The day book. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1857-1867, 1866-08-11


When the South, the rebel armies having all
surrendered, were a conquered, Inundated,
subjected people, and lay PROSTATE at eur feet,
hope was lost and they were ready TO take
life or anything we chose to give. That was
the hour when ANDREW JOHNSON had it in
his power to demand modification of all
their laws and Institutions, SO as TO secure the
equal civil rights of all men, and to give the
black man the same rights possessed by the
white man. The Northern presses expected
1.-THE religious organizations all over the
country demanded it-even the Boston Pest
thought it would come-the World said suf-
frage would come to the black man by and
by-and the News, edited by BEN WooD, had
an elaborate article in favor of niger suffrage.
But, alas when Congress assembled in De-
cember we found the President had policy
my policy" And it was my policy" which
headed US off But, We passed the Freedmen's
Bureau bill-and the Civil Rights bill the
greatest bill ever passed by a Congress of the
United States and no party or combination
of meh will ever come in power in America
| that can repeal the great Civil Rights bill of
| 1866 Aud here there was tremendous ap-
plause. say to you tonight, ladies and gen.
ten,en, the product of our christian cvliza-
| ton, that when the hour comes, we shall elect
President OF the United States who shall not
betray us. Whereupon loud applause fol-
lowed This "fanatic" of Mr. WEBsTERs,
then branched off to touch upon the Phladel-
phia Convention, the allusion to which called
forth derisive ordinations mingled with
| laughter and shouts He said it would be
conglomeration of pardoned and unpardoned
rebels, copperheads, and Huukies of the Wing
party. He was glad the Convention was to
assemble. And some man near the door
might have uttered, cover the left" But
the man whom we took up and made Vice
President has turned his back upon the great,
grand, historic party, and has taken into his
counses traitors, men who sympathzed with
parties; and to-day, ladies and gentlemen Of
our christian civilization, SIMON B. HANS
COMB represents Massachusetts, including this
great "Hub of the Universe" Bosting Ex-
Governor ANDREW. Governor Bullock, Gov
srnor BANKS Mr.. SUMNER, ''our CHARLES"
all acknowledged leaders of public opinion in
Massachusetts, and products Of our christian
civilization, are no soha,--they have nothing
to say about affairs, SO far as their State is
concerned and, Simon B. HANscoMB and
JOHN SWIFT are the ilustrious individuals
who put up and put down, and put in and
put out.
The great, the grand, the historic party
has been circumvented And let me tell YOU
ladies and gentlemen, products of our chris
tian civilization, every other State including
this great club, has gone into the hands of
the SIMON B. HANscoMBs and the JOHN
SwIFTs-and we are crcumvented Where
upon the product of our christian civilization
said, shame! Well you may think this is
pretty pass for things to come to, but they
have come to tive are victimised by the
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gentlemen Of our christian civilization, do you
believe these things are to continue. l tell
you there is not an ANDREW JOHNSON Repub-
lican that can be elected in free State in
this Union. Ninety-nine out of every one
hundred who voted for him, are against him
to-day, and will be against him in the Sep
TENDER, October and November elections
Therefore, here the speaker no doubt became
really serious, 81 say to You that while we
have abundant cause for profound anxiety,
while we have abundant cause for sorrow-
aye, abundant cause for shame too-we are
masters ofour position; barring the HANscoMBs
and SwIFTs, let us but be true to our princi-
| piles, and We as sure as that the sun holds on
his course, that we will triumph and triumph
goriously in the end" Hereupon the APP
| plause was tremendous, and the ''fanatic"
of Mr.. WERsTER's proceeded to lay down the
Radical programme: with President in
| favor of suffrage, in favor of equal rights of
all men in America: with a Congress strong
and firm; with a liberty-loving law-abiding,
and christian people, who believed them,
such as are the products of our christian civ
iIization, pe wiH compel these men lately in re-
beliion to adopt This amend ment And tn
lovers of liberty there, and that too in very
few brief years. will carry on these reforms.
suffrage and all the rest. say then to you
tonight, ladies and gentlemen of our christian
civilization. we shall have to give of our sub
stance, of eur influence, what we possess, to
the holy cause of elevating this people; we
have emancipated, but while we are doing
this, we must be true to the country, true 10
liberty and above all il becomes MS Of Massa-