Year: 1869

such thing. A moment may snatcn tne cnanCe,
leaves behind The selnshness and arrogance OF the
master and the serviity and ignorance OF the
manifest themselves to the word and pre-
vent a Northern man to 80 into the South,
OF the field The society u only aD agent It's value
consists In It's eiciency but 1t ceases to be eicient
useful But ior tnirty.sx years it has been erecting
bridge over which slavery has passed from the
howllng wilderness. The keystone Of the arch Of The
bridge Is the fifteenth amendment, and when II be-
comes law he would consider the proprety OF dis
continuing the society. lie would not. however,
del, Phillips on the subject ct consider.
abe length. lApplause.) He would not now
INTO an on ina. ~ Pon n h, M were Sat
point He had one theory on the subject. That was
''let the negro alone" That was the whole duty
well alone. The best policy Is give the negro fair
play and let him severely alone" lApplause.)
What they were resolved 70 have was to be men
among men. Their wants were many. They wanted
money. No people ever succeeded N any calling with
out money. That was what the negro desired. While
lscted Without time TO improve they could never
have leader-wthout leader they never could be
an Intelligent class, ana while they % were aewers ol
their proper place in the community. They must be
men among men. They must have land, but IN the
South every opposition is given to their occupancy
OF land. The duty of Congress s to see that not only
shall the negroes have the right to vote, but
that they shall have the right to acquire
land, TO till it for themseles and to enjoy its
fruits That is what he meant to let the negro alone.
II he has means to purchase land, Jet MN purchase
That is what he meant by saying let the negro alone
He saw by the papers that great commotion was
created In Washington by the appointment OF a
coored compositor in the public printing ONCE This
should not be wonder. They would be kept to
were great on the white Q.aughterl 1t would be
easier for him to-day to get his son into lawyers
shipyard to learn a trade What they wanted was
elbow room to work out their own destiny. That
appointment Of colored man IN the printing ONCE
penlpotentiary to Hayti, and another minister, to
Liberia was astounding. He hoped the government
would extend the hand OF help and encouragement to
the noble Cubans, who were lighting for their indie
pendence. He had sympathy with democrats. Long
before Wendell Philips advocated the abolition
OF slavery Mr.. Calhoun saw the coming time.
Long before Mr.. Seward declared the irrepressble
conflict Calhoun saw that lrrepressible conflict was
democracy saw the result that some day negro
would come into the House of Congress and into the
diced and is coming Give the negro the right to
vote and all this must come. The democrat said
amalgamation viii Gomez Their friends SAID
ION, no; 1t will a.. not. The democrat said
an integral part OF the American government-part
of it as unit-becomng incorporated in the
American body polite, Incorporated into society,
having common aims, common ends and Objects
and a common instrumentality with which to work
with you side by side The farther we are apart the
come together the more we become attached and de-
voted to each other. Applause.l The speaker then
Of slavery in the phst II, therefore he continued
slavery was not able to kill the negro, It
tSey Sers Free an ns to nVe amons em
what was to be doneS He would say welcome the
black man to any position and every position for
you shall have peace. The black man has
done the State good service Put the
H' shall win to you the e black man. man Until % You You
do this you are weak-when you do 1t your are
strong; The 1aca man came to you when you were
wavered he reached out his black iron arm and
cutched your standard with fingers of steel, and If
you now enfranchse him and make him part Of
you he VIII serve you again. He Will not only give
you ramparts of sand and stone, but he will give you
ramparts OF bone and muscle-ramparts OF strong,
sinewy arms which, guided by your intelligence. no
nation on earth would be able to withstand. On con-
Guiding Mr.. Douglass was warmly applauded.


Mrs. CORA HATCH followed in half hours speech,
In which she wearled her hearers pretty consider
ably.


MIR. PHILLIPS then rose and said we have on this
platform one Of the band OF English reformers-


Cries OF "Phips"


Mr.. PHILLIPS-Sllence this audience comes here
to listen and not to dictate


Cries OF 'Philps."


Mr.. PHILLIPS-Silence.


Cries Of "Phips'' renewed.


A VoICE-Philps Is on the bill.


Mr.. PHILLIPs-Silence. ANY one who does not
wish to remain TO hear the speakers who are TO
speak, there is the door and they can leave Cries
81 "rhnps,l AS was saying, there is on this plat.



done the cause OF freedom invaluable service in the
past.


The next speaker was Senator WILSON, who on
being introduced by MIR. Philips was loudly ap.


Mr. WILSON said that, being in the city, he learned
that this meeting was TO be held, and, anxious to
hear the most eloquent cOored speaker and the
eloquent white speaker on the American Continent,
he determined to be present. The work OF freedom,
he conceded, not completed. The fifteenth
amendment must and shall be made part OF the con-
stituton. He was one OF those who would give To
the coored man not only the right to vote, but the
amendment was Incorporated In the constitution
struggle would remain through which the country
would have to 20. That was to recognize the inevi
table consequence that followed from the first strk
ing OF OF the chainslof the save-that was to recog
nze the right OF the freedmen 10 every privilege un
der the constitution. (Applause) With orIef refe-
renee to Senator stewart, Of Nevada, Senator Will
son resumed his seat.


Senator STEWART was then introduced who said
that the nrst duty OF the people now was to ratify
the constitutional amendment. This must be the
work OF the people but success certain. lie be-
lieved that this would complete the great work OF
freedom and regeneration. IL was true the blacks
wanted land. They possessed the physical labor OF
the south and with that labor wisely exercised they
must as an inevitable consequence acquire the pos
session OF land The negroes mad not only the physi-
cal labor OF the SOUTH but they possessed largely also
the political power OF the South; and from the
success the blacks achieved in the past there was
little doubt that whatever remained or was Withheld
from them OF their rights they would soon achieve
1or themselves, completing the noble work which





Above all things II was important to have ratified
the constitutional amendment. On this question
the administration had taken noble stand, ana 1t
only required the people to be true TO themselves.
There was little doubt but the great boon OF equal
rights secured by that amendment would be the
equal right of all the citizens OF this country. In con-
cluson the speaker appealed TO the society to con-
tnue the great work.


SPEECH OF WENDELL PHILLIPS.


Mr.. WENDELL PHILLIPS then addressed the aud
fence. He thought they would not find fault with
hun for having ieIt them without that speech which
some Of them thought was announced. No
can blame when he was punished with better than
was promised hin. They mad the testimony OF one,
the arguments Of another and the ofliclal sanction
OF the rest-somethng the society had not dared to
promise on the programme. lie listened with great
Interest to the portion OF MIR. Douglass speech when
he told them the spirit OF that great rule In the
new Testament, "lf you do the duty you shall know
oil the doctrne.r Every man who had watched this
movement, and especially every man who had taken
part In its operations must bear witness that years
gone by they supposed they were launching on
generous crusade to help victim race; but as the
mist ceared-as they assembled the height OF a new