Daily union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1865-1866, 1866-01-10

| sometimes asserted that negroes were not
good traders, but he said that his experience
did not Justify that conclusion. 1t was also
said that the negro would not fight. On this
subject il he remarked: m a
| was on the battle field while ago. and
man said thai he would tell me something
about it. I saw that he had a scar on his face,
and thought that he was one of the rebel
soldiers; We were onthe hill. Said he there's
where the niggers charged on US, we threw
| down our arms as If we were going to run
away from them, we killed 100 Of them
there" but strange 10 tell he said, that the
rebels left the top of the hill, and still il was
said that these negroes would not fight. |
could not help asking him if some good Mig
ger had not given him that mark there
(cheers by the colored people,. would
rather preach to colored congregation with
the hope Of bringing the gospel to their
hearts than to any people in this whole land.
You read to the colored people the word of
God and they will believeit because it is the
bible. You read il to congregation of white
people and they will doubt whether it is in
the bible. A colored person was once asked
Do you believe that the fish swallowed
Jonah p 4@Yes; win tell you youngman
what believe: If the bible had said that
Jonah swallowed the whale / would believe
If" That is the reason why the colored peo-
pie receive the gospel readily, because they
believe what God says in the bible, and they
have clearer view of salvation sometimes
than great many white people
Mr.. Walker, a colored barber, doing bust
ness on the corner OF Cedar and High streets,
was then introduced to the assembly, and
made the following remarks:
Mr.. Chairman. II affords me, sir, much
pleasure to meet with you on this occasion.
The spectacle which presents before us on
this occasion, is one that may make our
race feel proud on this occasion. Sir, to-day
has dawned a beautiful day. When we look
back, sir, four years ago, we dare look
upon such a spectacle as this that we see
to-day But, sir, that cloud which has
lowered over our people for these two hum
dred years, to-day, sir, when we look around !
we see it dispersed; and as the gentlemen |
who have preceded me have spoken in re- |
gard to the benefit that may rebound to the |
rising generation, /, Sir, can Join Gen. Fisk |
in saying how destitute j we're in my boy |
hood, in being educated / had not the |
opportunity that these men and women and |
children are now enjoying; and, sir, / can
say to you, children and parents, seize this
opportunity and not let those benevolent |
friends, who have come from the far North
come here-be disappointed.
They have left their homes; they have
left their fresides and their friends, and |
come here for what? For the benefit of our
race. Then let us say to them that we APP
preciate what they have done for u.s. We
think, sir, tliat this shall not only stop here,
but il shall go on until it shall go over the
whole South. | say to every mother and
every father, that you should send your chill
dren to the school. The time has been
when we could only send our children to the
Sabbath school, and then part of the time
we could not send them; but now, sir the
doors are thrown open for each and every
man and woman, to 60 to the school ard
learn intelligence. Then, | say, learn
and when you come to be in
telligent you may be a people; and we
never can be people until we obtain in
telligence. Then / say, fellow-citizens, APP
preciate what have been done for US. Our
brethering and sisters in the far South are
destitute to-day of what we enjoy; then let
US hold up the standard to our rising gener-
alton. We who are old cannot learn but
little, but we can press forward and help
the young ones to come forward and receive
what our friends are now presenting to us.
The exercises were closed with benedic-
lion by the Rev. Mr.. Allen.