The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-05-09

| would IN that case be building 40 q hes Tor us IN
| her very ml1st she sad the dead weipht OF
the VIII te and e negro shall exist in our sys.
! TEN as a baSl. oI n slayeholdng dig .rchY. How
how. believe tlat the great WEAKNESS of our Con-
Prcss is Il at II WISHES to hIs question on pte
ctdent. IL goes back to 1860. Wen, now, il the pre-
cCden are not al against us they are least very
confused, and my potion as an Nbodhonist woud
be this:-lhc nauon has gone through this revou.
llUharN ehort. at revouuon grew out OF one ldea
| was sirugg To stereO ypo INTO national aw one
idea and tlat idea is this: that the word Repubi
can, IN a national constitutional American sense,
was the absolute equality of every citizen before the
Iaw lha Is the political meaning of the revolution
now when senator tells me anything about 1860
90 not care anything about IT. We have settled
one lnlng, That this country is country OF human
equality. Lowell said, Make a man and
let him be-" hat was the wnoo necessity of the
struggle, 1t contained words the whole
philosophy OF the thing. lake your ghost, OF
they belong, in the earth Tho Inference from that
Is lhis-My friend says they are exercising their
True; but JOngress is bound to protect the rights
ot every citizen from Maine TO New Or cans from
me Atlantic to the Pacific. II | am gong to allow
lhe NEGRO TO vote on the question whether we shall
hght France or not, have hight TO argue with
hlm, rgwt to approach hun, ri Int to ha hun IN
an 'arguable" state ALLOW me to coin word ior
tie OCCASION. (Applause) When a nation adopts
universal suffrage, 1t has right put ever, citizen
hegroes OF Alabama unless am also allowed the
Ii9ht TO follow them wuh instruction Second "
SonPress has night to protect schools forever, in
new Or cans or anYwh re else. The ma iona sword
must never be sheathed South Carolina can n ver
b. shut up ike CHINA or Japan. Massachusetts has
right 70 visit South Carolina, aud talk in every
CABIN within her boundaries (Appla Use J Tns is
new dispensation; this is new testament. This
is what we have got TO assume. 1 shall claim,
as long as l live, that Congress has got the
rsht to carry the school house wherever 1t carries
Ihe baIot-box Universal suffrage is Gods nor
nal school tOr the masses. Schoo and pOllti-
cal rights have made New England the b st
goyerneo nntry on the face OF he earth. William
CoIbett saldln somewhat homeY English, God gave
man stomach ana hereby gave the nee ssity OF
feng an educated man" When Grant started from
Qgl iTlpfn m IDsng,
there, what did he dor Why he IA Lnksu" ,Jeff,r.
son Paws We mean 10 flank SecesS1n cow put
INTO th7 scale Jefferson DAVIS with has hatred, Wide
hampton with his ignorance and ha red combined
put III ignorance prejudice, arstoCrlcv, and a IN
gong 10 accept them as necessary evrs; but L a,so
put lntO ne Other scale the instructive Oyay never
atault OF the negro race, and give HIM right to the
ballot. lput by the side OF INN the Yankee with ms
bralns with his DOCKET full OF greenbacks (applause)
and agTee have gor the normal forces OF society
capital labor, and harmon, and Jefferson Davis
may wait to the end OF the chapter He waits IN vain
The other day Carl Schurz said TO an audience - IL
you want TO go south, 90 there IN parties of one
nunuieu at, and carry your pistols in your
pocbets You cannot invade the South with
the elements OF civilization. The white men are
flying from the South into Missonn and Kansas aud
Iowa. Ihis tide must be turned back We always
SAID in 1862 this army il to conquer with the ballots
the men are TO stay South ana transfer the North
there But the armies were not dIsbanded there
and they returned 10 Their homes They must be
carried back; capital must 90 back under cover of
sherman's march, If New YORK were burned 70 t6e
ground TO Gay, what woulo you do? You would 90
10 LohCon ana ask for the great tool of modern
clVllZation-moneY The South knows this The
