, 1870-04-08

md the political slify men ind the lastrumeSs
,n snT aAnd Of God In 1u'htns tzraon, rebellion aae
Re.a..A That the thanks Of the eo,orr1 citizens o
S. fas 9s e.s5 III Il
sSI;,s;, rn su,sts 4 :. ssdePs ii.
sea! I'd ins1Sle .poi ri Il tbs ssf n 81
patriotic Adihosisin 70 Ills coanu5tncn. III u havt
II T. III sssis:Ess t & e.
lea,,on- e'''' - ~ ''f poo
On motion Of CLARK Geio, ESQ.,, the resolution.
TeIe @ aaorteti Th1ee hearty cheers we're toeT
REx4Rrs or JOIN JONES, ESQ
,, Jonn @ Jones, F., Of Chicago, was then intro
elz. but members or the household of ihc faithful
One hundred years before the seed Of what the1
now enjoyed wEs soWn 1t Boston, where CrtspG.
!At1uess FEY From then down 70 last March the
var hnd been going on, and NOW they were II
thank God that II Vas cnaed sy the rat,ncatjon nj
the Fifteenth Amendment The time was nas ii
,of the 60, "a s{e Of preaching the
known ~ what they did They had been 1rh,ina
for eiigth!nty 70 become American citizens, and
@ nov 1nsse r.; If rssr1nsbilty resting on them ,aa;
take the position Of any other citizen, to get eau.
n'sa,.s, Msn TesDes,shr. Now tae en!S Of Ils H.
they must prepare Themselves for such thiness M He
vautaScs denied TO their seniors March. viii
them, WIS month to be celebrated rio war
beEan IN March, 1sso, and ended IL March, 1870.
In March st Fatf1cE landed In ireland. fGrest
applause and faaghter.l That united the Irish and
the colorcd ciuzena The Fifteenth Amendment
Nas 1auaed 10 March, uniting the black nnd white
man, making treaty which nothing cnuld uptoot.
Ite would not sag much more, for the resolnions
were SUFFICIENT and he felt smal In attempting 10
speak when he 8AH such old AbolItiontsts IN fhn
stand IL Dt. Dyer and z. Eaktmnu.
RxNkRKs OF z. l. S1pRRs, ESQ.
ME- storTs WAS Introduced, who said he should.
1of ne pTcGnt substitute II hls place that is,tn.
golshed oldnde' and older Kspnh&iean, DE. Dyer.
DE-. G. Y. DYER.
N. Dyer came forward and aald that the resolu.
touA carried him back to the days OF General Jnct
son and The removal Of the deposits, when thh
General p'ld JACK Downing, when recalling nj, rid.
dies letter 10 him, that be H28 nFtng from pretty
tmaft PIECE When be heard the resolutions, hc
tn3ngat @ "as pretty smart piece they were
nf1nK fNm. He h1d been Interested In their can ~
long AZ. when they were trying to coionIze the
colored men. Garrison WIS colonlzatIoulst. able.
eloqnent and nrdent The society invited hin to
SPEAK q Baltimore. He went there and opened nre
Against the whole ay9tem Of slksey. He
LEFT the stand with shert1. and Was Imprisoned
@ for @msny M month"; T. big cell he determined IN be
heani. lie returned to Boston, started biz paper
md then came The dIsgracefui discovery that
NoEsnefn men were to crawl on their 6fIllea
Were nos nis white friends glad that they were DE-
NFercd, Will no pal10cEH on their tps and no
shacllcs on their itmbs1 This deilycrance for
them Was As much Of a deltEetRnce Is the coiorrd
friends had gotten. ne remembered when certain
worth, then publishing weekly paper here, aud
he Ind declined to publish them; DC would not Tor
rs ct Foa S9w * sani mas the pF0phe
aad lived "a It ever iaseD' siaee. iaa Bus
those Who had bcen educated to 10 ayanss taesa' '
They knew NO Letter. They hs4i sucked II in with
lnelr mothe1s' milk He would ask the black men
slavery from The Ser1Nsrcs-snc Lori Wa taSi11
them home last All Of them hAh To be forvlven,
NOW The black nan had his rights. and his <lufy
same He must sec that be was good citizen.
Ihc schools were open to them. TherS u4rp few
OF them IN the Poor Hou~., anu they must kecn
thst up- + vas tEenty:nlae yeass before there
1Tcd men had fought In the late war. When the
South rose. the colocd men did NOT assasstusts
the!r nistressea SoW Tue weapons Of warfare
lot.
RHARKs or L 3. wHrrE, ESQ.
~; Whns, colored man, Who Ia emplo, ed In
Ehich called on all OF them 10 hit m their yojces
The negro had secured hts rights, and what was
ned9s;n &c me1t 70 20; Gratitude w.s one Of bis most
uon to tas great partJ which had chAnpioned bis
cause a Wisnont inquirt1g into the motives which
colored man to act with The pary which had In its
Fnnaa 60 mkny Of his irtendA They h;li netter
enn& " ne Republican party, though possibly iii.
