The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1914-02-21

man at that time around that staid old
New England town, until 1s41, then
he attended q meeting Of the New
England Anti-Slavery Society and at
the end Of the meeting he was, after
q great deal Of persuasion, induced to
stand up and speak few words against
the institution Of slavery, Of which he
was one Of its victims, and in six
months from his first attempt at public
speaking he was elassed with the most
eloquent and the greatest orators in
America.
1t was stated by Justice Carter, that
Frederick Douglass wrote his first book
on American Slavery in 1s45, publish
ing it in 1876, shortly after that sail
ing for England, visiting Ireland where
he was royalty received by Daniel
o'Connell, the greatest Irishman that
was ever cast upon the shores of time;
that he re-wrote and expanded his
autobiography in 1857, and again went
to England in 1859, to escape arrest
in the John Browns raid, while in
England the second time he raised
enough money by lecturing and from
other sources to enable him to purchase
his freedom; that he ably edited and
published the North Star at Rochester,
New York, which he ran for seventeen
long years and he was forced to mort
gage his home in order to raise the
money to pay the printers, so as to
enable him to fight the terrific battles ]
of his race; it was Frederick Douglass
who in 1868, raised the 54th and the
55th Colored regiments of Mass, who
bravely fought to the death on many
battle fields for one year and a half
before the United States government
would give them the same pay as the
White soldiers and at each pay day
during ali that time not one Colored
soldier accepted the half rate salary,
although they and their families needed
the money very badly, finally they re-
ceIved full pay and their rations.
The latter part of the year men
toned above Frederick Douglass, called
on President Lincoln at Washington,
D. c., he wished to talk with the Presi-
dent in relation to the treatment ae-
corded to the Colored soldiers; Fred
srick Douglass demanded four things
from President Lincoln, they were first
the same pay at all times as the White
soldiers, second to compel the confed-
srases to treat them as prisoners of
war, third, promote the Colored soldiers
FOR meritorious service, forth retaha-
ion; Mr.. Lincoln agreed to all but
he last request for he was too tender
hearted for that.
From that time on to the day of his
leath Abraham Lincoln and Frederick !
Douglass were close or warm friends
md shortly after their first meeting
President Lincoln was visiting the Sold j
ers Home, near Washington, where &
Frederick Douglass called on him and
he President requested Governor Buck {
ngham Of Conn. to wait a half an hour i
until he finished talking with "my {
riend Douglass" as he always called ,
lin
At his second Inauguration Mr.. Lin
,oln, invited Mr.. and Mrs. Douglass q
o attend the reception at the White t
House and as they attempted to enter
the White ushers forced or showed
hem back or away from IN front of
he door leading into it from the east
ide, finally he got near enough to the
lshers to inform them that the Presi- !
lent had requested him to attend the
and after they had succeeded
n getting on the inside a new army !
# ushers were ready and eager to
brow them out bodily through one of :
he windows, Mr.. Douglass being very
all like the President, who at that
moment happened to spy his tall form
covering far above the rest Of the
many eminent quests In the large east
lrawing room, and the President ex-
laimed in a voice loud enough for
,veryone to hear "Here comes my 4
friend Douglass" and when Frederick
Douglass came near unto the President :
lie warmly grssped him by the hand :
md held the line i've minutes to ask ;
lin how he liked his inaugural ad-
Iressi
Many times Mr.. Douglass declared Z
hat president Lincoln was the only 7
,reat White man who made him feel 7
hat he was entirely free from prejudice I,
gainst any race Of people and treated Z
i'm as If he was his brother" =
At the death Of Abraham Lincoln =
drs. Lincoln sent his cane to Fred
rick Douglass, stating in q letter to T
i'm that "she knew her late dearly q
,eloved husband would rather for him a
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