TER DAILY GiZETIS: = PENNIMAN. REED & CO., Car. lixtk nun aid Im4li<lleli Alta. F. D. MEM..,..1011' UK T. P. 110178T0F, T . E UFA Dll'oll4 AND PROPRIZTOSIS. TZRILB OP TILL DAILY. r 7 MIUI, per yes? 'r ilicred try es7iers, per Week latsbuto apite riTH AMENDMENT, THE DAY OF tiraILEE! CCI GOD DIRE C T S ALL Tarsus 18 Woiencos OF A GLAD AND , GRATEFUL PEOPLE.' ' OurnewCithsensProelaim to the World their Ap. predation of the Long 'Delayed Boon of Enfranchisement. BOW THE PEOPLE OF LOYAL ALIEGKKHY . COUNTY TOOK BY TEE HAND THE EMAN CIPATED COLORED MAN AND SHARED IN HIS GLORY AND THANK. PULNEK A DAY DUDE NEKORA.BLE Imposing Procession ELOQUENT ADDRESSES, ETC., ETC Tuesday, April 26th, A. D. 1670, has passed into the local history of old and loyal Allegheny county, . laden with wocdationa which will Byer mike It waif the wanton o memorable. jubilee. of public lad marked thankful. new, of grateful and graoeful acknowl edgment on the part of a people who have been called by God arida remmee. lewt nation to enjoy the blenders of full eltirdnahlp In a land where eleven, once thrived, caste predominated and the doctrine of universal liberty and equality was an Ideal thing painted to swore the_ admiration of the; outside world, soften' the dark ;eider of human bondage . , and hide the awful-rottener:as or. a social and domestio institution eneeuraged and unstained tinder a flag irttlOh falsely told of broad and uni versal freedom. As the emblem of liberty, the American flag WIL3 watched with prayerful Interert. Its birth and baptism; aid whim . It amm regarded with Into and patriotism by the Mende or freedom no matter where found on the broad earth, eilll it was bulled with. tear-falling pity _by these who felt most keenly that its purity was soiled with a blemishing spot Inomisistent with the laws of humanity. and the teachings of christianity. Bat the blood of the heroes of a second rev olution re-baptized the old flag and eon: - &Med its mhation. To-day it floats proudly over a whole people in vested with unalienable rights and the :blessed - privileges of self-government allstanding as Ins men on the broad tidattirm . thrown up in the XVth Amendment. It wsa therefore mete and fitting that oar large and intelligent colored element of society. 'those tirte have been • accorded simple justice, after long and weary waiting, should have celebrated in a jubi lant manner the consummation of a revolution in popular sentiment which lifted theta to a higher social and politi cal plane and obliterated all trace of that unjust ostracism under which they labor ed and suffered so many dreary yearn• It was arranged to celebratethe ratification of the amendment in a Manner meltable to the colored people, and with oomand. able enthcusisam the work of organiza tion was commenced and yesterday it ended in an occasion as worthy and well conducted salt was brillant and 'nooses. THS.PINJIT NOTE Op PEEP►HLTION Of to Grand Jubilee was gym at • Con vention altos then disenfranokbed saes held In Avery Darnel, Allegheny, in the latter part of December At that gathering a resolution was pawed calling for the celebration one week after the official ratification of the Amendment, which was subsequently changed to a later date and fixed for yesterday. • In pursuance thereof ■ General • Oommittee with numerous other smaller Oodles suf getout form almost a regiment wee appointed to conduct the arrange ments, and from that time all was acetyl ty, anxiety andanticipation. The wrote people, old and young, joined In the work with eattiusisame. The financial arrange; manta generally sufficient to dls• pens with any entry, fervor on such occasions, were made upon an ex ternals scale, and responded to cheerfully heartily and with the most unlimited generosity.. All dames and conditions, add professions, began the preparations for representation in the day's festivities and glory. rim in order was the pro. cesdon, in which the greatest effort and hopes were centered. Long deceased organisations, civic and military were suddenly resurrected • and appeared in newness of life and remarkable vigor, to g hee dignity to, which old mitarma and epsionttes.and accoutrements, which in days of yore had been the pride sad glory of their possessions, were ram aria frni from the dust and rutted neglect and burnished, brushed and cleaned again. Then too the churches took up the canoe, and by united effort and encouragem • t and participation In all the opening preparailoneosided In swelling the enthu dam and created& deeper and stronger undemourrent of feeling which made the celebration scam a religion's duty as well es a happy . privilege. Neither were the women and children counted out; ant. mated 'with the spirit of the occasion, , they, too , Joined hands with their friends and were dative participants in and lent all their influence toward Us! snows of the demonstration, The prorninsicce however, wee not tub only feature. Thy managers,. with great foresight, con cerned the occasion to be an opportune one for instruction as well as entertain• • men% and the provision, were made for the mass meeting se a fitting close to the public demonstration. Thus all cisme were looked after, and all Semi regaled. • It seemed to be a matter of pride that the day should be worthily commemorated, and that it should be made anl epoch an the history of our colored community and an episode in the life of every par ticipant. - - So the preparations went on, and as the Mae drew near ibr the culmination or ellbd the exetteenenet grew in intmaity M===M _ t • . . ... ' . . . . ' . ' • ... ' • . . . . . ' -. . ~ . . - . . . -'• :. • . . ... . . . • . . . . . . „ ... . -. . . . . . - . ... • TILE WEEKLY uIizETTE i - ... . --__ •,.. • - . . . . • , IB 1318 BM AID 1:01161713T I t ) , : t • I . --hi - 1. , . . , . ... _ . Commercial and Family N7PaPer i • . :P Ur7 :I II :Lt B : I.4. IED IN WE Tiim STER: PL•i:SYL M ANIA. ''‘ titt • • ' • A. '• (\AI./ z; ciub. of Ave ................. ............. Ili . SN l° ‘; 2. ; I! 4:7;' ' ' '' 15 ... , . . . . . • .-. . CiUbi of t. A copy Ic Watched rrataimsty to 8 1 4 5 14 r i : ... _ !X= VO:. LXX: V. and the °nth asIO — widened and deep• sued. Man wb . .. had toiled for the sue clel of the . Jubilee retired on Monday night .....rtt lona of the coming day, w '' . ...ch aim t prevented sleep, and awoke the again with the first roseate blush of the morning. !Rua WTA.TAITM always play an Important part in occa sions like Wordily, and for once it played wel . The sun rose calm and beautiful a d bright, es though Old Sol . appro rl the coming celebra• Col, ariffw s bent upon encouraging it vent:ibis mot genial smiles. A pleasant refreshing breeze played through the creets ddrilog all the day, and thus the heat was maditiel Into a temperate !equible wimth, - whioh brought out men and nature, itladswas "and itheerfnl _an smiling. There was badly a sign .. of badness life In ,• - TEX STSIZEI • when the that amendment made his appearance In'tne morning, and after • extra survey er.the •ontd6or world, re. joloed that all Wl3 well. ollewed by others, and it was not long betorii even the dullest observer was feta to look op sod realize that something unusual had changed the staid bnsl• . nese appearance or the smoke be• Brimmed city Into a rollicking holiday's noise and bustle. Every body, It seemed, irrespactivii of raco, see, completion or pursuit seemed to be out and on the move. Gaily caparisoned steeds with their =villa Warriors' flitted here and there with reckless speed tbro' crowded thoroughfares; ancient dames and patriarchial sires walked and gazed on the speotardpot life andanlmation with a Simeon like expression of reaignition. The young men 'and the young women were out, and each arrayed _An a gorgeousness of coloring and a make up which, beyond a doubt, told they had not been sparing of uspensea. Then the vehicles which might be !teen, from the Princely car riage to the consumptive cart, were neither few nor far between, and all were filled with rejoicing, laughing and pleuure seeking occupants. Every body of a dusky hue, and an innumer able company of lighter complexion Were out - rand all seemed equally Inter ested on the °cession. As the-hour of noon drew nigh the gaups began to collect on the corners and to the windows favorable for a review of the grand cavalcade, which was the first feature of the day. Who over heard or sawa large procee. lion that was exactly on time? The Jubilee demonstration of . yesterday was exception to this generai.mie, and It ' watitully an hoer after twelve o'clock when tho