The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1867-09-21
until al last our trinmph was complete


until at last our triumph was complete
and the nation was saved.
And now we advance one step fur
thar. We take that banner which Lin
coin honored, and under the motto,
"Liberty for all we write "Jnstice for
all" and demand equality OF all men
before the law. We are not responsible
for the color OF any ma1; we are notIe'
sponsible for their wealth, or lack of II;
for their intelligence or theirignorance;
but they are men, in this republic
whose boundaries are washed by the
two great oceans of the world, from the
frozen North to where the flowers
bloom in perpetual spring. In all this
land, we say, there shall be no man SO
poor, SO oppressed, so downtrodden,
that he cannot stand up in the courts of
justice and claim the same rights that
you or I claim. As God has blessed us
in the past, He will bless US in the fu'
ture. We said, we will make IL 9 black
mans cause our own; we Will give him
American manhood. We triumphed
on that principle, and there is only one
step further, and that Is to give him
equality before the law, in the ptivil-
eye of the ballot-box. cannot believe
you noble men of Ohio will be so igno-
minious that you Will seek TO trample
upon and keep down any class Of men
lower in the scale than yourselves. II
you do, you will repent OF 1t to the last
hour of yonr lives. aaa--
REFLECTIONS.
You have met here o-day under
bright auspices. Your hearts throb
with inexpressible joy, because, though
you have passed through many dark
and trying hour, having smote slavery,
the good work moved on, until the con-
science and Judgment of the American
people approve of all you have done
IL, L., fnhara Ia NJ
even one Democratic calumuiator who
will dare TO wag his tongue against this
glorious work. We are now endorsed
by the whole American people, and the
world claps its hands at the resnlt.
You will pass away, and SO will l, but
the deeds of this great Union organiza-
ton will stand out conspicuous and
bright, as ages roll away to the latest
posIeriLy, and yOur children and your
children's children, will rise up and
call you blessed, because you dared
to strike this institution of slavery,
the cause of all our woe, and Danish
IL from the land. And when you
advance one step further, and tell the
teening millions of the Old world that
here we know no distinction between
the poor man and The rich man, be-
tween the mighty and the down-trod
den, but that here are happy homes
for all The millions that come t1ocklng
to our gatesi that here they may live
under the benign influence OF this great
doctrine OF Republicanism, you will
find Your nation viii ascend in the fu-
ture to more glorious emluence
among the nations of the earth than it
has ever doneiu the past. But il you
falter, in order TO please Andrew John
son IA nd the rebels, and strike down
this proposition TO amend your Consti-
tuIion in Ohio, tell you that you will
"a laaf hon nj WrF nj
cal existence. AS for the Fortietb Con-
gress, we shall stand by the vow we
have made, and which is registered in
heaven, in favor of Justice and man
hood. .f. .s..Ia-...
"So black laws on our statutes,
No pirates on our stand,
No traitors in our Congress,
No slavery in our land" lCheera.i