The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1867-09-21

negro? 7" | shall answer him by saying. +"
only ask that Congress may give me chance
to do that very thing" Applause and
laughter.1 We have also asked in these
resolutions that Congress may propose a
Constitutional Amendment assuring man.
hood suffrage for the ratification by the legis-
latures of the States. Why do that? Be
we want irreversible guarantees" APP
plause We want the verdict of this peo-
pie as pronounced upon the thousand battle.
fields of the war Of the rebellion, entered
up in the shape of solemn constitutional
Judgment, so that it may be secure from the
detacing hands of this generation and Of all
generations yet to come. Applause
We have secured every point heretofore.
We incorporated universal emancipation
into the text of the Constitution. The light
cmanatng from that provision has actually
stirred the scnsibiluy of the visual organs Of
that wonderful Chinese Convention that met
in the ancient city Of Annapolis the other
day. laughter and app ause. AS to one or
two points, they prophcsied truly in spite of
their best efforts to the contrary. They said
that slavery should never again exist in Ma
ryland. lApplausc.] They went further,
and actually declared that the black man is
sufficiently intelligent to testify i'll the courts
involving the punishment OF death. Now,
conccdc that the black man shall be wit
ness in all cases; conccdc that the black
man shall never again be cnslavcd conccdc
that the black man is Il citizen concede
that the black man can be II soldier i'll your
regular army; conccdc that the black man
was deemed worthy to fill up cohort after
cohort and legion after legion for the terrible
service of the war lately closed conccde
that since the foundation of the Government
of the United States, the black man has
been received into the navy on equal terms
with white men, and has fought in almost
every great naval engagement; concedc that
all governments, National and State, COM
pei the black man to pay for their support,
to fight for their maintenance and to
obey all their laws; concede all this, and
the civilized world will say that we are
cowardly, unjust, and false to principle, if
we do not also conccdc the ballot. APP
plause | believe in the Justice of God
and believe that God intcryenes in the al
fairs of nations as well as in the affairs of
individuals. As.frmly us | believe IN the
religion Of ChfEt, believe that the souls Of
all men, without regard to the color Of the
bodies in which they dwell on earth, shall
appear before the throne of God and re.
ceive impartial Judgment. If, then, religion
awards to the black man an equal position
in Gods moral government, which reaches
through eternity, why should he not be en-
titled to the same degree of Justice under
the government Of his fellow men, which is
confined in its operations to the affairs Of
this life? Applause.
Ldespise the phrcnsiel Vaccinations Of
such false prophets as johnson, and Swami
and Bramlette. Guided by Providence,
which overrues for good, our notions Of
free government are becoming more and
more seasoned with Right and Justice. We
have hitherto read the fathers of our poli-
cal faith without gathering their real mean
ing. We now beg in TO understand what
created equal.' That great truth God has
lessons of the rebellion and by the shame:
less apostacy of our rulers. You will yet
see it as conspicuous in the practice of our
government as hitherto it has been in its
theory. lApplause.]
When four millions of people, but lately
redeemed from bondage, shall shake Off
their shackles and proudly step into the
ranks of the grand army of progress when
they shall no longer hang like clogs upon
the wheels of this advancing Republic, but
shall all become actors for the accomplish
ment Of its high destiny, we shall at last
attain to the leadership of the nations
having conquered more by the spirit Of JUS
tce, which is immortal, than by the sword,
which perisheth. Applause. Before the
genius Of the America OF that day, johnson
and Swami and Bramlette and their follow,
ers, sell. abased, will submit to that rebuke,
which they so much merit, and will each
exclaim in the language of Mephibosheth,
a. IL, }la,, h,a
before King David "what is thy servant,
dog as am? LGreat applause and laugh
ter.
Returning peace will bling in her tram
great and countless blessings for the whole
country, as soon as we shall invite her com
ing, by establishing on q sure foundation the
rights Of every citizen. When this people
shall exhibit to the world the spectacle OF
nation, basing its policy upon the principle
of equal and exact justice to all men then,
and not till then, we may expect to hear a
Greater than the great lawglver of the Jews,
proclaim,
''Blessed shalt thou be in the city, and
blessed shalt thou be in the field.
Blessed shall be the fruit of thy body, and
the fruit of thy ground, and the fruit of thy
cattle, the increase of thy kline, and the
hocks of thy sheep.
Blessed shall be thy basket and thy store.
Blessed shalt thou be when thou contest
in, and blessed shalt thou be when thou
goeSt out
When the tones of that grand bencdiction
shall be heard, the tribes Of the South will
no longer stand upon Mount Ebal to curse,
but all the people of this thrice blessed land
shall cry "amen and amcn."[ Long con