Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1865-1872, 1867-05-03

ed these questions you will know how TO
vote. [Cries Of "Yes," "Yes," and en-.
thusiastic appauso."1
Again, further on tho course Of this
address they use tho following language;
ave hope that you will not allow your
solves to be deceived by their false philan.
throry, [meaning the Radicals " y
"Wo have no interests which are in OPP
position TO yours. We favor your moral
and intellectual culture, and stand ready
TO aid you, according to our means aud
power In the attainment Of those means
necessary for the we'll being Of all men,
When was II, and how was IL, that they
aided you In moral and intellectual cul-
ture? When was il that they used their
means or employed their property for the
purpose Of giving you education? Shouts
Of "never, never."1 In the slave States
they showed their great desire for your In.
tellectual aud moral culture by prohibit.
ing you by law from learning TO read or
write; by making IL criminal ollense 10
teach colored man, woman or child TO
read or write. ["That's SOL You must
live In peace, on terms Of kindness and
justice with-these people; but whom you
come TO besiow power, be sure to bestow IL
on your loyal friends. [Cries Of I'VE will,
We will" and great applause. IL those
who have not been your friends, and who
have not been loyal, ask you for your votes,
you must tell them 10 show their faith by
their works, and you must give them time
TO establish 10 your entire satisiac6bn
the sincerity Of their repentance. Zap
plause.
Now, | will tell you where your true in
terests lie, and you understand this per
haps Just as we'll as / do first, in cul-
tiyating love and absolute devotion to
the Union Of these States. IL was the
Union that gave you liberty, and the
Union alone can preserve il. You must
encourage and protect immigration from
the North, aud from Europe. You must
encourage all men TO come among you; to
take up their residence with you. They
must have absolute. and perfect protection
for life, liberty and property. Above oil.
you must encourage education. If this
generation is able to do nothing but to
educate their children, and prepare them
for their duties in life, il will have done
we'll. The intelligence. the education of
your children must stand TO them in
place Of worldly advantages. In the
Southern States your late masters own
nearly nll the property; but the colored
people, by industry, by intelligence aud
by enterprise must win for themselves n
large portion Of that property hereafter.
remarked in tho beginning that
there was mysterious providence in al
the events Of this war. Starting oui TO
estbiish sikvery ahS make Il ferpdtnal
and with the declaration that slavery was
to be the corner stone of the new conled-
eration IL has resulted in universal liberty
and the acknowledgment of those great
truths Of the Declaration Of Independence
that oil men are equal aud endowed by
their Creator with certain inalienable
rights, and that among these are life, liber-
ty. aud tho pursuit Of happiness. A war
for slavery led 10 war against slavery.
The attempt 10 make slavery immortal
gave ID its mortal wound. The continued
disloyalty Of the late rebels after the war
was over, led to the necessity for raising
up new loyal population that should sus.
tain the Government. The rejection Of
the constitutional amendment offered in
1866 as basis Of settlement to tho rebel
States led to universal suffrage in 1867.
/ [Great applause
And now the great example which has
been set by the Congress Of the nation in
establishing universal suffrage in the late
rebel States must prevail with all tbs North.
ern States where universal suffrage does not
yet exist. When the Congress Of the ma
iion has given suffrage to the colored men
of the plantations, it cannot be refused to
the far better educated and more intelli.
gent colorcd men Of the Northern States.
When the Representatives Of the Northern
States have by their.yotes conferred suf.
frage upon the colorcd men Of the South.
ern States and of this District, they cannot
deny it to the small number Of colored
men in their own midst. The question OF
universal suffrage in the Northern States,
therefore, can scarcely be considered an
open one. 1t will be settled in favor OF
equal rights and of equal suffrage in a
very short time, have no doubt, in oil
the States Of the North. [Applause]
Let me say to the colored men of the
District of Columbia that they occupy a
favored position. They occupy a response.
bic position TO their brethren on the planta-
tions. Bear in mind that you are far bet
ter educated here, as a mass, and that
your opportunities of learning are far
superior to those of your brethren on the
plantations. You must labor for their
education and enlightenment You must
send your agents among them to instruct
them in their duties, aud to prevent them
from falling prey to the men who but
recently owned and oppressed them.
[Applause. / have no doubt that you
intend to do your duty by them. am
glad to see the enthusiasm that prevail:
among the colored men Of this district
and other portions of the country. 1t il
an augury of good results in the future.
do not desire to continue the bitter
ness of feeling that now prevails between
the loyal people and those who have beer
disloyal; | would that all the wounds o.
the Republic were healed up; but bear in
mind that you are not called upon, neither
here nor anywhere in the South, to show
your willingness to forgive the injuries Of
the past by eleyating your old oppressorl
to office. Applause You can, show
your willingness to forgive the wrongs
that you have suffered for generations il