, 1874-06-11

was short. Ho romoyotl to uuttford, as alreatl )
stated, where 10 founded NJ Anti.savery clls'rctl
from whose pulpit ho continued to proRcil til q
gospel Of freodom. Although no politician. Il o
cntorod into
| ACTIVE sEnv1oE AS A spEAKEn
wherever no could see an opportmntty. to pro =
this Why llo labored for Jan,ps &. Ntruov, JOHN
7. Halo, Con. Fremont, and Abraham Lincoln,
during tloir respective campaigns for tito preni
dency, bosldos taking nh notiyo part In securing
tho election OF Frnslcls Giotto to the unttcd
Staten Honato from Connecticut lie WAS ono OF
those who hold TINT tho United 9tateH Conatitu-
ton WIS . ollartor Of froedo,n not m inHtru-
/ mont q slavory. often havo / hoard him OK
TO- "socuro tho blessings Of Liberty could NOT,
without -grohs falsolloOd and hypocrisy, bo itl-
| terprotod "a q warrant for mas-stoaling. oon-
1ose was not aoio to agroo with him Oh this
ConBtitution wns n coye1iRnt with denth a1la Il
| league with hell-only I was not inclined to
blame tho South exclusively for tho torms Of tito
oontrnot Tor when 1rocall how our Pilgrim fatheru,
not being ablc to get slaves fast onongh from
the coabt Of Africa, onBlavod tho rllc Indien by
tlior sido, by way OF lifting lin to roooiyo tho
tcaoltngA OF Thirst JeBIR5 I nm willing to walk
backward with Henry A. Wise or Alexander
ancestor.
ENTERTAINING THE WE'VE NE DID,
ntr: noot had no difficulty in laboring in tho po-
litlcal Hold With whasovor party aeonlod no4t
or to nuke them little aaHior OIL 1,a limLs.
And during all this time ho was interchangeable in
Ills ondoavora to bring the Chrstal. Church UP
70 luis own Anti-slaycry position. In tho Mil
Religious convention, no was acoasuloss agitatol.
To theso sowmovlng bodioH. waging 1od's wnr
bohind cotton bales, In wau n huavon-sont ga,l :
fly, giving thom ITO roBt, over reminding tho,n Ut
thor sin Of omission, ever tesling tllc1n OF thnft
onslaYed brother, over pricktug tlonl forward b }
their dnsy. Finally, aftor slaynry had botiu
abolished, 10 n,ade a donation OF somo s20, 10
to Yalo College, the annual interest of which
was to bo applied to tho
EDUuAT1DN OF YOUNG oLER6ysIEN
Of fixed anti-slnYery principles. rhiB was several
yoals boforo l.lH deatl, and was puzzled to
know why he should atlix slcli condition to tho
endowment OF thcso scliolaralpIt Wllo,a
there uns no llongor my sayory, in
this country to bo opposed to-. Perhaps,
however. tiero was something prophetic In this
donatlon. We all nil know Tint slavery o1ists in
the islnhd Of Cuba in a very cruel md revoltin;,
form. It iB my hope tint sonntlnng may be tlot,o
by this country, III friendly aud civilized liza u
nor, to
HELP RID THE ISLAND OF CUBA
OF its florrd cnrse. Annexation 1 am oppostGl
to, either in tho way Of conquest, purchase, or
free gift. We want no outlying provinces to l,o
governed by pro-consnls., Wo want no moro in
congruons, frivolous, aud superstition popula-
tionB to help govern ls-wo lavo hard enough
work to keep tho intelligence aud virtue OF
the nation npperMost now. Yet some how
do desire-strongly dcairc-that We who
hAye Mt no great cost shnillol off tho coil t,f
slavery, may be instrumental in hiding Cuba to 4
leBs bloody de!iycranco. lerhaps the donltlo II
Of my deceased fathor-ill-aw n,ay tins be t,tfec
two, in greator or loss degree, In promoting til Q
onls hO hnd III Wow when ho limited his bouefa-
tion to young men of liked anti, slavery prinoi-
ples.
