The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1867-02-27
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ted In the Brooklyn Academy OF MUSIC last evening.
they were drawn thtnsr BY the announcement that
William Lloyd Garrison would deliver lecture elm
parchment" When the lecturer made his appearance
on the platform he received with applause A. L.
POWELL Of the -SJac1y Stondard opened the pro-
csedings by stating that another bill reconstruction
II before Congress, and that It will probably re-
ceive veto that the first thing Congress should
DO Is 70 impeach the President II should not dis
solve without preferring the impeachment which the
people preferred at the last election He then intro
duoed in complimentary the lecturer OF the
Ing, William Lloyd Garrison, OF Boston. Applause
The distinguished lecturer then forward and ad
dressed the meeting as foilows:-
LADIES AND GESrLEnEs-I see Il cut in the Tftbume
thai am TO speak tonight ON the impeachment OF the
President OF the United States The announcement is
fttie too specific and exclusive FOR my topic is Our
through shall have something &c say on the subject Of
impeachment (Appiausel Win recent exception IL
p neasly year since addressed public audience ow-
suitable mental physical condition undertake such
task. But am here TO meet my engagement as best
peroeptble lack Of vgor interest in lecture II
you will grant me quiet hearing shall feel
Tnsrs are Sensational speakers whose chief aim
ssems to be TO bring down the house. For myself,
shall feel incomparably more gratided e BY anything
Of thought and action though audible approval be
given Though Tor so long period thrown out Of the
Of public discussion, my consolation has been that
my voice not needed deepen popular adherence
Of Southern treason to vindca0 the claims OF the
fsedmen all the rights Of American citizens II at
any time prior 70 the late rebellion my testimonies and
lsbors OF any value In eectng the emancipation
u the millions who doomed 70 life long bondage,
that their chains broken, and Their perpetual
freedom constuonally decreed, and their friends and
advocates are legion, y Is OF no importacbe whether
right TO be obsaned or wrong to be redressed, I can
Dever be indifferent spectator of the conflict until
the reason be dcihroned, or life become extinct.
Glory 70 Godl have lived to see the naughty
slave power OF the South crushed as pot
1sr's broken have lived TO see that consti
s $ or @
blood Ruifiness trust that before this mortal shall
put on immortality may be gracously permitted 70
Snose who recognized "a freedmen Ia the South
IN the full possession OF right and privilege
joyed by their white fellow countrymen. Every day
We are making progress in that direction. Happily
longer to declam abou slave corrals, slave
suction blocks or slave prs0ns or Fugitive Slave laws
ia question or he bonr rea,es 70 recons and
citizenship, the establishment Of tree institutions
ponmon basis throughout the coantry In the di sous
Gton OF this question not small anti-slavery band
AAone bit millions of voices earnestly engaged,
end nothing else interests challenges the public at
ssnon Once the wrath OF the South concentrated
spon the aboitonsa Now they are lost sight Of and
- royal Congress which rouses her hottest ndigna
ssen So long as that body BY it's action draws down
upon its head all the walls Of her rebel malgnty shall
ton IN speaking impeachment Of its integrity, for
such filthy outpouring Ia good certificate Of It's
poeIlOtC CnaT.CloT COngTess may ue0u COUNSEL ana
stimulus but TO hurl opprobrious ephets at it should
- left exclusively to rebels and copperheads. Zap
paause There is serious division Of opinion in the
loyal ranks 10 the claims OF the coored population
equal and exact justice, or the necessity Of so
sEuctng the fallen Southern States give mutual
projection to the rights OF all classes True the ballot
= mot yet In the hands OF the freedmen 1t Ought
be-ss must he and, assuredly It will be- both
matter OF rehs and weapon or protection True the
present ttate of the -0uh Is less chaotic; the
0rss Of rebellion vet holly smoniderng their
the cond lion q those vEo have been free
lfn hawr
In few extreme their former owners have
attempted to exercise dominion them as of
temporary slavery, rs penalty for crime, cruelty
