Nebraska Advertiser

FRED DOUGLAS.

Among the speakers at the great Faneuil Hall meeting in Boston to rejoice over the great victory, was Fred Douglas. He stood upon the same rostrum, as did Robert C. Winthrop and many others of the leading aristocracy of Boston. His speech was much more warmly received than either of the others. We have only room for the concluding paragraph:

'I tell you, the negro is coming up—he is rising—rising. [Laughter and applause.] Why, only a little while ago we were the Lazaruses of the South: the Dives of the South was the slaveholder; and how singular it is that we have here another illustration of that Scripture!—Once there was a certain rich man who fared sumptuously every day, and was arrayed in purple and fine linen. He came North, clothed in silk and in satin, and shining with gold, and his breast sparkling with diamonds his table loaded with the good things of this world.—And a certain Lazarus sat at his gate, desiring the crumbs that fell from his table. Such was the record. But now a change has taken place. That rich man is lifting up his eyes in torment down there [tremendous applause.] and seeing Lazarus afar off, in Abraham's bosom, [tumultuous laughter and applause] is all the time calling on Father Abraham to send Lazarus back. But Father Abraham says: 'If they hear not Grant nor Sherman, neither will they be persuaded, though I send Lazarus unto them.' Prolonged and vociferous applause. [I say we are way up yonder now, no mistake. [This was said with an expressive gesture, that called forth another outburst of applause.]