North agrees to give her the money she needs, but
she VIII not have IT. She seeks another way of get
ing It, She reconstructs her States with such codes
as 70 render it Impossible Tor her get it; she puts
IN Office men OIL such MOODS that Northern men can
not trust her with their capital But the South saws
II want IL; but at the same time she san1s at the
door OF the National Congress ana says:-When |
get my ninety representatives IN will imper,I the
Treasury OF the country, bring in my caims and if
do not get them, l will write Reputation over the
doors OF the National Capitol, and tnen 1
sh1 nnfn ann hprrp
10 put me down. Politics are now in such
state that no man knows which door we
are with us. suffrage capita, labor books schools
the sword, are ali with us and we can reconstruct
Inc South so as to make II the counterpart OF North
ern CIVILIZATION Hhe hIte House is against us the
Administration is treasonab!e-the effort to REGAIN
ITS cooperation is waste of time. Congress every
enort IN that dlrection loses strength Run the
record OF Congress. Where are the men who led us
IN "a and '66S They dare not utter their opinions
Ihey confess the almost unlimited power of a ma.
honal patronage. Congress teels weak; il means
well. We are beginning to discuss what is consti-
tuuona" hate the word. Applause The war
power is constitutions. Lowell has hit it again
in single line. He says let Congress put up
lLaughter.) DO not trust anybody; tru thInGs.
Tnst events, trust suffrage rust books trust II.
nat is the lesson OF the war think Congress is
Degnnlng 10 trust TOO much the limit OF constitutional
scrupes. The wave has gone up two feet but IS has
aso gone back twenty inches. But the tlde how
ever slowly II rises is not to be checked Slavery is
not yet ended. Mississippi has her vagrant law
south Carolna has her lash, Louisiana has her
power OF contract, ana thaf rs slavery, L know
gre at many persons believe that all this is very re-
vuutionary talk. but talk other yIse and Won sur.
render the battle. will not deaIn you longer but
l. Wish 10 impress on the mind OF every one of vou
that this revolution is still IN progress. Rome in
her old days of trouble, appointed dictator aud
tod HIM ito see that the Republic is safe" The
message which l. for one, send to Congress is Won
can safely remain In session be in session forever
tAIplause.) See, at whatever cost by the exercise
OF whatever despotsm, that the repuoic is safe
lGreat applause
THEODORE TILToN's REMARKS
Theodore TIton was introduced He entirelv
aPTeta a VITA Mr. Phillips that slavery had not vet
eLoed lie disagreed however, with MIR Remond,
VINO thought the of tne ack man safe because
the PRESIDENT was ON our side and the Copperheads
on the other. Mr.. rltOn thought the President and
the COpperheads both on one side. He believed in
universal suffrage and universal amnesty but not in
TIE withdrawal OF the trOo9s that the time 1or
iayor OF justice to both black and white He was IN
~ pes that to-day those present would not on aD-
haud Mr.. Philips, but would put their hands in
their pockets to help the negro.
Mrs. Mary Greer, of Philadelphia spoke for about
quarter OF an hour, and during the delivery
OF her address repeatedly appIauded.
me meeting shortly alter adjourned to y in the
evening,
EVENING SESSION.
The meeting was largely attended at the evening
session. MIR. Phillips occupied the chair The first
Sba SP,aSeT was the Rev John Sargent of Boston
VINO SAID that he hoped to see the time when EQUAL
hlehts should be the rule, and not the exception,
When such men as Frederick Douglass and others
men OF dark skim should be eligible TO situations of
plause.) " N-P
(usuce shall be secured to all men and women,
plack as we'll as white. THIS was the tendency OF
thngs' Congress was not decided on that point
aud Inc Inc question should be agitated the sdent
mise should be secuted, the people should Oe sum.
hoheq 20 Congress ON the solemn crisis, we should