New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-07-02
corOREp MEN VISITING HARRISON.
| THE GENERALS REcoLLECTIoNs OF SLAVERY TIME
ArAITHFuLNEss OF THE BLACK MAN TO TIL

THE GENERALS RECoLLECTIoNs OF SLAVERY iiMh'
-AFAITHFULNEss OF THE BLACK MAN TO lhh
UNION.
Indianapolis July 1.-The Harrison Club, Douy
of coored men in this city. called on Generai ia'i'
son last night Mr. Bagey the leader OF the ciup ue
livcrcd address. to which General hairisoh i"'o
the following res onsc:
assure YOU that have a sincere respect for and
very deep interest in the colored people of the United
when slavery existed in the Southern States was
born upon the Ohio River, which was NE Douuais -,
Kcntucky Some Of my earliest rccollections relate
10 the stirring and dramatic interest when was nov
or tbe hopc Of offered rewards. remember as boy
wandering through my grandfahers orchard az NorIn
crew on IFS margin Saw sitting in the midst, a
coIorcd man with the frightened look of fugitive In
w V,s he had gathered lie noticed my approach
with fierce startled look TO see whether was hh ,oi
TO betray him. l frightened myself and Lett lcit
him in some trepidaton but kept his secret Vres
have seen the progress which has been made In
the legislation relating to your race and me pTgIeS
that the itself has made since that day. men
when coiorcd witnesses were first allowed 10 appear
I'm court In this Sats testify In cases where WHO
men were parties Prior TO that time, as you know
You had been excluded from The right TO tell IN court
troversy with white men CCrIes of +" know that y
In every way you were at disadvantage even N me
free states have lived TO this unfriendly legls
Iaon removed from statute looks and The un
friendly sections of our State Constitution repealed
/ have lived not only 10 that. but TO see the race
emancpated and slavery extinct lCheers ana Cries
of :" Amen 10 that')
Nothing gives me more pleasure among the great
results of the than this. History will give prom
nent place in the story Of this great war TO the fact
that It resulted In making all men free and gave to you
equal civil rights. The imagination and art OF the
poet the tongue Of the orator. the Skill Of the artist
win he brought under contribution tell this story of
the emancipation of tho souls of men, applause and
cries of Amcn.' Nothing gives me SO much graft
caon, as Republican, as to feel that III an the Steps
1aJ hi reSfl1t
sympahzcd with you pioneered for you in legislation
and the architect of those great measures OF reoi
which have so much amcorated your condl'lo,. Inp,
plausc) know nowhere In this country monument
that behold with so much Interest," that toIcncs 50
representing the Proclamation OF Emancipation 10y
President Lincoln the kneelDg black man al inc Iect
of the martyred President, with the shacKes laihs
from his limbs.
remember your faithfulness during the tmo Of
the remember your faithful services 10 me army
as advancing through an unknown country We
could always depend nron the faith,IncsS OF IN, ne
black Cries of Right You are, n llo m tns
in the darkness night have those faithful men crcn
10 lines and given us nformatioa OF se
saw when sherman's army marched through portion
Of North Carolina between facSS and The coore
people had not our flag since tho banner Ms wcSa
naSsSe haa vllare the cood people ockd
out TO see more the starry banner OF ireeo0I
the emblem Of promise ana sScd Wo 0t over whom
nearly century of years of slavery must nave paSsc
forward 10 sec TINS NclcOlllo NaHlc'
her that her soul would go FREQ into the presence o.
her God ] remember her exaltaion OF sprit a. sno
danced in the dusty road before our moving cOhhl
and like Miriam of old called upon her soul TO rc y
The coming of those stood for, and made secure
the Proclamation OF Emancipation tApplansc;) H..
7 rejoice I'm all that you have accomplished Since
Won have been free. I recall no scene more palheuc
than that which have often seen about our cdln9
fires An aged man. fugitive from slavery ma,
found freedom in our camp After day Of hard
work. when taps had sounded and me Sn n me-
hook that the chaplain had given him lying prone
upon the ground, taxing his old eyes ana P nh,hnE
as he cndeavored to open TO his clondcd mind the
avenues of Information and light am glan ~ Know
that that same desire to and enlarge your IN
formation possesses the race to-day II I. the ,r 9pch
way for the race that perfect enamel patton which
viii remove remaining prejudice and secure 10 you
in all parts of the land an equal and Just P0n
YOU for YOUR presence here tonight and VIII D., giad
10 take by the hand those of you who may desire TO
me-