Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1868-01-18
4 Speech in the Virginia Reconstrsc-
tInn CnnNtntiOn.

Friday, in relation n The freeJmeu's
Bureau. has the follosIng:
Hodges (ntgro) said Ihat he had heafa
his friends spcJk of de blessings Of tho
Freedneu's Brron. lie aekuou edged
de wisdom and kIndnes. OF de Beroo. sad
that il Sss in the iul,resI OF de peupl'.
He was very fond Of Glnerel Howard.
aud bad hearn people. where saw him say
ihsi he was , man %har was bet loved
whar he was best Known. h ws, 10
New York; an he had I,l dsr in 1903 to
come doap htre an snsvrr 20 The cry
forkslp tbattiz up. lie bupd .hsas,p5s
and hhftreds OF fttpustsiS ~. raAl ,sJ
psdl, d up on ars dc'isils : tistsy kkSSA
he come on and found de people. be lols
'em he was pinled to come dosn aud
h,lp EN-; aud he cut q piece out'n 10
Tribune oud al ie other psper' whsr bad
il in. He has, when lie was al hone dis
year. seen good msny meb lsborine on
Government farms apply to the B,roo fSf
jeslIce, and Jes,icc want done for l,.
ills brighIesI hope was 10 see de Bsroo
when "ly!l men would net be pensoU.
,ed--do.e "lysr' men whose wives sna
husbands bad went forth TO dc free battle
to meet de inysdin foe. Dey loved dss
wI,cs and homes, but dey loved dsr eosn.
uy beiler. And he had seen men speet-
edalin on tie clrt thss cent these 81, sl'
men hy the insieriution which hs ripessa.
ted. Yes. he had seen them spsks'lsus
right al their doors, and ht had seen ssn
walking down de ,tret. Of Ner'olt.
Portsmouth,, and Forchess Monros. lie
t,ld EN- lhst the white folk. had hoss,snd
they must klll en- and eat en- before they
suffered for someihin 10 est. He iols sn
TO Iull the corn, which was bending The
stalks down, before they should sIr''.
lie iole EN- this. loo, on Wi,s's farm. snd
he was ordered back 10 New York. the
he Tlz his voice sgainsi IL. Ole msn snJ
men in his county had bssn cold and we're
shot, and they were ireszin. sod Lieut..
HAyens had his floor covered all ovsr with
blankets. De ruth must prevail. and hs
intended 10 wrllo book on Do ie'timony
Of his PEOPLE, which would make dose
men where had persscu,od dsse "lysl'
men in de dark de1, which their Gsrt
deeds had brought upon them. Dis lis
tory Of de Free6men's B,roo which hs
intended to write would a'ionish de Con.
venton and a,toni.h DO world. Ths
State was to be governed by honest men,
and dey intended 10 dive do rogves OF.
lie was compelled TO speak desc words
because dey were true. Dey intend 10
organize New Virgins. DE Scnrshss
told US that old Ihines should IA" s~s,.
De power OF dese "di,lysl' men. vhoss
larnIn and houses had been gained by 20
labor OF de blacks, and de very stones
under Their feet had been GOT from their
blood, musi pass away. lie remember.
cd when his father used TO bsves good
many hogs TO feed. and the hogs vouli
keep on squeeln and squain round 60
pen unteI Jey was led; and rhey wouldn',
go Of 10 work I'LL you fed en-. Now. Go
Freednen's B,roo wbs js like dsi. and
the blacks was sqUalin round, snd eculd
not 90 to work I'LL dsy W" fed ~ith .
handful Of corn TO keep en- from hsnIis
sroun. God had provided for de hog.
and lie could provide for do black msn
CESS ss we'll as de hog. !le had been cal.
led cOrn-6sld niger. lie w"; bot hs
Ihanked God he had been born free. De
Ffretmsn's Brroo 'grnn got 'bnty.kvs
per renl Of Nhsi de black man msde.
lie had com, TO tie conclusion that DO
blacks must root or die 10 dtcol,ls de 70.
proachss against EN-. aud he pnysd /"
chesrfully ss he ever did 10 his life that
God ould help en-.