The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1869-01-31

l move. Abiding to Ben Butler he SAID ne was tne
and member OF Congress. TO bring about sudrage
they should NOT make the mistake OF trying 70 en-.
respective districts and create breeze and have
message 80 70 them nom tnef Constituents n ~
unies: they did SO and a,s 50 they would DC
and wen known spiritualist addressed The Con-
OF Mr. Sims and Mr. Menard in this body was .evi-
dence thar there no loyalty either IN louisiana
OF southern mob and the other was here because
he was denied his seat in Congress. LOUISIANA sne
believed was the heart OF the rebellion srKinia ~
head and South Carolina Its right arm. Inc nrst
pamed State she declared to always have been the
most rotten and dlsreputable Of any OF them.
his es administrator s ID New Orleans. but in
! furnishing Banks she thought Massachusetts fur
also criticised Sheridan for failing 10 give proper
protection TO loyal citizens IN New Orleans during
ms command there, and did not forget TO touch
drew Johnson during the 0utrages In the South.
Protection, she urged, is what the negro wants and
Slavery Society should be directed, and the incoming
President must be urged TO tread up TO the mark,
and insist upon their vigorous enforcement
MIR. Sims, OF Georgia, again addressed the Conven-
ton He said that the colored man wanted the bal
lot and he would not be satisfied until he had IL.
lie wanted it because 1t was his right, and because
with it he could protect himself They also wanted
protection Mrs. Daniels had said and they looked
for much from their friends In the North Referring
to the matter Of his expulsion from the Georgia Legs
latnre, he said that he had been promised by some
OF the most prominent members OF Congress that he
would be restored, ana he had no doubt he would
be- He also believed that with the next aaministra-
tion the loyal citizens OF the South would be better
projected IN life and property.
Aaron NJ Powell, editor Of the Anti Sldrerv sand
ard, urged that the society instruct Trumbull ana
other recreant Senators to resurrect the equal rights
Dill prepared by Senator Sumner. That measure, he
believed, was just, and would secure short cut 70
equal suffrage, and no time should be lost IN passing
II through Congress. Another duty OF the society
was 10 deprecate Congress for failing to impeacn
President johnson and pass resolves declaring him
O criminal and deserving OF impeachment.
In response TO calls from the audience Mr.. tCOn-
gressman) Menard made q few remarks. He said that
Congress, and nowhere else. One reason, he said OF
the embarrassment at the South was because the
Sometimes il had encouraged the loyaliss there and
again its course had been such as TO greatly dis
courage them With fair chances he thought that
the black race would show as fair an average OF
men and women as any other race. lie did not
think that the rebellion crushed so long az there
was SUCH deplorable condition or things at the
South. He did not know what 70 say about Grant
or what his CABINET would be made Of or
whether he would be true to the black SO far
he had not seen anything In him to lead hun 10
believe that he would dlfil the hopes OF
the eolored people. OF the South He hoped,
make the Southern rebels feel that the nag must be
respected and that loyal men would be free to speak
and act as they please. He thought highly OF Ben
Butler, and he believed that II he back In
New Orleans every Ku kux organization would be
disbanded, every black man would be SAFE and an
anti.sayery convention could he held there the
in Boston. Until Northern can be safe In the
South the business there viii never amount 10 any
thing.
Wendell Phillips followed Mr.. Menard. lie said
that he believed that the spirit Of rebellion still ex-
isted III the SOUTH ana this was much owing TO the
hstessness OF the republican party The white rebels
OF the South have all the capital, railroads and
power IN the South, and II will take long time TO
gain 1t from them There was time when many Of
the results OF the war might have been saved, but
Andrew johnson ana the republican party let the
opportunity go tlniInpr0ved. They had heard much
ABOUT the failure Of Congress to Impcach Johnson,
because 1t would prevent Grants election; but he
would ask why justice was not done and the traitor
turned out OF oilce after Grant had been elected.
Every day that Johnson had been the White House
since the 4th OF November had encouraged murder
nj the south. The speaker also arraigned the
publican party for permitting Grant, as the
head OF the army, to sit quietly and allow
the Southern Outrages to go on when he had
the power and means TO project them. He did not
even make the attempt, and for this reason, II for
other, he thought there was sufficient cause to dis
trust Grant. He further arraigned the republican
party for not having passed constitutional amend
ment giving suffrage 10 the black man. One reason
for this the se1shness OF Mr. Trumbull and half
dozen others, who feared that their districts would
not stand IL and that they would not be reelected
He would he added, hold this Congress responsible
II 1t failed to initiate this amendment failed tn
bring up the bill OF Mr. sumner In concluding, he
moved the passage Of the resolutions offered In
the morning, and upon their adoption the Conven-
zion adjourned.