The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1866-06-02
Anti-sIavery Convention at Boston
Everybody Excepting mar. summer

everybody Excepting mar. summer
(Doh' BosToN, May 80, 1866:
The New England Anti-slavery soci.
ETY., with Garrison and Quincy lelI ou1
and Wendell Phillips as its chief helper,
held it's annual meeting to-dss III VNo
Melodesn. A letter was READ from
prominent Salem member, winch uo,
clared that the South was not YET III ~
be reconstructed, coupled the names %
Johnson and jeff. Davis togethef' PiS,
dicted that If Johpson's pohcy W t
adopted we would again drl1t my ~, Uho
/ TybiSlnnol of discord and the outer GAIA
| ness of civil war. ,.+oined IN
10Th a series of resolutions, eIn-
LrociDG the following propositions:
Tirst No settlement Of national affairs
ar lla on the basis Of absolute and i'm
rortiol Justice. Second: The only es-
spantiaI element of reconstruction is
sntfrape for the negroes; every
other Meter being unimpOrtant
and secondary. The President on this
point has willEilly and deliberately be-
| trayed the North, and his Cabinet has.
seyerally sustained him; and, as Con-
gress has surrendered the point in issue,
our only hope ests on she issue. Fifth;
If Congress- admits each State as it ratl-
| fies the proposed Constitutional Amend
| ment, ITS plan is not only surrender, but
worse still, al unworthy trick to MIS-
lead the Union.
Mr.. Philips said: Johnson believes IN
the South. He leads the South and
his Cabinet with him, and Congress has
surrendered Oil the only essential ele.
ment of reconstruction. Mr.. Phillips
| hoped the Senate's amendment OF the
reconstruction plan would meet with an
ipnomonious defeat, and that Massachu-
setts woald reject it. He would welcome
every Democratic Copperhead vote to
help its defeat He would go a step
further, and said, | hope that the Repus-
llicaa party, if 10 goes to the polls next
Fall on this basis, will be defeated If
this is the only thing tae party have to
| offer it deserve defeat The Republican
marty today seeks only to save its life.
God Grant .tha It may lose il Social
equality follows irresistibly political
! equality. and equality of manhood with
Ionf distinction Of color is the last lesson
Of tbe war. The nation has one sal
walton, ard ooc only-apd that is to
inpore race. Tho President avOws at
Ieas' sn iptei}i jble plan ne has q pur-
pose The Re- pblicans 90 to the people
in d cell aud b pocrisy, with their faces
masked and i.eir convictions lied. /
hope 10 God fey will be defeated. l
wan another -renade, not only to un-
cover tho hide sentiments of "a Cabinet,
but 10 smoke out the United States Sen
ate, that we II = see how many of them
range by the 81 = OF Sumner, Ben, Wade,
Judge Kelley d Thad. Stevens
S. 5. Foster C.lcred the following:
RaolrcR, TLaJ deeply sympatbizisg
witlrour colorod follow itiz9ns for the
outr yes to WI d they are subjected at
the lInds of $.uthern rebels, through
the completely indifference OF the gov
ernr mt we their oppress0rs that
the ay is not I distant when passive
suhn1ssion. vi cease to be virtue,
and duty and nouvr will alike require
then in initial m Of the REVOLUTION Of
our evolutionary fathers, to assume the
deie OF thei own rights, and appeal
fop -ir justif ton TO the intelligence
and humanitv e. the civilized world.