The New York herald., 1872-09-22

StCut uDcIui huOVcmeuC OI Jne O1y 10 Dear teStl
true that we desire government Of jrst and equal
laws, which shall extend equal favor aud equal
plause. and cries Of THAT'S. soi'1 Is It not not
true that while we demand a repeal
o. all Of all OF all
late struggle, that we desire that no man shall be
disranchsed, that no man shall be- prescribed, but
with ourselves. Is not that the factS (Uries OF
yes, tnats so.l Is It not time that we have no ex
TsSs no Gsh no that
soldiers pensi0ned or the slaves emancipated BY
the result OF the war paid fors Is it not true that
we have no purpose or expectation or understand
ing that any OF the things shall be DONE Great
applause, and cries of "You are riggt.") Now fel-
low ~, citizens l wish sh, to cali your attention
not yet been presented. There Is no class OF our
citizens no part of the American people, who have
government as the coored people Of this country.
Though they know We all admit their rights are
perfectly secured by the constitution and that no
one can back that it is still their real interest
that their rights shall not be only accorded, but
that they should be fully accorded; that there
sna ne mo he sse no potca @ no ne
rights that We do. 1t is their interests more than
yours or mine that all contention concerning black
every individual shall be judged anu estimated ac-
cOrdng to his worth, with no respect whatever to
fSlor tSrr or tra our succeeds
there is really nobody left in the field opposing or
Objecting to their standing on common p.atloim III
OF American nationality. Great applause.) say,
then 1t is their clear interest that government
shall be welcomed and ratified and approved
by the entire American people, and yet it
Is very discouragng fact presented to
us that there is no other class so gen.
orally and so bitterly opposed as they are.
thoroughly or misapprehendingy in misrepre-
senting us. | say not this to excite prejudice
against them; They are ignorant, and their igno..
rance Is not their own ault though it rs their and
our misfortune. They are misled and we are
illuminated in their ears. Why have been re:
have been negro trader. Even on my way
to this pace one .quadroon girl, on hearing
me speak sad:E"I would like to stick q
knife into his heart; he sold my mother
into Richmond, Va" lLaughter.l can imagine
a reason why lies like that should be tod. l can
should not everywhere discountenance and relute
them. 1t Is, say, misfortune of the colored
people misfortune stnd Of our people that they as
not hear us. They do not believe us. They
are told that this movement is contriv.
not absolutely, and that all the pretensons OF the
Cincinnati platform and Baltimore endorsement
in favor of equal rights are frauds, are
lies. If this party succeeds says Mr.. Wendell
Phillips, you must conceal your property and take
care Of your arms. Now,. fellow-c tizens, state
any worse of these misguided people; state them
because want you Kentuckians 60 realize that
ignorance s1s Is public peril; that you can't
tanee %t public mem @ and 'i public A'aa aairs
that they can be dec lived and msled as this people
are. You must take care tnat they shall lie edu-
Gated, SO that they shall be too wise to Well in
formed to be thus msiniormed and mis-
sGaua sui prevail, % at i trust it will 'pr, prevail,
we Will sweep away all this refuse OF lies IN three
months we will say to the eo9rsd men M G we proasr
sanie Tor you as for us; you have your living to
earn as wen as we you Will have to use all
your abilities, all your energies, all your
faculties, and make the most OF them you can.
The laws do not favor you, but they
win Thoroughly protect you and o.I in three three
viii be so dlsabused that the same men
can never deceive them again; never again
'.We ale not gong to failr-iI the colorcd men dld
not believe that the power was against that the
none, was against us; that II they md not realize
dred thousand office holders were all banded
against us in a force which they believe we cannot
'ny % Wy sy nk Dc SO
succeed, and they want to be on the winning
side. That is a part of 1t: but they are also
say we are not your enemies. We will not be your
opp essors, will not, though you have done us
inastiee We VIII try as S wen as we can to ave AYE
tine mistakes you have made cannot be made owe
and over again. That is where we stand
Now. fellow citizens, why do we condemn pro-
scrDtion They mistake who say that there are
only tSo or three hundred left now forbidden TO
e@srci-e the common rights OF American ,
sands, there five thousand dsiranchsed
In the State OF Arkansas alone, and the men who
hold them dsiranchsed expect to carry that State
against us by virtue OF that disfranchsement
But IL Is not the number OF the pro-
scribed; men, who not under this
ban, feel themselves prescribed because
others are, for an offence which was their offence
as well. so long as you have prescribed class in
the country men all around them, honorable,
generous men, will feel l ought to
be prescribed the same as that man,
the difference was only by the accidents; he
happened to take an oath or fill an Office before
the struggle that did not, but his guilt was no
more than mine; accident only makes him prescribe
and leaves me free, that so long as there shall be
prescribed class In this country prescription will
rankle in the hearts OF millions Of Americans who
feel that they themselves are condemned and
banned in the act which dOoms their leaders.
1t Is not for the sake Of the prescribed alone
that l speak; every community has the
right to the best services OF all its citizens Men
say to me. why, you don't want to elect Toombs,
or some body else, do your" No, don't want to
elect any of those men; but suppose other people
DO, who are you or who am to say whether they
shall nat