The negro ln the war had won llm the eesNect Of
,cis wse sEn, I'm + 9vns 5eSshs sssi ny @oea
9asased Msias nsH sy al VA th,nss that Influenced
,!s hunder fs, ,,, sa1 maze mtststss - sheiR TIC
out when 1t wks learned that sensnlc colorrt1 peo
pie sought no society which did not gladly receive
Such arguments should not be advanced to st6,,
The progress OF The negro. He had wen hls fire.
dom, and Il could never be taken from him.
kEA4Rks OF IIECTESAsT GovEkSoR RHnss
After the music, the President introduced ex-
Lieutenant Governor Bruss Al an old friend cf the
sooEea as,1 man ana hls L., cause The following 10
twenty Year,, ne said, he mad been speaking and
w5iunE about TIC coloIcd man. but Tits is the nrst
s was the IT, &c ha a eeq for
iielS 70 aiidress bis colared fellow-ct,tzena. As
be looked upon their splendid procession
s.' sth D.aSs Dxsss n.s,Gr s,srhf;s +: hs
marching on; Aye, and he hoped that Other brave
Eps neTc ScS ths ,1SsGetns y The gloons con
lsslJ To- The des!a Of his 6roshes Colonel John 4
burg, With his noble colored toys Els dust lies
minsled, and not I'll ths resuI1eeuon can II be
The speaker referred to his nesting
Iohn Brown At the house Of John Jones, in ibis
city. and bis hour Of twos converse with the old
IN some Of h!s notions and purposes, he was madc
OF the ktun that m2rKs the hero.
uc beRHed permission 70 speak Of the psoudcst
act 81 hts u{e-he meant his connection Win tbr
ratification of the amendment aboltshtng slavery
~ al The States and Territories Of the republic
~ M to sCnse'd The evening Of its
rs q DC Ies.s1ssass. senator ea 81 Mses, Msss,
adopting it Early IN the afrcrnoon II Eas nsssoi
"a. 81, alttrnsa, Asn :: fn,es as spsaltr, ami AMI
signed II in hehaf of The 2a:s: anI Iinois i nj,
forever stand rst In the list Of Slates who ratified
t1af amendment to the constitution, That day was
rallneti by other States no siRye could rste tic
sol Of thu rrEnblc. And now The supplement
To- that ~ ~ at9endmens giving me colufti
cEery Fight Of citizenship had t,ecn co6ft7r,4i on
.hr G.,lt.t1i man For the colorr1 man ,ac nag oi
me-, i9s n,"n 1Sa ~ ne naH 81 frseu all over this
the lakes to the Gulf OF Mexico. TN them, with
IF, equally desolved the responsibilities OF ibr
government, and with ns in the future, they would
tis tlog. lie tolnted ii tzstellsence q onr 81
thc elements on which the stability and the wcl-
ses sss q sen ss .en st n, %n o5sF
VII Sss; s.; ,ss, fS;a'sa ]ss .as IL
eoHurtleu from our public councils, fror1t our mi
nlcipal covernmen,s, frnm every drrsTtmcnt OF
ssanxs 9n9 ses'1 IT, nd polite. te Aer .asIaNns Iris
national stanlllty and giory-the cuiivaton Of Inc
mota> md the religious element Of our pcooIc
hon. for nv ~ ns vsry foundation Of ~ our
The ee'ofcd race bad Always, IN this cepnrT.
shown strong faith In our holy religion. il ~
ther character. This ia but raesc skeleton of Inc
rema1ka Of Mr. Rrosa but Is all cur space VIII per-
The audience then Fang one rc.sc Of John
Bruwu.
RExAKks or 5. 4 s7ohes, ESQ.
~. NJ. Sto11s WAS then introduced again, and saii
that thopsh not naturally melancholy, when be n
ntcte&i On what they were celebrating, and In view
Of The responsibilities placed on tnem BY DE re-
aaersa sps IL ew et Eass
ARniacd, Feeling o! so1eu1nlty came over him.
Taey lad male thsnsand Tean Of history In tn.
lons haa heen lttsed feam slavcfy 70 American
ctttzcnah1p. The chattcl Of 1880 was the voter Of
to.caI II 1soo blot rested .oa the
aeter, and he now rf!o,ced with then,
that not slave hEel In tits country. The rerou-
ton hsd been sast, sts consequence mighty, and
the pa1t which cacn one had taken In 1t very smAL
No one eoul! ar7uEaie much to hlnselt. Ten ycars
before. the Republican party recognized slsvcry,
md held !, projected os the constitution. 80 not
ried them through ths REBELLION. % Such sTsnd @ r.
suits we're npt TIC work Of mortal hands but of An
oFcrrnl'ng Pruridcncc. Tint great GOD Who saw
could not Etrc cat. md did It htmselt The
Aboliunntets h.d not al the honoz-uo set had.
The nneudment declared the political equality OF
the ptfrt', but social cqualIty neTcr came BY an
set Of ConSrrss Nor unless they used their fri1i-
leaes rightly were they bis political
eQualA il depended on themselves. They
we're entering on grand career. They must not
,*i1eye voting would make them neccss-.x hap-
~. Wrongly used It WAS cusxe. but rightly en-
poyed y was blessing. He hid believed they
Mese tnnued to political rtEhtA, knd thought thcy
WeSe ~ Tor them. Now II was for them to show
u they were worthy Of pErlerment they would
81 II: y not they did n1t deserve it. 1t VAS not
i9 hudness OF the government n protect anyone
taeE were nut eocta equals, they would ana IL
eot 1lf5 would succeed, not because they were
ne3roc9 Or white, but hccanse thcJ ought 10 suc-
ceea, y they failed Il WAS because they did not
nse iaeiI p1ifIiterA They Enonld vote accordng