, 1874-06-10


gradua1sm or immedlatism, since mono Of iii
lad our own, why exactly. Tho porploxing
aordan.knot tas boen cut by the sword: Mono
Of US ovor proved or voted Or toRlroa that tll9
| OWL should bo oxtrpatod by tho sword, and
| wntlod ont It, b!ood. II any tnan Ind tho foro-
sight 10 see q way III which Hlnyory might como
to legal end without legality, and without ro-
peuta1,ee, or tho voluntary uni,se,,t OF tho hold
orr, that man waa John Quincy Adams, who, In
1sID, Hnld Tint in tho Constitution nf tie United
States Government there !urked n power Which
war might oyolsc, which would dontroy slavery.
Abraham Lincoln aoueht that power, and. as
| tho representative man Of tho nation
aud ono who Ind tho authority to sroak tho
| word OF tho peoples will, did speak tho word
s6 o W ho nSoo Sa nIfe so 5 oea me1 hs
groateBt aholtionist tint over lived, aud, God
| grant It, that ovor shall live; for le cot more
mon FREQ from nbject slavery than wore ever bo-
any ono man. Wondor not that. months bSforo
| tho act was done. ho paced tho floor Of tho na-
| tional council room, in Holomn meditation, and,
In an anguish TINT seamod to wiring his great
soul, declared. "Oh It's fearful reaponBibili-
ty to hayo tho fato Of whole race upon ono's
| hands,"
As wo shall proceed atop by stop. and AZ one
after another Of tho venerable men OIL tho plat
! form, and On these aeatB.-mon who tegan thls
| work III tho freBhneHs and vigor Of youth, wloBc
gray heads, faltoring feot, and trembling hands
mark tho progreBR OF time since tho work began,
and tho labor which tho!r brains have doao--
gnmc1t, or mako tho appeal thas onco wont lko
. spoar to tho conscience OF tho people, 1t will
DO aocn that;wo aro horc making ,
| RECORD ron HISTORY,
and tho world must nccopt 1t Oh such. Tt will bo
eoon- there arc chapters to be added moro I'M
portant than have yot appeared IN writing or
reunion will Intensity will occupy the atten-
tion Of philosopiora. noEalists, and hiato-'
rlana in futuro ages. In timo yet to como
this question must be satisfactorily answered,
1S0u to {r,fn
or tho coincidence Of any generation yet alive,
how came it that in that milton and government
that profosaoa to draw Its vital powers from tho
doctrines Of perfect personal liberty to every
upwith it, aud locked within its embrace as the
child'is enfoldod In the mothers arnls the moet
| complete, abjoct slavery of tho human being,
1obblng him of all Lis natural rights, was found
| 1T 1s TIE PURPOSE OF THIS REUNION
to holpto solve this question; and-to aid the'fu-
turo historians to mnke up proper record OF
tho history Of tho tirias from the aay when the
1919, till the yoar 1868 wo and hulf centuries),
out Of bondage in tho, United States
pasted from Egypt By she doptls Of tho Rod Sea-,
We will try to grasp this great topic, aud pllc
tograph 1t for; our inspection aud uso on this
occaaion, for 1t must become the keynote of
1t is now ABOUT four centuries ainco two Of the
most important faota next to that of the coming
Of Jesus to carth wore brought to light. First
was the discovery Of printing, by which knowl-
odge could be' stored up and rerpetunted, ;aud
within half o oontWry afterwards waa tho discov-
ory OF Now World. 1t socms to us that it was
divine wisdom that led to tho discovery Of print-
Ing bofore Now World waa discovered, to re-
eelvo tho light that should po .roiieotcd from it,
This New World waa talon possession Of by tho
most intelligent portion Of tho Old World tho
tlde, oi =, emigration rolling, ovor to, tho
tion and colonization evidently executing Ill I'M
portant decree n tie process of the elevation Of
tic human race. The emigration OF tue white
raco of Europe, being THO iniluontial raco and
enjoying tie bouefitR ST tho new act for tho pro-
aoryation Of knowledge, was q voluntary Que
TINT of tho black race 81 Africa all involuntary
ono. They were. forced to loags tloir sunburnt
homes for places TINT wero mo longer homes, In
New World" forced from Afrio's shore y; as
the .root Kays, and to- them sonsibly, "oyer the
rigging pillows borne."
80 .oAnoo or TursE STOLEN nIAcKs =
md enforced oinigranta was landed on tho banks
Yrginis IN io1ea gear no1e4. esio's iss ri q
gria > .fathora landod =, at Plymouth, %ho
bound -them to form q government recognizing
tho ogual rights of 'a!l men as the gift Of tho
Creator. Hero waa beginning Of slavery in this
nation-hero wns the Planting nearly at tue same
FREQ government; and FREQ rnon.- Tho discovery
Of the New World and its occupancy malo new
crime OF oarth, aud that was negro slavery. Say
what you will ahout tho truth Of history, there
never was ito parallel in crime among mon. THUS
eame slavery here as ain came into Eden, and to
bo contcating. conflicting spirit, struggling for
mastory with tilo spirit Of liberty, it's very op'
familiar AZ household words. But they have an
important use in thcso reunions, rs familiar
gulde.posts to wnat is to como after.
doubt whether tho philosophy Of thoao
familiar fncts ia na vol understood by
any Of us 30 it ought to lo. Therefore it il
beat pAtiently to consider '-' -
'' OLD ruINos IN A NEW L1GilT.
Thia slavory here waa on the side Of gain, the
always against it,. It was always known to
those who believed in moral equity that il
would and in rain.- But thoBe who got gain by
it, put of to tue futnro the day Of filial Bet
it off as it ever grew in fearful import, to fu-
: trra generation. There waH always conscience
and protest against glyavery, wherever thert
was q conscie1lce and religion alive. But there
conflicting forces. There we're, 9ucl,; nor
as Hopkins aud Emmons, In the North,
e.. s MthS :. ..n and svo sa dann.sDon and h
J It lived without gaming much until cotton be.
cams It's product, and oppression became mort
! and moro the aource OF money. This was n na.
, tional erino. It ih not fair to say that nt tho
ooAtI H&UA6 1tatd IdepOub4nWLt u OfI61L
| a,id continuance Of slavery. Tho irropreBaiblt
conflict on which cavoat has been talten as
modern thought, began when the evil began
TINT human conscionco waa bound to DO II
conflict with. No modern history TINT I am ao
auatntea with has dpne full Justice to this CON
tlict OF i1oas, this contest OF the forces OF evi
and good in the nation, like tho contest Of tht
old and now man In tho human soul. It docs moi
crop out much In history, but 1t il nevertheless
true, that tho syrnpathy for tho onslayod b!acii
1l1raed. and widely expressed by mon oi
right-dirocted consoionce1 as the Qnakers ant
Huguouots Of tho south and middle seetions
and tito stern rogopiets OF the northern nave
civil liberty to tho white raco.
| IT wAo a nEuuLAn CURRENT nF SUCCESSION.
'AB: ono fact. while tho. phllanthropo friends
! around tho City Of Penn wore engaged III tho,,
work OF goodwill to the chained negro, patue
commenced his literary work by writing oeBayf
In behaf Of the Blave'H freedom. and, aB Lis
J writings were noen by these Quakors nnd Frank.
| Lin. aud annrnYel ba WA ren11eatol In try l,;a