The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1868-05-12

yIsIr or rHs AvRrcAr GENERAL CosrKR-
ssGE TO Hon TaADpaus S1syEs rs hissnn:
and delegates 20 the General Conference Of
the African M. 4. Church, which has been In
; %onSsv ss shg oS fs dy 'ss s
vens AZ his quarters on south d street. The
Conference was headed BY the bishops, y yho
TSss H. se T. ns%:
the delegates, Mr.. s. cordially grsspins the
As5 ts S fGa' ra% a m %s.
stating that they appreciated the interest he
had taken for suffrage and the eolored reee.
The dslsgstss present OYER tive hun ,s
Southern ststss; which, through his efforts
and those Of other loyal friends, had been
Ss , h The n ShG Ssd n sSn. p nush
for the race, a. well as the Conference. They
had with them Bishop Quinn, who had pre-
sdsd over shsr e, i,am
express, for the Conference and those they
IF qnEGsd ID ss; .Ss aO5 S
ment Of the race, and he trusted that he tMr.
S. would live to see the effort. he had made
crowned with specess, and the last vestigs OF
Mr.. Stevens, sithoush very weak, remained
standing during. the remarks q MT. Brown,
and replied 70 him Sy aging that he fet re-
he could call them his feliow.citizens. He
| felt grateful for the Watering remarks which
had been %sae and u . he d,a not not as:srss
would try to deserve them In the few years
he had TO live. The nation owed them, as a
debt rs5 many d.ge. tnsy Sas
oufsefse. CSristians, and vi ia our treat.
ment Of the coiored people We have not shown
we had most cruelty afflicted our fellow.men.
In a measure through the agency Of the infer:
nalresions they had become free, and were q
forgive US Ithe white.l for the grievous inju
ries done them and their race In the past.
They had become joint rulers Of the Govern
should prepare themselves to act intellig gently
It rejolced him to see that they had com.
menced to educate themselves and their chill
be good rulers. They should 90 on then IL
their career Of religious Instruction, but must
not suppose that that 10 all that 10 required oil
scSocl., and become IL 70 rule the world, 70,
some day the whole world will be governed b.
freemen They should study politics and max,
Ing the people and their government, for thel
were to take part In all these things.
In all republics there were two parties, ant
ii In XII. S Country one Of these psStIes in III
past has been moderately addicted to freedom
and when the right Of universal suffrage pre-
walls, then II win be the friend Of human free
dom everywhere. The other party has Away
been the friend OF human bondage, and to-da!
was just as much welded to slavery As 1t wa
ten years ago. II they were In power the,
would re.estsblish the acoursed Institution, o
one kindred to 1t. After again returning hi
thanks for the call and the kindly sentiment
expressed towards him, Mr.. 8, resumed hi
seat.
Rev. II. VI. Turner, a delegate from aeorgis
and member OF the Legislature Of that STATE
, replied to Mr.. s., stating that It was hsrdl
necessary to say that, as q race, they woul
cherish no bitter feelings towards the whit
race for the wrongs of the past, but were wi
ling to bury the past, and as they had bee
treated as slaves when slavery existed, the
only ask now that they be treated as freemeu
freedom having been established. They be
lieved that II they were to pay taxes for tn
, support OF the Cover nment, and as they ha
fought for its preservation on the battlefield
they should have q voice with tho white
, They were anxious that the nation should b
2 built up, As II had been kept back until TIL
0 day, and after II has been purged Of the wick
; edness OF slavery he believed that its libers
ideas would all the world, for finally TIL
! world will be allied by freemen recognizin
one common father.