New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1866-05-21
ADDRESS OF The SWISS CONVENTIONS
TO THE
CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES.
Earnest Appeal for Impartial Suffrage.
Translated for The Washington Chronicle.

Translated for The Washington Chronicle
GENEVA ApTl2 1906
Mr. Pre,identc Of The Senate
have the honor to transmit the inclosed address,
prayng that you viii communicate the Chamber
which You preside. Hoping that they viii in IL new
testimony Of the lively interest which the citizens OF swz
land feel in the future prosperity OF the great American he
pray you accept Mr. President the Of rro
AppRTss OF TIE SWISS CONVENTIONS conTEs oF GENEVA
BALE, EEUFcHATEL, rEssIS, AND BEBNEl IN FAVOR OF
The FREEDMEN. AID oF IHL ASSEMBLY, cohsoCAllD
ATGFNEvA Of TEE 18th MAKCH, lsoh, By The GEaEVAN
To The P,eseat and Cosr.ss oftss Uad efA@s.oa
years have were, Lived with yo1 hGye borne y.nI
grievances rendered joyous at your deyeranee and
When the election OF noln announced the world that
Won had had erouSh OF the system Which abased youenough
Of completely and compfoni'e with savery-of man-hurhng
ordained hy SlayeryOi con4uesis ior tie profit OF Saver
OF politics 10 favor OF Tie parry o1 sa'e"e gave th@DAs "
When vour Union was disrupted by revolt yonr pros
perity was crippled <roa when many voices lad pophe'
Sled the dissolution Of Uaion hailed the commence
Of and a better life for your people. -,
When military menaced yogr noble cause we sun
believed that it would perish. Wien Europe lett on
seemed lend intervention favor - tae south toTd
violating bockadcs and In recognition 81 ne Rebe Con-
fderacy always leved that something would inerpose
itself between the design and tte exeeu lhat yon u
inyiaclble. ..
tons would render nugatory the moral results OF the war la
you would compromise With the preudiees ana institutions Oh
The South always believed that would not Icy down
your until you had destroyed your real ehsmy-hs
say, Slavery. .s,,..o,. .,,u,,, 80 q, r,o,r0r, VA
believed that successor would his honor the
continuance and The completion Of bis WORK FINALLY hen
Won have announced world that tho Constitutional
Amendment adopted that already there was no tl.e
slave upon the soil Of the Union We naYe heard VIII mex
preside emotion this glorious progresl greatest event
t T as az sentiment which ve would manifest today az
daiy OF slight importance though the testimony may be- It
shall not be said the voice Of Switzerland should not
make Itself s sSs SqT aP the most the @
in which your trials terminated yoa LI9EGanesd tne ts
the New World Spanish treaty will be suppressed You
will annihlnte Brazilian Slavery Whole race suhei~sn
e rare sy the history Of mankind when POLITICS
Gospel hand in hand-these day Of sunshine un'
After such dsys IN resuming the course of ordinary life
should guard against dangers from CONTINGENCIES ana seq
aside Obstacles finish difficult than to besn to
make its application more aTdao4s iIan tue ehuhc"n
Tie a5ors that await you to-day important and
complex and difficult surmoant than those oil yes
But the one goes not without the other Sad will DO tho
condition Of your enanchised slaves you make not oenS
Between Slavery ard Lberty-real Eteriy-tserc gTe 10
UoT THAT freedom will destroy tie eeacntla
tired Of them will succumb 10 the es- OF tue tBung
y no. psttsr 10 Won whether they remain ID
depart whether they live dethat IN the rude contact Win
have pesSedhSt your pharisacai abolition win Dd sei
resulting in their Observation-Disclosures the pure glory oil uy
will turn 10 shame the morrow
We protest against such dark prospective esk that they
may branded with falsehood We know mat your acts
| will so brand them, and very soon
The you desire the dark question 70 cease troubling
the United States the more you Will fee! mat must PC as
posed Of Unfinished questions nave no Ply ioI the
mankind. And how shall that completion DC ettaneo Ely
things remaD 70 DC al civil and political ducons on
account Of color refuse Federal protection to the saya
protection Indispensable to the tranation 20
give them up purely simply to the lave the adminss.
ton the tribunals Of the South II wSGa DC 70 decree me
by consequence of atrocy To conserve political e1elsen
to the black race would be to deny tne ppoLs
even the name which the North has so vaanty aed
That prudent measures should accompany me coaiefs
the right Of suffrage in the sonthha es instance sn1Ga
fnlffa who
lion Of coor-we can well understand. But what cennot
cause Is the exclusion Of The race Southern
readmitted Congress without imposing upon them as Goa.
diton the equality Of races We should bitterly depore ~ va
would bow the head in humility and sadness aud await ~ ac
a Of those Losities the sont ad
tie North between the Republicans and the Democrats Tia
end Of which had seemed only to have cone round
But what would disturb all our hopes would DO 10 seq
those freedmen who had spilled blood or the defense q
inc Union rewarded for their devotion by beng deprived OIL
I1se ~ those brave men who are called to bear arms fr
their county tho time that the Rebels who had torn
foreigner not only reenong the rights they had before tho
war made the arbers absolute OF the fate Of oya csA
To 10 those guilty high treason tie 10 reduce
good citizens the position OF political pdrdas 10 reward
eachery and to discourage patrosm-to give IN TO thsa
who pronounced selfgoyrnment impossible and sefanDb
Hat one condition necessary to future peace should be
posed on the States Damey Of the above
doubt ou understand for you have already imposed upon
them an affirmative vote upon the amendment abolstns
One step more your task finished by the side Of thu
abolition Of Slavery eqaa2e the be
fore the law. What is abolition without equatyl IL
mains 10 you to decide that the Rebel States before reentens
Congress should abolish all distinctions based on color Ic
cal franchises in oil should be enjoyed equally ~
blacks and whites These guarantees obtained open to hen
any unnecessary prolongaton Of tie present ineTenum
Add TO other eories that OF
Government nt tho immediate
close civil Liberty bold and strong aud II
boldnes strength II sic cannot and
pardonf
repugnant to 10 conceive your stopping half way and
comforting upon former slaves liberty without equality
In other words liberty without the conditions OF freedom;
liberty dignity liberty with unopened future Yhs
out possible progress liberty without that upon which II be-
new party Congess-rther expressions OF 6ayea
throug the South Seeking for peace would reogan
first for cannot with inns
puny words and when those whom you have de-
caed free feel that they have neither protection nor rights
Of regular action they are almost ini-Dy dyeu
10 employ other Civil would follow Is IL possible
that the blood Of the blacks shed the other side Of the foo
mac cruel expressions would not speed that wal ana
instincts OF the North would net reawaken
would complain, they would denonnee In.qultes they
would morally and the ancient quarrel would blaze
forth again faithful friends have better hopes or yoe
We have said much convinced tnat yOu VIII easily perceive
a sympathy IN the depths or oar fears and
that sincerity is strengthened by respect aud by attach
men
empower finish what you have besdn-y eet ah hi-
low and love brothers those who thanks TO ou
are Syery; and that He accomplish io you
and hereafter all those good wishes with when our beas
filed. j. ii. SERNfNr and 0;Lefs' iot GShe't~
ADoIPH CHRIST and others. for Bale.
ROBERT Llssor and others, for Neu.chaicl
+. BIANcHEITl end others. foI ressD.
BERNARD and Others. for Eerne.
NJ. BECHET, for tue Canton de Naud
GsaerG, April TO- le66.