The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1874-06-18
ABOLI'FONIST REUNION.

Chicago last week ,convenlTg on Tuesday
the 9th and continuing four days It was
q large and interesting meeting. The
purpose Of the convention was to recall
the past rather than to guide the present
or shape the future. The proceedings of
the convention are to be published IL a
pamphlet or book. It was determined to
make the meeting yearly institutions
the next to be announced In, due time,
which W ill probably be more Interesting
than the present.
Ir1 The following resolution introduced by
Mr.. q. Eastman was passed unanimously =:
Resol0ed, THAT this reunion recommend
the erection ora monument tothe memory
of Elijah F, lovejey, the First martyr to
the cause of liberty in it's contest with
slavery; and that whereas he died more
especially in defense of the great right OF
a free country, the freedom of the press,
we believe that this duty should be cora-
mitted into the hands of the printers and
pre- fessipnal journalists of this country,
and that they see to it that such monu-
ment in magnitude and style-as BELTS the
man and the occasion and our rights, be
errected; and believing that what the
press undertakes to do will be done, we
confidently repose the trust IN their hands.
go codMlGTEE ON MONUMENT. > o., ~
>& For carrying out this object the Re
union appointed the following committee:
Horace White, Chairman; 3. w. Palmer,
Andrew Matteson, Andrew Shuman, Oliver
Willard, Herman Raster, Henry r. Boss,
2. Eastman and H. L. Hammond, of
Chicago; A. Z. Parks, of Alton; Wilkan
Lloyd Garrison, Of Bostoa; Oliver Joha-
soE, w. 9. Bryant, Whitelaw Reid and
Henry G. Bowen. of New York.
The following resolutions introduced
by Austin Wiley from the Committee on
resolutions, after brief remarks, were
passed: ..-. ~ Anes-.3 3 sussaz@ III
Assembled on an occasion so rich in
recollections of mutual tell In the great
struggle with American tyranny, but FAR
richer in the mighty Providence which
gave usin' she victory
Rssoloe& That we give thanks to AL
mighty God for the success which be gave
to our efforts, although by terrible
things in, righteousness and that werlive
to see oups a land of impartial libert7.
Resolcs&, That we express for our old
in the great conflict who have
gone to their reward car grateful resnem-
brance,. oar admiration of their heroic
endeavors, and our unohanging affection
for departed brothers, and we SEND the
word Of cheer,of congratulation and affec-
tion to. those who yet remain to, thank
God Tor che success Of our efforts,and to
witness for them shae those who dare 10
maintain the right sgalnss the hostility
and reproach will not lose their reward.
RBaoJged, Since the act of emancipation,
subsequent constitutional provisions have
placed the freedmen, with all other citi-
zens of this country, on an equality before
the law; that it is the Chr:stiaa duty oe
the people to conquer the prs udices by
which the freedmen are still subject to
the most serious and crueh disabilities i
and also to secure to them By all proper
legal, as we'll as moral, means the com-
plele possession anu enjoyment of all the
civil rights.
Rssolesd, That emanci patton alone hav-
ing not brought the slaves within tbe
reach of other benefits, the Obligations of
honor, of gratitude, of Humanity, patriot
ism and religion bind not Christians alone
but the people Of the whole country TO
raise theA up to Intelligent Chuistian
citizenship. By their unpaid toll, their
wrongs and their suaerings, in which the
country was criminally implicated, by
their valor in war to which we appealed
IN distress; and by command of our COM
mon deliverer, We urge and demand ten
fold greater eDdeavors for the educational
and Christian elevation of that people.
ResolDed, That we call on the redeemed
country to cherish and transmit to other
generations the spirit ofliberty and justice
which 1t cost so much toll and blood to
revive and make ascendant, as the vital
elements Of its life and further safety.
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