Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1872-08-16
FRED. DOUGLASS SPEECH.

On the 24th Of July, Senator WfLsoN and /
FRRD DoUGLAss addressed the citizens of Rich |
mond, Virginia. The remarks Of the latter gem |
man constitute such complete response to the |
letter Of Senator SUMNER that we give the Fol. |
lowing extract from h
But let us come to the great question that wo
are here 10 discuss to-day. We are going in |
the course of few months, to choose a Presi-
dent and Vice President Of the United States, !
aud you and and all Of US are to have a voice,
sfree voice, an uncontrolled voice, an uutran- !
melled vote on that question. (Applause) We
are going to haye t. and now 1t is Of the gravest
possible consequence what the chuce Of IL
American people shall be in regard n that. I
hear from several sources that all the intelligent
colored people at the South are going to vote
for Horace Greeley and B. Gra,z Brown. cloud
cries of "Noi") Well, hope you won't have
many sGch Intelligent ones in Virginia. Zap
plause aud laughier.I
Now. did act como here to abuse Horace
Greeley. didn't come here to say harsh things
Of him, nor Of Gratz Brown. can call man
knaSe and q fool, or a mean, miserable wretch,
aud all that sort Of thing II | want to. but that
to be able to vote for Horace Greeley. | should
like to do it on the score that he is workingman,
and on the score that he IS an editor, a brother
editor with ms. should like to vote for Horace
Greeley il only knew which Greeley my vote
elected Applause and laughter.) But there is
just where the trouble is with me- lie is a many
sided mtn. There have been a good many Hur-
ace Greeleys. You know when Cough present.
ed himself at the door of the Tabernacle in New
York he said to the door keeper: Let me in
am Cough " am be d-d if do" said the
door-keeper; "there are no less than seven
Coughs gone in here already" loud guffaw,l
There have been great many Horace Greelsys
in my tine. knew one once who used To say
red hot thing s against slavery. liked that man
Capital nan ne was, II my vote would elect
that Horace Greeley, and | was sure he would
stay "put." why, would vote for him. But
there IL Just the trouble, gentlemen. In voting
for Horace Greeley we don't know which Gree
ley we are trying to elect--whether It is the
Greeley OF thirty years ago, or twenty years ago,
or ten years ago. in the van Of the republican
party, or the Greeley Of to-day, at the head Of
the Democratic party. (AppIause)
Now, my friends, win be s..ort. What the
SoRth wants, what Virginia wants, what the
whole country wants at this time ab1vr all
things, after this terrible ten years Of ma ton,
after his terrible ten Years of agitation and snf-
fering. is qni.t and repose, By which ail old
wounds in the body polite shall be healed and
the Nation come into one homogeneous whol :.
That uha, We want. We wanl ,aat above all
thirgs. fuu and | snow as we'll as~we SssS'
anything, that there can be M reposc, uo secur.
ity without certJinty. My objection 10 Mr..
Greeley is that he is an uncertain man /; that he
is a vasciaing man; that he is at III present
m m mt in doubtful company IN saw the least.
ANY uncertainty and doubt al the head Of our
affairs cannot be any other than iisss,r ms oihe
highest Interests or this country What We
want at the helm is clear head and firm and
steady hand. and these we have u Ulysses 5
Grant. (Somubody in the crowd here proposed
three cheers for General Gr mt. which were given
with great enthasiasm.) That is right; that is
better than anything could say We want GER
tainty. We do not want candidate that is
neither fish, flesh nor fowl. object To Mr. Gree
ley on the ground that he is 4mhguous, a sort of
, smphibious animal, living on neither land nor
water, neither 4 Republican nor Democrat
neither prvte ;tionist free trader; in "a
vur Of Capitalization and against il; in favor Of
ku klux laws and against them opposed d to
Tammanv and with it. Well, said | was not
going to say any harsh things about him, but
let tell yru my fellow citizens, sp king rs
cOlored man, | regard the election OF Horace
Greeley as one Of the worst cAlamiiiee that could
possibly befal this Republic.
| What we want, / repeat, is certainty, We
know Ulysses Grant, we know Henry Wilson "A
straight line no sinuostv, no double dealing
/ no divided voice, IN certain sound to their
/ trumpet. Ulysses Grant is friendly to all
classes. The worst enemies that he has cannot
accuse him Of malice. lie did not approach
General Lee with haught ness nor with malice
They had met and disputed on great principle
The principle was decided in Grants favor Re
bOre himself meekly he bore himself in a man
ly way, and to-day cherishes as afTectiouaie feel
ings towards the people of the South as toward
any other people in the whole country. Gap
plause.)
know the man. like a man in the Presi
ueuNAal CudiE 'u'l tue thhl ANS ult
! such as the poor people Of my own race, as wei
} as poor Peuple OF every other race can approach
and approach easily. Talk about military rings
! and naccessibilty 1t is false, every word o
: it, General Grant, next to AbEahan hhcolI
} aud Charles Sumner, is about the easiest man u
approach, holding high public place ia thi
country. that have ever known. The humbles
MN may approach him, and in his preseuc
will be thoroughly at his ease. 1t is go"d t
I have such a mtn down there at Washington a
+ the head Of this Nation, this Democratic Nation
t this Nation which at last settled down upon th
broad principle Of the De claraiOu Of Independ
ence, that all men all men, not a part Of thel
q are created equal. l say it is goJd tn have
n uiaa OF that 81 rt.
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