march should have been taken up before the various divisions and dela , amine were formed In regular order. The delay, however, was ;mounted for. and on that more ex cusable. by the - unexpected magnitude of the demonstration. First they came In squads and In wagons, then In com panies and email regimenti, and last in divisions gay with flatter- lug banners and bright unlmform* and music from innumerable bands and hundreds of " happy children's voices ailing the air with melody. A large gathering_had been anticipated, but that which did assemble far outnumbered the rosiest expectations whirgi had , been previously indulged. Finely_ all were lathe proper 'Placeend the procession moved off, from in front of the Mononga hela House on Boalthdeld street, with music bbd cheers and song. ' Pzirar Drnstort. Or head of the line was first occupied by • detachment ot. the cltrpolice num• baring twenty-two in command of Lieu. tenants Emmett and Gordon. Following came Bchmidt's Braes Band, of Alle gheny, which was succeeded by the chief officers of the line. Dumas D. Wass, Esq., ;Chief mantle. Robert Jackson A. J. Barbosa. T. R. ROach. Robert Bell. G. B. Woodson. Lafayette Massey. Henry B. carnet. B. J. Wilkerson. Jr. • The Chief Marshal was designated by • orange sash. and the aids with white. The first company was the ' , Knights of the White Cross," numbering twenty five men on horseback, - and under com mand of Capt. John . Bell. They bore a standard upon which was inscribed hoc signo vines] and on the reverse side "Ratitilation of' the Fifteenth Amendment and the abolishment of Taney'a decision." The other two aides . bore the mottoes "Liberty Trium phant," and ' , Justice Enthroned." Then came carriages containingmem bars of the Executive Committees and °Morns for the mass meeting, and speak. ere of the day-4he carriages in all. This concluded the first which wee followed by the , BIRIPIINGII43I Chief Diershal—ElaiPPAlLlP WATirsas • Alns. Thomas es. Jackson, Wm. Williams, Emanuel Jackson, John Poulk. Emanuel Harris,; The Washington Cornet Band beaded this division. They occupied a wagon festooned with evergreens and Rowers. Following came carriages containing prominent officiate and citizens on the South Eitde, among whom' were the fol lowing; C. J. Schultz, Burgess of Bit , mingham, and the following prominent citizens: David Chess, A. Ammon. Esq., J. H. Sorg, Bernard Walker, H. Boman, John. Shepherd, David Sheeny, J. N. Jarrett, J. L. Freeman of West Virginia, A. N. M'Connigle, John Rodman, and John H. Page, Sr. An .'Anion Car" came next, drawn by sled horses, driven by Iwo Linkmen and filled with thirty young misses, ap. propristely dressed in white, ornamented with blue sashes and mottoes, represent ing the States which ratified the Flf ttenth Amendment. So far as we amid ascertain, the names of the Young misses, with the States they represented, were an follows Maine, Jeanie Thomp. son; New HampehLre, Ella Mank l 4 . Ver mont, Sarah Dougbc% Masischusetts, Sarah E. Young; Rhode Island, Annie Haney; Connecticut, Miry Dougherty; New York, Georgians Smith; Penturylvanis, - Sarah Davis; Ohio, Matilda Fairfax; Wed Virginia, Caroline Delaney; Indians, Lottie Beatty, Hattie Massey; Michigan, Sarah Talbot; Wisconsin, Mary Moles; lowa °phials Blacker; Minnesota, Jennie Lovell; Missouri, Fraacis Smith; kils. dariPPl. Deery; North Carolina. 'Nan* , Scott; South Carolina, Mary J a na . : Georgia, Jennie Broomsich; Ten now% —; Alabama, Bella Wood. Florida, —; Louisiana, Florence 'g ran t; Texas, Jennie - Smith; Arkansas, Ellen Jackson; Kansas, Rattle Fox, Nevada, Rattle Farley. One of the occupants of the car cariled a banner, upon one side of which was a portrait of Lincoln end on the reveirie, one ofGrant. Each of these were ear. rounded by a wreath of beautiful White 'Soirees. The &Mai Moards, of Birmingham, Captain John Brim% numbering thirty men on horseback, followed the car. They carried two barmen with the mot. - toes, "For our valor In war we have the ballot In peace." "The rights of which we were robbed In 1838, have been re stored to no." The Birmingham Ucilon Executive Guards, twenty mounted men under command of Captain Richard Kemper, followed. They were succeeded by eleven wagons contsdning employee of the A =Henn Iron Works. The men num. bored about two hundred. Each wagon bore a banner. Among the moat striking mottoes were : ["God grant Justice.'" ("Union Mission Sabbath School.") In God wo Trust."] ("Glory. to God In the Highest, ' on ' Earth Peace, Good Will to Meo."l ["The Lord Reigns, Let the Earth Re jotae.") ["Lite, Liberty, and the Puisnit of Happiness."] ["We only ask a Fair Chance, and we Are-Willing to Trust the Result to the Fature."l •, ["Ea Taxation with Fatr_Reptesen. tattoo."] ("All Governments Derive their Jog. Powers from the Consent of the: pos , anted.") He Was quickly America, the Land of the Fr e:" Malice toward None, Charity toward In one of the wagons which attracted attention and laughter, a blacksmith shop wee 'represented. A couple of sturdy sons of Vulcan were beating out the Iron on an anvil, others were keep log up the fire, and another wu holding a male which stood quietly by Waiting In pitlence to be shod. except when .at intervals aroused by the belaboring of MN attendant, who wielded a club in the most pugilistic style. Monongahela delegation was next in line, numbering thirty-live men, under Captain William Catlin. The banners of this delegation bore the mottoes. I . .. The Lord Reigns. Let the Earth Re , pica.") [•'ln God We Trust 'Forever. " ] [.American Boys of Monongahela Clty."] [••Long Looked For Btu Come at Lut."] ["With Idalace Towards None, With Charity for All."] L"We Actiept the Situation, Realising the Declaration of '76.'1 ["Thank God and the Republican Party."] pOur Magna Charts will Never be Ig nored Again by Compromise."] ["Ohl the Wonderful Year of Jubilee! Be Thou Perpetual I"] [ockalit Last Plague ou Pharoah was • Destroying Angel ; His last Plague on Slavery is the Fifteenth Amendment."] This was the last o 7 the Booth Side Di vision. i ALLEGHENY DIVISION The second Division comprising organ nations and citizen" from the north side of the Allegheny river, formed on Hem. look street, Allegheny, and marched to Market street, with the right resting on Water street, In the following order : Chief Marshal—Heirpr 0. Poxsanta. --- AIDS: Thos.H. Lyles, •Richard Cowley, W. H. Stockton, : Wm. Carney, -- Solomon Simms, Charles Fraxicle, Nathaniel Madden, James Marseilles, J. S. Wit linnison, John Hogan. • Mortimer Limey, Jas. Whlte—Orderly, James Parker. Following the Chief Marshal and staff was the Germania Turner band. ' I Four carriages containing his Honor, Mayor Callow, Postmaster Myler, Con troller Porter, Jas. Mcßrler. President of Select Council, and other Invited guests. The Sewickley delegation, numbering about tiny men, preceded by • martial band came next in Hoe, +mod *arrival. banner upon which was the following In scription is , ["Re.pe On, Hops Ever.") on the other aide pOnward and Upward; Our Trost is in God.") 'A delegation from Mercer county, numbering thirty or forty men, carrying several flags and banners came next. This was followed by the Garnet Club, of Franklin, twenty-five to number, car rying a banner inscribed ["We will Stand by Our Friends") The Union club of Allegheny, num bering flay men, mounted on fine bonne, gayly caparisoned with white wreaths of flowers and evergreens, commanded by Captain R. Wallace, came next. They carried a banner noon which was in scribed: Robert Davis. James W. Owens. AIDe. - ("Oar Country le the World, Onr .Countrymen Mankind.") On the reverse side . ("We ttust in God.") The Tlghlenan dab, numbering sixty men, also mounted and commanded by Harrison Taylor, came next in line. Following were the Inscriptions on some of the banners they bore. ["While we live jet us Brain Peace.") ("Peace to all Men.") t'b ("Allegheny's Loyal Sons Joln in the J übitee of Freedom.") The Lincoln Grays of Allegheny, coin. mended by Capt. Smallwood, and pre. meded by the Olympic brass band, came nest. The company numbered thirty. four men rank and Ale, and Made a fine appearance and also exhibited a great' dogma( proficiency In military drill. A martial band also preomied the . com pany. The Allegheny Minute Men wearing red capes and s naps, numbering' thirty men came next. They carried-several banners, some of which tore the follow ing Inscriptions: ~: [Right to all, Is our motto.) [We rallied with Grant, and with Grant wewill stand.) On another banner was a good repro• sentation of the ballot box, which needed_ no inscription to reveal its meaning. Fifty members'of the rightism club en foot came next. They wore silver cape and capes, and carried a - banner on which were printed portraits of Wash legion, Lincoln and Grant, under which was inscribed: [Washington, the saviour, Lincoln, the l c emend ' tor, and Grant, the defender:) The Junior ,Social Band, numbering forty el, lo red regalia, oomumsded by J.