The Cairo daily bulletin., 1870-04-13

| who have pr pr,pbesied evil of YOU toconfcss
their error. Yet you must not think tha,
the struggle j. entirely over. You must
educate your children. You must become
owrcrs of the sol--mechanic, artizans and
professional men. These things cannot be
accomplished in II day--it takes long ana
patient toll. The prosperity ca t"e
| South--thc crop, grown there TINS year
| tells to the world that ns "A people you
have not been lille We scc. to-day, thc
dnwning of n new and prosperous. era IN
the heretofore slave states. One has only
| to ro to the wharve- of Cairo to see aud
| know that a great change l. going ON
| South -pf4u.. Our wharvrs. lcNee~ and
wnre houses are crowded with ireights for
| that country. Every steam boat that i.hN"-
nnr harbor for the South has her dcc<s
crowded with plows harrow- wagons and
all the improved mplmcnt' of hosbnndry.
The monthly statement. of the railroads
running East and West, for the months ni
January and February, show a falling of
from last year; while nearly all those
| r,ininy North and south. for tn" same
| period, show large gain. The southern
| rail roads are pyinCihg an unlnlstnbnhl"
| PROSPERITY. This !, easily accounted for;
there Is now four million, of people added
to the travelling public by the freedom OF
the slaves in the South. The freedmen of
the South are much larger consumers now
than when they were slaves.
The subject OF your celebration to-day is
political one. You are celebrating your
right to the ballot. II will not be impro-
per now to enquire who il was that gave
those political privileges to you. IL need
scarcely be said that you owe your citizen
ship and political privileges wholly to the
Republican party. Abraham Lincoln the
first Republican President promulgated
the proclamation of emancipation and
called the colored men to arms in defence
oftheir freedom and the cause of II COM
mon country. 1t was republican con-
grcss that passed the Thirteenth
Amendment 1t was republican
legislatures that adopted it. 1t was u
republican congress that passed the Four
tecnth Amendment, freedman's bureau
republican congress that passed
the Fifteenth Amendment and
republican state. adopted it, while
every democratic legislature rejected it,
J There is not to be found any where II law
passed by the republican party that has
not looked toa larger liberty. The demo-
cratic party held sway in this government
for half century, and in all that time
they did not pass one law that WA III favor
of equal rights and justice To-
all mankind, but on the contrary
passed many odious and tyrannical laws
, IN favor of the slave holder. IL has been
, said that you will deser, the party that
gave YOU freedom and eniranchised you.
| am not of those who believe that you
, can, as u race, bc guilty of the crime of in-
: gratitude. ] believe you will stand by
s those who were your friends in times of
a | al, x,sin ,t ,l1t q a..
. with those who never were your friends
. until your friendship was profitable.
When the democratic party shall become
, | ia favor Of larger liberty than the re-
: publican party, then it will be- time for
YOU TO Join it--and not till then. Hoping
for your highest prosperity aud full re-
, alizution of the expectation, of your
. friends ] thank you for your attention.
Mr.. Lincgar wis followed by Mr..
. j i Rird. n colorcd man, in ~ well studied
I address, eommehdablc alik" for il, ability
and brcvi,y.
$ We are compelled to satisfy Ourselves
Z opsis Of Mr.. Bird, address, for the reason,
. fr.t, that our space is limited, and, secondly,
because Mr.. b voice being weak, pur'
tions Of his speech did not reach the ears
: of our reporter. He commenced by say
: ing tina, /, had long been custom among
the civilized nation. of the earth, To- crl"'
|, bratc days upon which important "ycnt'
t had happened. Rome celebrated the nn.
{ nual return Of the day upon which ,he
was, founded. Great Britain c"lcbra-
a. ..,h i. tl..N
: ~ enunciatcd hy Magma Charta
= aud the people "f america, with hearts
. swelling in gratitude To- Almighty God,
{ commcmo rated her birth a, II nation Of In
0 dependent frecmcn. Wa, tnot meet, then,
. that the cnlorel men of America should
- give out an expression Of happincs, and
n exultation, at their birth into free and
+. equal manhood-thcir accession 10 the
u lawfully recognized title "f American citi-
zens.
g Something over two hundred year, ago
: the hr,t slave wa, landed on the shore, OF
; America, The race had passed through u
+. hong and degrading bondugc; but had
o finally taken rank ~ four million. of fr,,'-
men. But in COMMUNICATING their IN
: vcstmcnt with the right, aud digniric, If
, citizenship, they should not be- torgc,ful
9 of the great and good men who, ia season
and out, through obloquy, dor,ion and
danger were pioneer soldier. in the strug-
. gle through which the colorcd man
achieved the liberty which he chcrshe, ~
G such Hcavcn-scnt blessing, Twenty
|, years ago society looking TO the abolition
of slavery and the elevation If the colorcd
e people to the right "f citizenship, was or
. ganized in the city of New York BY
! what ins,rumentalitic' it laborrd, matter,
i | not here. \ short fine ago that same So
Q ciety dissolved, because it' mission had
t been achieved. Abraham Lincoln, a
martyr to freedom filled place in the
/ heart of every colored man of the land.
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