The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1866-09-14

act, with which you cOuld not act.-|
was glad to see IL mcet-why was
it here? 1t was here in part, because
q great cry came up from the white
men Of the South, "My constitution
al rights. my natural rights are de.
nied me-" A great cry came mp from
q g black men OF the South, "My con.
stitutionaf rights, my natural rights
are denied me-" This was great COM
plant "a complaint founded AMI
made sincerely on both sides, and
directly antagonistic, the one to the
other. It's right that there should
be these Conventions The Conven
ton of the l4th OF August came here
because of that great cry the Con-
vention of to day is here because OF
that great cry, and that is right
I Applause 1t is for the Conven.
tion to act upon that question, if up
on none other. As Southern men,
speak out your minds. Applause.
Speak the truth as you feel. APP
plause. Speak the truth as you
know it. Applause.l Speak the
truth as you feel for your country
Speak the truth, as YOU love pcrma.
nent peace, and as you hope to see
the foundations of the Government
SO that our children and our Children s
children shall enjoy a peace that we
have not known | lell you, unless
you do this there can be no peace
Applause .,...
Gentlemen, said that but q short
time ago, a Convention was held IN
this city. That Convention, to my
mind, did not do much, or rather
omitted to do much, that was good,
but it was wholly unmixed of good
That Convention, rs | read its histo.
ry, came here and simply recorded
and nothing more, in quaker.iike 81
lcnce and abject submission; that Con
vcntion recorded the commands o
one man; [applausel that Convention
did what the loyal Congress of thu
United States refused to do, lap
plause and if we ever have Con
gress IN this United States OF Amer
lea that does not resolutely and for
mally refuse, as the present Congress
has done, merely to be the recording
secretary of the tyrant OF the Whit'
House, American liberty is gone ior
ever. [Applausc.I sf .,
To nay mind it IS Important Una
Congress should be commented II
this particular, for that reason inde
pendently of all the other merits o
the question. and for the reason tina
many have thought for themselves
they have spoken for themselves =
They have stood up against all sort
of influence Tor that which they be
Ilieved and knew to be right. Sorr
for the dead silence; sorry Tor th
want of thought and speech that lik
ed that condition, and feeling as dc
| that posteyity must condemn it,
Still, as | s,id, its doings were no
lunmixed with good. What good wa
there in what it did2
Gentlemen, you all know that W
have had in this country an old, d'
hant, proud and naughty party
quondam Copperheads. To my con
nrehension, the main characteristic
of that party ever has been cruste
all over with prejudice, keeping OF
the light OF truth and the light {
day. Among other prejudices' fo
years has been that slavery was d
vine institution, that all the incident
of slavery were divine, that it was a 81
cred thing, that it should not be di
cussed and should not be spoken G
1t was household god. This wi
the creed. This was the conduct
this late defiant and proud party
! Well, that party came up here to u
l4th of August Convention, that pa
ty, for the men of that party cSnst
! tuted vast majority ofthat Conve
f ton. Now mark, gentlemen, that
, one OF the resolutions of that Co
vention, it is distinctly said that 81
: very is abolished and must never
) re established. [Applausc. as
YOU, then, If this old Democratic pa
ty has not struck its eolors and boz
ed in humble Submission to Repub
can princip,esp [ Applause, The
+ is some good i'll that. Applause
1 1t marks an event in the progress
5 human freedom.
/ At the Convention held in Bal
/ more, in 1866, which nominated NJ
5 Lincoln and Mr.. Johnson, it was a
Y nounced that slavery should lie c
tirpated, not abolished merely-cxt
+ patel, taken out OF our institution
/ root and branch, body and soul, c
}, cry llneament and every fibre of it,.
= Mark, gentlemen. the difference |
d tween the two words. One, to ext
y pate, not simply to cast oil this
d the other limb OF the horrible mi
1t stcr, but to take out, not only 81;
e cry but all the meongfuous unIig
| eousness and Unequal consequent
N and Incidents that resulted from 81;
70 cry. ''I 7''l' '- ~ 'N...' "
ie What are they? IE the hrst pl'
VI unequal representation. [Applaus
'e Does not slavery remain SO long
% there is a man, no matter what
IS color, so long as there IS a man
lg represented in the Government
L. Does not slavery remain as long
IN you can, because of color. say t
ne man that he may not stand equal
% his fellow man IN your courts OFF
u, .icel All these incidents the gr
ed Republican parry pledged themsel
nc az Raltimorp should be cXtirDat