New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1867-05-08

ery given into the hands Of the people Of the Non
hunted white Unonists OF South and the negro The
leading brains Of those states, the who have ma
the 'Af Tsn and i'r viii &c q
II IL. wi within the next 90 years they 90 40
North can dsspise them; either Of i. acss
could fling them into the great NORTHWEST boiling with
energy and love Of Liberty or could drop sm ntS
they would not disturb color the current OF either
sseSn There enough no - ser o Ss
JEFF Davises or Wade Hamptons. liaugIter.l
oh IN hs q the SPSe st se Ea 9ny
elhgence and Northern conscience is more than double
What ea nd e. All We nesa y 70 s ssa y ~
IL against glozng words, against the overland ntfpre-
taton Of certain meD a hearts and no heads men Win
hearts enough TO take IN the world, and not heads
to look moment beyond the present lLaughterj what
we are 70 aa against @ es ~ q ss
two crops two divisions in this great army OF men, nov
the men composing Of them have been converted
within the last fye or fifteen years Ihey drifted into
uraby respectable when it heard in the halls Of
Congress and when opposition had grown careful
Tat converts nSSe of shf the last dozen The
division, unlike this made up of men that have been
the hdeous face Of Slavery itself when 1t revealed all its
ugness with no fear Of any element IN the nation that
standing around the grave of Loyejoy; men who learned
what the slave power was when riot and boodshed ruled
man was safe in his own housewhen the devil was bold
and showed himself openly, because the nation called
day have the devil only in the disguise OF
angel Of light and they advise you as II the sayehoder
S'' %ei H A man. only thrown little out
OF gear by the intempcraDce OF his opponent. We
are. Wade Hampton is just as honest as / am. From
the crown OF his head TO the sole OF his foot
blood in his body that did not believe utterly In the devil
ISL theory that God made na with spurs, and put "a
drop Of his blood to-day that does not honestly believe
that when he opposes the Declaration OF independence,
he is doing Gods service He s not mistaken in his own
idea he is au honest devilish man OF faith. Laugher
Now, the only element IN the moral world is man OF
believes Nine hundred and ninety out Of Thousand
never have belief They dwell outside, they deal in
comes along man ali corners man who believes, and
the world crystalizes around himthe whole negative
Indifferent, eanvOeal human world about him c1ystzes
IN his shape Calhoun was such-One positive, ildomi-
table, undoubting logged man Of faith IN his own
inevitable rightness and the whole South crystallZed
around him. It an organism Of which he was the
heart; IL animal life OF which he was the head
among us a man with the same logged indOmltaJle,
irresistible faith In the Ightness OF s idea ard al lne
zed around him in due time. The North became
gans Of which he was the heart ard OF when Abraham
derbOt against the South aud crushed It, That man was
tie originator and pioneer Of this movement which We
%Sei u &c Gc future Sy Ras on the @
obey the same reasoning, maintain the same rune
ton toward the p95 a psar ~ con-
sequences. We arc to s,aNd here to-day ana tel
promise and without coneealment, speaking IL from the
housetops what the editors Of your NewYork journals
utter In their editorial ROOMS but don't PRINT IN Their
columns Iaughtcfl This Society is nothing but one
great spy On the American people The millions OF
lea by Ter M prn am se se s mo
man believes. There IL not Republican to-day that
not know ID eSSmbr is should Grant
90 the head Of this Republic he himself would be
SeTs oT not sG,sSSS A % Ss s pun
pit that viii speak III d viia We are needed Tor All tnat
SSr % Y e re ~ es yns
the lie to its hips JGteat appiasel won't Occupy your
e amy IsGnS a On ont s p Zoo on Go
ny only the only s Ta 70 y % p sy
scene In the great political daisa the pIcsidepia cleo
ton, WHICH closSs every politicians bp AID buys up
ey opens % US nov Go9 peo o.
into the great West and the great East and eve arnest
man watches US ana w9rEs w, u.s. We Guy v ,s
cohort small advance guard butt great body 81 ne
S %RS is the the
mother that gave up her youngest There Is the house
poverty stricken home; there the comforess hearth
There the agonized heart They are our back ground
leaders determined that whether it Furnishes NOT II
with proper assistance under the lead Of honest men, IN
our day. il viii guard these cradles efeetuay from ever
applauseJ
ADDRESS OF COL mGoINsoS.
Col. Higginson then addressed the meeting. John
Brown had said him that the time for ahSlavery
speaking thon had gone; that the time for action had
come This had kept him silent for years Now that the
time Of action had passed seemed strange to stand IN
this place II seemed the Ararat Of the food had swept
over them None among them dreamed 20 years ago OF
ever attending anti-slavery meeting, when Slavery
was dead. Auding TO Gen Grant he said he had heard
when nc seemed TO be supporting Andrew johnson. The
same trne Of Beecher Ia his own congregation ne
one OF the most important In that ton-confsca-
ton Political power aid not ping %n syer Mer
estng incidents OF his experience among the negroes
while in command OF his regment They could MOI Judge
ing in Charleston OF Savannah; i was III the
aT in Which, taken together the greatest political power
resided They dstrusted their own race as eaers ana
that power being used corruptly. The worst and the
best men In the South were among the preachers, pu,
te seeesh gSe Another evil was tendency
OF colored society at the South TO division ana ses
How ne u WaS ye lost eGSadne IL his White and
c0fored leaders, that the astne white men VI tc
Heo Sr@S Te 5aSS should be e for Suffrage
by ballot but he should be given motive 10 honesty
Saye The black men such progress in sereanee and
fdence in the Government as the preempuon claims
nothing so shook their confidence their dscontnnance
without this support he would not feel himself truly
man Col Hgginson spoke effectively nsome length IN
the strain. -,
Col Hgginson had advanced, he would offer the follow
ing additional resolution: - go.
ResOired That large Of eoreaon aud d'h o. con-
lands tie ncgues is an act o. justice TO % as ~s Is
security 10 his 9th 20 the Nation tset
The PRESIDENT Nir Phillps)-I may add TO his argu
ment single fact The most intelligent Aboltlonist IN
Kentucky told me- ten years ago. GIVE me sieOcooo SO
thar can guarantee 10 the mechanics Of Kentucky 10
days bread aud viii abolish Slavery for you in two
years 1t only the fear Of being thrown out OF employ
ent that keeps from 0O0O 10 100000 voters from voting
1ganst the shareholders to-day. Give them spot on
which 10 stand and they Will vote behalf OF their own
class The same thing is true undoubtedly OF the col
ored man himself his future Of the political fran
LETTERS OF REGRET
rand ffou Rutlof.