The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1867-05-13

friend to thu black men; many OF those around him
knew HIM from his infancy, aud knew that he had al
wilson Ssd sIasu their No had
Told Tho Southern people thai the day they seeded
slavery was gone, that rebellion was freedom 70 the
slave. He reminded them that he had dunng the var,
IN the theatre at Montgomery advocated emancipation
and the ensng and armng Of the slaves The Senator
from Massachusetts had told them they ow cd their
liberty to The armies OF the North but that was untrue
Years after The commencement Of the President
Lincoln had OF red TO the Confederate States that
would never be disturbed In the sialea Would
the Senator deny that's He could not II tho
dept Lincoln wanted them, The colored men OF
the South would be slaves to-day; they Therefore dill
not owe their liberties TO the republicans or 10 he rebs
ont TO God, the giver of all good and perfect eis
tfious exclamatiors by the bacssl As CID knew his
heart he anionl had fired gun for slavery, and
never would He reoiced n their liberty Through
Their labor he had been educated and he prayed 70
God he might live TO pay back the debt with com
pound interest, IN educating the blacks sCheers.
Who were the mon who sought pow TO l,aa
thcm2 tCries OF Union forever) h was Tor
the Union himself. He mad followed tho old Dag from
when he had to turn against H. He always opposed Sc
oession but Afterwards loned hrs people, because ne
thought II his duty 70 do so But he had never hred
gn the sake Of slavery and the senator bad never
bred against H. 1t was God who gave them their
freedom, and HIN alone should they thank ior H. ne
thanked God that they rea and declared that tue
man would propose remit them TO slavery would
be He reviewed the history OF slavery In this
country prove that the English first and the Yankees
Afterwards, Responsible for It's establishment He
told them their interests consisted IN ahhering
the white people In tho communities where they
lived They would all have 10 live together ana b.
buried together and therefore he who would stir up po
tCa or other dissns ons between them was the direct
Of both He reminded them that the North
exacting heavy tax Their industry the cotton
tax, that in he Northern states where their race
had been free for generations colored people were sur
jected all OF political and social disabilities. Those
politicians from the North trying 10 deceive the
coored people and would desert them when tue danger
came as they had done In New Orleans, where sixty
blacks killed by the mob In conclusion he urged
them TO vote for those men whom they knew TO he
honest and who had proved themselves their friends
and TO be led astray by political adventurous from
the North. Shouts for the Union
Tho coored people heard s'Csntonn with patience
but his arguments had evidently ef,ct upon them
they constantly broke ont into shouts for the "Union
WILSON'S REPLY.
Then Senator Wilson replied to General Clanton,
speaking For nearly another hour, recountng the var
stages tho slavery agitation, and remarking in
regard each tha, no had never known the gentleman,
Canton, 10 have taken the side Of freedom.
These hits we're much reshed by the colored people,
who laughed, cneered and encouraged the speaker.
MR.. FEIDEs's SPEECH
Then A. c. Fielder, formerly judge and afterwards
colonel in the confederate army but who since voted in
the Alabama senate for the constitutional amendment,
ana who is thoroughly identified with the Union cause,
90, chance OF replying 10 Canion, who had in tho
OF his speech INDUCED in fling against him. He
turned the laugh against Cianton by declaring that
u Canton had thought he was not lighting for
slavery during The war; he (Feder) was certain that he
II Clant0n In favor Of emancipation why had
he not emancipaied his own slaves He tTeldeT) bad
held TO his as long be could bit the federal gov
nothing sensible 70 do but 10 conform
the OF things and range themselves with
the party OF freedom Checrs)
vOrn rsKEN AMONG coLoRgD
II was between ave and six O'Clock when the meeting
commenced, but the sun had sunk the west and the
moon had been looking down the scnne for two
hours before Genc al Swavne announced the meeting ad
journed FIRST taking the OF the colored people
who for aud who against the republican parry the
responses showed TINT all and against
The meet ng then broke up with cheers for Wilson,
Swayne, the republican party aad the "unon."
An Old Southern Planter Senator Wilson
What the Northern Political Crusade ia the
south IN Lendina 10.
[From tho Charleston News Maya
Tho subjoncd letter was sent TO Senator Wilson while
he was IN city. IL was written by one of our old
time gentlemen aud we have doubt will be read WITH
cu.RLrsros, May l. 1857.
TO the Hon. HgSgS WILSON, OF Massachuseits
sR-The accident winch occasioned your detention In
this CITY to-day enables me to address you few words
in relation to your harangue delivered yesterday. beg
observe that you did not deal fairly with the people
South Carolina you reported TO have done with
the people of Virginia and North Carolina In those
States the several occasions when addressed the
s'gatncrings"a ciizen was permitted reply 10 you.
the poison thus neuralized Here have de-
vised the plan Of being announced through tho
public print md through the presiding officer
Ia your Introduction you clam TO be here
aud 70 speak In compliance with invitations In this
way, aud BY these means you secured yourself from
which would have exposed you emssary
Of tue New England anree trade protective tarif
sOlid8tiOn interest," whose leading 01ccLs only he
sub,er,od BY dividing the votes Of tue South In other
words by arTalsning the against the Southern
VIII tes, and 90 the side OF the New England manu-
factnrors az their special friends.
You would have than sheer justice IL
II you had offered to let US be HEARD add you would
have contributed 10 the en- ghtment OF your solored
audience II you bad suffered us to show them how
directly snagontsc the interests OF New England 10
their and our agricu pursuits and how imperative
II upon blacks and whites the South 20 90,
rid OF the slr endly hugi Of New England high Ion
for their benefit and to be and firmly
f.fr llama ftnn NJ fr4tt nf
not be pocketsd by Lowell, Lynn aud Boston
In the penitnde too, Of your consc cntoasness and
candor pray you, in your next address, little
into the history OF the slave trade and u your auditors
the truththai ancestors Of Massachusetts Rhode
Island. Connecticut, New York and PeDnsyvani
brought TINS country all the Africans who ever camo
hero and they sold them TO the people OF SOUTH
That they had AL tao ships and sailors and tho South
had none fhHt the trade was profitable 10 New Eng
land and the North and that the derived from
has enabled them 10 oustrip the South wealth and
prosperity and then turn the descendants those
Africans aud 70 them "rhe south Is innocent 81 the
CT no of ensiasins you. Yankee cupidty conceived,
planned aud executed the diabooal work
Atruih Ike this VIII be more usefal In rcconcing
these freedmen their former masters If that were
your purpose than all your advice to them 90
and for the benefit Of New England to
the side OF justice ana right which you interpret
10 DO the Yankee side OF question. And tb.n,
again no just to yourself and your past record ana
say out boldly ~ these people that they would
have liberated Ivy the North IL the South could
have been vanQuished without H. II to overcome
the South by the Of couple OF hundred thousand
OF their bodies brcasw wnen the South had no,
that number all In ALI that they promised lioerty
aud have received IL This too will help them 10
them VII ask You, in conclusion 10 invite discussion
before tbs freedmen and presence they may
bear both SIDES, ADD may have full opportunity TO
reply 10 any one VINO may see 10 70 yoa. have
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