This is m imperfect and hasty outline Of til ,
anii-slaycry work Of David Root. I loved tla t
old man, and could not allow this gathering q
Iii tnt -
without mentioning ls name aud putting 1t
where it will bo preserved al it deserves to be- =
putting it in tho place OF all otlsers whore il 0
would most desire 1t to be,-for tho Master II
served il the tod Of the lowly, tho downtro1don !,
thu oppressed
David Root died in tho City of Chicago, Augu, i
80, 1878.
MIR. ". @. BRADLEY.
want to supplement tho statement TINT ha q
boon made by one OF fact which myaof al, &!
tho Hon. Mr.. Alst!ngB do not like to have lei I
out. Dayid Root was cur pastor in philado! l.
phia. We wore both ollcors in his church. l
did not hear any mantion OF that part It
the pastor Of tho first Anti-Sayory churG b
organized in phi1adophia-the first Congregs =
tionai Church established up to TINT time thert,
and tho only ono until within 4 few years paAt !;
and lie stood there tho only rognlarly-installa i
pastor Of a church who WINS tho opon cllampio IL
Of Anti-Slavory. [Applauso.]
Mr.. Wlito-1 a1n very glad to hear TINT re-
mnris mado. As observed, I did not becon o
acquainted with him until 1ato in life, and In
not tho materials for biography.
Mr.. Bradioy-uo went from Philadelphia 10
Waterbury.
DR.. nn1sp1N.
was about to rise to mention tho faot N.Y.
self. wish to say tlnt must ever re,,,emonr
brother David Root. At tho time when the world
turned against mo whom the Church turned
aEaiuHt mo when my ministerial brethren, with
whom I had lnbored for years. turned
Ufy1 inst r1a faH Hnf in nj
entering Tho Anti-Slayo1Y room. was
introduced to r gentleman vino did not undor-
stand my narno, RI from Cincinnati. Snid lo, " Do
yG know gonsemnn there ~ the nri
being mysof." Ile graHpe1 mo by tho hand ill.,
sisted upon my going to hia houHe; and lo took
caro- OF mo for aoverNl days, and his nan1e is
blesBed III MY memory. met u brothor whom
loved at once. lApplauso.]
THE LESSONS OF THE ANTI-SLAVE-
RY CONFLICT.
Tho Hon. George W. Julian, Of Indiana, ther
male the following address:
ar Chairman, Ladies aud Gentlemen:
No evont could be moro timely. or moro fiji Y
commemorate a sublime achievement for iulni Il,
wolfarc, tlan this reunion OF surviving hodio re-
of tho Iato thirty years. var against Anoric In
Bnveyy. It was not waged for the negro, hut
for humanity and the Golden Rule. It was not
struggle for nero nationality or political rig ItH
hut tho granilest battle tho world hns seen for
lhe Rights Of hIau. 1t WIS war Of idoas, 'ith
moral woapons only M the chosen instru1nc uts
Of triumph aud its aim was nothing loss Il ian
tho practical vindication of the Christian re-
ligion among mon. The appeal of tho Alb oil
tiopiBts was to tho moral Heuae of mankind and
the law Of God, aud they finally created pu bio
opinion Which uoryod tho people for tho shock
Of civil war, to strike tho shackles from four
millions Of bendmon, md thus to mako certain
tho ultilnnto extinction Of slavory throughout
tho earth. Such q conflict demanded q
higher courage "than battle syor knew"
mud crowned Its heroes with q far bright
or aud more enduring famo than can
be awarded to the statosmen and Generals
through whose Immediate agency The abolition
of Hlayery waH finally accomplished Let us so-
joice therefore, in this coming togo ther Of faith
fu men to exclnngo greetings alia. congratua-
u1,