New-York tribune., 1867-05-20
ALABAMA.
SENATOR WILSON'S ToCE-AN ANTI-sIAvERY REBEL
GENERAL on THE sTAND-THE WORK TO DE
DONE.
From Our Special Correspondent

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GENERAL on HE srAND-THE WORK TO DE
From Our Special Correspondent
MONTGOMERY, Ala, May 10. 1867.
Senator Wilson spoke here TO a very large and at
entive audience Saturday evening lie arrived on
Friday night and met at the depot by coneourSe Of
people, mostly coOred numbering nearly 2ooO with fags,
music and torches They escorted him 10 the hotel win
enthpsaso eh6erng. lie excused himself iroln speak
ing then but appQiue meeting Tor SATURDAY aiteinO0n
About 5000 attended OF WHOM S2e 600 were T Whs e
ing efforts Of the Republican party 0r me hDeIaioh
and elevation OF the ircedmen ana eo9hsGnS % isH anI ~
liberties He invited any who chose 10 take issue Win
lawyer named CantOn took the stand and made most
extraordinary speech ,,.. , -,
his assertion Calmly listening could not help thinking
that until he mounted the stand he had not realized the
fact that he was about address crowd Of c0orcd poo
pie 1t seemed If his idea had been TO show his mete
daring ta tackle and In the hope TO demOish the great
Senator Wilson But when he the great sea OF up
turned black faces before him. he suddenly realized MS
position and hastily took new departure, which led him
where he had had idea OF going He recounted many
In the slave times showing his friendship for them,
and asounded his hearer. by the assertion hat he had
charged the Introduction of slaves into America TO the
Yankees who had sold them out when they were no
longer profitable and invested the proceeds factories
putting the into their pockets, ana then turning
i'm the war not for Slavery, but 10 the negro that
offered TO take the South back into the Union,
and allow the retention of Slavery hut that the South
preferred and emancipation and hence the negroes
were free He went on at great length proving himself
better AbOltiOnist than Henry Wilson, until Irish
man i'm the crowd shouted "Fath between yez ye most
killed the nagur wild kindness" which raised such laugh
as YOU don't hear every day
Mr. Wilson replied, and easily demolished all his po-
sitions IL chd's play 10 show that personal kind
ness 10 few individuals went for nothing against the
sunDort of system under which millions were brutay
derded and cruelty matreated His pretense that the
Southern soldiers fought TO free the slaves aughngy
shown up IN its true coOis
Gen Canton attempted second reply, and gave way
IN Judge Fielder who closed the meeting with scorch
ing reply He said that he had fought all through the
war on Cen Clanons side. but 10 TO him that
veI.yi we'll that he (Felderl fought to keep them in
slavery-hat II he had had his way, they would have
been slaves still. He would not insult their
sense with the assertion that he had been AbOltons
l. ycrv one of old saves-and they all with him
ret-woud know he lying II he said such "a thing To
3hcu cen Clanton and Gen. Wilson might settle be
,reen them which was the better Aboitonst he knew
that he himself had been proSlavery man. lie did
deny a. Had he wished TO free his negroes he need
10 the House and done IL in two minutes and half
But ne had fought for Slavery He had been whipped.
no had made the best fight he could to keep his negroes
aves hut the Yankees had whipped him and freed them.
lie had sinned against the Government In the interest OF
siovery and he wanted to be forgiven. Congress had
reacrbed the terms of peace and lie wanted accept
those terns Congress had given the negro the ballot
Tor his and he glad TO him have it, and
ne waned him IL arigto use II In defense OF his
personal uberty-n be4aI VI te pg!nspeS ana thepaf