Cleveland daily leader. [volume] ([Cleveland, Ohio]) 1865-1873, 1866-05-12
THE A%NTI.SLAvERY SOCIETY.
Letters from Senator Summer, Chief
Justice Chase, Judge Kelley and
General SaxIOn.
Ihe following letters were read at the
recent anniversary meeting of the Anne
rlean AntiSlavery Society in New York:

recent anniversary meeting of the Anne
rlcan AntiSlavery Society in New York;
FROM CHEF JUSTICE CHASE.
WASHINGTON, May l, 1866.
DEAR SIR: L annot attend the annual
meeting Of the american Anti-Slavery
Society on the sth, Except bysincere wish
es Tor the complete accomplishment of its
purpose to achieve the deliverance of our
country from the spirit. as well as the
fact, Of Slavery.
Among the most urgent duties of the
hour, L count that of pressing upon the
intelligence and the conscience of our
countrymen the expectancy, as well as
the obligation, of unqualified recognition
Of the manhood of man.
The nation has liberated 1000, 600 Of
the people from Slavery, and has made
them citizens of the Republic.
That all freemen are entitled to suf-
rage, on equal terms, is an axiom of free
government. [Applause Neither color
and damage, as grounds of exception.
(Applause.l
II in the first movement toward ma
lonat1econstruction, this truth had been
distinctly recognized by an invitation to
the whole loyal people Of every State in
rebellion to TAKE part in the work of State
reorganization, a it now be doubted
that the practical r~elaions of every State
with the Union would have been already
re-established, and with the happiest con-
sequences?
Nothing IS more profitable than justice
Does not suffrage promote security, con-
tent, self-respect, betterment of condition Z
With suffrage will there not be more and
mora productive labor than without
VIII not suffrage insure order, education,
respect for law, activity in business, and
substantial progress?
l have heard the difference between the
production of the lately insurgent States
with universal Suffrage, and the produc-
ton of the same States without it, esti.
mated at Sl00,0o coo a year. At this rate,
the injustice of the denial of suffrage will
cost those States, will cost the nation,
S50O,0 OO, 900 in five years-enough to pay
nearly one-fflh of the national debt.
Is it too much to expect that sensible
and patriotic men, in these States, will,
before long, see their true interests in their
plain duty, and join those who seek. not
their injury or their humiliation, but their
welfare and their honor, in equal rights
for all?
However these things may be, this, at
least, seems clear. The men who so long
commended Tor justice to the enslaved, and
now contend for justice tothe e~mancipated
will not, cannOt, must not cease their eff.
forts till justice prevails. Applause.l
Yours truly, S. P. CHAsE.
WENDELL PHILLIPS, ESQ,
FROM CHAs SUMNER.
SENATE CHAMBER, May l, 1866.
DEAR SIR: II will not be in my power
to take any part at the approaching ami.
versary of the Anti-Slayery Society. My
duty will keep me here.
trust that the Society, which has done
so much for human rights, will persevere
until those rights are established through.
out the country on the impregnable foun-
dation of the Declaration of Independ-
enee. This is not the time for any relaxa-
ton of the old energies. Slavery is
abolished only in name. The slave oil.
garchy still lives, and insists upon ruling
its former victims.
EXTRACT FROM WILLIAM ,. KELLEYs
LETTER
Our present position is not novel, nor is
there anything in it to daunt our courage
We are slow to appreherd the teaching:
of Providence; but we sannot escape the
discipline by which the5 are enforced We
did not doubt the rsctitude or ultimate
success of the Unpn cause, when its ar
mics were unde- the command of Nc
Clel!an, and differed by Fitz Jehn Porter
and Buel. Why it was, we could not see,
but we now know that if they had been
true soldiers the North would have con-
quered by its own power, and we could
not have indicated the negro's manhood
by pointing to Fct Wagner, Port Hud-
son, Millikin's Bend, and the many other
fields his courage has made historical.
Had Andrew johnson so willed it,
when Booth made him President, he
could have established political equality
Throughout the South but he had the
control Of no agency potent enough to
eradicate the preiIdiees of the North. But
as a political Mcclellan, with Seward for
his Porter and Raymond for his Buell.
applause, be will convince the true men
both North and South,thst they need the
political power of all the loyal men of the
country, to save the results of the war, as
they did their military power to achieve
them. The Almighty can make the
wrath ofeven Andrew johnson praise him.
and he will do it. But as we also are His
agents, we may hasten the day. Let US
therefore be instant in we'll doing. 8
1t is n Our power to settle the fact
in question beyond cavil or dispute"
The S9th Congress has taken its position,
and will maintain it. 1t will not quail
before Executive dictation, or be seduced
by Executive patronage. The people are
soon to elect its successor, and 1 adjure
the American Anti-Slavery Society to see
it that they understand the issue upon
which they ara to pass. [Applause.
FROM GENERAL sAxToN.
NORTHAMPTON, MASS, May l, 1866.
My DEAR SIR: 1t would have given
me great pleasure to be present at the An
niversary Of the American Anti-Slavery
Society, and had it been possible 1 should
have done so. l share with yourself in
the faith that its great mission to human
ity is not yet fulfilled. Slavery is only
abolished in name; nor is the Republic
safe from the monster which has clutched
at its life, and means yet TO destroy it. It
behooves every friend Of truth and justice
keep his armor bright, nor leave the,
field until the word color is blotted out
IRON all our laws End constitutions, ard
MAJ, in its most general sense, is wrisen
IN Is place so plainly as lever to be-nls-
Whoever stands for universal freedom
is the nations friend, whoever opposes Is
its Demy, no matter how he mdsls that
opposition, or calls it comproniss. The
republic must stand on the Declar-
atom of Independence. TIE lessons of
tie past are warning voices, telling US to
Of all compromises of right and
ustice. Fresh from the terrible experience
# the last FIVE years, With all the wisdom
have gained, We should not dare nov
o fail TO recognize the equality an
Brotherhood of all humanity.
Cordially sympathizing with all the O.
of the society, with great respect
RUFUS SAXTo.
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