The national Republican., 1869-01-19
LOCAL DEPARTMENT.

the following address TO tho eoiofeu ol'lEens
"FStLow.SfIiSsss Fp .S % We, your represents.
tlves, assembled In national eonyention, hav.
ing Attended 10 the business which you, in fra.
tefnAl trust, eonnded to us, respectfully beg
leave At the conclusion OF our Iabors, to ad.
dre,, you S.isny. yst earnestly, in reference
the land Of our nativity, and to the duties and
responsibilities which are In consequence de-
St squsP status % ase eSe .ss ss nsa M tS
our other fellow.citizens which we OF right
aspire to, and which we Of right ought to
At the outset OF our address we would de-
,yoltiy call upon you TO Join with 9; in thank, n
His providence, We speak 70 you under far dii.
ierent eiIeumstances from those In which you
ssys S,s1 S ySSa. @.
Once you were called upon to labor for the
overthrow OF gigantic system OF oppression,
three millions OF our kindred, and for the re.
cognition Of our own claims to oitizenship in
these United States Of America. Now weesn
throughout the broad domain OF our beloved
country, from the St. Johns river upon the
north 70 tho Rio qrsnde, and from the Allan
them OF liberty ls intoned with harmony un-
broken by the dlseord which would be caused
Sy the wailing OF even one unhappy slave.
in the light OF quasi aliens, for the American
live. in CoasSe.., and eSssted % ths9%sif p.s.
sons born In the United States, and not sub.
Jeet TO any foreign Power, excluding Indians
Of the United ststes Thas, feiio%.citIHens, II asm.
we have reason to rejoice in the fact that the
spSsa,tso pa hsS n had n, Its is%Ph, 70, S S9s our
duties and responsibilities which It enforces
upon US, demands our attention, and Of that
condition, @ oI those duties and responsibilities,
As to our condition. we need not dwell long
upon that, for you understand fully the neees.
together in convention. You know that our
citizenship, recognized as IL has been BY stat.
thTons out the diirerent State. % Of III. 4 Onion
those franchises and immunities which are
the pride and boast Of our white fellow-citizens,
ity, is painfully alive to the grievsnees iU1 qss
various In their character as the Localities
Rst ss , which s he Is called upon to endure
grievances Lot US remember that
Mute
se Isd nsIiG % .ass 9Ss h'sEyS NJ lbSsd
in vain iet sqSh example be. Ifthey.
RRds&s of .S2st or noI Gt s.1ST 4 SStG%
Should temper 1t to bear, Its but Tor a day
Let US gird ourselves up manfully, and con.
tend for the removal OF those grievances in
the hrm and confident trust that the same God
who has conferred blessings upon US in the
tSIe and 0s fssd equally R.GPi,Sp, to y. in the iu
hosts Of sympathiIing friends, to follow The
leadership OF Garrison, = Gerritt smith and
an Abraham Lincoln, so He still acoords 10 us
such friends, so largely Increased in numIer'
Sss sna sn 40 t% many g.sI9as names that
ling galaxy would seem inyiiioas. Suiifsss Il
that the mere mention OF those honored names
serves to thrill US now to the very core, and
hearts, to be handed down to the grateful re.
membrance OF our latest posterity. God grant
that each one Of the possessors OF those name
may be }sr, far distant when we shall be ealies5
upon to lay him away, with tender hands, and
with fearful eyes, by the side OF his latest
Thaddeus Stevensi
But, felloweitizens, let us notforget, In our
grateful recognition Of those effect al services
Tor our benefit and behalf, that the ail.ioyins
Father allows them to US only upon the con
dition that we labor earnestly and untirinsiy
Messiah, as "the way, the truth and the life q
put every dag He requires us ito work out our
SSwn SI, 5, sslyation with fear and trembling y
Still, His promise, that cannot lie, abidesi And
assured beyond doubt Is that guerdon O2 sue.
