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hensibie power, winch permeates all space, holds the uni¬
verse m st- era-;e and execute-; Ili.s purposes through the
domain o! innumerable realms; the weight of evidence sup¬
porting' such an. hypothieation even to authenticity, is
abundant and indubitable, whether we examine it internally,
externally err collaterally, the conviction of its truth pene¬
trates the understanding, and disbands every feature of
supposition.through the projective glare of those convergent
ravs that stream from the combination of a thousand provi¬
dences. This is manifest in the redemption of our country,
the liberation of the oppressed, the purgation of our laws,
and the indiscriminate distribution of .human rights, thus
that precious boon, has again been restored —
'WlSO.i li'_rlilJi>in' allium—winch sooth* our carv,
'•Vliii-li hids «.in- A;.!i> (le]i;irt.
a'cai-iinU.'- Ui funs-' each ericl' I'nuu'ht tear,
Ainl ":imis l!ie ii:-.>!ce!i he.-ut."
I n addressing you to-night, you will pardon me if I should
fail to speak iu the usual exulting tone, that is so common
among our public dcehiimcrs. I think that the grave and
ponderous responsibilities growing out of the recently de¬
veloped results, demand more thought and practicalization,
than are commonly given them. I am also cognizant of
the tact, that a man gains far more popularity by pondering-
to public vanity, than he does in exacting duty. P>ut 1
believe that the people of Georgia have accorded me the
privilodge of saying' whatever 1. chose, whether they like it
or not, am! I shall therefore say just what I please, without
essaying to mea-'ure the amount of popularity my words
may carry, so I shall not dwell so much in strains of triumph
oyer writhing opponents prostrated in the dust, as I shall of
the duties which lie at the threshold of our very existence.
And vet I am aware that for the last six years, nearly every
,aibbv,-s delivered to our people have been a hcterogenious
si ling of seli'-coitstituted advices, neither concordant in prin¬
ciples nor euphonious in sound.
The prevailing impression that ha^e become current
thro'mh misrepresentation, is that the negro is either the
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