The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1866-08-07
SENATOR WILSON ON UNIVERSAL SUFFRAGg
sescl., rfl fcaAn 70 THt NEW YORK HfaAlo.

I.rxe u.e,in~ In Trrmsnt Temple, Boston
speech of senator Wilson ON Negro SET
frage~Ile Drnoancc- the President tn"
Philadelphia onv cntion Mnde IN Of hrbri-.
| Copperhrads and WING Fiunkcys-Thr re-
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Amcna.
Bcsrss August ., 1906
The fremont Temple vas nled 10 IA fun capacity 10
night ~ the enthusiastic friends Of universal freedom.
Tor tho purpose q listening 70 the views Or scnaips
Henry Wilson on thu present Of the country
The meeting was osenslhy for the purpose % raisios
funds for the theological education the emancIpsied
race, and, while considerable OF fund was raised f.s
this object II was apparen, tina, the motive Of ths
meeting was for the purpose Of SWING tle aasaacba
sctts senator opportunity 10 express himself b,scrc
Before the address q Hou Henry Wilson eoqueus
freedmen speeches were made BY Mr. Z. Williams.
OF Cambridge, Rev. DR.. Barnard. Rev. J. W Parker,
and Rev Mr. Grimes, the leading colorcd preacher u
Boston.
Hon Mr. Wilson was received with i've minutes
round Of applause when he Introduced for which hs
returned his thanks Hs accepted 4 be aid
tribute 10 The oppgos-d who had stugslcd TO msks
the country "a great Christian commonwealth He ba
eved their appeals should be hecied 10y all who have
the good Of The country q heart Who they haa
the hearts Of the slaves masters aud what thy fhoula
do VA to convert them both - BAN and
from tho South ~ roHtr alone, ani must now o. 'hs
work which var had not done and tbt ws. 10 chAnye
blaek man IA cquhl % ne white and deserving q h,s
privilege both morally and socially and no Would 60
Tor thc ampeat guarantees toT building them w ava ~
waiting their every position Wide he loved the black
he did not hate tho shtr, but would stand ~ nv
cleyating and edaeatng him 10 dii no. icsPa Of he
/ country, for all was 10, lost; but they would
triumph sure ~ there God IN heaven, for during
the last SIX years they had done moth ng hai march
from victory TO victory They bal accomplished VI"
emancipation ~ opprcs se rae bgi there yet
great work 10 be done IT. ,hen alluded TO the t-ap
! poninent which they had me, the advent n rres
-. armed hls back upon tho men who elected e'm and
haa :. cswhich he prolessed and nos tbs IN
sp,s,'an ~ ,ea. management, and IN coat $50
states :, 10, back mo Ms, blacks and whites 81 The
South now under the andrew John.a.
With sorrow The demand for equal ,.-. '"Se '.s !bs
blacks was newt touched upon. and this profhi>-- ~
the President made that tho rights Of the woaar.
was the fotnt n interviews with scinsiated rcSs
editors who zero ambitious 70 have Congress wrnd OUT
Tho Temporary obstruction ~ tho Fffcdmens Bnr.au
bill and tho eva Rights bill nrzt iancniod By hs
speaker account u toe veto and he then reioced
and expressed 4 bis belief hs, combination Of
could ever overthrow lho.e great measures He 10
eyed ba, hereafter they would cleo, Congress. faith
~ TO lh'ty ahd President Who would nn' peoay
iham The Phiadelrhia Convention. no saldi was .
ocasomsraiion Of unpardoned rebels, eorperhs.ds
quad ihcra he such a convention, for Il woun
Hho~ that the people yap hsve made this naian Grand.
powerful ana free sro not j. torn II OVER vsiInndg
ham, Hen wood Alexander II. stephens, Jun boo uis
aud their a.socises Tho republican party ~hlrh lad
been turned upon by Andrew johnson, one he ssa
which had DOM Incrn for liberty cnristlaniV and
the elevation 81 mankind than any other party
which tho shnne upon. Massachusetts,
represented by such iiln-trioss nssu -
Simon r Harrison and Joan l. ssin rorh men ~
Governor Bullock and John A. Andrew we're utterly
forgotten aud this ~ every state IN the rutn
Hut notwithstanding nil this he believed tho repubaa
party would triumph sorlonsiy. He believed IN the
nnai adoption OF this constitutional amcud-
mcni. that Tcnncseer would giro Aunrsg~ o. the
black man, md thai tho pcop< would Ebert men e
Congress who would admit only such siar~ into ~
naftOna government ~-ild fag0r untvsrAa sunfAes
H. bret they .cild compel the rebels 40 sdp, shs
corstnni tnnai anrndnent. hut whde doing ihs 'bey
world 10 fhs great pvireipl.s Of hssfty. ~