The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1878-02-16

I on this occasion TO say, on behalf {
my friend.
Nov, as 10 the great hfsto.ica even
which this picture commemorate,
and iich We are here TO day To eel.
I brate. This 10 subject. perhaps, a
regarded 5y my friend from Ohio (M,
/ GsrfieIdl, which the people of this ds.
and generation are not exactly in tn
condition TO weigh rightly aud judg
correctly. One thing has teen re
garded- was not To.
chief object Of Mr.. lincoln. Whs
wa- bis chief object {: Tue myth, tn,
coHcerBed, VS.. the preservation of Ib'
union. Nov, Jet not history eoafus,
events. That proclamation. preeHan
as il was, Initiative as II was in poin
offaet. originated more from Beees>itis.
than IRON purely human views. Lee
this be Noted in oef kistbry- Life !,
all rnist and in the dark our fortune,
meet. MIR. LiBcoiB, like al The res
OF us, ia ny oiiaicn, .ss the instru'
nent III the hGuis OF that providence
above u.. ~ hich shapes cur ends
rough hs@ them how we will
doubt much If he knew At the time OF
realized the great results o. the act.
The proclamation itself did not make
free or declare free All the coloret
race; il was osiy 10 operate Ia those
parts which we're IN resisispee 10
the govefnn eat, had resistance ceased
that wunid have been all II emanci-
patton OF the eolarei race lie IA boon %
that race, providence has yet To deter
niue, that II depends much on them
selves. Ii 1t is, /, representing tae
southern stats here, may claim In
their behalf that that freedom was
never iInsliy consumin s,ed until the
southern states sanctioned the thir-
teenth amendment, which they did,
every one of them and by their own
constituencies, they coming to the con
eiusion that that institution could no
longer survive, accepted the position,
aud by their sets and ~ the adoption
of the thirteenth an.ebdnent Mr.. LA
coins idea Was e0nsummsted
Now ns 10 that Institution which
was called slavery. Many errors We're
INDUCED 10, and many prsjl iice- that
the people of the Uai;ed Sssies c,.li
not digest themselves Of Prrj,idice,
that morsl distortion OF mind, what
mischisf has il not done, Sha. llls has
1t not caused What advancement
would not the world have made, II u
had not been for this thing pre- eJuii:e I,
OF all The grsai expression. OF the
greatest of American orators, Daniel
Webster, the Rraudest was that in
which he told the people ( Msssschn-
sets, when Fabueil hall was re
fused to hin, You have c1Dluered
the sea, you have conquered a sterile
soil, you have conquered the elements,
bat yoa must yet cobqaer your preju
dices.n Indulge me a moment ou this
subject of so-esiled slavery 1t Was
not an unmi;igstei evil; IL was Dot
without It's eompensstioBs. 4; is my
purpose nov, however, to eury-not TO
praise, bar aagh. ot esii TO extenuste
Ii it was no. The ocs: relation for the
happiness and welfare of TIA races,
morally, physicAliy. intellectually amt
politically, il was wrong, and ought 70
have beeu abolished. This said yes re
before seee.sio0, and l repeat il yet.
But theie i. no time now u discuss
this question. Let it 60. have seen
something ui the woric Il have trav
eIed somew hat-and have never yet
found on earth paradise. The south
ern states were no exception. Wher-
ever l have been / have witnessed the
truth Of the liues:
what C. owdS IA, every land are wretchel:
ana foricru,
Man s InhGusaRlty 10 Inaa ulakeJ countless
thoQssild4 mourn.
1t was 50 with us; 1t Is so the world
over, so far as / know.
The question Of the relations of tbs
races Was one OF the most ditiicui
probiems that statesmen or phylau
throphis,s, Legislators ar jurisis, evei
hkd to solve IL ia pasi with us
don, think it inapps Jprts'e on thi'
occasion to iudulge "a some Temsfk,
IA. a.,
been released from all her respousi
biIities ABOUT IL L has been CON
mon to speak of the colorej people 81
the wards Of the pstiun. may | no
say, with sppropIistesess, and will
due reverence la the lspgusge q
Georgia's greatest intellect, that the,
are rs.hes the " irts o. III. Almighty
They are committed d auw, unde
the new state OF things, 10 til
rulers, the Law makers, The law ex
FOUNDERS aud law executors through
out this broad land, within their r,
tspeetise constitutional spheres, 10 tak
care of aud TO provide for in tnis cou
piioated system OF government unds
which we live. I am so inclined 10 =,
gard them. speak OF them not j
Exceptional cases. tat as Insss. VII
Ia the proyidsnce of God they wei
permitted to come here, it Is Dot for Z
10 say, but they have location her
and can say. 70, myself and for tho.
tof my immediate circle of aequsiu
, aBces ard for the whole southern re
| pie, that there Is hot one who woli
/ now change the condition Of things
} resubjugate the eo,ored man, or p
+ him in the coadiiiou he YVES
before. Ii there Is one In 9
the south Win woald desire sn,
j a change, ] Am not aware Of
i Men Of tss north aud OF the sou.
: OF the east aud vest. | wouli 10 de
. on this commemorative ocra.sion, .,
r let US one and all, within our sphere
i. iuty, whether Ia public or In privs
E life, zee to it that we do Not viois
: that divine trust com uitted to Us. y
|. live In q new era. During tue coufi
: of eoss / frequently almost despair
= Of the liberties OF cur country. Wa
d always menace liberty and 0ften
e suits In its overthrow. have aiws
!. thougnt that the anton of these seai
a