The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1866-05-03

dom, we and they will perpetuate his mem
DRY in thesIlving monuments of our grateful
hearts. .......-.
! ResoLUed, That to the Senate and tht
Representatives of the Congress of the Uni
ted States, who framed the laws by which
slavery was abolished in the capital of the
nation, and by which the Federal Constitu
ton was so amended, that slavery and in.
voluntary servitude, except in punishment
for crime, is forever excluded from Ameri
can soil, and by which civil rights are Sc
cured to all men bearing the American
name, we tender our heartfelt thanks, and
we will teach our children to cherish their
names as the benefactors of mankind, and
60 them and our country we pledge our 10y
atty and devotion in war and in peace, in
adversely and in prosperity
ResotUed, That we cannot forget, on this
great and glorious day, the skill and hero
ism OF the gallant conductors of the army
and navy, who led the invincibIe soldiers
and sailors of the republic on to victory in
the struggles in the defence of the integrity
aud perpetuity of our Government, and
that as in the hour when treason threatened
to destroy the hopes of the oppressed mil
lions of the earth, who were looking Joyful
ly to the Government of cur Republics
institutions of this Western World, there
was then no distinction of race or color in
regard. to the defenders of those principles
and institutions; therefore, we hold that
without controversy it is the duty of a great
and magDanilnous people to remove from
the ballot-box every distinction based on
race or color.
ReSoJved, That we deem our language to
be too feeble to adequately express our high
appreciation OF the value and Importance
of the services of the Freedmen's Bureau in
promoting the interest and welfare of our
liberated countrymen, and we believe that
without its salutary and powerful influence
IN their behalf, emancipation would exist
only in name.
Resotevd, That the brave soldiers who in
time of war cheerfully perilled their lives
in preserving the blessings of liberty to
their fellow countrymen, cannot have with
holden from them the right Of equal suf-
frage in time of peace without having in
flicted npon them the most fragrant wrong
and injustice; and, as God has commanded
the apostles of liberty to go into all the
world and preach the gospel, we hold that
they should begin at the Jerusalem of Amer
lea, the District of Columbia
ReSOtped, That in the ages to come no
pages Of American History will be more in
teresting and glorious than those on which
shall be recorded the genius and talents
of the conductors of the Anti-Slavery Policy
of the country, and thai shall describe the
herculean labors of the noble band of men
and women who are filling the South with
common schools aa
ResotOed, That we deeply sympathize with
all men of every nation who are bravely
struggling for freedom, and especially do
we sympathize with our brethren and fell
lowmen who have recently been so cruelty
wronged by British colonial misrule and
barbarity in the Island of Jamaica, West
Indies, and also with the four millions who
are bound 10 slavery in Brazil, and with
those who are crying for deliverauce from
the worst form of slavery the world ever be-
held in the Island of Cuba.
Resolved, That the ideas of freedom as
entertained by this Assembly are these -
The enjoyment of equal political and civil
rights; the privilege Of earning our bread
by the sweat of our brows, giving a fair
days labor for corresponding equivalent
of wages; faithfuful disch rge Of duties
we owe to our families, our neighbours our
country and our government.
ReS0boed, That we are sensible to the
fact that we are engaged i'll IA stu bborn war
with numerous and unreenting foes which,
with the help of God, we mean to fight out
to the end on our native soil aiming to COM
piete the establishment of our rights and
liberties, and that our weapons are the
spelling book, the Bible the press, and the
implements Of industry; and our impregna-
BILE Notifications are our schoo-houses and
the church of Christ, and our watch~ ord
our unconditional loyalty to God and our
country. rasaa
Senator Trumbull next spoke tracing the
history of the emancipation movement and
congratulating the colored people on the
fact that they are freemen and citizens be-
fore the law Senator Wilson followed in
q sketch of the anti-slavery cause, and was
succeeded by Gen. Howard, whose remarks
were of a character to inspire encourage
ment and exhort to effort. Ae
The speaking was concluded by Professor
William Howard Day, a colored man Of
great ability as an orator, who was listened
to with much interest. The assemblage
dispersed at about five p. m at
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