New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1879-06-25
THE NEGRO EXODUS.
A PUBLIC MEETING IN BOSTON


PUBLIC MEETING IN BOSTON.
SPEECHES BY WENDELL PHILLIPS AND OTHERS
FUNDS 70 BIZ RAISED n BOSTON.
Boston, June 24.-The meeting at fremont Tenn
pie tonight in sympathy with the exodus of colored
people from the South, was fairly attended, about
I,20O persons being present. Among them were
many colored people.
The meeting presided over by
II. j. Bowditch; and speeches were made by
Wendell Phillips, T. w. Conway and H.
NJ Turner. The speakers were very en-
phatic in the expression of the view that
the Government should repel all attempts to pre-
vent the coored people from leaving the banks Of
the Mississippi Mr.. Turner said he thought tho
Southern leaders were plotting another
The speech of Mr.. Phillips follows:
Ii the Mississippi public highway. or have
Are The negroes ree Was there rebellion Did
sou DAVIS VINO p4rd0ned Abraham Lincoln What is
the meaning OF that pile Of granite on the Common
Did the folks It commentaries succeed in settling any
thingi do their only mark the hallway house
between somewhere and nOwheref These are questions
whose starved at AndersOnve or lies buried
with his niggers on some southern balteheid sadly
asks, Dd THAT deaf gam anything T. WHAT hypocrisy
80 M maj nreri',1s bnod bongbti In consttT.
tOnal governments when Gagrant abuse exists, or
great ls done TO masses OF cizens. Parlaments
and IeesIItnres appoint committees 10 nd the laeis
Has the great historic party binds the cmancpa
statute Its brow it, pIOudest plume. taken any
Minis 10 see what rs done or suffered IA TINS emergency
Are the numbers OF the fugiuves insignificant Why
planters pale ad boards OF trade protest.
ONLY fifty or hundred de dissOute negroes snch
We are glad TO get Oft Why tAen do boat captains
refuse 10 take their money and carry them on No.
we have been told thousand times, ana II IS empAat
cay tnat takes an earthquake 90 tear The negro
from bis home WAdt "IetCHedhers ud ne paiienUy en-
dure ln millions OF rather tnan leave his birth
place Don't babbie Of good treatment. and bales or
cotton, ana vide breadth OF cutlValon-the theOry
don't explain facts Why inc negro 1Y and what
does he such suffering and loss 10 escape from =
thousands of men don't sacrifice their property and Gu
dure pileuus suffering, discomfort and disease TO gct
away from happiness. Get up, gentlemen, some other
eKpiindtohi lns = hol pauhIDIe-lhe poor ne cIachs
and goes pieces when stretched the terrible
tact. Wlen Southern men IN 1868 argued that vote
was not necessary of the hegfOs piO1ectlOn they sau
give him git 10 stay and che law o population
VIII Oe PIoteCuon eIouEn' II ne ,i',HS ~
wroEged let hh stflRe hl' tent anu eavej IId VIII Oe
shield enough. No sane community viii Withstand that
argument Yes That Is true now. The time Will come
In dozen years Or 50, "eI qhaIIes dn9us Nulte pu
ticans WI make lie negrOs woe his ailsuloent pro-
lection AS Il has long sl.ce clad an IrsAnan ana
Catholic IL complete steel indeed. made INN arber be-
tween parties. But, meanwhile, the Negroes right 10
settles down afier the late cOnvulsion INTO normal cOnd
ton his only safeguard without efficient pro
The Administration knows tins. II we had statesmen
at Washington instead OF quarrelsome boys they would
has and Is passing through transition state; aud
IL needed the most careful aud the same time the
most LIBERAL construction Of National powers aud
authority 10 guard and sustain IL during tins process
harrow neI oIS , ms btid Ina - U ,t ourJ cry "a
lie worst treason. He knows that In such times
fhee the extraordinary powers of government are suf
Gent for anything. Preservation is the first law OF
