The West Virginia journal. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1864-1877, 1866-09-12

mus, perish fr,ln The fncr Of the earth. We nrc
here then in thia principle, md the country
feels it. everywhere. Since these rebel hosts
.tool in hostile array. convention Inns been
held in this city. with which neither You nor
coull net. was glad To see it meet. 1t waI
here in part because n grrnt cry came up from
the white men uf the South. My constitutional
rights. my na,urnl rights. arr denied me-" A
great cry came up from hluck men Of the South.
:" My constitutional rights nu my natural rights
nrr denied NO." Til. WIS II crcn, complaint
II complaint founded aud made sincerely on both
sides. md directly nntnIonis,ic the one to the
prh,r 1t i. right t!ra. there should bc these
conventions. The convention Of the Eth Of Az.
gus. calno hero in consequence ofthnt cry: the
convention Of to-dny is here lTcanse Of that
grrn, cry. aud TINT is right. II j. for the con.
vrnlion 10 ne. upon thnt question II upon none
other. As Southern men. spcnk on. Your minds.
Slcnk the truth. ~ you love Permanent pence,
mud Us you hop" to see the foundations Of The
Gnvcrnmrn, so that our children md our chIl.
,lrrn's children .hrlI enjoy prnce Int No hnvo
not known. tell You, unless You do this
there can lr no peace.
! Gentlemen. snd TIN. hut short time Heo,
convention was held in this city. That con-
vcntion dill not do much il came here md
simply recorded in Quakcr.Iikc silence, md hb-
| icct submission. the commands Of one man !; it
ill wllnt the loyal Congress Of the United States
| refused :o do-acrd ~ rer"r.ling .rcr'iHry Of
,lr TyHnt Of the Whit" House. To my mini
i, is Important Tint Congress should bc com.
mcnl~l in this particular that they thought for
themselves md sI,nkr for themselves.
Sorry for the dead silence and wnnt Of thought
Of the convention, r;iIl It's 'l"irg' were not I'M.
mixed with good. We have Ind in this country
mn o.d ,l"iinn,. proud, aud Lnughly pnriy-
uunmdnm corprrhcnls. The mnin charnetrris.
tic Of TINT party ever has been cru.ird nll over
with Ir. ulircs one %! which VII. tlmt sInvrry
wa. u ii, inc and sacred thing. and should not
hr discussed. WE'LL tlin, party comes up here
To the IiiIr Of August conv"ninn, nnd snys dis.
tinr,'y that .Iayrry j. nhol.iirl md must never
b" rr:..raLIi.md. 1 AK y"r, then. il this old
democratic purity has not .,rnck its color. and
huw.,l in humble rubniSsi"n t." republican priu.
cirlrs? Th,rr j. some good in that. It marks
an event in ,l. p:"Src-. Of human freedom.
Al the Convention he'll in baltimore in 1861.
wlcn rn:lina," Mr.. Lincoln and Mr.. Johns0n.
il was mn'"rlncrd thu! slavery sh"nIl he cx,ir.
patc,l. not abolished mrrviy-rXirpi'rl. tnk"n
out of our institutions, Foot mud branch. body
a,rl suu every linrainrul and every fibre Of it.
Mark. gentlemen the difference between the two
words. One. 10 rN,ir!atr, no; simply to cast
uir this or ," ";!nr limb of this horrIbl" mon.
,trr. hu: 10 take ",I, not only slavery, hut all
,h. iI.r"i gr,i"us unrirhtr"ii.rGs| nml uncqunl
.osoruricr."s AMI incidents tha, resulted from
~lIy"rv.
What nr' ;hry? In tI" FIRST p!ac" nncqnnl
r. presentation. docs not slavery remain II" long
-. ih,r, H. u iul:,. mi;;"r What his color, I'M.
r.,bI, f.ut.i ~ t:" Government: DOES not s'a.
rrrv r,:rnia ~ i"ngns y"u can, h"cnusc Of color
t.y 80 . Hiua that hr may not Sian'l cgunl Will
! III, Erinw 'nan IN "IIr courts al Justice! MI
these. in",.l"ni. ih" g"'at rpIllchn inrt>
vi. d:,.l th",n~r.-. u; I;nItln"r', should Il" cx-
iirra i, md y"i. %"iItlr RI men. wh" were ut
tim, time. ~ It Were. in the p7i."n house Of the
Snrlh, when hi. pl.'r" cam" t" yon ii came NJ
lar sweetest nIl .urrsi note yo Ind cv, rhralrl.