-Hawkins. They carried a banner upon which was the following inscrip tion: - [Fifteenth Amendment adopted. Have you bilk.? Ring them, for the glorlotu: work ii done, and the victory is won. Ming the bells.] The Social Sandi — numbering thirty. eve, and wearing the regalia of the society, folloWed. They carried. a very handlome blue Bilk banner, upon one aide of which wag • picture raritmentlng members of the Band inlzdatating to • aid? brother. On the reverse was the motto: [When duty oslle 'tin ogre to obey.] Council No. 586 of tho National Union League, came next to Hue. The Connell numbered forty men, and were com manded. by Mr. George Dlanney. Upon one of the banners carried in their minks wars the following inicriptlona: [t. Ring, Freemen, Bing ] On th 6 reveres aide— - - ("Flat Justin' Rust Caolettm.' t ] • Then followed some forty or fifty m -1111101 and buggies filled with men, women and children. The' carriage.' were handsomely decorated with nags. evergreens, _mpttone, eto. perched on the top of one of the carriages; wide& was drawn by four homes. we. an he' mom eagle, with Wings ontstratithed. Beneath was a shield, with ininiatttre flan tuterallY arranged. The following PITTSBURGH, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 27, 1870. mottoes were displayed from the car. tiepin We'll vote the Republican Ticket.") In God we trust.") "God. Grant and Dborty."l ' , Our God and etinuU7.l „... Next came seven Wagons gaily decora ted with wreaths of flowers and ever greens, with canopies of gaga overhead, and each drawn by four gayly compari paned home, in which were the Avery Dilation and Brown's Chapel Sabbath Schools. Numerous were the barmen cries-kW by the children, some of which bore the following Inscriptions: ["The eouroe of all wealth, our mother 'earth; will glto ludepeudeope to the col ored men.'] Another banner bore the inscription: Y ["We thank Thee, 0 Pod, that Thou Mutative* us thehoon of liberty; help us to be worthy of being ehfranchieed..'] Following these ward numerous Car riages and wagons. In which were milosed men and . w omen. which wee the end of 'this grind division. ' • PIT IDSBURGII DIVISION The third division, which wee :130,1p., polled of organisations and offizers" of thli city, formed on Wylie • Mutate and marched by the way of Fifth avenue to Penn street, when It took up position with the right resting on Sixth street, in tho following order: Chief biarshal—LnerusdGoooins. E=! John Little, Wilson Waters, A. B. Lloyd.. W. H. EUrepeon, Alfred Hawkins, -Edward Bailey, George hisesey, Br., Singleton Gray, Wm. Miller, Paris Barley, Thomas Halewood; Robert Mahony, F. J. London. The Chief Marshal wore a red sash and his aids blue. They were well mounted aid their horses were gaily caparisoned. Next came Julius Moore'. Iron City Braes Band, in fall uniform, which was followed by the Second Ward Colored Grant Club, numbering one hundred and fifty men. wearing capes and uniform ceps, and bearing torches, commanded by George Massey, Jr. The club also carried a beautiful stand of colors. Next came a carriage. whieh was oeon• pled by ASZOII Floyd. Udall Updegralf, Wax., Bixby and Edsrard - Alkm, the rep. resentatlves of the old Liberty party. The carriage was tastefully decorated With email AmeriCan flags, ever greens, Ac., and one of the occupants carried a large banner with the following inscrip tion: [What Bath God Wrought.] and On the reverse aide [The Old Guard Mee. but Never Sur renders.] [Surviving Direetors of the Under ground Railroad ] Thon followed ten carriages containing the representatives of the Republican Wanly Executive,Committenp. A small delegation from Ellsaheth In carriagee followed, alter which came about lift carriages containing colored citizens. The United Brethren for Mutual Relief, numbering fifty men, followed on foot, wearing regalia and bearing a stand of actors aid a banner on which waa in scribed: [We bold this to be a aelf-eviden truth—" That all teen were crested equal."] The Twentieth ward Club, numbering twenty-rive men wearing capes and caps and carrying lances, and proceeded by a colored martial band, came next. DIM. ranks is banner was carried, Inscribed as ,lalleatc..,..P2oaXaawk,,,,‘. -- Alnd another one on wnloh was the 'following: [Our next Amendment.-4 recognition of the Supreme being In the Fundamen. tel Law.] On the reverse side was • [Abraham Lincoln and John Brown, Martyrs of the 19th Century.] The Barbers' Association, numbering • . meat seventy-five men, commended by Capt. Carson, came next: The men were In uniform,mounted on gaily caparisoned horses, and presented a handsome ap pearance. • Hardy',. Cot Ilion band pre: ceded the association, and In the ranks was a banner on whim was the following Inscription: [True to our God,True to our Wintry, True to eur Friends.] On the other bide [Equal Bights for all—Chartered Priv. Urges to none.] Five wgons,• handsomely decorated with flags end evergreens, followed, carrying the pupils of the Wylie Street Sunday School. The inscriptions on the banners and streamers were: [Our highest aim is to be Peaceable, Law abiding Miami.) ,On the other vide— . • [We voted for Bleier.] And anotherwu inscribed as follows: ("Oar County First, Last, and Al. ways . ") w , Upon the reverse of hickwas, ("Weehlugton the Father, Llnooln the Savior, and Grant the Defender."] - There were a number of other mottos and inscriptions, from which we select the following: "Grant's the Man to load the Van.") "Our Reims, U. b. Grant."] 1 . "Knowledge is Power.") "We knew i that Justice would not slumber ibrever.") ("An Open rela ands Fair Chance."] After these mime two wagons, carrying the sons and. daughters of Samaria, numbering lerty.four children, carrying appropriately 'lnscribed banners. They were followed by a wagon containing representatives of the Wesley Church, The folloWing area few of the instep. Lions which graced the numerous ten , nem borne by this delegation: [When Freemen Speak let Tyrants Tremble.) [The Greatest General of the Age— General Suffrage.] [One God, One Flag, One Country.] Following this were two wagon., In which - were -- representations of Grace Memerial church, bearing two beautiful silk banners, upon which were Latin and Hebrew insariptions. The wagons were tastefully decorated with flowers and evergreens. In one of their wagons were banners inscribed so follows: [Them ea'a they Who come up through great tribulation.) ("Iron city can furnish coal enough to warm oup friends and iron enough to cool our enemies.") There Were ',number of other banners In different parts of this division some( which were inscribed as follows: -[.Death Knell of Slavery."] Portraits of lAstooln and Stanton with the Inscription beneath. ("Dead but not Forgotten.") ' Next came • delegation of haraintan, numbering one hundred. Their ibilow• al about fifty carriages, containing olti• see both black and white, male and Ye. male. Bellowing came the rear guard, which was a platoon of the Mayors police, numbering twenty-our amen, Commanded, by Lieut. Marker,. waisted by Lieut. Wilmot. . The. yrootartoit moved up Bmtlbdeld street to Third avenue, up Third avenge . 0o Baas street, up Rosa street to Filth 'yawn, intal/th annum to .Pride street, up Pride to Fulton, along Fulton to Wy• lie, down Wylie to. Fifth avenue, down 81/XlO to . Liberty street, up Liberty. street to Ninth Wee*, down Muth Loth, bridge, arum" to Allegbauy olty, up Arleen= street to Cedar ayenue, up same to Liti• arty, ink Wadi to North, up North to Ohio, down Ohio to Wert, up Weal to North, avenue, alo a to Federal, , . 1 . . ~ ..._ ~ ... - . . . . .....t.'....iiti.i" . . ... . - ~..,--',"-!--".. - - ' - ''''''''''''"•' - ;• , -" . ."'.'•: - , , ,, iz7i:',':k••• •,4- .•••. - . 4 .• - !