New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1867-05-17

/ tLiuh you have some III New Orleans who
can see a dollar a great way off or perhaps
they would not have come here after it.
(Rcnewod merrimeut) | want you to sharp
en- up your sight and Sue "a dollar
as far as white man ever could; aud
when you get dollar hold on to It as long
and "a hard as any Yankee ever did
(LaugLtcr) There is a great deal Of land
down in these lately slave States which has
got TO be sold. You have your freedom
but have no land; your old masters have a
great deal Of land, and very little money. /
Was told the other day by General Sickles |
that there were 50, 600 suits pending in /
North and South CarOlina aud General !
Pope told me he did not know hut there |
were as many in Georgia ana Alabama. !
/ Millions of acres of land, which can be !
bought pretty low, will be in the market /
| for some time to come and the first thing |
the colOred men of the southern country
should do is to get land. Money will do ii: |
and when you get the land, build your
homes. Those homes, now that you are
/ free, will be as sacred as the palaces of the
| rich men of New Orleans. Nobody can 20
! into your little cabins aud take away your
wives or your babies and sell them. You
may be poor, your wives may be clothed in
| cheap garments, your little children may
( BE- barefoot, but they are free, GREAT APP
4 planse) they are citizens Oi the United
States. shielded ana protected forever by
the laws Of your country.
Therefore, | say TO the colored men GOT
/ homes: if not i'll the country, get them in
{ the city. one of the great evils Ci tho
/ times is that white men and black men are
/ thrOuGiug into the cities aIi leaving the
/ country. Liberty will get ont among the
I plantations soon. L will be practically re-
+ cogrized there Is well as here Oaly have
/ a little patience and q walt "A little longer
/ Iuu-htcr) people that works and saves
money in a free country, where property
I can be purchased, Wili have a good share OF
! that property; aud the black men Of the
! South will, in lew years, own a fair pro
portion Of the lands Of the South. Aud !
/ say to the poor white men that instead OF
discussing AZ bar rooms the question
whether d negro is equal TO q white man,
they had q good deal better be considering
the question whether a lazy white man Is
the equal Of an industrious black man.
Iuughter)
sometimes see i'm your papers, and hear
it said by those who now claim to be your
special particular friends that you 90 not
owe your liberty to anybody. ! do not
know that you DO; but ] always did think
kthat did owe something to the soldiers ard
statesmen who carried my country through
th. revolutionary war. And | think the
stime will come, il it is not now, when this
nation. saved and made free by the blood
Of $50. 600 young men, who fell ia the bloom
I OF life, will recognize the laoors, suterlugs,
an 4 toll of those brave men.
say to you, Co!Ored men, tina: every
right which you have GOT has been wTuu-
from reluctant hapus by your friends IN the
struggles OF the last seven years. Reflect
where YOU stood on the first of January,
lsJl You were s'aves-prOperty to be
bought and sold. How came you to be
free today ! will tell you. OAe body OF
men in the country, believing that you
eugAt to be slaves, went into the rebellion
to make you slaves forever. Another class
OF men, believing that you should be free,
stood on the dc;enSTe. They began by a
! series of legislation to secure your freedom
The first act was passed making free every
, black man used by rebels for military Dur
4 pos e. Then VIC passed a law freeing al
e Slaves who came within our lines or were
4 captured by our armies. Then We passed
I bill freeing all slaves In the District OF Co
. lumbia. Then VIC passed another bill Tree
Y ing every black man who should enlist II
4 | the armies of the country. aud freeing HI
e wife and children. Then Abraham Liucoli
/ (cheers) issued that immortal proclamation
e OF emancipation which destroyed SLAYER.
i here forever. (Cheers.)
p Then we passed the great constitutional
} amendment making everybody in the coun
O try free aud making it impossible that
Il slave should any more press the soil OF tn
It republic. Then we passed the civil right
:. bin, audthen the bin giving you the ballo
# and the right to take part in the goverr
c ment of the country. Every right Whic
!. You possess tonight, and which distit
cuisines Won from the slave of six years agt
> has been won for you by your friends an
5, by the soldiers who yindicatcd the power c
II the country. Whenever you forget hoy
II YOU we're made free, 60 down to til
2. plain where Andrew Jackson wo
# the great victory Of the Sth Of Jant
i arv and look on the graves where slee
II those who died that you might live. Sc
e where those Northern boys sleep, in tn
:, mud and waters Of that low land. Think 0
II their fathers, mothers, wives, sisters, 0
Y brothers, at home, gazing at the vacau
e chairs around their hearthstones. Mhel
G You can forget the $50, 900 young men VIII
i died that you might walk the earth, prou
J. and erect in the conscious dignity Of free
e dom. then ! say to you that you are no
Is the men whom we struggled to make free
.e "a voice-"We never will forget them.D
| know that you never will forget them Sc
u to 1t, then, that by your industry, economy
j. and conduct, you vindicate the action {
J. those who struggled and fought for you.
II And now, in closing, | say to all-whit
d men and black men-takc your position o
5 the broad, indestructible Platform othuma
: rights. Do not stop to ask where you hay
il been in the struggle OF the past. DO nc
i look back, but look forward; and plant yo1
ii feet on the principles ofequal, universal, an
impartial liberty and justice. Pat You
u State in harmony with her sister states
q and aid in lifting up the country 10 tl
| bright gaze Of all nations.
e say to my Republican friends tonigh
l, The time has come to be selfiorgvtlul,
l. las down solid, permanent aud eniurn
As principles, and to invite every man who vi
ID Stand on that platform to work in the iutut
lr for the cause Of the country and OF ll5ertl
d Do not be afraid of being swallowed up.
" is the privilege of men who are rlght !
n. swallow up everybody else. daughter.
e The principles of the Republican party {
II the United States are as permanent ana el
II during as the sublime creed Inscribed b
Is the revolutionary iat 4crs in the Decaratto
70 of Independence. Ourylews, our principles
q our measures, our policies, are 10 go Int
.e the permanent and enduring history OF tn
', country. They are to shape and sway th
Y. future Of the republic, They are supporte
n by noble men who are accustomed TO slee
III on the field of victory. (Cheers.)
o. Then, " come one, come all;' come ever
" man. no matter where he has been i'll tE
,u past. Be AS brave in doing right as yo
q. were in fighting against right. Be as bray
" in serving the country, liberty, justice, au
10 humanity, as you were IN following the dar
at flag of slavery. expansion, and domination
For myself / hail and welcome every ma
n to our platform and our cause. Those VII
a cannot vote or hold office can speak and az
IS with us, and give US their influence. Ia
Q. them do so: and the country will never TO
" get those who are true to ii in the dark an
N troublous night through which We al
Id passing.
je classes, and conditions, / invite you, on
to and all, tonight, to give all you are an
D. all you hope to be to the cause OF restoriI
as YOUR country: of making il again united
70 oF psta hlishifp liberty for every one: Of d