfc Of me
tion. No We propose, the other hand, Simply !"
let the negro alone; that he shall, in fact ENJOY .o
right Of selecting his place OF labor the perso" io'
whom he will labor, If not for himseni 10 n'"ho
his own contract for his labor to determine S
and its vaue to allow him at least the VI Tue
primordia curse, by the sweat OF tn! aee '' INV"
cat bread" restrained only by the laws appHis W
him. and all alike; the rain faie'h upon 'uo jun
and tie unjust We also accept the Iact' 'u"' p' oi
nnstoe TO him md his race he is thrown upon the
Government unused to care for himself uniurhlsheu
with the means Of beginning life anew And we agree
that il is our dsty and the duty OF the Government 10
remedy this Injustice TO see to 1t that be Is taught
that he is gradually brought to state OF sedependence
and independence Of others; that he shall have far
share of the lands that he and his fathers have wrought
ppon: that he shah be left in the several States
where his labor is needed and Is productive, and
that he is furnished at first with the means
of beginning that life which justice, equal laws
and equal rights have for the first time opened mp to
him and his children forever. And when TINS is DONE
believe duty is DONE and that thereafter 80 sr
Government interference goes the negro is 10 be !
seoetly ALONE. We believe that he shall work as every
man must work. or become yegabond. We believe
he must be taught, every must be taught to be
good citizen. We believe he must he furnished with
the means Of beginning life. either with education,
habits of sefdependence, or with the fruits OF ancestral
earnings; and when these IRE given TO him. we have
repaired in part the wrong We have done him. we
may then hope receive the pardon OF the Almighty
for the sins we and our fathers have com.
mitted toward him. Failing in this our duty,
we may fear still further chastisement from
His hand who has sustained us, as lie sustained
our fathers because the bitter emp OF publication and
chastsement has yet been suffered to pass from our
lips As nation We have taken the first step in the
night direction We have bowed 10 the first principles
Of eternal Justice If so forward with no hating
tread taking no step backward We may look with
humble confidence that hereafter political sky shall
be 50 healthy and pure that no thunder storm anu
torrent will be sent 10 clear the national atmosphere
and to wash away with blood the sins OF the people
Unless we do justice, how can we hope for justice
And although the punishment for national wrong and
national sin is sometimes in wisdom. delayed, and
wokedness seems for q time 10 escape punishment yet
although
Tbe mills OF God grind sow bu they grind exceeding SMALL
Amid our Joyous notes Of congratulaory triumph may
we not also pause for single moment TO turn Our mem
cries TO those pioneers in the cause Of justice of whom
we can say, Would they had lived 10 have seen this
dayi need not name them. Their memories are still
green in our hearts, but the Of two fash before
us-PAEKEE, tho divine. whose bps ever defended the
cause of freedom in this hail. MANN the teacher, plo
neer of education to oppressed race. 1t shall not
hereafter be said that Massachusetts Ia ungrateiu for
to the atte. least look forward to the hour when
his statue grazing the front Of our Legislative halls
shall do honor TO him and to our Commonwealth The
two statues oyersbsdowng the broad entrance to our
Capitol making together the full compliment Of Mas
sachusetts statesman. One Conservative, who wisely
expounded the Constitution it was; the other Pro
nessive who dared TO look forward to the smeadment
Of # material defect of that great instrument whosi
passnCs now brings liberty and equality Of right to the
word.