eess which awaits US, II we only toll faith
fully unto the end. Then let us not be found
wanting In this crisis of our fate but lei us
nfmiy and unfinehingly address ourselves TO
the duties Of the hour
IN our present condition we are an unIustly
uegrsdeu peoples Tor we are stripped, more OF
less, in every State In this Union OF privilege.
and franchises which are fully enioyed Nv
every class OF our white feilow.citireSs Tb}s ~
ostIaelsm OF US, without any crime upon our
patt, urgently demands redress. And for this
lmmulltN
against any future encroachment upon oIT in.
tetests, the curreut of all political expe rIenee
poihts 70 put one measure; and that is to
iehuet the right OF suffrage and OF eligibility
10 once as universal as citizenship Itself VIZ
All understand fully the Importance OF this
msht e.t oi snnragei we know that 1t is the dear.
me strongest weapon In the possession OF the
SUBJECT, repelling the approaches Of despotism
anu guaranteeing the possession Of ali other
franchisesj a weapon that, in the eSnteS.Ive
language OF Whittier,
As lightning doth the will Of God'"
Now, TO deny such a right TO one class of elf.
mehs zen while II Is accorded to another, with.
OUT good reason for such discriminstion' ia
tbep tbns is tSs unIs., and
nndns ia tEss ahs fedefs Gon.lgsss 20 SIl1gsss re- S
n,,s aTneie ionr' section iour, provides that "the
ms Union republican form Of government.n
Let US urge upon that body and upon the great
sents that, in settling the deantio1 ofthisPpni iPTe
thet, Republican we are not estopped eitber
Dy aneient Or modern assumptions OF 1t for the
interpreting 1t 10 the light derived from the
Declaration of Independence-that Maena
GGnatteI OF our libetties-that, setting aside
thn theoiah and Roman Precedents, as well as
nose ol medieval Europe and OF the fathers
Of sur own Government, blinded as the iatter
byevs which they SeeSsS eli SsSnPSrss tS ed
ennn TPhsIleern, le we should determine aud insist
@ nent 70 one deriving its lust powers from the
consent OF the goyerned-one In which taxa.
tion is the eorreiative OF the right to be repre-.
Of ihs% 70 'Sn
mere sIistoeraeies, the most intolerabie, be
Sh; Sa9se oy them the insignia Of (so-csiled) re-
while they are withheld from the few. And,
10 making this appeal, let US Insist, as we
,,gan gn.i1tiy ~ can DO upon our citizenship and
loyalty manifested by eoiored men at diderspt
PeEoas Of our national history, an especiaIIy
soldieI proves At Red Barr, OF Reyoiution.
OF isl2 il fopSntt.NN NeW oreans during the war
Hrt AZ L1rt Pillow and oeiore Petersbups stili
WIN IN IN he me .nory OF the county, for
his love, and '.e highest Manifestations of
gratefnI for Shich he hopes will yet prove
We b.. to' mis- devotion and seii.saGfifee.
invItei Il purposed, fellow-citizens, to have
edr your attention to the Importance of
cation, and 0f establishing and Importing
shools and colleges among US, and also to
have pressed upon your consideration the
necessity Of cultivating habits OF industry and
Iugali,y OF engaging In agricultural, manu-.
featuring, and mechanical pursuits, and econo.
mixing and saving our earnings, and OF be-
coming proprietors Of the land. But these
topics have been SO elo9uently treated by the
this eonvehtion, that we cheerfulIy refrain
from saying anything further thereon, and
content ourselves BY referring you to that able
production, aspublished In the minutes OF this
And we shall now conclude by returning
win a Chtonke persistence to the all.im.
pH.:;.nt SUBJECT oil universal suffrage, and reit.
Grating our entTeaties that each and every one
OF you, iellow-oitizens, make that matter one
OF personal moment, and never cense in hia
endeayors by petitions and memorials to Con.
gressI TO secure Its triumph until that triumnh
Is an accomplished fact. Then, Indeed XII
we confidently trust In the respects OF a bright
and glorious future for our country. Then
of her white and of her black ohillFan sIt