Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1877-10-02

| OF one mind and one heart toNday,
! Immense cheering And why
should we not be? What is there to
separate us longer? Without any
fault of yours, or any fault of mine
or of any one of this great audience,
slavery existed in this country, 1t
was in the constitution Of the country.
The Coored man was here, not BY
his own voluntary aston. 1t was
the misfortune Of his fathers that he
was here. think it is safe to say
that it was by the crime Of our fathers
that he was here. lie was here
however, and we of the two sections
differed about what should be done
wi tn him. AS Mr.. Lincoln told us
in the war there were prayers ON both
sides, both sides found in the Bible
confirmation of their opinions, and
both sides finally undertook to settle
the question by that last final means
Of arbitration--force of arms. You
here mainly join the Confederate side
and fought bravely, rIsked your lives
heroically in behalf Of your convic>
tions. And can any true man any
where fail to respect the man who
risks his life for his convictions? /?
Prolonged cheers. And as 1 ac>
cord that respect to you aud believe
you to be equally liberal and gener>
Gus and just, l feel that as [ stand
before you as one who fought in the
Union Army for his convictions | am
entitled 70 your respect cheers =
now that the conflict is over. Nly
friend, Gov. Hampton, repeated to
you last night the way in which |
have been in the habit of putting it
since | came to the South. There
we're larger proportion Of trained
soldiers in your army at first than in
ours. But gradually We learned to
ride laughter aud as Some of you
know, gradually learned to shoot.
[ Renewed laughter, l happened to
know how well you could shoot. -
LGheers SO, with no discredit to
you and no special credit to us. the
war turned out as it did Cheers. Is
there any reason then why We should
nCC be at peace for evermOre? We
are embarked upon the same voyage,
upon the same ship, under the same
Old flag; good fortune or i'll fortune
effects sou and your children as well
as my people and my children. -
Cheers. All our interests are for
peace. Are We not agreed about that ?
What do We want for the future? l
believe it is the duty of the General
Government to regard equally and
alike the interests and rights Of all
sections of This. Cheers, l am
glad you agree with me about that.
| believe further that it is the duty
Of the governments 10 regard alike
and equally the rights and interests of
ali classes of citizens. Cheers That
cnVers the ehOle natter that wipes
out in the future ip oar politics the
section line forever rChecrs Let
us wipe out in our politics the color
line forever. Cheers What trou-
bles our people OF the Moth, what
has troubled them, was that they
feared that these col0red people who
had been made freemen by the war,
would not be safe in their rights and
interests South, unless it was by in-
reference ofthc General Government.
Many good people had that idea.
gave that matter some consideration =
and now my colored friends who have
thought or been told that was tDrn-
ing my back upon the men whom
fought for, now listen. After thinks
ing 1T over, | thought your rights and
interests would be safer if this great
mass of intelligent white men we're
let alone by the General Government.
Immense enthusiasm and cheering
for several minutes We have been
trying it for these six months, and in
my opinion for no six months since
the war has there been Sd few OUT
RACES and invasiOns of your rights,
nor have you been so secure in your
rights, persons and homes. Great
cheering.
Secretary Evarts and Judge Key
made similar addresses, There was
a banquet in the evening, and at IL
the party left for Knoxville.
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