, 1870-07-18


From complete report OF Castelsr'a grea;
speech oi- emancipation. wo translate the fol-
loving 1.assage. A. AL addition to the ren.lsks
~ th,a eloquent Arpub.ican. WHICH we report.
ed few duSs ago
Wish 10 present you another example OF 4
decided purpose TO accomplish! gradual sholi-
siou. which WAS forte1 to conclude by inn.-
ae9es @ .s'sr 4as 70 ar;,,os ,ns Example sp ~, o.
patrsarchs of liberty; they opened new worl,
on the earth; they opn,led tew path for t.,r
human conscience; they created . new socls-
aud they conquered. the republic tziuu,phrd.
and slavery remained, Washington could nn1v
ctnancipate hfs slaves. Fsankliu said that tue
firginann could nut inyoka the namo Of f;oa,
retainnB slavery. Jay said that ali the pray
els Ame.iGa sent up to Heaven for tho preser-
nere h!asphenaiet. Mason mou1nel ever the
payment his detcendantH must mske for this
great criule Of their fathers. jefferson traced
the line where the blsck ware Of nlayely should
be stayed.
Nevertheless, slavery Increased consiuus)ly.
leg that you will pattse moment to cous,i-
eE TIE nan Wlo clcAneed tlls terrible stalIl
Which obscured the stars OF the American ban
ntr: leg that you will pause moment, tur
l,s immortal lame has here t,eeu invoked for
tue l'erpetuas,on of slavery. All. the past
Century has Lot. the century 10 cotYs niu not
Lave, figure ro grant, becaute AZ evil dis.p-
Pears, 80 disappears hc1oisu also.
| have often contemplated And described AiA
h1e, both III cabin Of kentucky, oS pase,.tn
WHO could hardly read. bora new Moses in
tue solitude of the desert, where arc forged all
great and obstiuate thoughts. mouotonous
Ike sLe desert, aud. Isc the desert, sul!itne !.
growing Up among those psimeval forests.
WllcA. With their fEagracc, send cloud OF in
cehre, and, with tflelt mntrners, cloud OF
| PraSyess TO heaven; boseuaan At eight years
III the impetpous cn1re11t OF tho Ohio, and at
seventeen in the vast and tranquil wateru OF
the, Mississippi; later, a woolman, with a1o
and arm Telling tho imremorlal trees to open
way to uncarto1cd regions for his tribe Of
wandering WORKERS; 1esd.ug no other book
than the Bible, the hook Of great sorrowe aud
great hopes. Dictated often by prophets Il, the
sonnd q fettcrs they dragged through Nine.
reA sud Babylon; chliI q nsture, i, word,
" one Of thoae miracles only com}.rehensiele
among Tree people, ho fought for thn country
!, anu Was r&lecI by his feElow-citizens to tie
| Congress 1t Washington, and by the patton to
Presidency at tho Republic; and when the
evil grew more Eirulent, when those States
thett war cry and the slaves their groana Of ties
palr-the woodcutter, the boatman. the son o!
| the sTeat Vest. the descendant OF Quakers,
Eunbleas Of tue humble before his eooscienee
greatest Of The great before history, asteul.
| the tspisoi. The greatest moral height Of ou1
t4ue: aAo oInt1S alsu eeteDe WIN isi5 E0n1ctence
I atd tis thought befure linn veteran sfYny
| lostile Europe behind him, England favorin.
ne Soath. FRANCE encouraging react,on III
nealc". III his hands the tiyeh Country: ,ae
aims Two millions Of men, gathers haff mill
1on homes, sends his artillery I,:Ab snilea IN a
! week 1Iom tue banks Of the Potomac to tie
] shores of the Tennessee: tights more than
GU hassies: renews before Eichuond the
| deeds Of Alexander, Of Imsar: aud, afte: hlv-
ing euaauctpa,ed J, ,000.6 900 slaves. that nut.1iug
night he wanting, he dies il ths ysry NJ ent
| Of sirtor-lAs Chtist, ike Socrates. like ali
| redeP1netx. At the foot Of hls wntk. Hit work
sublime acLiesemtuts over which humanity
elall cternallE she'd its team, and tod lis ban.
| edicsious: {tSrcat applause.
But Liutufn. you viii tell mc. attempted
gradual emancipation. Thus il truc: / never
Grade the truth But the privileged cias.cs
theit eyes here and oppose every profound
I and radical reform. and immediate 4poli-
| ton came When mal Of the ~isdom and
political prudence OF abraham Lincoln Appeal~
ed to supreme measures, it VAS because he
vss convinced thai al! hope Of compromise
! bIe IN reforms demanded by jassies and hu>
| Inarity. Since then, the Cn1tel States. haT-
ing turned Their slaves into men, h4ys devoted
themselves 70 converting these men into clti-
zcns.
Aud to-day, gentlemen, tlose beings who
were formerly not even men, are freer than
the first Of the SONS Of Europe. Those smen
who ett1la not 1a4rn to resd, bo.a a.. tho South
ern gentlemen numbered Any one who would
date to give them book. have to-day innum-
cradle schools. Those men who were like
beasts Of burden. w7etct,ed a. the reptiles that
c1Awie1 among the cotton and the cane, are
free men, Are American citizens: they sit il
the Congress md the Senate Of Washington.
The United States hAre 1eYused to recognize
as members Of the Federation those States,
txh hi in trr$1 Ya3 xhr
liberty and the equality Of the negroes
You talk to me Of exceptional laws. Many
have you given to sustain the influence Of
priests and the tyrannny OF Kings. admit
your exceptions. II you will present ma s,oe0,-
700 besets converted into 1000, coo t1en.