New-York tribune., 1869-01-02


RADE - WENDELL PHILLIPS F0REBoDNGS
SPEECH BY THE HON. HENRY WILSON.
BosToS, JAM 1.-The sixth anniversary of tho
emancipation OF slaves celebrated here today
gardess Of the driving storm. by parade Of the Shaw
Guards (cOlOrcd) and large gathering Of AntSayery
women In fremont Temple. Tie morning session was
opened with several speeches by OF this city and
neighborhoOd The exercises consisted mostly OF
gratuations to the colored people The Emancipation
Proclamation was read by Mr.. Emanuel Sullivan, col.
ored graduate Of Harvard. Miss Henrietta A. Gray
cOlored poetess from Cambridge, rected Christmas
poem, aud Mrs Frances e. w. Harper poem Moses.
The Rey Rowland Connor Vim. Wells Brown and the
Rev. Vim. Alger among the speakers. The after.
noon session. at O'Clock, was well attended, the audi.
consisting largely Of white persons. The opening
address WAS delivered by Richard T. Greener Of Cam
bridge The gentleman eulogzed the old leaders OF the
Anti Slavery party. He followed by Wendell Phil
lips who began hls address by remarking that lie
had not come to the Temple to rejoice for he was
too fearful Of the future. He argued that with
the banks, corporations and Presidents and one half
Of the votes Of the nation the white people could Ar
eectualy govern the blacks they could had the ques
ton OF suffrage been agitated. He regarded the
gift Of the ballot TO the black under tie present CIR
cumstanees, humbug. The negro can 90 nothing
with tho ballot until opportunity given him to acquire
wealth Suffrage reality OF no value to the blacks
until they were protected in that right He expected to
before the adoption OF calculated to give tho
negro his natural rights The speaker alluded 10 the
said ideas aud guns should go together but we
had lost the opportunity Of sending Ideas into the South
/ when daed at the end OF the war. Now We must
wait for another generation to do the work We left nm
done The speakers strongest argument was that al
though the negro bad legal and moral right to vote,
yet he had no legal right represent his people in Con
gress lie made sOme severe references TO tho
course Of Gen. Grant IN "sittng still" ms the
speaker said. when lie might hayo used tho
army in protecting the coored people OF the
South from murder and robbery. II Gen. Grant did
prove friend to the colored man. the speaker would
throw his hat the roof and catch II on the other SIDE
He closed with eloquent appeal to the peop asking
them throw aside everything else and WORK only Tor
an amendment to the National Constitution Concentrate
the strength Of the people in that and 1t might be accom-
pshcd In doing this must have such an amendment
as would overlook the and only see the man. He
would have all Of equal in every respect be-
fore the law and leaving the entirely out OF the
question legsate for the man, be he Indian negro or
Chinaman. Tie speaker expected opposition from
Grant, but must have q Coustitutional amendment
giving every human being equal rights IN ite OF ran'
The Hon. Henry Wilson, on being introduced. took AN
opposite view Of the condition Of the country and spoke
Of the wonders that had been performed for the black
people eight years He said the negroes were getting
property and received for their labor the last
over OO00 They in the Legislatures the Courts
and offices Of their respective States, and he believed that
Congress would Its next under the authority
of the Fourteenth Article Of Amendment, remedy the
evils which had arisen in Georgia. aud renstate the
blacks in the proper Of their rights. He stated
that an amendment to the Constitution covering all
the objections urged by MIR. Phillips, was nov before
Congress, written by Mr.. P.'s own hand which he
believed would the sanction Of Congress, and
that enough Republican Legislatures ready 10
adopt it and make IL law As for Gen. Grant, he De-
Than nana
elected Oh that ISSUE could not abandon the negro until
every right and privilege was given him. Mr. Wilson
closed with glowing picture OF what had been done by
the Nation stating that Congress was always ahead OF
the people questions OF ref rrn and would no'ein
those matters tho people would sustain them
The closing address delivered by the Rev. ). ~
Fulton of Boston, spoke to the colored people, telling
them IL we had done great deal for theD ana low
they must do much for themselves
Daring the speeches the Coored Shaw Guards entered
the Temple with their band and received with ap
plause.
The evening session was opened by singing TIE John
Brown song by the audience and the reading OF extracts
from Anti-slavery sleeches by Miss Molyneuh. lac
Hon Thomas Russell Of Boston, was the hrst speaker
He smoke of the time when many Of this auience were
gathered together six ago In the Temple 10 walt
the news that the had been declared free lie eo
ouently rected the history Of Gen. Grant bearing Oh
emancipation and claimed that Gen. Grant Is the great
emanepator was his opinion thit ufgeu op "o P"
clamation OF President Lincoln.
letter was received from Gen. Butler expressing b
that he could not celebrate the occasion In Boston
Mrs. Frances Harper addressed the assembase, re-
citing some of the connected with her early life In
the South when her nothing slave sho spoke In
high terms Of the Kindness OF the Northern people 10 the
negroes and briefly noted the great changes when she
had witnessed in Virginia. where Sue had addressed 's
coored people since the war.
Several other speeches delivered. but owing TO
the terrible Storm the Rev. j. Freeman Clark, and VIM
LLOYD Garrison. who advertised to speak, were
unable to reach the Temple, and the session Was cone
Quently short.