The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1867-05-21
IN From the Examiner,
speech of Gerritt Smith I'm Rich
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i At the conclusion Of Mr.. Greeley
address, there were loud calls TO
.Gerritt Smith, That gentleman
who was on the stand, came forward
and, said that it was growing late, ant
he did not wish to infiot a speech OF
the audience. Loud cries of "go on
go on" arose from all parts Of thu
house. He said he did not think o.
speaking when he came to the meet
ing, but if he could say anything thai
would bring a better feeling between
the two sections of the country he
would gladly do so, Glove one an
other" All craftsmanship turned on
love. 1t was the very soul of it. He
wanted to bring the North and South
together The war was not over; il
was only a truce; the i'll feeling was
only smothered, hardly that; it was
not extinguished. Let each party
enter in good faith on the discharge
of it's duties and the event so much
desired would soon be reached.
The South was conquered people.
They should admit it. 1t was no dis
grace to them. II was difficult for
their conquerors, with their over
whelming power to subdue them;
| The people of the South should sub
nit, unmurmuringly, to the terms pro-
posed by Congress. They ought not
to run from these terms. There is no
disgrace in accepting them.
In regard to the dogma proposed by
some Northern people that the South
ern States had never been out of the
Union, he said it would be disgraceful
to the Southern people if they accepted
it, They had broken out of the
Union; they had kicked the Constitu-
ton out of their way; they had estab-
lished a dc .faeto government. Ifthey
had never been out of the Union, they
were traitors. Were they prepared
to call themselves traitors? They
might have been in the beginning of the
war; but when the strife had advanced
to huge dimensions and they had
formed their government, they were
no longer traitors; they stood on the
same ground that any independent
foreign nation would have done that
was at war with the United States
government 1t was absurd to
say that the Southern States
were not out Of the Union. No power
could hold Virginia, when she be-
comes as great as his friend, Mr..
Greeley, thought she would, if she
choose to go out ofthe Union.
1t was the duty Of the North to be
just and generous to the South. 1t
had common responsibility with the
South for the war He would not say
she was the least guilty party. Some
had said the war grew out of the doc
trine of State rights. If so, the North
had a fearful responsibility to bear.
This was not the cause however. The
war came from the institution Of slave
ry and the North was as much respon
sible for it as the Sonth, Would mon
say that the North was fully response
BILE for slavery as the South. He had
been chased by many mobs, but never
by a Southern one. They were all
Northern pro-slavery mobs. The
North had helped to pass the accursed
fugitive slave law. He spoke of the
pro slavery feature in all Northern
schools and colleges especially the
semminaries. He said
that the North had made more by slav-
cry than the South had done. The
South had the COW, land the North milk
ed her. Three cheers for Gerrit Smith
were proposed by John Oliver, colored,
and given with will. | The
North should weep tesrs ofpenitence.
Neither section should say to the 9th
er, "You are the sinner" all were
sinners.
He said the South was impoverished
and Congress had appropriated mil
ion of dollars for the relief of the suf-
'erers. 1t should have appropriated
zen or twenty millions, and the streams
IF private charity should flow un
,easingly for the Southern people.
The government should exempt the
people of the South from federal tax
ltion for at least six years; and
his exemption should be extended
% Northern men who come here
o bring money and enterprise to
epair the ruin of the South.
A spirit Of love should animate
10Th whites and blacks. Why should
'ou not love one another? To the
whites he would say think of the black
nan and love him. 1t is Gods will"
n addition to what has BEEN granted
hem they should have homes. You
hould facilitate the acquisition of
omes by these humble men. Every
nan that has home is safer and
letter citizen.
Cease to be unwilling to sell land to
lack men. Ifyou do not harm will
ONE of it; he viii think you his per-
ecutor. Do not grudge him his new
'orn privileges. He has only gotten
is dues; for freedom is worth moth
ng without the ballot, and, above all,
void partial legislation. To the
lack man he would say, why should
on not love the white man. (Cries I
We dor eve dor') He said, that t
J the best word / have heard tonight. |
We are all brothers, and although our 8
ommon Father has colored some of
lis children differently, He does not
old them in different regard for that 1
eason. 1t is not the skin, but the 6
cart he values. ,
no not ocL for confederation Vorr