Dcourged in pubic at the whipping post They have
bean frequently deraudsd Of their earnings, and the
making OF Industrial contracts. Here and there the
uch6s established by Northern benevoence for their
1nsrncson have been violently broken up the teachers
eompalled 70 y tor their lives and the schoohouses
burned pulled down. Oltrages of all kinds have
woG wantony inflicted upon them in order 10 make their
~ she ars 70 been buay murdered
though the number probably is somewhat exaggerated
D~e there = this wide difference between the old regime
and The present All those crimes and sunerngs pro-
eeed from established institution, but simply in
el1esta however grcvous and dcporabe and certainly
hoy belong to convusive, transitional state, and 10
vey many cases have been peretraed solely 70 spite
Ne execraed Yankees and crafty the wounded feelings
occurrence that tho constitutional antislavery amend
unsns nnltity or that the condition Of the freedmen
= wOrse than when they wer, held q chatte slaves Is
b. crOscopic in vision and unph losophic in judy
nsnA II should be remembered that oufages may
shsy can nov BE- reported and Though the medium OF
sheumnd journals made known to tine whole coun-
ny, TIE freedmen, 70 . large extent can now
their own persons compelled through OF
yorse punishment they can ind voice. sometimes
speedy redress and ~ all times more less OF
through the varous branches Of the Bureau
There ID nothing Of oppression that ~ not now made
manifest in the light Of freedoms whereas in the mid
perpslrated the helpless sufferers had TO rrcan and
taesd without sympathizng friend, protecting voice.
. reporting pen or an electric teicgraphc MEDIUM. In .
single day. sincerely believe In single day-those
atrocities exceeded In number and cruelty far more
Tssn The ,rsac IN human flesh was an hourly
occurrence Fathers mothers, brothers. sisters wives
end bablcs At the breast we're constantly on the
cured auction block 10 he sold for the rcputcd dealer
Hot half dozen have been reported within the
pnse year OF the selling OF any one punishment for
ann ~ oocrv has bee ssd M
wtds this disgrac full prac,ce will longer be
tolerated Before the abolition Of slavery the great
lnsh the slave driver taken 70 inct strpe and
1ha huge paddle and the hot branding iron did their
work and shrieks aud groans filed the arr and
achieved is wrong 70 smite. Now Il NEGRO be carried
remonstrance, breaking out In thunder tones at
che barbarous infection. stlll the situation Of
0nny sunerings and psrlls. While my heart haa bei
& view At what they have had to endure since enamel
patton proclaimed arising out Of the old broken
sDrit or slavery, am surprised dismayed at
asything thst has happened When ] reflect how sud-
1y and unexpectedly ana completely the siaveholders
were deprived other properly In human flesh At
askst valuauon Of two thousand million dollars; how
IN THAR brilliant sxpec;snons Of attaining Southern In
dependence and establishing vast savahoding confed
srscy, melting away like ne bassess fabric Of .
vtnon," left them powerIess any one
snn Imagine. there b no doubt then, IN deter
sninsnG The cause-how the tro.ble through
oas The south vas ct nrst developed, and II
Uwollsd out and then from or humble knowledge Of
a. people whom they affected 10 dssplse, may az
ehe bas Of the wrath Of what the
- shc owner; how they had bean identified with him
ana 70 ma them placed more nearly par would
grsa1y stimulate 70 revenge How manifest has been
lhs 70 give them wrahfui deeds la the sud
Asn transfer omcnains 70 the ballot box their po
- equals those whom they yesterday bought and sold
e the auction block, along with cattle and swine; and
nnaiy how utterly gnorant and brutality disRradcd 10
Isxe portion Of the southern whites, and how hcrcely
ipmica the negroes having any chance in the race
for needom. When remember ali these fscss and the
ntaIoguc could DO isdehnitey extended surprised
q nothing they have done To- make CHARACTERIZATION fail
urs or the Il the freedmen distressfu
possble BY the laws Of the human mind they corld
n have been otherwsa II you will turn 70 .Milton's
Paradise Lost you will nnd in the rst books the
whole southern rebellion portrayed with graphic power
And marvellous accuracy. IL would almost seem n
nftiton al r clairvoynnt vision OH aued