, 1866-01-06

ment, the end. You have the sympathy Of
all KID and feeling hearts over this globe.
Wherou read that the American people have
subscocd for u monument Of stone Or marble
to Ahham Lincoln, remember that yuu can
rcnr1iore LASTING one than stone or brnss can
make You can cause Ills fnnr to last forever,
by stwing that you did not rise from slavery
to 81 into vice and degradation. but Into free.
domhat has brought with it everything noble
and innd. Your difficulties are great, und know
FROM five months residence among you. and
frouconversation with intelligent gentlemen,
thalyou hnve made vast improvements, every
daynd hour, since that Proclamation. BE pm
ticn energetic. aud chris,inulikc, and you
muI succeed, for you have the sympathies Of
ther,irc civilized world.
~. J. e. Clubs made an able and eloquent
plefor equal rights before the Inv. He would
i1ctr rest satisfied while he was deprived nt
disadvantages and privileges which others en-
josd. lie did not ash for more than WAS nr-
coded TO other citizens of the United states
u,ler the Constitution, hut he asked FOR n
M ch. and would never strive to cease for its
attainment. lie wanted lnnds, and expected to
gt them in the COURSE of time. in some why "r
cher. IL hnd been said by one Of the speakers
on:. III order to get land, we must first &c,
Fecnbncks. That may all be very good.
trrenhacks have become 10 be one Of the
Prime necessities Of life, ind he who Ind plenty
,f them could command land or anything else.
|Ihc lnborcr is worthy Of his hire. ind industry
hnd economy will bring their reward in the end.
though Uncle Sam mny not hnvc land
enough to give us all a farm yrt he owns II
wide domain Of many broad md fertile acres,
hnd when the day Of distribution comes, lie will
mot forget his loyal children. Onward and up
ward should be our motto let us show our
selves worthy Of the priceless buon for which we
are contcnding, ind pos,erity viii award il TO
us. The race is not always TO the swift nor the
battle 10 The strong, but the just cause shall tri-
uInr;t. Thrice dOubly armed 10 he that intl,
his quarrel just this IS - progressive nxr, aud
the march uf mind is onward. Meter wus the
fact that knowledge is power more fully
.e1e,npliied shan q. the present time. Fiv,
millions Of men competitors a:e 1T present
stripping for the race. and the goal OF
their ambition is the temple of knowledge
The bright pathway is now open alike to nli
and he that wills may viii.
Mr.. Sumu-l Dickerson wns introduced and
nude some well-timcd remarks OH the changed
condition OF things. lie could sea, .ely 1-ni,zl
the present state of things. !, seemed like q
| dream from which he feared to wnhc. il wa:
II duy in the calendar oil the freedmen which
kings ard prophets had waited for, but d,ec
without the sight. a bright day at length hue
duwned after a long dutk night OF storm. W,
have fled from worse than Egyptian bondage
the Red Sen is crossed, and the cloud BY day
and The pillar Of FIRE by n,yn, are gong belor,
us, TO guide our weary footsteps through tn
wilderness through which we have yet to pass
We have not yet reached the promised land o
inheritance. Some have told us there wer
/ giqnts there, and that we were not able to cop
..Ah III. Hiviteta,d Hitlite and the PeiSte Lnt
| TIT jebusite) but our Caleb and Joshua brodyh
tack a good report Of a land flowing with m,is
and honey, and they tell us that We arc abun
dainty able 10 10 up and possess 1t. The Ari
Of the Covenant is in our front, and We shall
not want faithful Moses to lead us, or n right
eous Aaron TO guide our weary feet To PisGah'
top. Neither will we fAmish by the way. Tn
smittcn rock will furnish refreshing drausl is O
water. and the mama from hea ven will be sen
10 sustain us, when weary and fuo,sorr. w
would faint by the way.
Rev. T.. w. Lewis alluded 10 the spirit of TN
Rebel press. the paradoxical position, Of claim
lug to acrcpt the situation. and ut the SAME tim
laboring to defent the operations Of The sltua
t!on. His remarks were well received.
Key. A. Webster. pnstor NJ. i. Churches U
this city, spoke as follows
Fellow Citizens am introduced to YOU Il
a man from Vermont. Perhaps some Of you hu,
heard OF that State. II is a long way from this
in the direction Of the north star, near what i
known as the . jumping of-place.' The pco
pie who live among these mountnins, hishl,
value the freedom you celebrate, us their vnlo
upon many u hard fought field attess. III
brilliant charge ut Gettysburg they had The cred
it of saving he day. In the portico OF our cap
itol, near its main entrance, stands the marble
statue of Ethrn Allen, one Of the original Greer
Mountain boys" The time wus, when II forcis1
toe invading our rights. aud threatening OF
liberties. held u fortress upon our bordrrs bu
Allen. with a company Of chosen followers, sur
prisrd the garrison and s,ernly demanded it
surrender blythe nuthoity of he great Jehovah unt