Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1866-03-03
NUMBER 10.
wsvs against the old ship freis bsed With
your liberties and the gsrms Of freedom.
fne noAs cf ~c.A>.:,. A. r~l.-- iii

your liberties and the germs Of freedom,
for ages Of posterity. Mr.. Johnson will
need no other counsel, and believe 10 no
ether escape from the discofdaut elements
to land it ia the haven Of indissolublo
union but By the besrngs Of tho Federal
compass the glorious old constitution Of
our fathers, im0ovesble 90 the rock on
which truth = built, will b ssand with
unfaltering courage aud u6~averiog de-
vvsion By the rights Of The people, With
equal ardor and 6rmnsss uphold and cheer
hin in hisrssoluts discharge Of duty. What
says the persecuted veteran and incor.
ruptisle patriot: II was opposed (says hG
to delegation that waited on him. to .
disintegration Of the states. l protest
shall resist to the extremity Of power, this
counterpart to the heresy OF secession
como from what quarter it may" God
bless the heroic eonstanoy of our execu-
tive; he werthily succeeds bis illustrious
and self made predecessor whose energies
were expended in defense Of the same doc
trinss aud whose martyrdom was made to
be the 6nal siguet TO the preservation
and equality Of the state.
But to pass 10 the remaining branch
Of the inq oiry o. to how far tho freedmen
80 suddenly aud 90 recently emaucipa.ed
from a state Of abjecs servi.ude may Do
regarded - capable to b entrusted with
political power. A subject of more seri-
ous import coupled 81 II IL with tho
avowed purpose Of the advocates Of the
claim to take ito decision from where 10
have seen il csnsti,utionally belongs, to
be decided by . tribunal having no war.
ranted jurisdiction over it has never Be.
fore been submitted to the deliberate
judgment Of the American people. A
question because involving consequences
Of the highss: magnitude demands the
mos. thorough, catful and temperate con-
sideration, aud requiring more time for
its elimination than has been allotted to
me. l shall be able to present only few
obvious results to aow from The assumed
enfranchisemeut Of the freedmen At this
time, and my reasons for the belief that
il would be unwise, inexpedisnt and high.
u perilous to States and national stabili-
y TO extend to them any share in the ad-'
,ninistration Of public affairs may b
permitted here . statement personal TO
myself before entering on this branch Of
the lecture. The views which hold Of
this unfortunate race, their capabilities
and future are perhaps not % hopeful -
Of many Of my auditors. could wish
to Do persuaded that history and philoso.
ply do not both preclude much encour-
agemsnt that their career as race will,
under the circumstances by which they
have been long oppressed ID their new
relation to society. produce any phenom-
L. &c
Whatever may be the benefits which they
will derive from the freedom now univer-
sal, it is Mechanically certain that to
the whites it will prove blessing in .
moral point Of view not inferior to the
achievement Ct our first independence -
q nation. and in material advantage 90
great as at this time to put it above the
power Of human calculation to estimate
Is much beyond AZ il must have been for
the trainers Of the government to have
computed the extraordinary opu'snce and
growth in numbers to which we have at
tanned in the very infancy Of our exist
eocs. desire here to say that If l an
conscious Of the promptings Of my Own
heart bear the freedmen not the least
unkindnsss, nor would oppose the OBJ
s.rution Of o single straw to bis proper
development. The humber and teebler
the man, the warmer and stronger are my
sympa,hies. I take to myself no special
credit for this feeling; had. perhaps, the
auspices nnder which attained my maj
GRITTY been more favorable, l may have ac'
CURED different sensibiIity to the suffer-
ings and struggles Of my fellow men -
Humble as is my position, 70, what i. is
do owe to the liberal aid Of the ins.itu.
tons Of my country; and l trus. shall
never Be wanting in respect for capacity
and proper ambition in my fellow man,
be bis hue Of complexion what it may,
I am OF opinion that the present scope
should be given man energies and lhas
no other restriction should be imposed
than that which may be absolutely nee.
esssry for the good Of society on that il
6xed BY the NATURAL endowment
moreover believe that it is not color
that constitutes the essential differences
found in men, this 10 rather accidental at
tributable in some degree - climate, col
or however may and does denote the cast
and origin Of the race aud in 90 far ~ de-
xrses Of superiority are found in the
shade Of the human countenance 90 far
may II serve the purposes OF caasslhca-
ton and form the index to the Particular
grade Ct intellectual strength, and that
therefore should the freedmen's capacity
for suffrage be determined unfavorably by
any recognised standard, /, will not argue
his general unttness for citizenship, but
will Do deducible from causes beyond his
and our own control equally, tho slavery
from which be is but released. l have
deemed these observations 40 duo myself
and the topic to avoid any misundsrstand-
ing OF my position and to dissbuse thu
mind Of my audience Of any idea which I
naturally cncounssr ~ coming from .
slave state that pr JUDGES Of early sducs-
ton or association, have noAe aud that
my judgmsn. however it may b 10 error
on shis point 10 wholly unindusnosd BY
VIA. would b termed predjuces. and I
invite your discsrnment 70 follow No in
- >A~ Al a;nma whinh 7 aAal1 aim A A,