Lc, iI.i- hr done. md W. will l." content cnll
the attention of ,h" convention TO the fact that
every Southern S,a;"-N"rth Carolina. believe,
exc. he'd Inns not. of itself nloIisIlr'l slavery,
LnI, il has nnunuac'd in its Constitution that
.Invrrv has hr,n aLoIish'' hy The military power
q! The United States, and ought not to he rc-cs'
lahi>l,"d.
Now emil the intention Of the convention to
,li. rrruIiar language. hrrnrI-r it. struck IIr.
when used, and when first SAW IT, n. carefully
selected. md uscd with pnrIosr. that i should
never hr sid Of them that they lInd nHrn'cd TO
IN" nloili"n uf slavery. and that upon lint they
woull hereafter come, when represented IN Com
prrss, tu the Gov. y:in,rlIt nnd demand cUmpcu.
, sation for their criancipni'd slaves. IL il not
necessary for me To gay before this convention
! TINT they have no iu.t right for compensation
| Let them pay hncI; I" The Government the vns
debt ,hry have incurred, hrcnIsr Of the tr"nsOr
md r, l., Iiinn. aud it will pay them for tlrl
slaves. l;u, independent of tln:. upon princi'
pies. they nrc m", entitled to payment.
; Then, gentlemen. this convention ought to say
Ia the prupI" nf This nation: lfy"u want to be
secure nuI saf. in this matter. fix it down in the
Constitution where neither Congress nor Gny de-
pnr;nlrn; Of the Government can toach II, thai
! rInancirli"d slaves nrc never tn bc paid for
! Those .pullmrn people, when they assembled h
makc.thcr various Constitutions. provided III
their State Constitutions that their State rcbc
debt is not to De- pail, Every SorthcrnCr hcrt
knows with what gr'nt reluctance they did TINT
| II required. she positive command Of the Prcsi
dent and all the power Of the Government u
exact it Of them. Tlmt cnn I've repealed by
Stnia aciinu. They cnr. 10y Statc action. undo
wlnu, III, V have done. aud a.sume the payment
"f the deb, which they have now. under c"er
cion. rrfll.rd Write i, down in the fundnrI,cn
lnl Jaw Of the land. l.", the lovnl people OF thu
ua,iou scr that il is written down in the fnndn
mrnt.l luw Of the laIrl. TINT no money shall h'
ImiI "rii Of iIr c"!E'r, Of the people. nnywhcr"
North or South, for any effort to destroy TIM
Government.
upon these snljccts think. Int more parlic
ulnr;y oh The snhjcc: Of jrst nn,l cquHl repre-
scntniion, thi. conr' niion ought t" peak ont
I he southern men complain TINT their consti
tutonal md lslurnl rights are infring"d upon
lf,l,ry complain fair!y, s"y 40. If they ".I
more linn justice, deny it-!hry hnrc no righ
To il. Ifihry nsk tliut the vote md power Of I
white rnan in South Carolina shnll equal the vot.
and power of two white men in Pennsylvania. i
!. nm Injustice. nn'l sry so. Iithry max less Tim,
Justice give lhcm full measure; i!lhcy ask Nor
than justice, deny.
As for the disfranchiscmcnt of rebels
and the acknowledgment of the blncl
people, this subject also will come befor'
this convention. Upon this subject. gen
,Iemcn Of the convention, all | have Il
say is, do nothing in anger. Do nothing
from hatred. Do nothing from i'll vi! o
for revenge. hut do that which justice an'
right and mercy and love dictate. Tho
Which the unrightcous, that which the un
.odly and tho bad man does from but
passions must perish from the fAcc Of tn
earth, while that which comes from love
from mercy, from justice, must be ctcr
nal. Let love for mankind, not for your