Daily national Republican. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1862-1866, 1865-05-23

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voar power 70 ineroass the products bf tht
couhtry doing this with All your might win
save yourselves and reflect credit upon those
Who have been your frisndl. God fofhidthat
before I die shall b obliged % hang ny
head and say, expected great dtpi of this
people, believed them 70 be honest indus
trious, and orderly, and hhd fsvs bssa
mistaken; that they allowed miserable pre-
judices 10 grow up smong them; that they
Permitted Themselves 70 be controlled By vim.
diotiveneas Of feeling that they were un-
willing io labor for thoir living. For, After
ali, labor must be the cardinal Law Of yopr
lives. 81 Ie 1ae
j was myself Western boy and in the
log cabins Of the West we fhred just as
roughly a most Of you have Jared. We had
very little capital, nothing 10 30 upon but
our uwn will, patient hearts, and free.sehool
education, which, thank God, this country
gave 10 an her white children, and ia nov
going TO give to alft the blacks who will take
IL. Well, upon such capital we went TO
work, and we came TO something. You cen
do the same thing. II you will 80 TO work in
the same way. But II you spend your lime
In fretting because this or that white man
has better time than you have, or more
advantages, and takes shorter cuts 70 what
you may think success, you win. in the end,
patiently and labor faithfhly the result viii
be glorons. Let the soldier eight well, let
the preacher preach we'll let the carpenter
shove his plane with all his might and the
planter put In and gather as much corn or
cotton AZ he can--working for lair wages,
and, az he gets able 10 hire others, paying
them fair wages too. Act thus, and have
no fears for your future.
Now, as 70 the elective franchise. Major
Delany has said that he heard me say In the
Hall Of the House Of Representatives at
| Washington that knew no reason why the
hand that laid down the bayopet might not
take up the ballot. Ifhe had listened TO mo
twenty years ago, in the city Of Cincinnati,
no might have heard me say substantially
the same thing. But the eolored man did
not get tho elective franchise because said
II then. Quite possibly no may not now.
| Certainly, however, events have progressed
remarkably In that direction.
IL everybody in this city saw things ex-
actly az / see them-if they feel a. l feel,
that Il would be desirable, on account Of tho
general interests, that every man should have
the same rights before the Law in the elective
franchise as in everything else--t would
come 10 you very soon. But there Is mot that
agreement. Having nothing 70 do with pol
itics, 1 am not prepared 10 say what win be
the action Of the Government. am no
longer in its councils, and therefore do not
know what II IL prepared 10 do.
/ will only say this ! believe there Is
not member OF the Government who would
not be pleased to sec universal suffrage but
am not ready to say thai the Government
will now establish universal suffrage, This
do not know. II you arc patient, and con
stAntly show BY your acts that you merit the
right Of suffrage, then you can be safely
trusted with II. That In your hands II viii
be on the side Of order and liberty and edu-
cation, reasoning upon general principles,
can safely say yon win get the elective fran
ehise in very short period. trust L will
not find you unprepared.
But respect yourselves and respect tho
rights Of all, and do your verY best TO show
that you are, each and all Of you, worthy "a
hayeit. You cannot get II BY threats OF
misbehavior. You can get II by patience
and persevernnce in well doing. Now, II the
Government Of the United States, taking
everything into consideration, shall not thinh
Il proper TO enroll all the eolored men as citi-
i Eens and voters what is your duty2 To fret
and worry about IT. ] think not. II
were In your case, would 70 10 work and
show that tho United States Government wal
e1staken In making the delay II you show
that the mistake win be correoted.
! think II is the bost plan for all men,
white and black, that exory man who IL
honest and Of due age shall have the fight Of
suffrage. Having IL no win respect himself
the more, will do more produetiveda and
will add more wealth 70 the community Hs
will receive the respect Of his folloW-men, and
the society composed Of such men is Alwayi
J emily and circumstances delay its action,
advise you 70 be patient, calm, and indus
trious. This Is about all 1 have 10 say /,
you. When man has been faithful In th'
honest performance Of his duty, he is though
better on II success attend him In this world
But Il Il 90 happens, in the providence o
God, that these material results do not fol
low that performance, still he carries In hi
own mind the consciousness that he has trios
to do what Is right in the sight OF God, ron
deriAg 70 everybody his due, contributing al
no can to the general happiness and improve
! meuf, diffusing as much enjoyment aud con
tentment a. he can In the little circle o
!, which he Is the centre; with that conscious
ness hp goes through life ''hnppy a. q king
though he may not be king, y ends II Il
felicity, and goes where there y amend Q
all these controversies, because there is bu
one God and ono Father, before whom al
His children are equal. -