•... , ; - . ,, L --- - • ) down Federal to. the Diamond. The streets all along the route were crowded with men, women and Children, who had assembled to witness the display, and In many pukes tho fumes were decorated with flags, wreaths, &a TILE 0110ANIZ&TION On arriving In Allegheny the verlous delegates halted at the Commons, where two stands for speaking had teen erect ed. The attendeeu:6 was exceedingly large, and general good cheer prevailed on all aldes. Fuli live thousand per- eons, men, women 044 children, of all ages, conditions and otora made up the assemblestm Prof. S. 4...1ie51e celled the meeting to order, after which the iallow tog organliattim wok effected: President—Rolf:l ol m T. Peek. j . nee Preridental-Mettbew — .Tone Ed ward Bailey, Geo. 41. Knox. Sarno." Mkhoney, Chas.. Jones,- Paul J. Cirson, ktoses Reward, Fsther - Frank Whets, Win. J. Moore, 'Pref.:ll. K. Sampson; Rev. S. J. Wlleon,, Ruin Jos. S. TraveDl, Rev. S. F. ScOvel, ...I; B. Clark; Rev. Alex. %irk, Powel Jaok eon, Iliad Seeker, Dr. Samuel Saunders, W. B. Messick,' Rey. N. 11. Will:lsms, H. Bonier. Rev- Chsrlen Holges, Roy. I). W. Asbury, Rev. Abram Cols, Rev. Qiirlstoplaor.Wllllarns, Charles Jackson, Rev. W. 11. Brown, A. -Billows, Henry W. Jones, Raney 'Jackson, Joseph' Mahoney, Samuel De. lanoy, M. McGonnlgle, Dr. C. C. Hussey, Alexander Gordon,' -Barclay Preston, William B. Flack. John B flack. Hon. F. B. Penniman, Dr. H. T. Usffey, James Reed, Esq., Dr. lancina King, Brisk Up. degraff, Esq., Joseph J. Crogge, Dr. Trevor; James Nichols. Oman/lee on Basolutions—Pror. B. B. Sampson, Will H. Thomas, S. 4..Neate. Becretciries—S._ Neal, Will H. Thomas, D. W. Atwood. Louts Woodson -- ; Jr., H. S. Garnett, A. D. Johnson, John B. Wlthanumn, Itobart Jackson, James F. Harris. ray raßeirlarr's erazon Rev. john Peck Was now introduced to the assembled multitude, and the atoning old pastor was reeelved with en thuesette applause. When silence was restored he spoke as follows: Ladies mul Gentlemen—my Fellow Qui cc:ma: We are called together tc-day un• dereircuinatariom such .aa have never before transpired- In the hietory of this great nation. Nearly a century ego the fathers of this oountry came together to deliberate and retiplvei to, resist tyranny and oporewilon,and dO thin , * off the Brit , lab yoke. In ad elloiniithey put forte the great andenderrlng truth "that ill men are created equal; thatthey are endowed by their Creator with certain unalien able rightsithat among theseare life, lib erty sad the potent tot happiness." Long and weary yesra have rolled around since those self evident truths were de clared and put forth before the world, and never before until" this late day, never before. until...within A few days peat, could we ad a nation come forward and rebut that :which has so often been thrown into oar teeth, the assertion that thirDeelaration of Independenoo framed by the Amerleen peciple was a living Ile. Foreigners wouldasy, "Why, bout and brag of year freedom .stidiyour large liberty, and-yet bold in the tool abject and vilest slavery and thraldom, fully oneeixth or your whole, people? ' I rejoice, thank the Lord God Almighty that we can this day say that ALL atErr stand in equality be. fore the law. I rejoice that nur flag can no more be wild, in irony, to be emblem atic of our country sod its slavery—the stars rupreeenting the States, and the stripes the negro back as left by the whip of the slave driver. lem proud and happy.. to see .I.l4eday Ho generally appreciated, and iftV, its memory con, .51nue$441m t„deensfieise tiorAdada'it lova sod reverence for the flag which to-day floats over our heads. Therts.was a ulnae when I almost holed that . flag. When Its broad folds .afforded no protection tome and mine, I could enter, lain no love for IL When It proudly floated over the dome of, the National Capitol and cast Its shadow on slave. driven In droves under its folds, when It withheld protection from the helpless and made strong the system of human slavery, I could nut love It then. But I thank the Lord God Almighty that I am a citizen to day, and with Our newly en. franchised people I will forever slog of the old flag, "Long may It wave o'er the Sand of the five and the " home of the brave." exaot.crioss. Prof. B. K. Sampson, Chairman of the Committee on Resolutions, submitted the , following preamble and resolutiotun Wltaztitail, Under the amended Con stitution of our Government, we witmos the final, crowning triumph of the cause of. Liberty on the American Continent consummated in the Providence!' of God' by the adeption of the Fifteenth Article submitted to the States by Congress, and ratified by the States, thus securing to every citizen alike, without distinction of race or color, the rights and privileges of an - American cozen, according to the just demands of the people, so that the nation shall be recognized throughout the world as a- free country, without the reproach of slavery resting upon its national fame, its Constitution being made free, its honor immutable, Ps life -Immortal, Its principles Like the attributes of God, no respecter of person, illturtratleg the doctrines of the fathers, and inspiring a policy which shall hence• forward fix the destiny of a vast2_QuA l. nental Republic, established on the greiA Ides of human berty, recognizing God as the common Father and tee universal brotherhood of man. Therefore, Resoined..That in the adoption and ratification oC the I.Vth Amendment we realise the fulfillment of the promise of the great principles of the Declaration of American Independence. ..rtfaboxl, That lit this great Fret:darns - I tion of Enfranchisement we sek.uow ledge our profound thanks to the Almighty Father fe;,the marvelous I speed with which he hits brought - the work to this glorious culmination, and that we award all due honor and luting gratitude to the Administration, to the legislatures, the Statesmen and Gen erato,anwdhoto, t w lr th ra t t ir an w d hi ll d i o e m o of and peo eloquence, and with their ceaseless "battle cry of freedom," have urged and demanded Its adoption. Retained, That in the midst of these unparalleled blessings It bemmes our im perative dray to exercise now, as we over hays done, a due and faithful regard for the civil, aocial,•educational and political interests of all men—embarrassed u we shall be, by an unjust discriminating eptrit of caste; while engaged In theser- Mat edjustment of all matters of enollt. Mai bearing, wa pledge ourselves to see to it. that the moue of our people shall be to properly trained in prinelpitsof sound Republicanism as will Insure the inter est of the government, and the 'weal of the nation. Resolved, That in view of this merited restoration of our Napkin) a full partici pation In the affairs of the laiovernment, upon the ground of political equality, we deem the establishment of s public school system of education, supported by the public emaciate and encouraged with the correct teachings of the pulpit as wall as of the press, would be most . Judi clone and promotive of tho general good. Resolved, That while the religious and political conduct of the seven hundred and fifty thousand electors of outer lathe South and that of the newly made one hundred and fifty thousand voters in the North and West, have become a matter of congratulation to all fair minded eiti: zens,,regardleas of past doubts and pro. judioes, the evidence develops • menial and morarciapacity in the colored man to take care of himself and demonstrate his worthiness to the tall rights of &citizen in a free Government, and we would in voke in support of our purposes and in defense of the privileges the considerate judgment of all good men, the protection and umforeement of the law and a right. ants administration of public duties.-- The resolutions were unanimously adopted. ISPIESCII 01 , 7.117. 