The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1867-04-12

ueop crying ont to you give us knowiedge; thatw We
snd subsistence Or the % Os pm indee
and shall ii them TO draw from their present title that
trRustonRry word, Freed" as we now call @ @them
stature of manhood, and shall it them for citizenship
not only n what my friend mas SO @ %gl' a. Ssm oe
citizenship 10 that great ana peter country "hOSe
They appeal TO you tonight. They come TO you to
finish work Through ne grace Of coo yed
ne branding iron ana may naGe eraT neouSlIty
which, thank God they have TO day. You destroyed
thBt now complete your work. Ihe great WOrk ,h Vl
work OF making him man. like to go oackEIlL you
vii 3ardon % me Ior o spa SrabTgn hero tie ex
ample of the great Teacher, When ide came , 10 Gne
on earth so to speak, may be resolved into twotold
character-Frs To redeem man from a tne common mon
into the citizenship Of righteousness @ 70 he wl5n 5 10 ses
OF beginning, conducted upon the same principle.
wish first to see man redeemed, regenerated olsen,
avn eHuaI before oyery tribunal on earth or in
Heaven, and when you have taken away all
SPsca ano TiudSs dsse the wapt VarIterI to see
the work completed, and the man made man IN
every OF that greatest OF Of wIn o 70 e ee
this be done? That the practical question not for
you make 100000 of chattels citizens aud incor-
porate them into our midst? There Is ou one way 10
tion do not use II in that paiLry and limited sense
that that man is iinterate, unwse, and uneducated
who, though he may be scholar has not habits OF
future is not industrious, is not moral Bring them
Sp Sp 70 he 4 h THIS
education to be brought about Is slt to ne done by
that 1t is not the business of individuals
to do DO II but T. is the business o Of the n N
Is, and will give you my reasons briefly tor IT, In
acts to-day upon freedmen through institution
known as the "Freedmens Bureau" 1t is neces.
cont think any American citizen. with his opinions
citizens have the ambition to take care ofthemselves
would wish to see perpetuty. They do not wish II
It's i temporSTy work. It's Officers are continually
changing. They are shifting about from day to day,
subject TO the calls and caprices or the prejudces.
might say, of tue Executive; and education can only
doctrine nculcated is incucaed again and again. It
is line upon line and precep upon precept aud there
schools, detrimental to school to be constantly
IS d9ne under nd the Freedmen Bureau It's very
nature is transi!ory. 1t Is an ontgrowth of
as soon as the Southern people, wnte ami black,
awaken to sense OF their obligation to each other,
operate restore, and reconstruct on firm and proper
tSst the government is the best Source have every
respect Tor an army officer the man who gives the
and rather unsatisfactory life of army officer. But
e. qaaqs Which Distinguish teschers psrtcusry
OF the freedmen, possessed to any alarming extent
IS self reliance and the man who graduates az West
routIne rather than self. think that you and Imy
friends had something to do with the cause OF slavery
lot By 9pr and by our F hasv ct the
UPON us S should be lad the duty TO large extent Of
personally repairing he injury we have done
formed by the Sanitary and Christian Commissions
in the late They received their supplies by con:
trbutlons of the people, and the medical department
of the Government could never have attended the
sions One took care OF the TEMPORAL welfare of the
soldiers, and the her in connecto9 withthis looked
noble women and the noble men who aided them
many 1I ee o S neYer nave Soke Who are oday
worthy American citizens .n ~ done Ses % G
the efforts of individuals coCperating and we must
o II we & oaTd cGeed m&y be-
All that we ask that there shall be the love OF Goo
istics can stand upon our platform @ and we
welcome them co-aborers When Christians Of DIT
to benefit their fellows how quick they forget the DIFF
their cTeeds upon Which they ali agree Let forget
that in which we differ, and find that in which we
eStfeated them, in conclusion. to send men and
to and heoe o9g %th eyes to receive
welcome them, and profit by their instruction He
eioSSmy "a ana by every pfncpe Of Christian duty to
see that these people are educated.
REV. PHILLIPS BROOKS ADDRESS.
Rev Phillips Brooks was then introduced. He felt
proud that he could say tew words behalf OF the
eedmen If there is any6pg S man as ar Te9oes IN y is
favor Of doing good Nh MI ten rem waT ro
bs master ere in Tebedom was taken into the tent
General Butler who said he was contraband OF war:
which has been Incorporated into our dictionaries.
The work OF educating the negro has been going on
sTy l.. 1858 It was then that the slaves chains
! were struck Off and slavery ceased TO be an
nsst beeved thst saveTy as It existed in our
country was a wretched, fearful wrong We believed
in anti-slavery long ago We were AboLtion,ists on, Is @
we were able to distinguish between right and wrong
now is the time TO show the reality and thoroughness
of belief and carry on the work OF freeing those
| Take man in the Fejee Islands; he is tree man
| when his limbs are not bound; by his muscular
force he puts himself upon a level with MS nelgh
bors But 1t different with the free man of Virginia
He is not free in MIND only In % poSy & anT b rac
| only six years old. The only years OF their lie
worth counting are those IN WHICH they nave 3ee9
| is something remarkable in the way IN Whlcl
they haye adapted themseVesd td educSte Them.
costs but 5000 TO maintain school, ana c9mmuhlIy
put In operation six schools There was a Time NV wheI
| the men and women we're ashamed 10 stahu up De
What have You done for the cause Of your coHntry?
say 81 have done nothlng' ana there Is not a ma MAJ
get up and say without being ashamed of It, that they
did nothing for their country in the hour OF hei
In the peforation of his address the speaker
eXhorted his hearers to go forward In the gooC
work of educating the negro, and to work fo
the salvation Of their country and the cause
A collection was then taken up, and abou
$3.50 realized. Many expressed desire to con
| its collection, Mrs. William f. Wyers, Mrs
| Davis Reece, Miss Hannah Paxson and Mis-
Virginia Wright were appointed COMMITTEE
! 10 wait upon them at their places of residence
The meeting then adjourned.
Aid for the sOuth-Letter from Genera
, sherman.
large number of clergymen and o.her pro
1 "a; nf ChicaDO have called a