states. Any hing that IL indspensaby necessary true
statesman either nuds or makes legal Poor comfort
was il Tor the German Jena that Napoleon did not
hip him according 10 rule. Poor shelter VIII IL DC from
eeusure and ridIcule the victorious North finally
overcome while she seeks. with spec acies on To do
nothing that II not according TO the narTOwes text Our
late rebel ION a craftsmanship II jefferson
Davis had had courage, foresight and honesty enough
To free negro he would doubled his army, quad
rupled his resources grappled Europe to his side with
hooks Of Steel ana put the Cunfeeracy beyond danger
While PRIDE blinded and crippled him, Lincoln rose to
the hour called The negro as Canning pbrsed II, into
existence ana fixed the balance III our favor forever II
was u isn State-rnOve on the cLess-DOard Finglng
of the weight OF slavery, we won the race. Steadled
nv this great act OF Justice OutrOde the
storm. But the negro paid the price, the paee-free-
dom the sou-intO wAlch we summoned
hun, doubled his peril increased his difficulties
four-fold. For ten years he has tried to do
Ills duty as q citzeni held ialjhInhy up ms
side oil the yoke, walked 10 the ballot-box between
his opinions AT last deserted oy MS Northern hl DIS
heareHed trampled III blood, mercessy under foot ne
seeks In exile asks OF the Nation who in her
need summoned MN 70 TINS post OF danger only the poor
boon OF protection IN his escape, IN his right 10 travel
grave OF dead cOmTade, II he remains deal 10 tlai
appeal Shame on the survivors or MAT grand army
ing men SIT down hoodwinked and outwltted Veterans
the men, camped houseess Oh the banks or the
Mississippi Sho ask II you ana your comrades gained or
settled anything snail Juggling politicians CHEAT you
out of your victories
supply brave and with the means OF send
ing relief 10 these And 80, hrsl settle the que
and secondly open channels that the cob ana How
o. the labor market South VIII quickly bring her
the level AMI mood OF century. exercising CASTE
scattering the nightmare or aud ending TINS angry
0uarrel between North aud south; between freedom
anu caste melting both into a great brotherhood OF
equal and law-abdlng citizens. len thousand dollars
which Will The flag the Mississippi vested with
authority ana able 10 protect United states cuzes
will help social reorganization ten years. hOuId mat
A Nortnern Andrew jackson were in tine White House
We should need 10 make 10 sucn appeal u night. was
in Naples wlsn she paered about SONS Few mll1h do
lars owing u.s. and Jackson sent word, Pay or IN sixty
d,y, yOu'l see a rigate IA Naples hsrbor" ole paid
Such "A man. bred Oh Bunker Hill granite, would need
no fapper bayOnct him 10 duty There are none Such
to-day In MasungtOn and earnest men must 40 Wuat
The selfish and idle State is TOO blind and rotten 10 dare
But this new thing heH-Engiand saved hAb9is
from A pirate Nation cOnsprng Ia sell her 10 shame
VINO fears that such men VIII DC waning III
tAis similar emergency We shall save the N"uoh ia
spfe 81 WashingtOn. The dag does mean nbeIB' anu
the half a million VINO once carried u 10 Tue Guh
still live 10 see that the negro shall yet nhd IL So
A series of resolutions were adopted affirming II TO
be the duty of the Government promptly to see that
the laws are observed, and that colored men ENJOY
the rights Of travel without restraint. committee
of five consisting Of Wendell Phillips, r. T. Halo
well. Henry j. BOwdtch, Jas. n. Bufem and Geo
w Iowther were appointed TO solicit funds To aid
coioTrd people VINO are deprived Of means Tor re-
movinp from the banks OF the Mississippi
The Audience was very enthusiastic. and entered
freely into sympathy with the speakers Sabscrlp-
tons amounting 70 500 were taken up Sao Doing
In cash.