Daily national Republican. (Washington City [D.C.]) 1870-1872, 1870-04-04
Tho Fifteenth Amendment
CELEBRATION At ISR,EL CHURCH
ADDRESS BY aEo. T. DOWNING
MR.. sELLA MARTINS GRAFTON
POEM nv GEORGE n. vAsHON

BILE church was ncvcrthcicaa wen hlcds
Amonr thosc pre,ent were Hon. Charles NJ,
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hamilton, nouioel OF oonsto RON h'otiuA'
Major u. Rush Plumly, Of Texas, nov on a
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uonal executive committee ana eolored oiti-
Tbs n.,,or Of I.racl ehureh. Raw. Mr. wat.
kins, conducted the devotional exercises CON
menolng with the hymn appropriate for the
oseaslon. "The Year Of IubIloe has uome -
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which was sung oy me onure congregation
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OIL pontioaI oharaeter' Tsyer was next
offered, after which the ltsth Psalm was read
nv Me- w.titin,, A s.leet choir usxt sang
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with noe Greet "Souad inc Iouu hmorel DER
The pTs,ident, Mr.. Geo. t. DOWNING. then
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addressed the meouus as iollowh
REMARKS or mn. powNiNd.
The National Executive Uommittee, repre-
sentinE the eoloIed people OF the united
States, convened this meeting as distinct
meeting, In the name OF the entire people,
still Ia harmony and accord with all local do.
monatrAtions. One hundred guns were dis
charged yesterday under It's auspices In honor
to the ConstitutionI an amendment that gives
legal form and reality TO Whist the Declaration
o. Independence in mo but announced. The
hrlng happily took place on the "a day Of
April, known In history ~ tho day when
Richmond, the breastwoIk Of slavery, Tell.
Gods hand IL so plalnly discernible As lead.
We are here to note, that II seems most o. and
proper we should gather on this, His holy
day, and In this, HIS oonseerated temple, to
gratefully recognize His ageney,
But a lew years have passed since wrong
and outrage were so completely our lott
when brutality seemed to be borne on wings
To- kaa
as dark as concentrated midnlEhiJ when We
were ready TO oNelaim, "My 0odi why hast
Thou tOfnaken usr that II awakena the
thouEhti miraculous interpretation This
gatherings throughout the length And breadth
Of the land, with their banners Of Joy and hope
spread, on which are proclaimed, "iod aud
our native landJ peace and goodwill to meni
we desire to cultivate friendly relations with
On ~, whiSs sTS IaSs ed have
defeni.n II il being ptoeiaImsd 10 oppre,sed
Europe "Bs Of good cheer
was being led 10 The scaifoid, a martyr 10
what we this day reailrei when he took up 4
little black child aud kiased II, he looked out
o. The oSo ,i ths' opened 70 his view, Oh
what 4 pity IL is proatltuted to siayery n
His apirit has been moving ob, fetaInInR its
.EE%p,.hy and inlsllissSoei y rsaiisss the
It In realizing that this fair land Is no logger
prostituted to slavery.
Nor mult We FORGET ABRAHAM IInrOIn. who.
an Instrument in the hand OF dod, was allied
with the abolition OF slaVeFYt whose name
will always be RssoeISted with the freeing OF
four millions OF men, women and children,
enitieS, he desired 70 be ferarded a. prudent
in lnAugurAtinE changes, rather preferrinR
that the merits Of moritorloua acts should be
written ia history 10 the credit Of "ns ssssity .
than to himself. ThSddeus Stevens smiles on
To speak OF the living who deserve honor.
l shall not be regarded as invidlouI when
say that three names at the present time stand
out so prominent, so allied IN moral aim and
simmer, Phillips. mn
| The AlAeTity with which our beloved PEST
dent gave tothe world his late. proclamation,
eVideneing The posaession OF a he .rt, entwinei
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996 Es1ssss srS%9sd m srsati ,iii Iash , ss,
the amendments to the Constitution are to be
| enforced BY appropriate legislation. We
rss sRs ThS hs syen "a
who arc even now, when the Inevitable IL
upon them, still fighting US, attempt by
divide Us; let US BE- a unit. We must WoIk 10
tee will continue to labor 10 that difeetiohj It
must so9tinue ia efforts 70 secure land. Tor
for the freedmen OF the South, that they may
develop its beaourees BY free labor, through
phukinH hkeucich nlultlhr TO thOno which the
once lords OF the South used when having thu
soil titled BY slave labor. The workshops Of
the country are to be opened. The PhilAdel-
phiA music hAlla muSt not Insult the spirit OF
hut must not occupy more OF your time,
and Introduce the speaker OF the day, Rev.
SellA Martin.
ADDRESS ny sELLA MARTtN,
Sella Martini esqs editor Of the Men Era,
was then Introduced by MIR. DOwning AZ ths
speaker OF the day. MI; Martin said that BY
he had been put down as the orator OF the
day. 90 such an occasion a. this oratory was
not necessary. When We arc seeking to Ao-
aAry toresort 10 the b dlshments Of speech, TO
employ the force q logic, and exhaust the art
Of rhetoric. But the purpose for which we
htood, so simple that all eau understand. Our
object 10 rather 20 recognise the eleasings De
ssoysa uPSsn Us, TO S AZ t thank. 20 AEishiy
humbly acknowledge out true indebiedreaS
TOT OUT EXPERIMENTATION hnd noofation and eleVa'
fion 70 All the riEht, o. eitlLonship
out his ,sdiet. the history OF our race .
memorable IN thiai that the agencies employed
BY Hin 70 accomplish HIS VIII, are as eyideni
20 us ~ were the Pillar Of Fire BY night and
the Pillar Of Cloud BY day In guldlDg the
chosen people OF Israel out OF captivity II
vas true that we could only recognize It
through human AgenaiesI and 10 reEeflng the
name OF Abraham Lincoln, or In pralslhg the
acts Of our National Legislature, We could not
forget rom WhAt source came mat tnhuenoe
which has wroug NJ out our true emanolp alton,
The Creator "a the architect OF our fortune,
Every leader among men has derived his In.
pplIAtiOn from on high
The Retrospective history ofthe struggle In
this country tells OF such man as Wendell
Phillips, q man nlnEulATly and wonderfully
endowed God gave him the rArest Of gifts an
Abundance OF brainsi provided him with the
wealth Of the world in abundance, and with
drawing him from all political ambition, made
him free to advocate the great principle Of
uniYersAl liberty. When Daniel Webster
proved TeofeAnt to his trust aud allied himaelf
with the South, Phlllips was the champion
sun, aud denounced the renegade 10 unmeas-
ufed terms. No one could have Anticipated
sach an emergency no one could dare to do
such thing save The one who did II. No one
could have afforded to pay him for the re-
proTal, and certainly 20 one hired him. We
must therefore attribute 70 God tho strength
OF character nnd 4rinneaa Of purpose which
animated Phtlllpa IN inlnlIlng thlu duty.
The speaker neNt alluded 10 Charles sun.
ner as man OF great erudition. AtateHman-uho
qualitiea, oommAnding proaepoe, enlarged In
tehlgenee, with . eomprehehslon 30 ErAud
thet nothinE escaped hts eye, while there was
nothinK 700 minute !or HIN 70 see. such
hA thhaa pesh PiAeea IN we senate a. the
"s s'tntad ~ 1ou on me SHaael OF LloeFty,
A., Soipteu ISLnt tooi hau peeh raised up In
,a.its hs.l III .a,VI nha lhneplulty had
=. IN ", Dasiu " tnS prelenee OF uoll-
~, A nL',b WI huthoeI ne eouid speak OF