Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1867-09-05
Late Radical Meeting.

In accordance with previous announce
ment, a meeting was held in the Grove Of
Hon H. G. S. Key, within our village
limits, on Friday last, at which there
were about 1900 colored and 100 white
persons present.
The meeting was opened with an ad-
dress from Revd John kimball, Of Gen
Towards Staff, who requested the audi
ence to join him in the singing of some
HYMN familiar to them The sable por
ton of the audience joined pretty general
" in the singing; and, at the conclusion
of this part of the proceedings, the Rev
erend gentleman delivered religious and
instructive address which was entirely de-
void of political illusions.
He stated. in his exordium, THAT the
main reason for holding meetings of this
character was to direct the minds and
hearts Of the Freedmen in the path Of
truth and in the light Of wisdom Edu
cation is the corner stone of mental ad
vancement and, without mental ad
vancement, there can be no radical change,
or permanent or we'll organized improve
ment." In this connection, he referred
"to the generous and manly conduct Of
Hon. II. G.. S. Key in donating land
upon which to build School House for
the education of the Freedmen. He
thought, 1--WE were long stride behind
other sections of the country, in appfeci-
ating the blessings ofuniversal education.
He really believed, 1.-The School System in
California was even no,c better than that
in Washington" He regretted, "thst
our younger States should give evidence
of life and progress, whilst many of the
older were still the slaves Of prejudice,
and were likely to founder in the quag-
mire of antiquity He advised the Freed
men, however, not to rely too much
upon the aid of the Government IN this
matter, but thought they should first prove
themselves worthy Of It's paternal regard.
The Government was willing to furnish
the necessary lumber for the building OF
School Houses. and to send proper teach
err to teach the Schools, but the Freed
men must furnish the labor to build these
School Houses, or provide the means
therefor and they must, also, take care
of the teachers whilst among them
These Schools are not conducted in the
interest, or for the advancement, of any
particular religious sect-such is not the
object of the Government or lis agents.
lie strongly advocated temperance and
recommended that the funds heretofore
expended in the purchase Of Intoxicating
drinks be hereafter appropriated to ecu
cational purposes. He thought the Freed
mons Bureau was heavy tax upon the
people, and should only have temporary
existence 1t was intended, in his judc-
mcnt, only to give the colored people
chance to show their manhood, and as an
experiment to test the great question,
whether or no; they were able or willing
TO emerge from ignorance and perform
their part in the great drama of life ~
The safety Of Rcpubi an Governments,
he thought, depended mainly upon uni
versal education 1t would not be safe
to have four millions of ignorant citizens
in our midst endowed with the right Of
suffrage and, as the political tendency
Of the age was evidently toward univer
sal suffrage, there could be no question.
outside of prejudice, as to the policy of
universal education
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