The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1866-05-03

das, and bind IL together b,
indessoiubleties, This same prin
ciple must unite ms still; and we
have now to-day the illustration o.
it in the steady progress which the
nation is making, as well az the
Church, in recognizing tho rights
OF man and tho duties of man to
man. (Chccrs.)
"Wo can not any longer look
upon the face Of any human being
aud not feel that he is our brother
man. (Renewed applauso) A
slave, represented upon Roman
stage in play written 10y a Roman
who was himself slave, uttered,
eighteen hundred years ago, this
sentiment, standing in front Of
Roman audience: Il reckon no
thing that is human as alien to
mys,lf.' Think OF the force of
those words in that day ! Roman
citizenship embrace all there was
that was considered valuable in
the world, and here was man
outside OF the pale of Roman citi
zenship standing up and saying :
| reckon nothing human alien to
me-, and thunders OF applause
greeted that sentiment from Roman
Hips. But, then, it was mere
sentiment it was not princi lie,
rs all history attests. 1t was
nothing in which men thoroughly
bclieve-nothing ion which any
man was willing to die but now
that principle comes down from
heaven it comes from him who
d ed to red On Ii alkind ; n, d he
who shed his precious blood for all
men, now has brcathed upon the
heart of this great nation the sub
hme thought thot it counts nothing
numau alien to it, and that it is
willing aud ready to do all its duty
by the humblest aud the poorest
Of mankind. (Applauso
HUMAN RIGHTS.
81 shall never forget with vha,
sentiments | learned that the one
great act of Justice was about to
be performed in the name oi
tho American people, by him.
who, through an assassin's
hand, has been sont to his home,
we trust, in heaven, and will bc
perpetually remembered among
men for his kindness Of heart, his
conscicntiousness and his goodness
uo resolved, as he told me himself
one night lying in his bed, mcdi
tating upon the state OF the coun.
try, that, if it should please God
to drive the army ofLee from Penn
sylvania, he would proclaim free,
dom to the slaves Lee was driv.
en- from Pennsylvania, and Mr..
Lincoln said to mo. 81 wish he
had been driven further but
have got to do it, and | will issue
the proclamation "-(applause)-
and the proclamation was issued
how cautiously and guardedly, yor
know, at first but the ninety ol
one hundred days arrived, and tn,
first of January came, and tn,
proclamation was made the grea
/ fact in American history. Ire
newed applause) Every human
being throughout the whole lengtl
, and breadth of the land receives
5 from the American nation, through
3 its honored head, the pledge tha
[ he should be maintained in his
| freedom and so now this proc
lamation has been consecraled a,
part of the American constitution
by the action of the same Ameri
can people. But there is NOR
work to be done. Slaves emanci
pated are but half men. The,
must be educated !; they must hav'
the gospel preached to them AM
we have missionaries going abroad
/ throughout the length and breadtl
of the land preaching to them, anC
everywhere noble women and no
bic men are consecrating their en-
, ergics to the work of their instruc
ton. But this is not all that is ne
: cessary. The faith which has beer
pledged to them by the nation
that they shall be maintained il
their freedom, must be redeemed
and to-day we have the intelligenc
that the Congress Of the Unite,
| States, representing the heartfelt
sentiments and the fixed resolve G
the whole American loyal people
t have declared that these emanci
pated slaves shall have equal civi
t rights. (Applause } A step fur
: ther remains among the steps 70
a it is a long work this raising
r whole people but one OF thes
t steps, as ] count it, is that they +
0 whom you have given freedom
e must be permitted to defend it b,
Q the ballot. Loud applause.) And
speaking here between the tw
e centuries, ! should be unfaithful +
8 my own convictions If | refraine,
t from uttering the word before you
8 But, then, let us look forward
8 This work is all to be done: civ
! rights arc to be secured, politics
}. rights are to be secured, fraternit
o is to be established, and we are I
G feel that every man who wears tn
image OF God is entitled to all til
6 rights which God has given to b
e children. (Applause.) Everythin
G is to be left, then, to th operatio
, af thosa natural la wa hv whic