, 1879-06-28
IS SLAVERY ADOLISuED9

ouutieEtI plSutClS Atp rCs0lhAe 1T inc purp086
Of detailing their labor. They hare determined
to put stop to tic exodus They have mot
ceased to regard tile laboring men as their prop
crty. They assert tho right Of tile Stats to an-
null the Constitution ind laws Of tho United
States. It IS tlcir high prlvo4ct as they SEQ II,
to do tho voting for themselves and the black
peoplc also Emancipation, according 10 thol.
Interpretation Of tho situation, Is q nero form,
and the enfranchlsement Of the freedmen prc-
bostcrous Illusion. In checking TIC exodus they
ta)l back upon the grand old principles Of tho
FuRltivc-6laYo Inv.
At n meotlng held 10 Boston on tho 9th Inst,
az 1ntl alarcsacd by Gen. Thomas Conway md
Wendell Phillips. resolutions wcra passed, with
the following preamble:
.wnEnEAs. We hare trustworthy information
lhnt thonsnnds Of cntored men mud women, clu.
nas q ,hS untsa } sa.e: se tnay eau,nea a,
from uerclees onprcaslon. and dontna tho right of
m,o'ying to mo'e humane and law-abldfng commu.
W1tEEEAs, We also know that for years they
have been cheated out Of tbotr earnings. robbed Of
their property. denlod thc rights OF citizens. md
men and fabhle Of aaaasan1: ami In despair, de-
EIsing .pcace. they nro now seeking nav ho,nea
s ;' s skF vii Sss' s. e @ ssSs: ss
labor everywhere.
Gen. Conway concluded his boston address
with this significant statement:
y" sot e R snGa be,oa Il sT SsNy sy' fcs Hs
baltimore, Washington. and olsowhere, and wo
i charter bSrt aaa ase her eaFets!y feas:
her and we will hnvs a crow Of good Christian
men, and then we will attempt 70. 70 dawn tho
NJ fsfs s1a &c TS s mi fs1y s5eiess s9 s 5 r
viii ass thc President to keen hs piedgo and exc:
n IT, s fss s S@ e Tsnsa
and mysclt that ho would DO slf. AN led to think
s1 T Dc t. sn q % i tho SUCCESSOR OF Lincoln
. In tho course Of his address, Of which this Is
the cut,ninatfon, Con. Conway says his oxpcdi-
tton will hspeedily help settle mn unsettled
qllest!on, namely, whet!lcr slnyery has been
aeoisaea of not t. w n9o s'p setsa an
right to blockade public highway against bl,s-
nosx recognized as Legitimate md proper by the
uniSed States" lle says: ''Wo d. not mean
to disturb anYbodyor anything. We want TO
and chEldreu,-tllat Is all. Sonle Of lis busItti
ourselves to MD tho yelow-fever sufferers. Then
we were praised. Others Of us helped tho sui.
fcrcrs from the overflow. Then VIC were herald
cries ior help, we arc Threatened with Incarcera-
to hts appcals.n
OF his most remarkable speeches. fle said:
Is Tho MisaIsstppi public highway. or hhro the
Are the negrons frea! WAS tlcro oycr 4 rcbo1iion1
was It elerson Davis % WSo M paTonea . xs9nhsm ban,
.9aas On ha &C Common p the y toas Il CON- =!
ther giaves % oniy iark tha % haiwsy hoato to.
tween somewhere and nowhercs
These arc questions thoughtful mcn ask them.
at ndersonvtl!e, or iiev 'buricd With ths 1,g.
gefs" on some Southern .'sttlo: :asid, sadly a.Es.
Did that dcntst gain anything:
What iiYDOCFisT wear by yEdf Ia fNcnrntA pYAYAa
blood bousht! II constitutional! sovosnmcnt..
done to Of citizens, PaeltnNenta and LeRts-
la.urea anpoin. semmttsos to and the isets Has
psdsa s ss on rf s is p1sdas as pn%s
taken my palns 10 SEQ what Ii done OF suffered In
this emefgeneTf
Agaln:
,,i A. ths number. Of tho fugitive, !u,fen'nean!,
coaysntionsl Only atty o hundred idle and d.:
Why then DO boat Captains rctnto to take thejr
money and carry thom OFT
No; wo hn.e bcon told thousand times. and Il
tear tho negro from bis home: What wrotehcdnoss
I'D he patiently endure in millions Of casea rather
trcatmont and balcs Of cotton, and witlo brradth
q cultiyatton-tha theory don't exptatn facta.
Mny doss the nsgfo y and what doss hs arsye
pitooua suffering, discomfort and disease 10 get
hwnY from Happiness. Get up. gctltlomou, SONG
other explanation; this 10 not plausible. the poor
ls sraeks ana gooa to pieces when stretched 10 COW
For ten years tho negro has tried 10 do his duty
a. citizen: held faithfully up his s!do Of tic
yuko; Nalke to tho hallpt- box between loaded 70.
yolvera. ocon plnndcred hunted. AMI ahot for his
opinions. At last, deserted BY bis Northern a(lY,
d1sl1cnrsencd, trnmp|eh in blood, n,etctlcasjy
under fool. ho sccka hafety in exile; asks Of thu
Nation who. In hnr need, summoned him to this
post OF danger, only tho poor boon OF pfotectjon
In his escape, In l,tt right to trayol.
Shame on the soldier who eFcs flnnR a flower on
tho grave of a acad comrhde II he Ecmalns deaf to
that appehl. Shame on the survivors Of that grnnd
army whose bnrtcA hosoes never suffered defeat
II these living tncn ut down hoodwinked and out
wlttcd. Veterans. these aro the mcu, cnmpcd
houaolcss OIL tho banks Of tho MiaaIasippi who
nAk II yoti md your comrades gained or settled
anyshinE; Shall juggling politicians cheat you out
In conclusion. Phillips said that tho survivors
Of tho War-half million OF them-wcre ready
to SEQ that tho old flag still meant liberty for
all. Now, 1t W.! oecltr to any Rejecting citizen
that this Is n serious business. It Ia trndtng an
expedition to thc South In tho midst Of tho
busiest season, to aid In a movement OF negroes
which TINS nrouscd tho passtons OF the dominant
class IN tho Southern States. It suggcats tho
sending Of the unarmcd Star OF tho West to
Fort Sumter, to bo fired upon BY the young
eeEsi!lory officer recently elected Bishop Of
Michigan.