The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1869-04-17

they were then assembled-to rejoice that
they were citizens though their fathers were
wrapped ID ebony. . z = Z
Those statutes had made them free Amer
lean citizens and had given them the ballot,
aud he could but rejoiHe as he readfhem. :,
He looked at the White House; he felt That
u was theirs, and that the bravo soldier who
led them TO victory was now their President.
lie alluded 10 the eagle perched upon the
dome oftln Capitol as the emblem Of q ssnti-
nent that knew no distlnctlon.l GO, said
he, Into the Senate. Sumner IA thore,
latge-headed and heayy-framed, with bis
lowering Intellect and eloquencr. His hair
10 faxen. HIS cyels blue. His locke hsye
often been rufiled by New England winds.
He Is our Senator 30 ls Wilson. So Is Nyc;
and we hfvc even 70 take old Davis, too, Tor
they are oil ours. In tho House Of Repre-.
sentatiyes we have Ben. Butler, and we have
to take Wood, too, who IL Detnoernt."
The state, the church, the education, the
civilization and the destiny Of the country
were theirs, he said, in common with the
white man. While he rejoiced beeause they
were free, he rejoieed more bccauss the laws,
the Chrlstianlty and the policy rof the
countrywide them men. With fthe negro
was a slave, the white men were niso slsyes,
and they vcrr there to call upon their Nhite
brother 10 rejoice that with me euIa4cipa-
ton Of the black man, Amsrican liberty
had been bniit up In the Nouh, Eash South
and West, and to-day there was not a being
In tho country that wore Che chains Of
slavery. 49, 49, :
Now everywhere we 20 NO hear, sr11hlnk
for myself;S 81 labor formyself;s s1hls Is
nv daughter and my sDn.n The colorcd
man looked over the greed 1xd and the ~ ,
tile land and said. athis "a uaihst / .foribd
for II, paid for il, and the laws rrhrn otHs U
me the Possession of II. y : n ~ :, : :
The renius Of emauclpatio1 tonched thc
land and ali became free, and aoon n all
sections Of the world every MN vunId ire.
iolce, mot only In his freedom but. In hh cu.
franchisement. God ma ksHsn IN yvork IA
hand aud they should ham K,itk 10 believe
He was on their side and would carry Il on 70
a glorious Termination. Ho concluded by
urging upon them tho necessity OF showing
by their own achievements that they were
determined TO work out their own destiny.
The prcsiAent announced that Mr.. j.
Thomas .JUhnson, one of the orators &C.
lected forthe occasion, was detained at home
by reason OF. illness. lie had prepared an
address, however, which was read as follows
spu,,cu or l. ruou,s IouSsnx
Mr.. President and fcIiow- cItlycns, These
arc ausnle;ous times with ms, our march of
nroyrcss seems 10 have hcgun under o,,r now
EyccntIyo SIIiysscs g Grs1t ,,No has com aS"
named oIrsaSy with \ Will o,s a arm.
mesa to.carry ont bis oft.exnrssoSI oplnion.
sThat The noIicv az The nconIc "a thc nniicy
Of the land y ana that We shaII enjoy Ill
o,r EoJ' a.,.,, fights np5er m. Constity,io,,
In common Win ali onr countryncn MI
presidentT have alWny. bcIIeycd In logIs,
i,,Io,, H.. 81 1n n,snniria. ~ -,
lice and iSntb and IN such bnmani,x as
cytends h.yon3 the notify nroju5iccs 81 ~
Hs,. of coyoIscor Of I1c.s. ana embraces al
ma,,LInd in nno common hrn,,,r,honS W.
underIyIns tendancv Tho no,nt 10 wLIcl, m
men grnyItatn ia 6nmapity diycs,sd ~ ~.
ncrIdents n was Intended Ia boyc hccn
and n,,st .ynntna,,v beco,,,e' 10, All, ~
fonndatIo, INT ths ico,nsyIstn,,s ~ rsn4,,his
con yovcrn,non,' ~ thnt or5 ~, o., H., 49,,
ne t3c ,pnri,on ,ho oo,,aIio. tI,o g.. D..
lander and Vircini,n came 10 ,hIs ,oas,
They oheynd n grcat i,nn,,Iss rhi,,, 80
Inns mono or than S,lIv con- nrohandoJP ' n,
that ,Ims. I'm, Col who ,vorSs ,nyStnr,on. ~
mud who's, nnrnoses r,ns, ,naturn o,,rio,,o3
them ms Uis aTsnts M tbat rsn,otc dn,e In'
si,,nInc,nt 40 shov NO., %o.s or,,n "Ui a.
c1snni ohseryer, their works ,rr now h,in"
mntnr,d amor tbs Innae NJ moo az ,ha ,has
M Nv he ssiIk. ned INFO No Lao Won yhj.h ,,,o ~,
man hid in Tho mnaI ), n nerme,tcd mill H.
whole was Icayenca. Tho 1nt If JahoyaJ
hod gonc r,rth decrccI,t, Tho, ,ys shnniJ ~
come a ,,rrat neonlc in mite AZ yoai,I, ~,
powcr md ns we'll migh, frajI mar otie,n,
10 breast The current az Tho mightv NIognra
"a 10 arrest tic nrogress Of that ,rca, iden
Implanted in the minds of these men To FREQ
this vast continent and secure blessinps 10
tbIs land, ~
Mr.. President. wa arc now nbopt IN ottoi,
that point enuncintei Inv JrfE.rson in In
Declaration of Independcpcc ,stI,ot ali men
are born free and canal" which has in tbr
past only applied to the few upon the gronnd
that This was n E'wbite mans CoycrnInent j
But, as remarked in the outset, our pros.
poets now brighten, our hopes grow
stronger, and we anticipate our future, and
see our great and glorious defenders of lib.
erty, Ulysses S. Grant unl Schuyler ColfaE,
the choice of the American people, who
have been fully equal to the cxlgencics OF
the times past, and we believe our destinlcs
are safe In their hands for the future, as
they are leaders who believe In republican
principles, and that their opinions are that
a republican Government Is one existing
only by the consent of the governed; that Is,
by the consent OF all the people, aud II their
consent means government created and ad-
minstered by their yotes-and there Is no
other way, In u republic at least, by which
their consent can be attained, or even exist,
since submission Ia not consent-and as the
Constitution declares ''that the United States
shall guarantee to every State u republican
form Of government" we look to Congress
rs the legislative branch of the Government
to enfranchlsc all the people OF the country
who arc of proper age, excepting such as
may DO disqualified by mental imbecility or
immortality, which are the only just grounds
Of exclusion of any man, let him be darkencd
by equatorial sun or blanched by northern
cold. lie Is a child of the Heavenly Father,
and equal with his fellow.man in all tho
rights of human nature. We cannot be de-
MED these rights without impiety.
We believe in the iustice of the Fortv-fIrst
Congress; and we believe TINT thew are fully
aware, and awakened 10 the fact. that liberty
is but mockery TO MS, an unmeanInp word
without full equality, n we are denied one
we cannot embrace the other, One ia tho
complement or full measure of the other.
they arc ANONYMOUS. indlylsible. for what
Is liberty without eaualltyl In Conclusion
Mr.. President, let me remind tho young man
that there is much for Won 10 do. mich Of
your success in the future dcnends on yonr
own efforts and deportnent, You must he.
true to each other, without which Won cannot
be true TO yourselves; entertaining patience
and forbearance, entertaining no petty pre.