The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1867-04-12

Ehe II Republican Party- EnthuSlRstl-
2. DAt cally Endorsed. ass1
The False FEIendshipo OF Rebels Un.
deFstood by the colored People.
Letter from Hon. John Minor Bots.
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The elong.talked of grand mass meet
ing OF the eolored people of thiso city
and vicinity came off on Poplar lawn
yesterday. The crowd in attendance
was estimated at three or four thou.
sand, composed of men, women, and
chtldren,iR q few Of whom were whites.
From an early hour ii the morning IN.
til noon, the time of the opening OF the
meeting; 'colored visitors from the
country came in on horseback, in bug
gies, carts, and wagons, and on foot, 10
swellE the crowd. The attendances OF
white citizens was small, comprising
mostly those who favored the objects OF
the meeting. One white lady was pres.
ent, and occupied seal on the plat
form. tSllA!fi g atinsqOt
The object of the meeting was to rat
tfy the reconstruction measures passed
by Congress for the government of the
Southern States, and the great SIS, S.
bill was fully and freely discussed, and
the remarks of the speakers loudly
cheered. On the plat form were seated
the; orators of The day, and The officers
of the meeting.tlg 5-ig7 hsi. 9 ll5ss,s,l,.sg 2
IL o'clock Thomas Scott (colored)
spoke. He said!::. isn5iS s1si'4i 'essi5 =
'LAD1Es AND GENTLEMEN: want
Your undiYldedaa attention. Unless or
der Is preSerVedi unless you keep quiet,
you will not hear the matters about to
be given to your consideration, and
which deserve your serious and earnest
attention, have the honor to intro
duce to you on this occasion, Rev. J. B.
Trusty, (colored,) who VIII offer, mp
prayer. .t,sais
At tho conclusion OF the prayer the
following DETER from John NJ. Bolts
was read to the meeting and listened to
with close attentions: .-.a-t5 al S3
LETTER FROM HON. j. NJ. 1BoTTs. ss'l.t
knpUnS5 C,,1Ippppp CoT,,.1,, j, ~ y
- i - = SS'nrII ~ An 1877
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10 u. W. EdgerHlGIa, secretary; lanes
CdrteT, KILttGRe FeftGRqy James 81.
CotSon, q. u. SteGenS, VI: HdTgrGUe,
u. Thomson, u. Hd4'rtSon oates, 14ha-
aging . Conlmtttee, ana ottteT c0tored
Elen,5,et 3f 55the Republican party OF
PeterS6ITg:s s3ItJ % jl=-s - zivl y, Hailasr
I'have received. through @NIessfs.
Raine, Mallory and Reed .-Your invita-
ton to address a meeting ofthe colored
people of Petersbufts-Ont the 9Th instant,
and I regret that circumstances. now
TOO late to be controlled, will prevent a
cOhiLliance with YOUR wishes: but If
anything 1 could say to you in person
wotIltf be a aeceDta bIts. II, nSav2not be The
less 80 iIlEthe form n nowsati0pteCf. y y ,
IHddress you as members of Tie Re
publican party, because in the nature
of things you can belong to no other
than the great National Republican
party of the United States-a party to
which you owe debt OF gratitude that
neither you nor the generationsthataF are
to come after YOU can ever forget or, re-
paw, To that paFtyi in the, N0Tth alone
areyou indebted for your characterization
frotl bondage; and TO that party in the
South will you be indebted in the future
for your, full develop into an III,
telifgentand elevated manhood. And
further, I address you us ReplGb bLieuRS,
because we hold you to be or friend,
and our allies in the political contests
that, are before us; stu more, I address
yon as men, although but recently
emerged from a condition of slavery,
for; which none Of the present day, are
responsible, It is true, aud whichsyo of
yourselves had tnopower TO control or
fesisl! yet that now, when the power is
lodged in your own hands toperpetdate
YOUR freedom andthat of your descend
ants for all time to come, l cannot kSe-
Iieve but that you have too much sa-
gaoity, too much intelligence and Wis4
doini to connect yourselves with, or in
any manner give aid or comfort, assist.
cesstul In their late struggle for power,
would not onl 7 have pefpeIuated your
bondage, but have Spread slavery and
Democracy over every part of. the Uni
ted Statesi and have made PERPETUAL
BONDAGE the t.CoRNER-sroNR'ii Of this
great, enlightened, and now uni!
peTaatLV FREQ and 9 Heayen.protected
Republic of the United States.
No Won are not of them. and
youlyare not ytpitk them. They are
not of you, nor are they ICitk you. YOU
areas far apart from lthe fierce pro-
slavery Democratic leaders of the
South: in political feeling. and in pOlit-
ic8fi action. lerF them stterfl pt 10 dis
yfiisa II hSlthhv NAV. aa9 hea ven Ia from
f6a eaFtIi. fTlIat thew will enieavof "a
fiatter, 10 caiOle, andt 10 use yuu for. their
own political and party purposes, as
they have done all. other, Glasses. only
to crafty their own. beastly lust for
power is beyond all question: but let
one whom they have habitnRllY de-
noureed for twenty Years;a as, an aboli-
tionist. because he would not Join with
them In their Qufxotic crusades for, the
extension and pefDetuation of'Slayery,