The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1872-09-06

~ in the South. Nor is it pertinent to
the occasion to talk Of their Infinite
wrongs" now that they are e~mancipated
and enfranchised, supplied With multi
tndinOus schools and teachers, free to
make their own contracts as independent
laborers, protected - husband and wife;
bound together as parents and children,
voting and being voted for, pursuing sue
ccssfully all prof ssional eihployrIents,
steadily augmenting their home com
forts and laying up wealth. cscupyir 9 sta
tiOns of trust and em0lumert, and hav:
ing their representatives in sverv South
ern Legislature and on the Aoor OF Con-
gress. True, in certain localities they
are still subjected to many ~indignities,
and sometimes to horrible outrages /; but
these are inflicted by that class of mcor-
risibe miscrearts at the South who are
lhist now in happy afiliation with your.
self to place Greeley in the Presidential
chair! True, there is still. throughout
the country, u strong prejudice against
social equality irrespective of coloc: but
this is steadily Welding, and in many
cases has ceased to operate. The special
time to express sympathy for the inf
mite wrongs oftEe colored race was when
they had few to interfere for their deliv,
erance from the auction block and slave
cof1e, from the slave drivers CORY lash,
from CALLING yokes and torturing thumb:
screws, from the fangs Of pursuing blood
hounds, from the clutches of prowline
%kidnappcrs, from inconceivablc agoniet
at the burning stake; and when to ere.
member those in bonds as bound with
them" led anywhere else than to tic
high place of the country.
And l always deeply regret, too las
I'M quite sure you now dO), that for sc
many years after the commencement q
the struggle to effect that deliverahce,
when the elements were melting with fer.
vent heat. and mobocratic violence fol
the suppression of anti slavery discussion
was everywhere prevalent, not excepting
your own city, you took no &C tive part
in that conflict. attending no aI.tisls'ery
gatherings; giving no visible sign Of a
lively interest in its success; for tie first
time bearing your public tie g.imons
against slavery in opposing the :.unexa.
ton of Texas. When elected to the
United States Senate, in 1871. you sal
nearly eight months in that body speech.
less in respect to the fugitive 81 lave bill
eliciting strong remonstrancrs agains,
your protracted silence. seeing that, a:
the successor of Mr.. Webster. YOUR cleo.
ton was regarded as an important gain
to the cause of impartial freec on. Your
silence was the more inexpl;cable, and
furnished just cause for Incl siness, be-
cause in 4 speech made BY You before
going to Washington, you said: The
subject will not admit Of po ;tponemeni
or hesitation. 1t is the subject Of sub,
jects. From this time forward it will be
entertained by Congress-; it will be, as
il were, one of the orders Of the day; il
cannot be passed over or forgotten
We demand, first and fore.
most, the instant repeal Of the fugitive
slave bill You took your seat in the
Senate, December. /, 1871; it was no,
until the 18th Of July, 1852, that you
rose to advocate that repeal. Apologize
ally prefacing your remarks by saying
Had attempted this duty at an earli-
er day, it might have been said that a
newcomer and inexperienced in this
sense. misunderstanding / astily, rash
ly, rccklessly, | pushed this question be.
fore he country" Surely, no true friend
Of humanity would have made such a
fling. and the possible snre;s of IT. enc
mics were not deserving Il III oment con-
sideration. BESIDES. the iii russion had
been going on throughout the land ever
since the passage of The fugi we slave bill
so hat to talk Of ''pu'hing he question
upon the public attention Ias a miSap-
~plication oflanguage.
Nevertheless once putting Your hand
to the pillow you did not look back once
breaking the painful silence, you have
not ceased to speak, with gleat boldnes.
| and rare eloauence, for the complete en-
| franchisement Of the colo:ed race; moi
have | failed to stand by you through
| evil report and through good report,
| cheering you on, both in public and in
private indicating you from the unjus,
attacks of your p~roslaver.. traducers. My
| reference to tie early days. Of slavery
| trial is not to tear from your brow one OF
the laurels with which it is so honorably
bound; but when-to make your infu.
ence potential with the culored ~elcctor.
to secure their votes for Mr. Greeley
Mr.. Greeley organ, the Tribune. I'm.
truthfully proclaims you TO have been the
foremost enemy of human slavery
when 'abolitionist' was Il term o~freproach
| from one end of the country to the other
-''the best and wisest friend of the
freedmen in the trying years since eman.
cipation"-''lOved and trusted by the
colored race above all other men in Amer.
ica"-.justice requires that the deception
should be exposed, and the whole truth
told. In nothing of courage and vigil.
ance, of zeal and fidelity in securing equal
rights for the cOlOred race, has your res.
| pected CO. Senator, Henry Wilson, been
outstripped by you and no member D,
Congress has done more isor them. Nay,
long before you were seen or known in
opposition to slavery, he was actively en-
gagged in the noble strife under the ban.
ner of immediate and unconditional
cmanciatica. During tn !rty six Years OF
public life he has made the freedom OF
the race, 50 long peeled and trodden
down, paramount to all other political
considerations. Instead Of persiat-ntly
stunning anti slavery II eetIngs, he WAS
a frequent attendant upon them, and
freeley participated in their proceedings.
Now that he has been deservedly nomi-
mated by the Republican party for the
Vice Presidency of the United States,
and. if elected, may pos ,ibly in the turn
of events, be the actiag President, ii
should be a matter of pride and gratitude
on the part O. colored voters to give him
their united SURFACES. As he is Massa-
chusetts Senator like yourself, has been a
warm personal friend, and coadjutor, and
stood up u~ndauntedly in your defense,
when bloody violence sought your life,
| think it is discreditable to you, that you
have not only evinccd no satisfaction with