11. E. 0 -. The President now Introduced the Rey. Henry Highland Garnett, who was greeted .with _applause as he stepped forward. He Bahl : . - - Mr. Presiderg and "rads: It hen been my privilege frequently to speak to my fellow men In this city end in other places, but never WI tide afternoon have I been enabled to address an audj sneeze/Were eitteensofthetinlied Staid: Those words sound so pleasantly that I am compelled to repeat them- Fazcow CITIZENS of the United Statue and of the State. of Pennsylvania: There is magic in the worth' and music in the sound: I presume there is not a man prnientpr thin Jubilee who will ever forget We day. Our hearts should be brat linen with gratitude to God for Has many blessings, and particularly for that great blessing through which our race has been emancipated from a slavery worse than death. and eleiated to the enjoyment of equal rights and priviliges with_the rest of mankind; and second to those men who, in the days which tried men's souls, stood shoulder tb shoulder in the straggle air universal freedom, and by their perseverance and - :faith In the justness of the cause finally. triumphed over wrong, throe h which we have been ao kerne edged free men before the law, and ambled to enjoy the- rights and pile' gee of American citizens to the full extent, through whose cfforte the l i heart of the groat people dere reached and mode 'to feel nd !canto our wrongs and . oppr sa lons, and then to redrew them. I would ask the oldest man hero .av if there ever was a lime within hi . recollection when the colored people ha r d inure to he grateful for or greater camel for rejoicing than at this moment. I would ask those acquainted with history if (war a parallel had been found. I have freed the his. tory of the past and have 'failed to find one. . . I have been astonished at the events of the past few years td see low easily the American people become ref:omitted to stubborn facts, aver which hey have no control, and the results of, which they cannot hinder. A few years ago the blood hoaxing of slavery were thundering through your streets. and the colored men wire bunted down like the besets of the forest, because he happened to be born In eland where human flesh and blood was clouded as goods and chattels, and no man dare say aught against it. Time worked a change, and . a few years later the fugitive slave law was looked upon by the northern people. as a blot upon the statute books, and mobs°. quently a law which proclaimed that certain territory in this free land should be forever trammeled with the curse of human slavery was repealed- Then came the cootie:it—not of ramie, but of principle—and it was wisely said that this country - could not exist half sieve and half free, and then the minions of slavery determined to cut loosefroni the govern. meet from which they had been sapping the life blood for years In order to perpetuate their "peculiar Institution." Then came the rebellion, and many citizens in the north sympathized with their Southern brethren, saying that it was an "abolition war," and they would have nothing to do with it. Abolitionism was odious. • After the 7 emartelpation proclamation abolitionism lost much of the odium formerly attached to it, and the Aulerican people generally admitted that slavery was Wrong, but when it was proposed to put the negro in •the army our Demo cratic friends said tie would not tight, and when the government did make a soldier of him and it was demonstrated that he would fight, that same party said he was such a - fool that he did not know,whon to atop fighting. Two years ago It was declared by these proph ets that three-fourths Of the States would never commit to give the negro - the bal lot, • and now what have we? Threm fourths of the people of this nation; through their representatives, have de clared that the powers of the government are derived from the consent of the gov erned. and the masses of that party which once held that you were fit only to be the servants of men, to be owned, bought acct eold in the market like ' , heap or cattle, are ready to take you by the hand and call you brother. What a marvelous change his come over these people, or is it the change In our condi tion which affects them thus? Moat probably the latter. We are now free. nten, and have the right to vote. and it la our WOWS they are after, but lot us pause and consider before they get them- . . .. There are epuriom men In all erartlee, and these would be frie e remind me of • gentlemen from •th - Renerald Isle,- Id who, having been In this country nut a ,short time.• concluded to go hunting. I Be borrowed a gun and went out Into 1 the woods, loaded it, and seeing a aqui: , rat tired, as he supposed, but the gun fleeted In the nen. The squirrel remain. oil, and ho put In another load and there was another flash In the pan, and so on until he had the gun lilted, almost to the muzzle. ' He took aim sgeln and putted the trigger and the gun went off and so did the Irishman. The gnu bursted and the rebound knocked the kuntainan over a fence. [Just at this point the floor of the imeuxers' stand, which was elevated about five feet from' the ground, gave way aud precipitated the speaker, officers, reporters, and the crown which was assembled thereon to terra firma, but fortunately no one was injured. The speaker climbed over the front of the stand and securing • post. Lion on a box, proceeded with his re marks.] He Weed himself up and on looking for his game discovered the squirrel sitting on the limb grinning at him, whereupon be remarked, "Be la bors, If ye had been at my end of the gun ve wouldn't be MUM' there !align log." And now our . Democratic friend'? went out a hunting. They- saw the colored man and thoilitht nim game. They loaded up their guns and don ble dented them and rammed them ~.ght and tired, aud 10, the gun, bursted, they were overthrown, end there their game stood laughing at their - dracomilture. [Laughter.] And now shale they come around and say It was all a mistake. Shall we be taken In with their professions of friendship. [Cries of "no," "no."] I think not. The speaker then referred to the many opinions which had been expressed to reference to the colored vote. Some said they could he cajoled into voting any way. Oilers said they could be bought. [A. voice-" They can't be."] If this etieuld be so, then the buyer was as bad as the seller. The men engaged in the trade on either aide were equally guilty. The man alma would engage in such • traneaction, whether white or black, would be s rogue and scoundrel. The black man, however, would have more manliness than this. He would remem ber the men who had raised him to his -position of dignity and hold [hem as friends. He had seen a great change since the Fifteenth Amend ment bed been passed, and I the black man made a voter. He bad ob. Reread that some people treated them as 1 gentlemen. Some of them had even an. , gutted a little suppleness in the Ordeal I column. [Laughter.] This change was I especially apparent to those who styled themselves Democrats. They said tiloY I were the colored men's friends , and pri- , Irately that might be so. As individuals, there were many gentlemen and private friends of the colored race: as a party, that wan not the case. Its friendship was was like that of the vulture to Its 1 weaker species. He had seen a sample of It In the States wherein the Democrats were In power. In New York the amendment had been ratified by the Legislature, and., when the Democrats came lir power they undid the work. In New Jersey and Maryland and I Kentucky It hat met with oppc - ill ri ion, Ind all from Democrats. It was a mistake, however, to outmost, that the colored people would not support the Democratic party that would come about , after awhile‘-when it was converted. ' , [Laughter.] Hewes a Calvanlat bat be. dewed In the Methodist doctrine of con. _I version, and believed In putting the Democratic party, after conversion, upon a six years' probation. (laughter and cheers.).. By that time if would be ready. for their support. It was said a Demo. rust made the best Republican-probably on the principle that the worst sinner made the best saint. (Laughter re newed.) _ Vale was Jubilee day, and he wail going to Ringlets all thi i past. Hewer going to forgive all the nthe Democratic party had done against them In the years gone by, but never would forget It. (Cheers.) The colored race would not forget ft either, and If they found a colored man catering to Democracy they would kick hint out of their society. He would be branded as a spurious Republican. but a Ind water Democrat. [Laughter.] But there was no danger OD • that moors. The colored man had common muse knocked Into him by the experiences through which he had passed. Bet there was II time corning when this matter would be more cattail th e n new. The time would come - When Ithe- te would be more evenly, tail, anew . . Then the colored manwould' hold the balance Of power.. Benton said the "talent* of power wan selling - off to , the highest bidder." The colored race mnst then avoid thst, Men on the oppo. site aide would come and say to .them, "you are not treated fairly. Come with UB" When such a temper came, the duty of the catered man was to look him square In the eye and say, "get thee behind me Satan." (Applanae.) The The colored man didn't want odic.. He didn't i want power of that fort. He rather :wanted only to ha protected In the rights of "life liberty and , pursuit of happintse!" He only wanted to own the soli, to rear hie home, and be protected in it, to train up his family and to be allowed to go through the world not as a brute, but as a man with an Immortal