Year: 1866

GnOSe VINO naQ DGen IN Gne army, VINO
had a certain property qualification, and
could read and write. Are you in ia
vor of that? I am in favor of it.


The President telegraphed to the
Provisional Governor of Mississippi,
while the Convention was there in ses-
sion, urging him to use his utmost en-
deavors to get them to incorporate into
the constitution the measure which L
urged you to incorporate into your con-
stitution. He said it was right in itself,
and fdone other States would follow the
example, and thereby steal from the
radicals their thunder. Are you stand
ing by the side of the President in this,
or acting i'll opposition to him when you
pretend to be his friends?


You are not friends of the President.
You would be glad to see the President
and the majority in Congress quarrel.
Perhaps some of you allow the germ of
hope to grow in your bosom that again
you could take position against the Uni
ted States in such struggle, and that
you might perhaps invite controversy
with some foreign power and bring
about war, and in the event of war
with some foreign power, you could
again seize the standard of Rebellion
and fight against the Government of
the United States.


But let me tell you that you calcu-
late without your host. Go to Wash
ington, and in your blandest tones speak
to the President and tell him your SEN
tilnents; whisper i'll his ear your desire
that he shall become the Cromwell Of
his time, and you will find yourself
leaving his presence with blanched
checks and shaking limbs, if you do not
find yourself in dungeon.


You will find the President and the
majority in Congress acting IN concert,
and you cannot pretend to make any
one believe you are governed by his
policy, or that you have stood by his
side in anything except in your rejec-
tion of the war debt. And this is the
only measure passed by you where you
have met his wishes, hopes, opinions,
or purposes, and he knows this as well
as you do.


One of the greatest wrongs you have
inflicted upon the people of the United
States, and upon the government, is
that you have familiarized the minds of
the people with different form of gov
ernment. You have unsettled the minds
and unhinged the principles of many.
There are many engaged to-day sowing
broadcast over the land seeds of discord
against free government.


They must be dragged to the light
and exposed, and the people must be
made to understand it. Such men are
responsible in the 81 ght of God and
man for their war upon our government.
SO far as L am concerned, Intend to eX-
pose them and give their names, and 1
H1 L. I'LL L
they have talked, and whether they are
the ones to be entrusted with public af
fairs, and if they could control the opin-
ions of the people of Texas, whether
we would be ready to be admitted
back into the Union.


THE "NEGRo" NO ARGUMENT.


l wish you to get into your minds the
fact that the objection negro" is no
argument. / wish you to know what
freedom is. You will never satisfy the
people of the United States by ringing
charges on negro, free negro


Some say they do not wish the ne
gro to remain in this country; but let
an edict come from Washington requi-
ring that he should be taken away from
here, there would be more objection to
it than there was to the emancipation
proclamation.


You have asked me, will he work p
And fair-haired young men who have
never done an honest days work are
asking, where shall we get labor? and
saying the "nigger" will not work, and
we shall be ruined. 1 have been in the
habit of saying to them, {" Go to work
YOURSELF Applause. The question
is, will the white man work ? He will
not do it in this country if he can help
it. Applause and laughter.


The negro is doing the work The
intelligence comes up from all sections
of the country that they are doing their
duty. A larger crop is planted than
ever before. The problem is already
solved as to whether he will labor If
you treat him right he will labor, and
be more profitable to you than ever be-
fore.


He is a free man, and forms part of
the community, say what you will
You do not wish him to vote because
he is not educated, and you do not wish
him to be educated because you do not
wish him to vote. You, however, pro-
pose to tax him. He has always been
your slave and served you faithfully
he made you fortunes and enabled you
to educate your children; but now,
when free, ignorant and despised, you
will not permit him to vote because he
is ignorant, and you do not wish him
to be educated because it will elevate
him, and yet you tax him to educate
your own children. This will not sat
isfy the people of the United States.
You cannot make them believe that it is
right.


Are you afraid of him? In the name
of God, if the African has as much sense
as [ have, and as much honor, and if he
has more philanthropy, he is a better
man. You who object to his elevation
must feel your inferiority to him, or you
would not be afraid of his elevation.
believe there are Africans to-day bet
ter in heart than 1 am I have some
advantages over them Advantage of
color, advantage of education, slight
though it may be, advantage in social
DositiOIl: and with these advantaoas