The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1866-02-14

1 have said, and rePeari it here, that il the
coloTed man in the United States cpuld find
no oiter Moses, or any Moses ihs: would
be more able and efficient than myself,
would be his Moses to lead him from bond
age 10 freedom that would pass him from
a land where be had lived in slavery to
land (if it were in our Teach) of freedom
Yes, | would be wiling 20 pass with him
through the Red SeaJo The land OF promise.
TO The land OF libeuy /; buI sm not wiling,
nnder either circumstances, TO adopt pol-
cy which viii only result in The sacrifice of
! his lie aud The shedding OF bis blood
We talk aboot just ce-we talk about
right We say the whiie man has been in
The wrong in keeping the black man in sia-
very long as he has. That is all rue
Again We talk about the Dec cara tion of Ia
depencence, and equality before the law
You understand all that, and know how to
appreciate il. Bot now let US look each
other in the face. Let Us 60 TO The grea,
mass of colored men throughout The slave
! States. LIE, Us lake the condition iu which
they are al the present ;ime [and it is bad
enorgh We all kuow)and suppose by some
magic you could say to every one, ''You
shall vote TO- morrow" How much would
that ameliorae their condition al this time 7
Mr.. Douglass Mr.. Presidents: Do you
wish
| The President--T am mol quite through
yet. Slavery has been abolished A great
national guarantee has been giyen-one tina,
carnot be revoked. was getting a the re-
lation that subsisied between the while man
and the coored man. very small proper.
ton OF white persons, compared with the
whole number OF such, owned The colored
people of the South. / might instance the
State of Tennessee in illustration. There
were twenty-seven shareholders TO one
stakeholder, and yet the slave power con
troIIed that SIeie. Let us talk abonI the
matter as il is.
Although the eolored man was in slavery
there, and Owned as property in the sense
and in the language of that locality aud of
that community yel in comparing his Goa
ditioa aud his position there with he non
shareholders, be usually estimated his i'm
poriance j0st in proportion to the num 5er of
slaves that his master owned with the non-
STAKEHOLDER. Have you never lived upon
plantation
Sir. Douglass-I have. your ExceHency.
The Prsident--Ayhen yoa could look over
and see man, who had large family,
struggling hard upon poor piece Of lard +,
you thought grea, deal lees of him than
VOC did Of your own master.
Mr.. Douglass No; I.
The Presideul-WeI; I know such was
The case with a large majority OF you 10
those seclioHs. Where such is the case. we
know there Is an eumiiy, we know there is
hate. The poor while man, on tle other
hand, was opposed TO The slave and his
master, for the colored men and his master
combined kept him in slavery by depFising
him OF fair participation in the labor and
production OF The rich lands OF the country
Dent you know that coloTed man in going
10 hunt master tas they call i) Tor the
next year, preferred hiring 10 a man who
owned slaves rather than oue who did not
know the fact, q, all events.
Mr. Douslass-Becsuse they treated him
better.
The Presidea,-Tbey did no, consider it
cutie as IespecdbIe TO hire 10 man who
did not own negroes as 10 hire TO one who
did.
Mr Douglass Because he wOaldn' be
treated as well.
The PresideDi-Then that is another ar
gumen, in lavor OF what am going 10 say.
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the slave owner more highly than he did The
man who didn't own slaves Hence he
elmiiy between the coiored man and the
non SHAREHOLDERS. The white man vas per
miued 10 vote before government was deri-
we'd from Eim. He j. parl and parcel OF The
political machinery. not sy Iebeiiion OF
revolution.
Aod when 700 come back 70 the objects
OF this war you fad that the abolition OF
slavery was cot one OF he otjec,s. Con-
gress, AID The Presidep, himself, declared
lha, ii was waged on our Fart in order 10
suppress the rebellion. Tie abolition of
slavery has come as an incideui to lhe sup
preston OF great rebellioa--as an incident
and as an incident we should give it the
proper direction. The colorsd man weRt
into this rebellion slave. By the operation
of the rebellion he came out a freedmen,
equal 10 lreedmen in other portions OF the
country. Then there is great deal Done
for him on this point. The non-slsveholder
who was forced into the rebellion, aud was
as loyal as those that lived beyond the linz
lis of The State, was cauied iaro II, AMI his
property. in a number OF instances The lives
O: such were sacrificed, and he who has
survived has come out of it with nolhins
gained, but a great deal lost.
Now, upon prIncPle OF Justice, should