soul in him. (Applause.) It was better for him , to own a farm, anti till the soil, and enjoy the fruir of hie labor than to have ell the offices In the land. (Cheers.) He wanted to be Independent. He wanted to have fair. play. Ho wanted only the favoring smile of Heaven and the gentle breezes to till the mile of his little craft as It was launched for the voyage of - iffe. With these he woad be content, and ambition for office would never mar hia enjoy ment. • The speaker concluded with an earnest exhortation to Ms colored brethien in their new liberties to stand Orin for the truth and right; not to cringe to a white man simply becaroo he was a white man; to remember that "a man's a man for a' that," (laughter,) and. to join hands with white and black alike; to make the nation's fature' one of glory and prosperity and benitleenk power. (Great applause.) He then called for three cheers for the nation's new birthday, three for a Re. publican Congress and three for Grant and Colfax, which were given with a hearty and enthusiastic will. SPEECH Ole ME. EIGHAII. Hon. Thomas J. Ingham was the next speaker. He said he had been requested in behalf of the Republican Executive Committee of Allegheny county, and the Republicans of Western Pennsylvania, to welcome them ea men and brothers before the law. It was diHoult for them woo had long enjoyed liberty and Its fall benefits to fully appreciate the feelings sod sentiments of a race who had been downtrodden and enslaved and op premed, and were now suddenly elevated to the plane of equal rights and freedom. (Applause.] They were now raised to the potation which God and nature de- I signed for them. For their elevation they owed much to men but much to God. The jostce of their causer had brought it out at last triumphant. He had Peen present at many an inspiring gathering, but had never „attended one each as presented I itself before hint, and never expected to see it again. And now that their recognition bad been achieved, and they had been elevated to the position of men, it became eminently •cltting that they should recognize their duty and responsibility in reference to that party which had elevated 'them. (Applause.] The Re; publican piety had stood uy them In other days and it should tool be liargotten now. The speaker now referred to a period in his life,: twenty-three years ago, when he had been presen • cane a a testimonial of his eff ted with s orts in behalf af the colored race, and took occasion then to say that he never knew a race who were more remarkable for gratitude than they who had engaged in the day's exercises. , He also remarked if he were a preacher he would preach a sermon on the Idea that God rules in toe affairs of nations. Providence overruled the affair* of men, and Providence had ' brought about the glorious consum• mation which they had met to. I celebrate. The poet Young once said; "The undevout astronomer is mad." So the saying might be applied to him who refused to recognise God in the evelots of history. The martyr At:alba* Lincoln-had been raised up as a Mosey to lead the migrate to the prom. Iced deliverance. Applause.] That happy day had arrived, and he -was not afraid the colored man would abuts the privileges which were to be accorded him.'--His instincts would teach him always to be true to the cause of freedom, and if he went wrong sometimes on the questions of cloabee; and eurrancy,,,and tariff, it would bean worse than hie white 'brother with larger opportunities had done. (Laughter The speaker here branched off Into a felicitous strain In reference to a probable I Sixteenth Amendment, which the future would bring, when the right of suffrage would be accorded to the ladies, and avowed himself in advance a strong friend or that measure, if It ever should come to nese, with which felicitation he closed amid applause. • The President introduced' W. C. HoIIS2A.ED, hag. Mr. 'Moreland spoke at considerable length. lie said that the present was one of the most pleasant hours of his life. I He had frequently been called upon to address public meetings of a- political character, and had been identified with the party of universal freedom, and which had been the instrument through rh h e ic p h ri t v ii i e tig m e l tr i ery granted werre e nj w o7in e g, and he had labored to instill Into the minds of the masses the principles of that party as he - Understood i them. He urged upon his hearers the necessity of educating themselves, in order that they might be the more able to bear the responsibilities which now rested upon them. The usefulness of a people depended upon their education. It was now requisite in all pursuits of life, on the farm and In the workshop, as Irbil as In the learned professions. wonnarts OF lemma s. nostraamta. 3f r. president, Friends and Fellow Cie. funs: We commemorate an event un equaled in the annals of American history; if, indeed, it can be surpassed in the history of the world. Aa your President stated, in the re ' marks he made In the outset, a century has nearly mimed away since our, tore. fathers declared upon this continent that all men were created equal and entitled to life. liberty, and the pursuit of . happluess,a principle in defence of which many a heroic man in those days fought and died Their firm adhesion to the doctrine con ' tattled In. that dealaratlon was attested upon many a hard ibught field, from Lexington - and Bunker 11111, fol lowed down through almost innumer able sanguinary strife* until at last a naughty, despotic foe was vanquished. and the independence of the colonies becomes living resllty among the nations of the earth. ,But, as they slept in fancied security, dreaming that aught but the liberties of all people should be here guaranteed, a monster- , of uncouth proportions grew up, whose-shadow darkened the Patti. ' way of the lives of millions of human beings clothed in black akin; a monster whom Influence extended throughout the length and breadth of the land, and ' whose baleful effects, penetrating every hamlet and village, created feelings of Intense fear,, lest the great doctrine of liberty hero proclaimed should be robbed of Be virtue, and that the over pleasant sound of freedom, as it welted from our shores ld to the remotest corners of the word, might be reduced to a name. To thole large hearted, Indefatigable men who, nearly two score yearn ago, banded thewaelyes together Into an as iodation whose primary object was to disseminate doctrines antagonistic to hu man bondage, the race who stand to-day disenthralled owe a lasting gratitude. And as I read In our papers but the other day of their reunion, and amidst per m:mai congratulations, that the work was finished, that the final object of their as -iodation being at last consummated, henceforth nothing watt left them but to disband, I thought that through no posterity should learn to lisp their names with reverence, and to render grateful homage to the God of our I Universe,that, in the wisdom of His providence, midi men hen adorned this earthly_ heritage. When first they met, and resolving to wage war against alavory—at a time ,when four million' of human beings clothed with black skins, with upturned faces as they gazed upon the starry emblem of American freedom, within their souls pro. flounced It a aleantiog lie" with what alacrity did those who were coining the blood of those millions' Into dollars and cents, ,backed by almost the entire North, denounce with demon like vehemence the putting of dodgem of human equality. But. as Ithe acorn PrOduces the mighty, gigantic oak, so 'ties the planting of that gerin growl, Into , Enlithty, living proportions; and to-day, Men of all elation', of all creeds and of all tongues, in this greet reserve of Bb. arty,' are shouting roans of 'in:disuse], freedom, whtle slavery la howling among the danmed in hell. Th e ei rr epressitrie conflict" has at last coiled, , Thelr ila tamation of Erran d. pMion by the 1 ottot.l lAncoln. seated w ith the blooa ieu,doo freemen, has been clitulized, for today Wemingle NO. 100. voiceaof praise in honor of nu act that is characterized by our present .Chief Ex ecutive ea a measure of "grander import ance than any other one act of the Mimi from the foundation of our Government to the present time." Those words of President Grant's were words of great ntent"); none too strong, however, to express the great 'principle of justice which has at last found its vindication In this act, that lifts the negro to the level of the tiret citizon of the land. • . • - But those words, perhaps, admit of an other