Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1867-04-25
rights Of man as taught in Gods
/ DIV Word and as aduncatad hu

\ rights Of man as taught in Gods
toly Word and as advocated by.
statesmen and philosophers and
ne great and good of all ages. That party
ad done grander work for justice, for
u 1maGlty, 1or Christian civilization, within
he last seven years, than any party had
yer before achieved throughout all its ex-
| tence. Addressing himself then to the
hlte V1rginians, he advised them to accept
ne sltuation frankly-and fairly, to go to
n OFT, remodel ytheiF Constitution aud laws,
flect mehlto Congress who could honestly
IKE the 'ironcladn oath. and assured them
I-1aG IN The course taken by Congress there
n vas no intePtien to humiliate,, degrade or
lsnonor- any man in Virginia,or the South.
9e conditions were not diShonorable. He
wanted the lines drawn distinctly between
ne men who adapted themselves honestly to
he new order Of thing q, and those who We're
till tainted with the virus Of secession. He
: popped men would go Just where their prin-
Eiples led them, and If their principles led
them to the bosom of the Vallandighams
T Seymours, Woods and the Northern Dem
pcracy, let them 60 there, and much good
the otSSt 6S hs sRd, Ea hSgassT wanted e1erE B@s
man in Virginia and the South who
accepted in good faith the con-
stithtiohal amendment and the ,condi-
tions imposed by Congress, who were will
ing to, build school houses, diversity in
dustry, build UP the waste places, and labor
for the good of the country, to follow their
principles, and stand on the Union Repub-
,iican platform of equal and i'm artial liber-
Wy. He wanted the black men to vote for
their eouhtry, and to; vote only Tfor, men
who We're true TO the principles, OF. equal,
universal and impartial liberty to, ali the
i:hildren of men, He wanted them to
llrown,. ",deeper than did ever plummet
koundS' all the sad, angry and bitter
memories of the past, to hate nobody, to
love their country, TO thank God for their
liberty, to be true to themselves, and to
have nothing to do with getting up a black
party or white party, but only party OF
Freedom Let ali the Union men stand
together. Take the State from the sea to
the Ohio, shape it, modify its Constitution,
and put it in the line of progress. 1t was in
their power to do it. All they needed was
courage. Letthem shakeoffthe doctrinaires,
hhake off the men of secession faith, close
up together, defeat those men, and let them
70 down where their ideas had already
gone down, never TO come up more. And
when the golden bowl should be broken
and the ssiiken cord loosed, they would
sink into the bosom 7ot a redeemed, regen-
Grated, disenthralled, proud, progressive
Old Commonwealth. --,rvs-
As Senator Wilson closed his speech he
was aPplauded by the assemblagea i'm the
same proportions as before noticed. He
had spoken for over two hours and a halt.
Then the more advanced of the colored
men began to call for Hunnicutt, who sat
on one of the granite steps, near the coping
from which Mr.. Wilson had spoken. But
the conservative colored men did not like to
have the harmony of the meeting rmarred
in that way, and so they called on Cover
nor Pierpont. The Governor responded to
the CALL and made some remarks in fur
therance of the idea of developing State re-
sources. sr 5S2a '7azEa sl.a 2gt4 +.