The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1867-05-13
Mr.. cLANroN,s sPEncH.

Then j. II. Clanton, prominent lawyer Of this city,
accepted the general challenge offered by Mr.. Wilson.
Ii SAID he came at the request OF several colored
uttered 10y the Senator he admitted We're true but he
naS s many things that were nhts9e 6 ae
many, many OF those around him knew him tom his
4 tm. Hsd he eoGe into the war, as Mr..
Wilson bad intimated Tor their slavery No. He had
slavery was gone, but rebellion was freedom TO the
slave He reminded them that he had during the war,
~ the theatre at Montgomery. advocated emancpa-
lion and the ensting and arming Of the slaves The
Senator from Massachusetts had told them they owed
Their liberty to the armies OF the North but that was
untrue. Years after the commencement OF the war Pre-
that If they would come back into the Union slavery
Senator deny that He could not II the Rebels had
then gone back into the Union, rs President Lincoln
be slaves to-day: they therefore did not owe their
liberties to the Republicans or to the Rebels, Dut to
a.. He was 10 for the Union himself He had followed
saddest day Of his life was when he had to turn
against II. He always opposed secession. but after
duty to do SO. But he mad never fired gun for the
sake Of slavery and the Senator had never fred one
reviewed the history of slavery in this country,
20 prove that the Engh hsE M nad m Lne Yankees
He told them their true interests consisted in ad.
they lived They would ali have to live together and
be buried together and therefore he who would stir
the direct enemy Of both races. He reminded them
the Northern States where their race had
been free for generations colored people were
ties. Those politicians from the North trying
to deceive the CoOred people, and would desert them
when the danger came as they had had done In New
In conclusion, he urged them TO vote for those men
whom they knew to be honest, and who had proved
themselves their friends and not to be led astray
political adventurers from the North. Shouts for the
The colored people heard clanton with patience
but his arguments had evidently no effect upon them
they constantly broke out into shouts forthe Unon
.f Mr.. WILSON'S REPLY.
Then Senator Wilson replied to General Clanton,
speaking for nearly another hour, reCounting the
rious stages in the slavery agitation, and remarking
in regard to each that he had never known the gen
tleman, Canton, to have taken the side OF freedom.
These hits were much reished by the colorad
people, who laughed, cheered. and encouraged the
spea ker.
MR.. FELDER's SPEECH.
Then A. c. Fielder. formerly judge. and afterwards
a colonel in the Confederate army, but who since
tutional amendment. and who is thoroughly
identified with the Union cause. got a chance of
replying to Clanton, who had in the course of
turned the laugh against Canton by declaring that
II Clanton had thought he was not fighting for
he was. If Canton was in favor of emancipation,
why had he not emanclpated his own slaves? He
Feder had held to his as long he could but the
There was nothing now for sensible men here to do
but to conform to the new state OF things and range
themselves with the party oftreedom. (Cheers.)
VOTE TAKEN AMONG THE CoLoRED PEOPLE.
It was between and o'clock when the meeting
the moon had been looking down on the scene tor
over two hours before General Sway announced the
colored people to who for and who against
the Republican party the responses showed that all
were Tor IL and none against.
The meeting then broke up with cheers for Wilson
Bwayne the Republican party, and the Union.