and even grander moaning. For the real importance of this act will here. after be seen to have'eeen in the new qualities which it developed in the char acter of the Negro race. That this people, ao many of whom are here assembled, has soma peculiar and striking part to play in the drama of future hit. tory, no thoughtful man can doubt., 'And surely no reverend men, none who prayed to tee God of battles that victory should perch upon our banners—Thannern einbletnatlcal of Union, freedom and equality, borne through deadly strifes by our sons, brothers and fathers—can for a moineut disbelieve that this race, which hastalready figured so greatly in the providence'-of God. is yet in some way to contribute to the glory of His cause upon earth. • Every great ram; whlclfthit all potent power of civilization, Christianity, has touched, has given back of its peculiar nature or culture something which hes strengthened and enrObeneal it. And, doubtless the Negro shall render tome thing which shall illustrate still turther ice power and adorn with greater 'spien dor Its character. Faults there may . be, and these crop out at times into existence. But those faults will likely he near of ; kin to some great virtue. For breathing now the free air of heaven—inhalleg the established doctrine of human equalitysurmunded by the humanizing and Christianizing Influences which from the first surround. ed tbo American people —ft must be that among you will be developed some die. tinct virtues, which will be heaped, as new gifts, upon the altar of human lib- Elevated er. Elevated to the plane of citizenship— armed now with the weapon whereby the prerogatives of a chino can be duly ex ercleed it is befitting that such en ass. Melons omen should be justly celebrated. And with you, men of every kindred, descendants •of every clime, can with propriety commingle their voices in ex ultant praise for the achievement of co grand a result. And why should we not rejoice? When our minds glide retrospectively to the peat, and memory recalls vividly the days when the dark cloud of war hung o'er our land; when the destinies of our nation appeared to hang in; the balance, and the stout hearts of bravo men appeared to quail with despondency; when our flag was teen floating from our church-steeples, and the pipets at. sembled therein, wrestling with their God that our arms might prove victor. lons, and that this land -might • not be rent asunder; when, too, we contain plate the brave,' patien ti hearts, as they looked aloft, and from the serenity of the skies taking 'courage, resolving to move forward, recognizing the principle that never was a day R. dark but what possibly there had been a darker ono— that never was there a principle worthy of contending for that did not have its trials, its forebodings, and Ile fears—that all was the price that was to be paid for the preservation of our Union, and the establishment of the righteousness of human equality! Have we, then not just cause to rejoice, when basking ' in the sunshine of unl venial freedom, we behold a Union re. stored, peace reigning triumphant, and all etartaing upon the immutable basis of the equal right.) of all men? I confess, however desirous It might be to me, my total inability to blend words into thoughts, and through those, words do justice to the day and the cans. we celebrate. But before taking my Feat, I cannot, while congratulating you upon your elf.- ' cation to citizenship, refrain from ea t tending to you, on behalf of a great fra. ternity of which I am one, a cordial and hearty welcome. When the reputed owners of human blood—those who were filling their coffer. with the productions Mita meat ' drops—struggled to penetrate the free soli of oar territories and blight their fair lands with the damning heresy of human slavery, the freemen of bur coon. try began to tremble, fearing that the asylum here found for the tolling, millions of the earth migtit be closed, and that the rights of free ltbor might be placed in jeopardy. They armed themselves with the ballot— they proclaimed In thundering tones that the soil of ear territories should not be I tilled by human beings held in bondage by our fellow men, - but that henceforth and forever it should be devoted to freedom and its sons. And when war was declared, when the issue arose between slavery and freedom; between Union and separation, recognizing the justice of their Cantle, they laid aside the daily vocations of peaceful life and shoul dering the musket went forth to de• fend the honorer the flower their century and Its institutions. In that struggle the black man, for the first time, was. presented an opportunity to defend himself—for the first time in the history. of tide country was he favored willithe Privilege to wage war against his op; i pressure, and in defence of his liberties. How nobly he snatained his part, many a Union prisonerhes testified; while Fort Wagner and . other fleids of blood fully attest his valor. Tnat great and good man, Lincoln, in , his second inaugural address, speaking of the participants in the struggle then raging, said that “both read the same Bible and pray to the 'amt God, and' each Invoke His aid seabet the other." Said he, it may seem strange that any men should dare to ask a jest God's as. distance in wringing their bread from tho sweat of other men's' faces. Strange es it might seem, then, we rejoice to-day in the knowledge that those prayers were by a just - God unanswered, and that to us was vouchsafed the privilege of, being living witnesses of the triumph of those principles that toll the death knell of bureau bondage throughout the civilized world. Hitherto the negro has been excluded bypartizen bans from being a participient I in those struggles between right And wrong, the oppressor and the oppressed, but the- column has now ,been opened and he le admitted Into the folds of eltlasnship, augmenting the emcee of the great army of lacer, upon whose ' shoulders the prosperity of our country depends. But the milleniam is not yet here, and perhaps will not soon be. Injustice and oppreasion in all forms are - not yet wiped out. Landed monopolies are Uat grewing into being; abject poverty and brutal ignorance are ,till the lot of Mill ions in this land of freedom. Yet it is Morton to know, If the , State is unable to lift all men up, it no longer holds any down. The child born to-day, In the meanest hovel In our land, may one day become the President of the United States. lb all of us now, regardless Of color, belong the duties of preserving what has been gained, and of farther levelling any obstructions that may exist to the grand march of human progress. And ea thought is the prime mover of ';all conduct, may you and all of us apply ourselves to wise, intelligent, deliberate thinking, for as we thlok so stall we act. And in all our thoughts, in all oar acts, may we ever cling to those prin. ciples that for the last ten years have prevailed in our land, and which have been the means of accomplishing, to much. And, in the language of another, may the great truth 'be engrafted upon our hearts, that during the short probe• hors allotted fo us here upon the earth, the good or writ we accomplish is all of us that shalt live among men. Brawn or D. - IC SAXINON. FRIENDS AND.FEDLRE ermines: We celebrate tc-day the triumph of bee Principles and of free government in the American Union. The history of this pootrltipmlepah dtahtrooffoonmige.x,pmeripViedwhebny hthe obligations of life and honor, threw. off the British yoke. • Disclaiming ail elle. glanOe to the English government, they instituted for themselves an Independent Republic. and invoked the favors of the Almighty Ruler or nations in vindication of their Attitude before the world. Eighty years ago the *trades and pro. tective principles of our Constitution were adopted by a Convention, In robin• ante of areseludon of the Congress of the confederation, and ratified by the several original Waist preparatory to the India. pemeable =ditto= of a national Govern. maul. They fbrtlfied themselves py the con. atitutlonet ` to - the citadel of their new born rights.. won through the touilicta and valor of three zulllicaut of brave people, and secured to them-through loss of life and treasure. They revolve! to • preserve, protect and defend the pot a Club of ten. Yoetmasters are act as anent!. Address. rzustrausiciuma & So.. ruoraq• Instrument as the beet security • f their liberties. And Min' the opinlo. of the pedple. there were any once• manta i made upon the constitutional prorisiona, i. than