The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-08-07
UNIVERSAL SUFFRAGE.

Large Meeting In Cr. mont Temple, BOs-
ION - Speech of Senator wilson On
Negro Suffrage re DenOuNess the
PTss1dent-Ihe PhtIadeIpHIa COuVeM.
ton Made Up of H. bells, OOpp" r n @sds,
and WING FIuAkeys-ihe H. bel States
Must Adopt the Constitutions al Amend
ment, EIc.
BosToN August 6.-The fremont Temple was
filled to its full capacity tonight by the enthu-
sastic friends OF unlvC rsal freedom, for the pur
pose of listening to the views of Senator Henry
Wilson on the present state OF the country.
The meeting was ostens bly, for the purpose Of
raising funds for the theological educa ION OF
the emancipatPd race, and considerable of
fund was raised Tor this object.
Hon. Mr.. Wilson was received with five
mmuGes round OF applause when he was intro
duCed, Tor which he returned his sincere thanks.
lie accepted it, he SAID, as a tIlbuLe to the op-
pressed race who had struggled to make tins
country a great Christian commonwealth. He
Leheveu their appeals should be needed by all
who have the good o the country aC heMt
While they had broken the shaCkles of the
slaves, they mad not subdued tue hearts OF
the slaves masters, and what they should now
do was to convert them both IN BRAN ana
heart. He believed that slavery was wrdng
from the South by power alone, and we must
now do the work which war had not done, and
that was 10 change the nation al conscience and
heart to the belief that rhe black man is equal 10
the white, ana deserving OF his privileges, both
morally ana sOClAilN, ana ne WOuIu 20 1Of toe
amplest guarantees tor building them up and
elevating Their every position While he loved
the black man ne did not hate the white but
would stand up for eleVatlng and educating hun.
He did not despair of hls country, tor all was
not lost; but they would triumph as sure
as there was a God in heaven, Tor during the
last six years they had done nothing but march
from victory to victory. They had accom-
plshed the emancipation OF the oppressed race;
but there was yet as great work TO be done. He
then alluded TO the disappointment which they
had met In the advent OF President johnson to
the chief magistracy OF the nation. He had
turned his back upon the men who elected him
and the principles which he once proeSsed, and
was now the inspiration OF leading Rebels. He
had even put the revolted States back INTO their
management, and in consequence OF this the
loyal blacks and whites OF the South are now
under the cruel boots of confirmed Rebels. All
this he said or Andrew johnson with sorrow. The
demand Tor equal suffrage tor the blacks was mex
touched upon, and the promises which the Presl
| dent mace that the rights Of the race would b.
| granted. But there next came ''my polIcv,'
| which was the result OF interviews with rein
| stated Rebel editors who we're ambitious to have
Congress wiped out. The temporary obstruction
| of the Freedmens Bureau bill and the Civil
Rights bill was first lamented by the speaker on
| account OF the veto, and he then rejoiced over
| their passage BY the twothirds vote OF Congress,
| and expressed 1t az his belief that no
| Combil alton OF men could ever overthrow
these great measures. He believed that here
| after thev would elect q Congress faithful to
them. The Philadelphia Convention, he sald, was
a conglomeIation OF unpardOned Rebels, Copper.
| heads, and lunkeys OF the Whig party. He was
| glad there was TO be such a convention, for it
would show that tue people who have made this
| nation grand powerful and free are not to turn
il over tC Vallandgham, Ben Wood, Alexander
H. stephens, Jrm Doohtle, and their associates.
| The Republican party, which hal been turned
| upon by Andrew Johnson, was one, he said
which had done more for liberty, Christianity,
and the elevation OF mankind than any her
party which the sun ever shone upon. Massa-
Chusetts was represented by such illus rious
men as SIMON p. Harrison and John l.. Swift.
Such men as Governor Bullock and John A.
| Andrew we're utterly forgotten, and this was
true of every State In the Union
But notwithstanding all this, we believe the
Republican party would triumph gloriously. He
believed in the final adopt ion OF the Constitu.
tional amendment; that Tennessee would give
suffrage to the black man; and that the people
would elect men to Congress who would admit
only such States into the national Government
| as would favor universal suffrage. In bret
they would compel the late Rebels to adopt the
Constitutional amendment; but while doine
this they would be true to the great principles
| of liberty