It was a great historic review of the foundation of the Republics of the world, an exhaustive analysis of what constituted a true republic, closing with an eloquent plea for the ballot for the freedmen.

He demanded "enfranchisement for the sake of the public security and public faith." He pleaded for the ballot as "the great guarantee." The ballot, he declared, "is a peacemaker, a schoolmaster, a protector." "Show me," said he, as he approached the conclusion of his speech--"show me a creature with erect countenance and looking to heaven, made in the image of God, and I show you a man who, of whatever country or race--whether darkened by equatorial sun or blanched with the northern cold--is an equal with you before the heavenly Father, and equally with you entitled to all the rights of human nature.".

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"You cannot deny these rights without impiety.