It became their lawful right to BO ~ c orrect by amendment any wrong sitar ; the manner designated In the laws of ttie t tr L_ Constitution. To amend tuts - the right of the American peoplt•Jand In the adoption and ratill.fation of the Fi eenth Amendment to rho Conatilut the people bare only acted within their Cott atltutlonal Melte, and have only cora pleted the work commenced by the fathers-Ihr IL le hlatmlcally and mug featly true that the 'Cramer,. of the Con• r. atltution and . the founders 11 our • Government never Intended, in the or ganisation of the government, that the • Immense crime of human slavery should . have been extended. or even tolerated, up to the time of. Its final eradication. tb bel iev e deY rnt 7 "tityo f la w , and there'e T n"reglaudco Z eimt enal hod for the extinctionf .bevrnourledbyboemi that public opinion, emerald-aft Ito" through the prers,ln the forum and on ,! the rohtrom, and giving the verdict ~., • through the ballot, would longeince have ". bid it die forever. But so securely did it , fasten its grasp on the neck of the nation, • that every department of the Govern meat, pantlyaed and Infatuated nuder its -• Influence, became its willing trot. It i• held the piwer of the National Govern- ' merit; it strengthened its influence in the Federal Courts, until its rice was also. lute on the Supreme bench. at controlled the army , anti navy, end dictated the nellevinf the great polies of the nation. It knew no bounds to its aggressiveusur mittens. Tyranny and oopreesion had song I borne rule until it named as if the hearts of the masses had ceased to vibrate to liberty; bid on the darkened past there gleamed as a meteor flash the light of brave Bonin who bad borrowed new light to feed the lamp of hope. Freedom . ' host of true and noble men fOresaw the i. : coming evil. The Liberty Party, mane taming the principles set forth by the Fatkera, and nurtured by the blood of e martyrs to free speech and a free press, F, enlisted early in the came - of equal fiber. ty and free government. Men of the t; Free Soil party, to.day you behold the : crowning triumph of the 'ewer of le Almighty nod . Yeti took up - 1 e cry, and ' shouted. on .to .• the_ rescue, until to-day the principles and the doctrinesof true repeiblicaniem have become the basis of our institutions. And when the Missouri Compromise was repealed,. and human slavery was invited to g 0 up to our utmost North and to blast In its baleful sirocco "Myer, e green thing In the land," then men `FI . gathered from all parties Into one axe mon brotherhood to resist that impious shame. There sprang into active life the great Republican party. The events of this party are sufficient to make lustrous whide centuries. of ordinary years. It ,:, met the - treason. of slavery against 1: , liberty and free government, and I! , ended the conflict in the . cause of a regenerated and perpetual• union. y It amended the Constitutiottamlariped ll out the last vestige of oppression, and saved the nation from a political damns. ' lion and ruin to..which treason and slavery had sought to consign It. Step' : by step the cause of liberty has advanced until her sun shines out in full ment. Wan. Finally the Republican party has amended the Constitution with the Fif teenth Amendment, and has declared to the peopld of these United States, and 1 to all the *orld, liberty and . law lin its I fullness to all men.. 9, let the Liard be forever praised. But in these culminating days of lib.' arty. what has been the. conduct, of the black man in this country during las helpless servitude? What pert use he borne •In the great drams? Had he no cherished hopes beating for, realization? Does the human soul feel net the claims of humanit3T Patriotism end loyalty are not estranged to the breast of ' the Alrican. And when the thunders of Old England aroused this people to Sim& when the cannons of Lexington, Concord and Bunker Hill called the new . born nation to regenerate the world, when the Capital was infested by hostile bends, your fellow countrymen -dashed forth with wild enthusiasm and native eatri. Warn to repel the embattled had, Red ' being no less devoted - oh the stormy I days of Jackson, they went forth twain to the horrid front of battle In defense of a Government in which reposed their latent hopes of freedom and enfranchise ment. Amid said disappointment he forsook not his country.' And when the bloody climax of conspiracy threatened to rend the whole political fabric, attain be leaps to the call of his country, 'wag gling amid shot and shell to maintain the honor and unity of the-GOverninent. until at last liberty wine and• the ghost ' of the monitor vanishes at the coming of the Nation's jubilee . Happily for ourselves. the blighting curse of slavery no longer remains to degrade and dehumanize - the.. race—no locger to entail misery and shme the' humanity; no longer to impede the pro gress of our advancing civilization; no longer to corrupt our national literature:. no longer to • disturb the peace of the nation. • America is redeemed. Let us not fell to know the duty of the biter—that duty which we' owe to ourselves as caftan onised 011.1119111—our obligations. to so ciety. to the Government and to the world. The language of Webster is significant. Generations past and gener ations to come hold us responsible for ibis sacred truth. The world turns •• hither its solicitous eyes. and all con jure us to sot wisely and faithfully In the islet:nue which we suntain. We start out with a new and glorious career before us. And yet we should pot expect to find the path free *from all embarrassments or impediments. Oar government invites us to join in the ranks of its time-hnnored defender" and to !hare Its ample offerings. V' e are no longer to colter at the outer temple, no longer to stand In the lobby, but to take hold and work earnestly in upholding and perpetuating the noblest Panties! structure the world ever saw. Let us then acquaint ourselves with the organic law of the laud; let us under stand the Constitution °Four country as we would knew the creed of our church. , and as we would know the doctrines of the Christian Bible, for as we Would regulate oar christian character so must we strive to direct the affairs of political life. - The field. of duty widens- Tp be true to ourselves, to our own manhood, la our highest duty. (Great applause.) At the conclusion of Prof.' Sampson's address the m — asimeeting adjourned with cheers. LAST 111 GUT AT TUE CHURCH. LAST RIO= AT THE MIME: The ceremonies of the day were ,. sue. ceeded by a grandpasameetingatidght in the Wylie street H. E. Clittroh:'''This was not down frith° regular Mognimrse, but the great success of that In dui Dli. mend induced the managers to appoint • continuation of those exercises to allow a quiet passing away of the extra-enthral. asm. The church was well Oiled at the dere ignated hour, eight o'clock, when Rey. John Peck took the platform end called the meeting to order. , • . _The exercises were preceded with de. votlonat exercise' conducted by , the Rev. J. W. Asbury, of Wbetling. REV. YR. 111:715T5R.8 BITILARYS. The Rev. W. H. Hooter, pestor of the 1. Wylie street church, was then - Intro. duced, end delivered a stirring and elo quent address. . Re spoke as fedlows:- Priereds. • Brothers and /Wow Cairene , Far back In the early morning of time God, after having created the heaven. and the earth—the light and darkness, the herb and the tree, bird, insect .and animal life, idmply by a word, saving, "Let it be so,"—called Into council all the powers of the Godhead, saying. 'eLst as make man in our own image," and man, the noblest, the crowning - work of the creation, came forth from the hand of his maker, with intellectual qualities. - tions, with aspirations and with powers of mind derived from his Divine Author, exercising authority and dominion over the inferior creatures. That first so created, so end6wed, stood ' the ' representative of the whole human family, and every attempt to withhold from any man, chit Tight,' enjoyed eV hilt fellowman, or tocripple his exertions for by "own welfare, is an insult to the Creator, i n upon bomb thy. Ttiose mansion rigoutrage hts csnoot witbjustien., be alienated. and be forfeited only as a punishment for crime. And yet in- rho , ugh; of the 19th century, in land.: touted freedom, one ohms of men grave .be decided -that another' clue •!, bout at right" that they were bound to respect. In open , defiance of the unlined iliZilliEM= K~- ~~-~: TOR!.
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