The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1868-01-02

EMANCIPATION JUBiLEE-AppREssg ny SEN
arSn HRSsssor Psey W,.sor Sooso,s,n , aEs
The emancipation of the slaves In the District Of
Columbia was celebrated last night at the FIJI
shureh was den.eiy crowded about o ons hall of
the audience being white. After prayer BY Rev.
Mr. Muse tcolored) M. Henry. Parvfs lceiored)
ways . DAY Of rejoicing, and on this occasion he
was particularly rejoieed to greet the insugura.
S% ss the wss.
Abraham Lincoln had issued his proclamation OF
freedom. BY this act Of rlghteousncss reproach.
"a page was torn from American history, and
The r, ans: q the people from :vsy to
ior i leader, they would not faiisr. The speaker
I p.SS Ss s who as sass s, he col Il
the District OF Columbia, but OF the whole United
States. The boon Of citizenship carried with It
what they had done fsss hsS S the Uon
stitution that all American born and naturalifed
men were citizens. Citizenship carried with II
all the rights and responsibilities Of American
citizens. That man 10 an American who has an
American heart In his bosom. There were men
10 our late struggle, and had ionsed 70 Identity
That man is an American who loves our insti-
law among eIiissa.. We are siIussiins TO Is.
tablish American freedom on thi. continent, and
cannot 90 back u We would. n this scute.tvery
men thenseives. There was a kind Of eompro-
mise proposed at the South now, to give the bal.
this would ' Also Affect f many whites. They had
legislatcd the book away from the poor whites
and negroes, and now proposed TO add insult to
ter than educated disloyalty and sophistry.
The speaker did not think 1t advisable to take
ao ns ss
would not have been agitated; and he hoped they
would at the next election form line leading TO
Prof Wilson fcoioredj was next Introduced to
the audience, and said they had assembled to;
night to celebrate one Of the grandest events IN
mother country demanded Of us what we could
not accede to-taxation without representation
we resisted, and came out Of the contest tri,
wels .asce..iu principle was involved and we
The country prospered, but we had left to US
the world singular anomaly-a republic toler-
ating slavery. The slave had pctitioncd to God,
and hi. prayer had been heard. America was
career. To the republic had been Entrusted a
higher and holier purpose than had ever been
TO she pIoved % snd then ts
torrert, but their efforts were Of no avail. The
strife did not end until slavery was effaced. The
no white, no biack-a pure Democracy-to derive
Its powers from all the governed.
Gen. o. o. Howard was the next speaker He
charged their lmpoyerishment to the Radicals,
but they had brought II upon themselves, There
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ness. The speaker read extracts Of letters from
Louisiana, Florida, North and South Carolina,
slavery Ss more %S aSa ssS
living than the negroes. He advised the colored
people e acquire homestsads. There were plen.
plus population OF the cities could live In CON-
fort,
with applause. He said il was good for the PEG.
pie to be here to celebrate this anniversary Of
liberty. The last stain had been wiped from our
between slavery and freedom from the formation
Of the Government to the emancipation Of the
blacks. He did not fear war o. races. The
blacks had had sufficient opportunities to lnau-
gurate such war while In slavery, the whites
being. nearly all absent In the army, and It was
SsS % would nnS
vi" He q thought the time for eonascation of rebel
upon their own e1ertIons to purchase home
sfeads. The great difficulty in the South now
that the ala not vote
he would vote were he black man.
He spoke q the rights appsrsaining to eitl;
ever seen was that given by Mr.. Lincoln, who
defined equality OF right thus: a." Every man has
the right to be the equal OF every other man, II
he can:n That Is all the negro wants-a fair and
The general spoke with happy effect for some
time, after which Mr. Lewis Bell rccited Whit
tiers poem, "The Red, white and Bluc,n and the
meeting adjourned.
THE CoLoRED SCHOOL QUEsTIoN.-On Tues
day, Mayor Richard Wallach sent to the trustees
of colorcd schools the following: n
y WAHISgrey. p, T.. Dec A. 1857
Trustees OF Cciored Scioois: Wv" ~ y 'o''e"'
dESTLfirS: A reputation, or draft drawn by
you, as trustees, in favor Of s. J. Bowen, Treas.
for the cities of Warrington and Georgetown,
ID. o., for the sum Of thIrty-six thousand five
hundred and hfty-nine dollars and forty -four
cents, t36,559I,) "being the amount appropri-
ated per act OF December 26th 1867 for arrearages
due said colored schools has Just been presented
to me By Mr.. A. @. Hall, for my approval.
The fact that your requisition refers to the act
of the City Councils OF the 26th OF December,
1867, mentioning the exact amount, principal and
interest, e35,6594l, provided for and admitted to
be In arrears BY this Corporation to the trustees
Of colorcd schools, authorizes the presumption
that the Trustees Of Colored Schools intend to
accept OF that act, as II was intended settle
ment OF the controversies and differences here
tofore existing between them and this Corpora.
ton and Of the sum therein mentioned as full
payment Of all arrearages whatever due them.
I shall be pleased upon hearing from you that
am correct in my presumption, to make salts
factory arrangements with you for the payment
Of the requisition.
Yours yefy respectfully,
RIcHARD WALLACE, Mayor.