The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-09-08
CLOSING SCENES OF THE GREAT
SOUTHERN CONVEN ZION.


dedt-The ab,o report which has been read TO the
Convention releves me from the necessity OF
making argument, based on the present condi"
tiOn OF the Southern State. .
what then, is the remedy TO be applied Tor the
removal of existing evls! fhe COnnIttee nave
presented what they judge 70 pe tne omy MT remedy
With that report most heartily concur, tCheers.l
J will not detan you with declaring the Tlght OF
these men to suffrage for the protection oil the white
man for constitutional requirements and expe-
oienc, go hand. Inland IN the present canvass.
Ii mas been asked 10 II 1t were hard guestlon 70
answer. bow Will you enforce negro suffrage wdile
andrew johnson is Pres denty The gentleman
ought TO have known t1at u there was PRESIDENT
wDo in -tly enforced these laws, there would not be
the great ssity that mere is now OF declaring
A,e we 10 pau Q IN our own duty because the Pre-.
sident the United states contrary TO his oath OF
office, tails to perform hisI Cheers NO! no"l
beheve that the President of the United states II he
should prove recreant to his trust, will be made 10
understand that there rs a power (cheers) not the
pow er OF mob violence but con tItutional power
which will be Vlndlcated by the representatives OF
the people IN Congress assembled. lCheers
As TO tho capaclty OF these people ,o this pr-
vilege that must not be discussed, unless YOU pro-
pose to discuss the capacity of every white m IN II
the 10 al back men who had mingled their vo ces
VITO ours were TO be compared with their oppo-
nents, would De ashamed of my race. (Cheers }
years, with an legal enactme. Is enforced against
them, they knew loyalty better than their disloya
masters. (Uheers.)
They have earned, sir upon a hundred battle.
fie ds. the right TO suffrage. (Cheersl
sir the lightning fash OF revolution has struck
the tomb wi hIn which for two hundred years the
body OF liberty has lain, ana freeing the
free equality and liberty throughout th1 civilized
world (Cheers) We DO rot propose tnat the loyal
men shall have fought IN vain, put, in
that The dead shall not have died IN vain; but that
1.-The Government OF the people bv the people, and
for the people, shall not perish from the face OF the
earth" (Cheels) And now we will untold our
banner to the breeze, inscribed with II Liberty,
Equan,y, and Fraternity" and there it shall wave,
laiter who may, follow we WHO dare. (Vociterous
cheers and waving of mats and handkerchieis)
Speech Of Judge NJ. j. SaffOld, of Ala
bama.
Gentlemen None more than /, have less tolera'
tion for preludIces that condemn the race of that
brl liant orator that addressed us Yesterday. But
the great question which presents itself before the
American ueople IS, how snail this justice be done
TO the 100000 of American Ieople? We h I'D the
pulse of the nation and we tell you that you can
nelp u.s. YOU can barn u.s. The ueople of the rth
cannot bear another plank IN their platform.
yOIce-'The more planks the higher we will loat.")
From whom do they look Tor this rghtg L Is to
the great representatives of the loyal North.
Where is a record of yo'e that they wish IT? Ii
you get 1t from loyal Congress, do you get 1t by
stirling down the Union Congressman OF the
North!
fore tine hand OF God snOwed the way their bondage
would have been on,y the more severe
EXpedlency Is sometimes requisite and the practl-
cal statesman sometimes nolds his hand that his acts
may sustained.
telt oil that that great orator (reterring to Miss
Anna E. Dicknson) SAID yesterday but telt that the
great pulse OF the nation not yet beating for his
cause. " C cannot afford to make mistake. If on
do, ard the Government passes into the hands OF
our enemies, then where are civil rights!
The Constitutional amendment is the great plat
form now. shall we undertake to dictate the plat
form for the great loyal North, L declare TO YOU
gentlemen, we are sacrificing substance Tor sha'
dow. Pause and consider, the authority OF the Gov
ernment is administered by the peoples represen a.
tves and II you strike down their hancs, then the
enemy have obtained voice in councils. and
then America is gone. MANY cries, "No! No!
None applaud that sentiment more than do; but
having lived ever the South, tell you tnat the
North Is pregnant to day with the seeds of revo
luton.
dress is adoptedY
Hon. Nj j. SafoG-I ans yer, that If the Congress
of the United states does tins IL carries out the
great work. (Chcers But the manner IN which
they will DO 1t is q question 10 be considered. In
Pennsyvana, and In Illinois, the ignorance and
prejudIceof themany against the quesuon. ("No!
nop) Will qualify that by stating that Is the decla-
ration of those representatives who, a few days
SINCE assembled together in this city. Gentleme n.
you are greater advocates OF eternal equality than
then you have right 10 Mss " me- ,r word. ot that
great trio, wished to ask them lew questions.
The slave-masters at the south are Wnisperlng IN
the OF the ignorant poor whites that the mea'
sures of the Freedmen's Bureau are pacing the ne'
gIoes above them. II you force this question upon
u.s. must say, though would rather not, you are
casting away from you all these now hesltatlng
votes If that great principle Is bound to come, IT
will come but let look well TO 1t that come NOT
too precipitatey l say now that three delegates
from Alabama out of five concur most heartily IN
this Address, excepting the clause relating to
Hon A. II. JONES' OF North Carolina Il move The
previous question.
Farewell Address of John Minor Bolts
of Virginia.
Hon John Minor Bolts Temporary Chairman -
ask the gentleman to withdraw his motion lew
moments, as must leave in few moments for New
York.
leave to say that, while / know / shall be covered
with denuncialIon and oblOquy for beng here,
take pleasure IN saving that am pleased to hea
the appeals for justice to the blacks. tCheers.)
would as soon hear the humbest negro pleading to
Justice as 10 the highest in the land.
Without arrogance can say that for thirty ivt
or forty wears, as the leading Union man OF Virginia
must on the part OF 5000 Union men OF my state
disclaim al agreement with the latter part OF I'M
address. | have right no wish, TO tTammel thu
actions of any other. II Texas or North Carolni
wants 1t, in Gods name give IL to ner; but If Nir
ginla does not want IT, lu COOS name ao n0t 'rY
AS to the ueciarat on that Congress has tle powe
over this question, do not beheve it. On the con
tfary, with q two.thlrds loyal majority they hay
proposed constitutional amendment Tor ADOPTION
being unable to adopt the required measures them
selves. / do declare that III virginia not SOO ioya
men lie BROUGHT out TO the polls in favor Q
negro equality. IA del ga e-"l guarantee 5J,OJO
loyal ties there Oh this question:
/ came here as supDlcaut TO Congress to extent
rights to the loyal white men OF Virginia, and
think 1t will be time enough 10 think OF the rights
others after we have OUtaincd our own, L nave onl
70 look at the public event that nave trahspired
Memphis ana New Orleans 10 SnoW that The b ack
cannot vote without being protected by arms or b.
the laws
That universal suffrage will extond over tne Who
land, IN good time / DO not doubti but that cha
time has come now deny. Without loyal Coy
erDment 10 protect them IN their rights theY Woul
be shot down IN the streets and their houses Durue
over their heads. (lhey are dong that nOW.'D
dltler with my latellTiends in the oplnt1n tina
this action could have any effect upon the election
OF the North for the Convention adopted yesterda
their resoipdons and ADDRESS, / had prepared
eefies of resolutions TO place myself square an
Iairy on the record, and now beg to read them
you. cannot read them without tue consent
IN the Congressional Giobe"l MANY other signs