, 1874-06-10
THE ABOLITION REUNION.

| The meeting of the Abolitioniata iu tlis city In
All ayent OF moro than ordinary i,l,,urtatqo. Tie
gathering together of tho surviving voterans
who fought Slavery in tlio midst OF prosecutions
and at tho risk OF aoc1a1 outlawry, aud held tho
owl at bay until the necessities Of war rolieyel
them from tho brunt Of the contest, M
pertains at once to l1,o past and tho
future, to tradition and to history, These
men meet together for the first time
| stuco tho death Of their common enemy, not
only to recall tho past with its stirring avonts,
but aso to collato aud presoryo Tho fnots Of their
campaigns for tho historian. Hitherto they
have only como together as soldiers now they
como as scribos, to permanently record what has
bcen done, that tho memories OF thoso oventful
days, whom they fought Church, State, and
Society, as we'll Us slayory, may not altogether
bo obIitoratod.
From this standpoint, there is nothing iucon-
gruoua In The reunion OF the Abolitionists. It
can neither arouse sentiments Of joalollsy nor
inspire sectional hatrods, for tho foo they fought
30 valiantty Inns boon doaa and brrlod those ton
years, a1ad the negro is FREQ as tho air lie
breattos. Tho laBl, tho mannolo, tia whipping
post Tho braualiig-iron, and tho auctio,l-block
aro rolics OF tho past, aud iu ten short years Tho
negro las stopped from the cotton-lleld and tho
slave-pon into tho halls OF Congress, and now
helps make iaws and governs States. It il fitting,
therefore. that tho old Holdicrs In tho
light batweon Freedom aud Slavery should como
together atld ahako oaol. other by tho hand ouco
moro, perhaps for tbs last time, and congratu-
lnte eael, other upon tho enormous auccogs
which has crowned their efforts. Although
thoir weapons hnvo long ruatod upon tho walls,
and the ra!as Of the Underground Road aro
covered with woess, md tho North stnr I'm
longer leatls tho way to tho Canadian frontier,
mud John Browns spirit haH coaaatl marching.
there III no reason why tho Veterans should not
got together aud aght their battios oyer again.
shoulder lAeir crutcloB, and show how Au]as
wcrn woti, recall tho memories Of thoso
who porished in the fray, md oou-
grat"'ate oaoEI other that by tho graco
Of God, anl tho forco OF war. MD tho ham, of
Abraham Lincoln, their ancient e.sou,y has boou
lail low. Let them toll tho old htories t],ero-
fore, oyor and oycr again. aud aing tho old sonra
p,,l shout their battle-orlos Of Freedom. Let lii
know something more OF tho livcs u1,d ,leods Of
tjloso who lod tho forlorn hope In carly days,
Wo arc drifting far away from those timex, New
men md now isaaoa arc coming up, autl, mhy-
hap, new battes otlIar isslieH will have to bo
fought, md the aotors IN that long, persistent,
aul heroic struggle with Slavery arc pasa-
lnH away, aud will soon bo with uB
10 moro. II Is meot, therefore,, TINT
tho survivors should give to tho world
tho story Of tho campaign in which they
fought not only Slavery In the South but
prejudice III tho North, when the courts ana tho
.olurelos ala tho Legislators wore tho allies Of
Slavery, and HocIaty banisl1ea them from its
doors, led them through the streets With haltera
about sAoir neoks. destroyed thelr presses aud |