, 1866-09-06
SPEECH OF FRED. NUUGLAsS,
+t3s Aprrn1 bf n Co,orcd Man EOr Ike
1.s&Iltn 0r E1Sx 1.are.

l'HHApklT!ltA. =cpttln0er.t.
sl8s ,uo'n!hg u. tlv t',.iun Itasno Eeo,ns.
pcccltE were ssatle .y t.nvcsno,H ra.1 ,and ..ur.
", Scna:or c!!andlci. and Fred. Douglass. Fla
cc!oreA orator:
SPEECH M rasED. DOUGLASS.
MI; IEEaspIaT AND t;E:7LE:tEs: This. TO mc.
aEmo't entirely ina'!e4na'n to respond IL i.
bare made n,a1ly sperchc-, different assaslons,
II ind s ss '"rss !" 'as ,:ntfs anj
ret.cd heforc any arai.nes 1nt1:r c!rca,a-
tis'sts that 10 cnssscly Mnas,cs. M. is.
!i'terarce g I 1!at hc'fHo "h!cl. apiwaF today.
Ji-r!ay. It would aayo tcan unworthy Soa.iuct
for n!:; 1.n.ro:t! or :Iose who s:tt me- 2.d ,l,-
Ms:hy y. & y; :aec /, to which al,n*, cos!l
e.scil. or 20 sit in silence IL ttat Convention,
pew s:scmhied !n this sisT. What ,ras NY ,nty
a,aans @ M, fcr %ia, na: ai. ss aass cifsd afs;
e:..:.a= sla. co.csyt TO &c Tic ;rrai ise,e 10
ico;1s II Is nj, lit iii s'Ss. Z E:,oall M J.: h:s1a
III Il c:cat cEis:i like this. Onc 1t1l may ;cli !
ss:'. dsal q tfu:s,-o:'s ;cc n'a5 tsi! q lar:.e
:Es: all coilns in lii. Z, TIL Ii yvIe tiatl.
have ''a!i y cctlt!S II. aa.sesa s.lut.; Il IL
uosfH;:;.nn ~ tiis c;:: ". o! 's* O. !ar us o: 's
yer HARDLY IN cr. =nfi III Nnt.in- cnu:i nsscut
!aoIs :, rca;i!y hsM ,s powerful a:a:uE,cnt show
sras ~ .ss s"eIe esm &c no ;,Sson without r:7E-
= L.
t,rcss had c,nat'atca from = eolorca Convention
tiEf rcnhl have cn.lntsct! it-cvc:y worl-.ls was
gu: 1.nowlu!s, t'f tue n,nl;scs which tuao:sed
taat led me to rti..at IT, The great view s,f the
american rcoplc Is 10 .ia,f, universal principles
i.ai E1s Eccn tl'c .c:: error OF tho A2c srs poo
10 cisTrMsctic prfcir,cs Intended 1y The Great
t1caol Of :S Gfcsec t0s the ,sIEinaavef IL, unl-
yes:s; 70: i;s.anSc, in sha. gscat docua,nnt,
IL: st.r: cac3, ni wlto1n were p1cti.~d ii thlir
i've. Il eit tortn:lco, ard ihuir sacred h:,:--si
'"f: ';d q sasth-stas:sd ont VIII! iac d:siSn
II ~ ~ n:e:-u:t ha = man. sos II Wits snai
':!rc wss lnEs ltr1i:e1 and c!rcnmsc.lst.l hui
EG ,s 10 oonyrnaa ns, 9w t,s l ;s ,e.y a.
country. s''>
.rr.harss mn ceiling sco ,road, TOO eor,prehcn.
Southern ensention soas ana talc X 'Ss ay Iss ipes
Tom As;efl,cr Hrresnl Speed. lie gave nj 10 mn
derstaEa that VIC were going to find ont What was
list Convention be psoctaimcf that at The atlol
box they would make It law Of the land; that ii
wonf1 he ersetaIizcd into legislation,
1un viii pardon zue tur Nl,Af may say on this
occasion. 4 bring in here what have a..c:iel
sur tue past ,Mc,sS-ayr ycars-ycs. the last al,y
ssa1s-iie r.. negro. iSreas 1ansAscrj 1t woula
:cInsu''gr hip: Ilaashtcrj i viii SAY ih,s
mT' nm do hs,s .ss poor 1Ssso some |ui,iss
as thc preventative Ola coa.tl,4eaey@sich, pez-
hsTs, a. no 9thcr man In the uaion could repre-
sest' Mow, 10 THO hrxt tace, represent the black
ing Of my haIr or The ln1lacss OF my nose Taush-
tcs Now. IN The nrxt rlncr, represent tho whole
e3sSer r1se aSShtssl snd sF y y no misss!as sa:
Fsrcrs dcns the ctcdit Of whatever talent may
lsa.e to tue e1iorcd racc, but nscsi5s Ii 10 the
whits, 10 % which they .ay ! belong. Laughter; ]
race combined. [tauehtc1.l. And, 70 far ~ ny
own cxpcsfcncr enes, ,srou, The pcsccabIo nuturo
IN which the races live In this osgantszon1 do not
IkN3t II il
Gentlemen, We have renrcseaisrises here NON
the North and from The south. l am one Of the
claim 10 represent not only lbs llacS and white
raecs, oni also represent the North aud The
Maryland, and credit las been cissu nc for hav.
aIe In my veins the blood Of ono Of her early Gov-
einois. u ts not customary for man ~ dfsclafm
ns ,he Gso sa Of Ssss,sd 81 ssss
Wel sif, Il was !hi1ty-e'sht years ago yestesday
ba.,ltat;on nor name, and VAS in pursnit ,i ii
both. ! do not consider that there was any dis
grace a.tsehtns 10 that. thoggh Il i 1rne le.me
part f1or home In that eircnn,locutory manner
which good ma1ncre prescribe. cumc here with.
f,t ont fhte:ding my @ master sooa.hyc- liansh,es;l
dia not I'll Ii lin assaa,sssi .eoat 5oa II. t.
| Nov sor my real character here. aaa going 10
speak Of The claims Of the negro. Some t4ires
have been settled by the war: some things which
that ihe nes,o wil, dsht. We 6avs bosa I aecus II,
toned e rcsasd him asA natural born Christian,
20 IL born Vat be hs@ no need 10 be born arain.
and then he would tnln The other also: but lhe
late war has decided that he viii fsh&. IAp-
thous6f knsw H. IL has now oee Seen 1eae Demon S5
EtTated that he IL not only natural .Oon Chris
.is1, but philo.opRsr and = teiasel.